Thomas LACEY, born c1833, Gloucesetershire (Cheltenham?)

[BAC3]

Hello,

2017 brings a slight mystery

When Thomas Lacey was released on licence from Parkhurst Prison on 14/06/1854 he confirmed he was going to his brother in Birmingham......he had initially been sentenced to 10 years transportation on 03/07/1849, but this was later commuted to imprisonment.  His occupation on sentence was a "Collector of Ashes". Some of his prison documents stated that his parents lived at 3 Jersey Street, Cheltenham, that is, sometime between 1849 and 1854.

Sadly I have no idea who his parents or brother were.   And research has not uncovered any likely candidates for the family nor Thomas LACEY.  One possibility, discarded, was a Professor of Music from Cheltenham who migrated to Brighton.

So if SKS can offer any suggestions I would be delighted

For the moment,

BAC3

[keyboard86]

Hi only a possible family in 1851 Census living in Jersey Street?

Henry Lacey 65 Widower occ Haulier b Ireland
Mary 13
Michael 10
Ellen 9
James 5
Peter 5
Elizabeth 4
Residing at Ice Bank, Jersey Street
All children born Cheltenham
Census ref HO107/1973/141/23
Keyboard86

[Mabel Bagshawe]

what about this chap in 1841 - transcribed on Ancestry as Larey but looks like Lacey. In Uley

 John Larey    29
Frances Larey    28
Thomas Larey    8
Emma Larey    5
George Larey    3
Fanny Larey    1
Rachel Hearon    50

[keyboard86]

what about this chap in 1841 - transcribed on Ancestry as Larey but looks like Lacey. In Uley

 John Larey    29
Frances Larey    28
Thomas Larey    8
Emma Larey    5
George Larey    3
Fanny Larey    1
Rachel Hearon    50

Hi that family as Lacey are in Cricklade Wiltshire in 1851 Census HO107/1833/604/18
Keyboard86

[BAC3]

Good Evening keyboard86 and Mabel Bagshawe and thank you,

Sorry, I should have mentioned also discarding the "LAREY" family as they had moved to Wiltshire.

The Henry LACEY, widower, family has definite possibilities, except for the brother aspect. The one prospect, Michael, is only 10 in 1851 and would be 14 at the most in 1854 to be seemingly "on his own" at such a young age.   But, of course, they grew up far quicker in the early Victorian era and I suppose Birmingham, the centre of great development at the time, would have been a magnet of temptation


For now,

BAC3

[Capetown]

Looking at the Gloucestershire Genealogical Database the surname is also spelt LEACEY

There is also a Michael LACEY 16 November 1859 aged 20 (occupation: Sweep, residence: Cheltenam  (Cheltenham spelt incorrectly on the above records)


According to Family Search the 1851 Cheltenham

is headed by

Edward (not Henry) LACEY - aged 65 born Ireland  (? is the family Catholic/non-conformist - hence no records as yet)
Mary - 13
Michael 10
Ellen - 9
James - 5
Peter - 5
Elizabeth - 4 (Glos BDM gives the mother's maiden name HALE)

Glos Marriage Index CD

Cheltenham

Edward LACEY (Widower) married Elizabeth HALE in Cheltenham 7 September 1828

John LACEY married Sarah SIMMONS - 23 June 1821  ****
William LACEY (Widower) married Diana CROSS - 27 May 1830

?

Burial Index CD

Cheltenham

Eliza LACEY - aged 2 - 5 March 1842
Eunice LACEY - aged 31 - 24 November 1847
Thomas John LACEY - aged 7m 14 May 1849
Elizabeth LACEY - aged 44 - 10 February 1850


1851 Census Cheltenham

Edward LEACEY - Lodger - 19 born Cheltenham

(living with William LOVER, Isaac BISHOP, George SWINFORD.


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John (occupation: Whitesmith) & Sarah LACEY - had thee children christened at Cheltenham

Elizabeth: 23 June 1822
Sarah Ann: 22 March 1829
Amos : 17 April 1831
Henry : 17 March 1833

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at Chipping Campden St James
27 March 1815

Sophia Phoebe LACEY - born 15 February 1795

Parents: John (occupation: Whitesmith) and Sarah

residence: Birmingham Warwickshire


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1851 Census: Cheltenham

LEACEY

John - 59 born Tetbury
Sarah - 54 born Upton St Leonard
Sarah - 22
Amos - 20
Henry - 18