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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Leicestershire => Topic started by: careybeth on Monday 23 October 17 18:22 BST (UK)
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My great great grandfather, John Tilley (1858-1929) was vicar of St Arvans for 42 years. I have some lovely old photos of his family and I have started researching my family tree starting with John and his wife Edith (Henderson). Edith's 4th(?) great grandfather was Thomas Bayliffe (1778-1826) Vicar of Rotherham and I believe his portrait is still in the church. I would love to hear from anyone researching the Tilleys and Hendersons.
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Welcome to rootschat, Careybeth.
Have you looked to see if anyone on here is researching your families by looking in 'Surname Interests' in 'Your Tools', below?
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Many thanks Chempat, I'm taking a while to get used to navigating the site, but I'll try that, it sounds a good idea.
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I have loads of Tilleys -- :)
but seemingly not from Lubenham... although I do have oodles of family from Lubenham.
My Tilleys are from Barwell and Marston Trustle and various places
xin
OO I found one :) see attached
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That’s interesting, thanks xin. They possibly are related as there seem to be a lot out Tilleys in Leicestershire. I’ve got loads of researching to do, so I might find a link. :) carey
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I do know who your John Tilley is (I think!) I'll do some more rooting this morning but will send you a PM. Might even help to explain a little mystery from over the border in Northamptonshire about the same time.
As Xinia has said, there are "loads of Tilleys" from Leicestershire - mine (over 300 of them) are from the Kibworth / Langton axis.
Alan
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That sounds interesting, thanks Alan. We moved to Leicestershire 40 years ago and I’ve only recently discovered that my great grandfather came from this area. It is confusing with so many Tilleys though!
Carey
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I came across an interesting little observation when following up on John's family. In 1897, one of his (half) nephews named his eldest daughter Vesta Tilley. Now although he was following in the family trade of baker and confectioner, I doubt that he was in thrall to Bryant and May.
Because of the association of one branch of my own family with the Britannia Theatre in Hoxton, London I was already very well aware of the music hall star and male impersonator of the age - Vesta Tilly. This was the first time I had come across a Tilley child named after her. In fact FreeBMD lists sixteen such births between 1885 and 1943.
Vesta Tilley was not a Tilley at all. She was born Matilda Alice Powles in 1864. She took her stage name from a diminutive of her first name (one of the putative origins of the surname in the first place). She died in 1952.
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Thank you for this interesting piece of information. I looked up Vesta Tilley and she sounds an amazing character and had an incredible life. I can see that someone might want to name their child after such a personality. A bit like people naming their children after media celebrities today.
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Herewith some basics about John Tilley (b 1858 Lubenham, Leicestershire)
(Father) Daniel Tilley (a baker) married Ann Perkins in 1829
They had 9 children - including fourth son George born 1841
Ann died about 1850
(Mother) Mary Ann Ashby (daughter of a blacksmith) married Charles Buswell in 1843
They had a daughter, Sarah Ann (born 1844)
Charles died about 1855
Daniel Tilley married Mary Ann (Ashby) Buswell in Kettering on January 31st 1856
They had 3 children including John (the middle child)
George Tilley married Sarah Ann Buswell in 1864
This meant that John Tilley had:
1 brother and 1 sister
1 half sister (who also became his sister in law)
5 half brothers and 3 half sisters.
George Tilley gained:
4 brothers and 3 sisters
2 half brothers and 1 half sister
1 step sister who also became his wife
Sarah Ann Buswell was presented with:
2 half brothers and 1 half sister
5 step brothers (one who became her husband) and 3 step sisters
The supportive documentation is spread across four different sources
Who was it said family history research wasn't fun!!
Alan