James Pelley

[JPelley]

Hello, I am looking for the parents of:

James Pelley
D.O.B: 1883-1962
married: Lora Meeds (or spelled Laura Meade) 1891-1963

James had 10 children: Russell, Charlotte, Nina, Simon, Violet, Eva, Leo, Margaret, Mabel, William.

He resided in Guysborough, N.S.

I was also told that the Pelley's came from 3 areas of Englan, The Channel Islands, Dorset and Normandy. How do I know which one my family comes from? Where do I begin to look?

Any information would be grateful.

Thanks,
Joe P.

[rainbowuk]

Hi Joe,

Do you have James on the 1911 census of Canada? It says on that that his tribal origin is English. Do you have his birth cert?

Susan

[rainbowuk]

In addition to above, do you have his marriage cert? If so, what information on his parents was on that?

Susan

[jorose]

Hi and welcome to Rootschat!

There's no way of knowing where in England your family originated from without tracing James' family back until you find the immigrant ancestor.

https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/
also has a possible marriage in 1909 for a James Pelly to Laura Pelly

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/p/e/l/Joseph-Alfred-charles-Pelley-Ontario/PDFGENEO5.pdf
 - shows Laura as the daughter of Thomas Pelley and Esther Meade

http://www.angelfire.com/ca4/Patsy/stanns.html
 - several of the family mentioned here.

You should look at local records in Guysborough. There do seem to be some Pelly/Pelley families in Newfoundland - might be a link there.

[valeriec]

www.novascotiagenealogy.com

just a note to check under alternate spelling of Pelly as many of the records have been transcribed under Pelly as well as Pelley. Great info on the site.

[valeriec]

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~guys/index.html

Guysborough Gen Web
under the names being researched, there is someone researching Pelly/Pelley
Lots of other info on the site as well that could help you.

another site  for looking for 1901/1911 census info that will let you look at original documents through the split screen option

http://automatedgenealogy.com

you can also look at the 1881 and 1891 census at
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases

[valeriec]

http://automatedgenealogy.com

1911 census has
James Pelley, age 28
Lora/Cora Pelley, age 20
James Russell, age 8 months
when you use the split screen option, shows they are living in Tompkinsville. Very hard to read the original documents.

www.novascotiagenealogy.com
has a late birth registration for Charlotte Pelly b. 1888 Tomkinville. This could be a sister of your James as he named one of his children Charlotte. This may narrow your search for the family by using Tompkinville as your primary serach for possible information.

[JPelley]

In addition to above, do you have his marriage cert? If so, what information on his parents was on that?

Susan

Ok, I did find the marriage resgister of James and Laura Pelley (I am very excited about that). It does list the names of  Thomas and Esther. So, Now I am looking for Thomas;s parents and dates.

Thanks everyone for the helpful links.

Joe

[valeriec]

www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/index-e.html
1881 census, Guysborough, NS

page 57, lines 1-7
Joseph Pelley, 33, Baptist, English, Farmer
Mary, 26, German
Eliza, 10
Martha, 7
Florence, 5
Joseph, 1
page 57, lines 8-11
Thomas Pelley, 26, Methodist, English, Farmer
Esther, 21, German
William, 9 months
Josiah Pelley, age 79 (probably Thomas's father)
lines 12-16
John Pelley, 28, baptist, english
Elizabeth, 22, Catholic, French
James, 1
Mary ?, 57, Catholic, probably the mother of Elizabeth
Victoria?, 18, catholic, probable sister of Elizabeth
You can look at the original documents, there are other Pelleys listed as well.