Robert Cleveley

[Langley Vale Sue]

OH’s MFMFF

Name - "official" name and what they were known as – Robert Cleveley

Date and place of birth – about 1813, Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire

Names of parents – Thomas & Sarah Cleveley (nee Roberts) Thanks Sabrina

Date and place of baptism – 6 March 1814, St Mary's, Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire (extracted LDS record & confirmed by Sabrina)

Details of each of his or her marriages – to Louisa Aust on 8 June 1834, Hempstead, Gloucestershire.

Occupation(s) – Stonemason

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 & 1851– Buckles Row, Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire.

Date, place and cause of death – 19 March 1861, Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire (Public tree on Ancestry & confirmed by Sabrina)

Date and place of burial - St Mary's Churchyard, Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire

Details of will / administration of their estate -unknown

Memorial inscription - unknown

[Sabrina]

Sue, I checked Robert's baptism in the parish register for you:

Baptised at St Marys, Charlton Kings:
6 Mar 1814 Robert s/o Thomas and Sarah Cleevley, of Charlton Kings, Labourer

Other children baptised all "of Thomas and Sarah, Charlton Kings, Labourer" found in the register:

6 Oct 1816 John Cleevely
28 Feb 1819 Martha Cleeveley
21 Jan 1821 Thomas Cleevley

[Sabrina]

Then I had a look for his parents marriage, and found this:

Married at Hempsted, Gloucester by banns on 1 November 1813:
Thomas CLEVELE [stet] of the extra parochial hamlet of Littleworth and
Sarah ROBERTS of the same hamlet.
X both
Witnesses: Thomas X Stephens, Mary X Stephens

[Sabrina]

And lastly I found a list of gravestones at St Marys, Charlton Kings and found this, which I thought you would find interesting:

Headstone 125x75x8.5cms. Limestone: sound. Incised and painted. Condition of inscription: Mint. Location in churchyard: C125. Recorded in 1992.

SACRED / TO / THE MEMORY OF / ROBERT CLEVELEY / WHO DIED MARCH 19TH 1861 / AGED 48 YEARS / ALSO OF / LOUISA CLEVELEY / WHO DIED JULY 26TH 1859 / AGED 46 YEARS / ALSO OF THEIR SON / THOMAS JAMES CLEEVELEY / FOR MANY YEARS ORGAN BLOWER OF THIS CHURCH / WHO DIED OCTR 16TH 1916 / AGE 50 YEARS

[kiterunner]

Is it just me, or don't those dates add up? If Thomas James was 50 in 1916 then he was born in 1865 - 1866, but both his parents were dead by then? Is it his age at death that's wrong?

[Langley Vale Sue]

Many many thanks once again Sabrina I'll update my post and my FTM.

Kite
Thomas James Cleveley was born in 1856 so he must have been 60 when he died if the date of death is correct on the gravestone.

[Sabrina]

You are welcome Sue.

I could look out for the gravestone, next time I go church crawling, if you would like me to.

[Langley Vale Sue]

Yes please. That would be fantastic, if it's not too much trouble. Thank you.