Does anyone recognise brothers: James (b. 1835) and/or Robert (b. 1841) Callear?

[Manchester Rambler]

Like you, I'm struggling to find James, Ann or Thomas on census under any variant of Callear/Gallear after 1871!

However, Thomas and Mary Ann's marriages are on FamilySearch and West Midlands BMD:

Mary Ann GALLEAR (19), daughter of James GALLEAR married Joseph BLAKESLEY (21), son of Samuel BLAKESLEY on 29 August 1880 at St James, Dudley.

Thomas GALLEAR (22), son of James GALLEAR married Louisa BAILEY (19), daughter of George BAILEY on 27 November 1882 at St Edmund, Dudley.

The Blakesley family is easy to find on later censuses, but I haven't spotted the others yet. 

Rambler

[SiCallear]

I've hit a stumbling block with Robert and Eliza too.

1861 census (High Street Sedgley)
Robert Callear ~20
Eliza Callear ~21

1871 census
Robert Gallier ~30
Eliza Gallier ~31
Elizabeth ~ 11
.....

Q. If these two families are connected and Elizabeth is 11 - then where was she in 1861?  I can only find the registration of a birth of an Elizabeth Gallear in 1860 (Dudley).

[SiCallear]

Hi Rambler,

What if any is your connection to the Gallear/Callear family?

[Manchester Rambler]

No connection - I just like searching!

This is why we couldn't find Thomas  - he died young and Louisa remarried.

Deaths Jun 1884 
GALLEAR  Thomas   
Aged 25
Dudley 6c 18

Louisa GALLEAR (22), daughter of George BAILEY, married John CHALSTREY (24), son of Thomas CHALSTREY on 23 March 1885 at St Edmund, Dudley - both "widowed".

RG12/2285/68/10
40 Church Lane, Tipton
George BAILEY  Head  67  Levelman Mines Drainage  b. Dawley, Shropshire
Rebecca BAILEY  Wife  67  b. Madeley, Shropshire
William BAILEY  Grandson  22  Iron Worker  b. Tipton
James GALLEAR  Grandson  7  Scholar  b. Tipton
John CHALSTREY  Son-in-law  30  Coal Miner  b. Tipton
Louisa CHALSTREY  Dau  27  b. Tipton
Fanny CHALSTREY  Grandaughter  5  Scholar  b. Tipton
George H CHALSTREY  Grandson  3  b. Tipton
John CHALSTREY  Grandson  1  b. Tipton

[SiCallear]

Where are you searching? I'm a newbie and trying to find a few trusted sources of information.

I have been using findmypast.com as I can get scanned copies of the census records and BMD records.

(and thank you!)

[Manchester Rambler]

FindMyPast is great for census, etc!

Good free sites covering some or all of Staffordshire include

FamilySearch https://familysearch.org
FreeBMD http://www.freebmd.org.uk
West Midlands BMD http://www.westmidlandsbmd.org.uk
FreeReg http://www.freereg.org.uk

There's a beginners' "How to" guide here http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,480454.0.html which is worth reading.

Rambler 

[Manchester Rambler]

Although the age is a bit iffy, I wonder whether this is James' death?

Deaths Jun 1872   
GALLIAR  James   
Aged 31   
Dudley 6c 33

If you look at the image on FreeBMD (click on the spectacles), I think his age might actually be 34, not 31.

West Midlands BMD shows the death in Tipton sub-district, and FamilySearch has his burial on 26 March 1872 in Coseley.

[SiCallear]

I have now pin-pointed my (so far) earliest ancestor Robert (b 1761) on the 1841 census.

I only got there by taking a punt and choosing an 'unconnected' Callear living in the Stoke area (on the 1871 census) 0 guess it paid off 

[SiCallear]

*COMPLETED*