Help I'm Stuck!

[mshrmh]

Hi,
Have you found Felix's baptism? The IGI has a baptism for Felix Hawly, son of John Hawly & Frances Hulme on         
3 Oct 1819  (noted as born 9 Sept 1819) at Bethesda Chapel Albion Street-Methodist New Connexshe, Shelton. Shelton is near enough Longton & Fenton to be a possible location.The IGI has several Hawley (only Felix has no "e") baptisms at this chapel between 1816 & 1833.

If John was baptised in the Church of England in the area this would have been Lane End at the time:
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/STS/Longton/StJohn/index.html
Some records are on the IGI, but not for the date you're suggesting. You may find the "Hugh Wallis" listings & search of the IGI helpful
Home page:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers.htm#PageTitle
and Staffordshire page
http://www.rootschat.com/links/06ev/

Finally, if you're able to visit either Stoke or Stafford, the archives have some relevant registers on film/fiche - or you can order through a local LDS Family History Centre
http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/leisure/archives/

[hepburn]

This looks like John 1861 census ,Blythe bridge....
John  Hawley head age 69  coal propiertor born longton
Frances wife age age 65
Robert Hulme  Hawley son single age 29 manufacturer of earthenware
Fanny dau'  single age 25
Agnes dau' single age 23
George Hulme Hawley age 29 Solicitor.
RG9/1952/34/page 16..

[hepburn]

Do you want Cenus info' on Felix?

[CConingsby]

Thank you all so much, for pointing me in the right direction, I have managed to track the family back through the census to 1841 and that was how I'd calculated Johns birth year, I'm still a little confused over the place names, never having been to Stoke.. are Fenton, Longton, Shelton, Blythe bridge all villages or are they just areas within a town?  I've tried looking at old maps but it's all a bit confusing.
thanx
C

[mshrmh]

Hi again,
Here's a link to a 1775 map of the area
http://www.thepotteries.org/photos/map1775.htm
If you follow the large road (Meer Lane) that runs almost into the bottom right corner it goes past Land End & Longton then Fenton. Shelton is a bit to the north, under Handley Green roughly in line with Newcastle.

This is a link to Streetmap, centred on Shelton, for the modern version
http://www.rootschat.com/links/06ew/
As you will see it's all more or less "joined up" now into one urban area.

[hepburn]

Stoke on trent is made up of 6 towns, Stoke,Longton,Fenton,Hanley,Burslem and Tunstall.
They must have been doing nicely to haved move to Blythe bridge..

http://www.blythebridge.org.uk/

http://www.thepotteries.org/     Have a look at these to get a "feeling" of the places

[hepburn]

http://www.thepotteries.org/people/indexh.htm    Frederick Hulme Hawley...

[hepburn]

http://www.thepotteries.org/people/hawley_geo.htm  George this time..

[hepburn]

http://www.rootschat.com/links/06ex/

Kellys directory 1932...