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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Essex => Topic started by: chrissiepoos on Tuesday 22 April 08 12:47 BST (UK)
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I was just wondering if anyone is tracing the White family from Rivenhall, My Mums family line goes back to Uriah shelley, other names are George Shelley and Peter Stokes Shelley, Look forward to hearing from any family members.
Christine.
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Hi Christine
My name is Shelley Humphries. I was named after my family surname of Shelley and I have traced my family back to its roots in Rivenhall. I do hope you don't mind me dropping you a line.
I am trying to establish whether my Great Grandfather (Ernest Shelley b. 1862), who had a brother called George b.1852 (buried in Rivenhall Churchyard) and who were the sons of George Shelley (b. 1819) are related to Uriah Shelley(b. 1814) and his branch of the Shelley family.
Unfortunately George Senior is as far as I have got. I cannot find his father but I do believe there was one other brother called William Shelley, who was a few years his elder. They are certainly both living in Little Totham together at the time of the 1841 Census. Talk about confused.com!
To make matters even more confusing I have now established the Uriah Senior (b.1814) line and I wonder if he was an older brother of George and William (I note that one of Uriah's own children, Golding, also had a son called George Shelley, born in 1876). All of the George line seemed to live in 'End Way' in Rivenhall and I believe Uriah Shelley lived round the corner in Witham Road. It seems too much of a coincidence to me that two families of the same names are living in this small village at the same time and are completely unconnected. However, I believe the key lies in George's parentage and I have been unable to get back any further than 1819.
It would be great to hitch up online and share notes!
Best
Shelley
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Hi I will get back to you very soon, as i will sort out the family tree,bye for now christine
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Thank you Christine. I actually had some luck yesterday afternoon and have established a link back to Uriah Shelley b. 1730. Its seems as if people have generally hit a wall here and cannot trace the line any further back! Would be interested to hear from you with your findings though.
Best wishes
Shelley
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Hi if you can send me your email by a personal email I will email you 7 pages of my family line, I only go back as far as you, I have Uriahs wife name Ann Pilley and her parents names john and Ann Tomson,
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Hi again,
My personal email address is (*) , it would be great to see your research! I have just discovered a cousin in Perth I never knew existed until about half a hour ago!
Best wishes
Shelley
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To those of interest - I am a descendant of Uriah Shelley and Ann Pilley. (7th grandchild). I have shaky info tracing that line back to c1611 to a Richard Shelley born in Bulmer, Essex.
Regards
Richard
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Hi,
My name is Rob Burry and I'm a direct descendant of George Shelley b1819 Rivenhall. My great great grandfather was Uriah b1840, my great grandfather was Luther Arthur Shelley b1869, my grandfather was Frederick William b 1900 and my mother is [Edit] b1924 (still alive).
I've only just joined this site today as I was searching End Way, Rivenhall and I saw this forum.
I know this chat is old but hopefully I can connect with a few people on the Shelley side of my family.
I've lots of info to share also as I have a family tree on Ancestry , which has been going abt 10 years.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Cheers Rob
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Hi, I will try and get back in touch in a few weeks time.
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Thank-you for replying.
I look forward to hearing from you.
FYI Pls disregard Uriah b1840 that was an error, and Luther Arthur was actually b1858 (not 1860) and is direct son of George b1819. A typing error on my behalf, apologies.
Regards
Rob
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Hi Rob sorry I haven't been back in touch,just getting back in to my family history, iwll send you my family line very soon.