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Old Mother Reilly
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Richard (S/C)hapley: Gardener
« on: Monday 19 November 07 11:30 GMT (UK) »
This is a very general post fishing for a lead ...

I am looking for information on a Richard Chapley or Shapley (the initial letter is not legible on his son's marriage certificate) who was a gardener, presumably in domestic service, around about 1817-20. 

If he survived to the 1841 census he may have been listed as a gardener, servant or ag lab.  I have a hunch he may have originally come from Buckinghamshire, though he worked for a time in Wiltshire, where he met a servant girl (Mary) and fathered my 3xgt grandfather (Ernest Hawkins).

At a guess he would have been born between 1785-1800.

Does anyone know of a Richard, Rich or Dick C/Shapley who might be worth me investigating further?  I'm not terribly sure about how exact the last name is - as Ernest never used it as his own he may well not have spelt it correctly.

Any leads or possible research areas gratefully received!
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Hunt: Milford, Lymington, St. Pancras, Calne
Moore: Ipswich, London
Whitlock: Pitton & Farley, Salisbury
Hayter: Whiteparish
O'Reilly/Reilly: Sheffield, Flint, Liverpool, County Longford
Foxton: Sheffield, Northallerton, Thirsk
Spragg: St. Teath, Delabole, Pengelly
Stabb: Berry Pomeroy
Gore: Kintbury/Newbury, Wigan
Hawkins: Great Bedwyn, Hungerford
Wernham: Chieveley
Woosnam: mid-Wales, Shropshire, Wigan
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Re: Richard (S/C)hapley: Gardener
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 01 January 08 21:44 GMT (UK) »
Not sure this is the family you are looking for but the dates fit
        1861
Richard Shapley age 78 Head b Ilsington Devon occ Carpenter
Mary Shapley age 78 Wife b Coombe Martin Devon
Both living in Chudleigh Devon.


Also Richard died 1867 quart Jan Feb Mar in Newton Abbot Devon
        Mary died 1869 quart Jul Aug Sep in         ::          ::      ::
         both b abt 1873
      Good luck
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Re: Richard (S/C)hapley: Gardener
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 02 January 08 10:08 GMT (UK) »
Sue:

Thanks for this.  I'll try to find him in an earlier census to see if he changed his occupation or is ever recorded out of Devon. 

Happy New Year.

Rachel
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Stevens: Devizes, Calne, Wootton Bassett
Hunt: Milford, Lymington, St. Pancras, Calne
Moore: Ipswich, London
Whitlock: Pitton & Farley, Salisbury
Hayter: Whiteparish
O'Reilly/Reilly: Sheffield, Flint, Liverpool, County Longford
Foxton: Sheffield, Northallerton, Thirsk
Spragg: St. Teath, Delabole, Pengelly
Stabb: Berry Pomeroy
Gore: Kintbury/Newbury, Wigan
Hawkins: Great Bedwyn, Hungerford
Wernham: Chieveley
Woosnam: mid-Wales, Shropshire, Wigan
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