Smalley Family from Cambridge - James Smalley Born 1805

[rosie99]

Sorry I don't understand.   

Who is William Smalley.

You say you are descended from Thomas Henry Smalley who was born Sept 1851 at sea father James bn c1805. I have given you the family that I presume were yours still in Cambridgeshire in March 1851.  Presumably the family were on their way to Australia from Cambridgeshire in Sept 1851 when Thomas H was born.

Have you located James born 1805 birth and any possible siblings

[JasminSara]

Sorry I meant Thomas Henry Smalley and he was born at sea, a slight oversight as I am not familiar with my families history and got confused the information.

[JasminSara]

This is very bizzarre, I am brand new at researching history and have gotten the dates and names muddles up. Also I don't know what "c1805" means. It will take me a while to get my head around it.

Okay so anyway, James Smalley is the earliest relative we have documentation of, he was born in 1805, I'm not sure what relation he was to my Great Grandfather, only that they are apart of our family tree (I'll have to ask my second cousin for more information). Thomas Henry Smalley and he was born at sea on 1 September 1851.

[rosie99]

c1805 means circa 1805  that is about 1805 

From the information you gave in your post that was the nearest I came up with.  It may be an idea to find out from your cousin how he found out who Thomas's father was before we try to go further with this.  Do you have evidence of James, Martha and children all arriving in Ballarat.

[JasminSara]

I'm not sure I understand but I'll have to ask my cousin, who has been doing our history for a few years.

[JasminSara]

This might help clarify file:///Users/jasminmoret/Downloads/Smalley%20Family%20Tree%20(2).pdf

[bedfordshire boy]

The link doesn't work.

Ancestry trees show the same parents as Rosie found in 1851 - the census was taken on 30 Mar 1851, so as Rosie said, presumably Martha was pregnant with Thomas Henry when they emigrated.

Cambs FHS has a baptism index 1801-37 at https://www.cfhs.org.uk/searchsd.cfm but there's no sign of James. He appears to have moved to Leverington from Newton. a mile away between 1833 and 1841

In common with the majority of the rural population he appears to have been a labourer, probably working on the land.

David

David