William Ketley
 

Name - "official" name and what they were known as
William Ketley

Date and place of birth
About 1796 (from 1841 census) Essex

Names of parents
William Ketley and Susannah Perry probably.

Date and place of baptism - if applicable
Essex

Details of each of his or her marriages - if any
Mary unknown about 1821 (from age of eldest child)

Occupation(s) - if any
Labourer

Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on (if s/he lived in census
times!).
1841....Class HO107, Piece 325, Book 13 Smealy Chignal. (transcribed as KITLEY)

Date, place and cause of death

Date and place of burial.

Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable

Memorial inscription - if any


There are quite a few trees around with William's wife as Mary Crosbee, and that marriage is on the IGI. However as it's in Birmingham and there is a baptism for Mary Crosbee in Birmingham, I've discounted it. "My" Mary gives her birthplace as Essex in 1841, as does William. I think someone has found the marriage on the IGI and taken it as ours.

I abhor those trees that pick up a marriage in a far-distant place for no apparent reason.

My OH's tree has a marriage in Frant Sussex, when they lived all their lives in Speldhurst Kent - I was suspiscious until I looked at a map - Frant and Speldhurst both are practically on the Kent-Sussex border, so it was not all that far to go. And it was a second marriage of the bride to a younger man so maybe they did not want all the village looking on.

But I think you're right, why would they have gone from Essex to Birmingham ? Now somewhere in London I could understand.

Di

Di,

Essex is shocking for online records, so maybe when more become available I'll find it.