« on: Tuesday 17 March 09 10:36 GMT (UK) »
A fellow researcher has sent me fairly conclusive proof that one of my Manleys moved to the USA c 1875.
Amelia (Maily) Manley was the daugher of Henry MANLEY and Matilda WELLS and was born about 1849 in Bridport, Dorset.
In 1871 she was on the census as Amelia Atwell along with John Atwell and 2 children Drusilla and Richard.
She married John ATTEWELL in Sebastian, Arkansas, USA in May 1874, had at least one more child Hester who died aged 2 months in Ridgely, Illinois in 1887 and died herself in 1887 in Ridgely. Newspaper reports of their marriage describe them as Gypsies
John ATTEWELL said he was born in Blackwood, Glamorganshire in 1845. I have been unable to trace him prior to the 1871 census.
I wondered if anyone else knew of this family.
Midlands:Bayliss, Clemo, Eburn, Evans, Finney, Mayo, Morris, Rhead, Shutt, Upton, Waterhouse, Woodward, Wright, Woolley, Wyatt,
Devon: Gillard, Jenkins, Manfield, Morrish, Palk, Salter, Shire, Scorse, Summers, Wood,
Dorset: Fudge, Roberts,Trowbridge,
Montgomeryshire: Evans
Norfolk: Bond, Everard, Riches,
Somerset:Clothier, Hockey, Jenkins, Shire
Ireland:Mihill, Woodward, Zumach
Scotland:Lewis
Travellers:Cooper, Davies, Hughes, Manley, Orchard, Penfold, Roberts, Small, Wells/Wills