Shirleys of Shouldham
Norfolk England

DNA R1b1b2 (matches Cambridgeshire family and several USA families)

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This Lineage Last Updated June 2019
John Shirley
born Bet 1790–1795 supposedly Little Dunham, Norfolk. He was living Little Dunham "of this parish" at time of marriage; Died Abt 1841, Married 24 Jul 1815 Little Dunham, Norfolk [Note: a search of the Little Dunham parish register from 1774-1800 does not show any Shirley baptisms]

Married Susan Trundle on 24 July 1815; She was born 17 May 1790 Little Dunham, Norfolk, baptised 24 May 1790, Died Mar 1846 she is living in Chapman household in Shouldham Norfolk in the 1841 census

Image: Little Dunham Parish Register. According to the Banns Registry book, their banns
were read on Sunday the 16th, 23rd and 30th of April

Children:

2(i). Elizabeth Shirley born 23 Sep 1815 Little Dunham, Norfolk, baptised 26 Nov 1815, Died Abt Sep 1887 Shouldham, Norfolk, Married 18 Mar 1837 Shouldham, Norfolk, She married Gregory Peckover born Abt 1813, Died Abt Jun 1882 Downham

2(ii). James Shirley born 24 Sep 1817 Little Dunham, Norfolk, baptised 23 Nov 1817 Little Dunham, Norfolk, Died 1903 Muttford, Norfolk, Married 1849 Norfolk,

Married Catherine Carr born 1829 Weasenham, Norfolk

Children:

3(i). Horace Thomas Shirley born 19 Dec 1849 Thorpe St Andrew, Norfolk, baptised 17 Feb 1850 Thorpe St Andrew, Norfolk, Died 1857

3(ii). Catherine Jane Shirley born 25 Nov 1852 Thorpe St Andrew, Norfolk, baptised 02 Jan 1853 Thorpe St Andrew, Norfolk, Married 1882 Norwich area Norfolk

3(iii). Francis Shirley born 26 Jan 1854 Thorpe St Andrew, Norfolk, baptised 26 Feb 1854 Thorpe St Andrew, Norfolk Died 1857 Thorpe St Andrew, Norfolk,

2(iii). Henry John Shirley born 7 Nov 1819 Little Dunham, Norfolk baptised 12 Dec 1819 Little Dunham, Norfolk Died Abt Sep 1888 Downham, Cambridgeshire, Married 06 Feb 1841 Downham, Cambridgeshire, England

Married Eliza Peckover born Abt 1821 Shouldham, Norfolk, Died 1904 Norfolk; dau of Francis Peckover

Children:

3(i). Susanna (Shirley) born Abt 1840 Norfolk,

3(ii). William Shirley born 1842 Shouldham, Norfolk, baptised 20 Feb 1842 Shouldham, Norfolk,, Died 1885 Greater London, Married 1865 Suffolk,

Married Ann Newby; She was born Abt 1846 Benhall, Suffolk

Children:

4(i). Catherine Elizabeth Shirley born 1868 Deptford, Kent

4(ii). William Henry Shirley born 1870 Deptford, Kent

4(iii). Henry Shirley born Abt 1870 Deptford, Kent, Died 1901 Deptford, Kent

4(iv). Bertha Jane Shirley born 1872 Deptford, Kent, Married 1896; She married John Thomas Biddis; He was born Abt 1856 Hampstead, Middlesex, Died 1913 Tendring, Essex

4(v). Thomas Jane Shirley born 1873 Deptford, Kent

3(iii). Henry Shirley born 1843 Shouldham, Norfolk, baptised 14 Jan 1844 Shouldham, Norfolk, Died Dec 1871 Elm, Cambridgeshire, Married 31 May 1865 Shouldham, Norfolk,

Married Elizabeth Bush She was born Abt 1846 Kings Lynn, Norfolk; domestic servant; dau of John Bush

3(iv). Anna Shirley born Mar 1846 Shouldham, Norfolk, baptised 15 Mar 1846 Shouldham, Norfolk, Died 1 May 1922 Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, Married 1885 St Pancras, London, England; She married George Frederick Gascoyne; He was born 28 Feb 1855 Welney, Norfolk, Died 17 Jul 1913 Welney, Norfolk

3(v). Thomas Shirley born 1847 Shouldham, Norfolk, baptised 02 Jan 1848 Shouldham, Norfolk, Died Jun 1892 Shouldham, Norfolk,

3(vi). Emma Shirley born 1849 Shouldham, Norfolk, baptised 10 Feb 1850 Shouldham, Norfolk, Died 1850

3(vii). Ann Mary Shirley born 1855 Downham, Cambridgeshire, baptised 04 Feb 1855 Shouldham, Norfolk, Mrried 1891 St Pancras, London, England; She married Henry Dean; He was born Abt 1854 Islington, London

3(viii). Eliza Shirley born Abt Apr 1857 Shouldham, Norfolk, baptised 12 Apr 1857 Shouldham Norfolk

3(ix). Sarah Maria Shirley born 24 Sep 1859 Shouldham, Norfolk, baptised 23 Oct 1859 Shouldham, Norfolk, Married Abt Mar 1885 Downham, Cambridgeshire; She married Charles Freeman

3(x). George Walter Shirley born 16 May 1862 Shouldham, Norfolk, baptised 29 Jun 1862 Shouldham, Norfolk, Died 1863 Shouldham, Norfolk,

3(xi). Bertha Shirley born 1864 Shouldham, Norfolk, She married Robert S(t)eeler; He was born Abt 1861 Marham, Norfolk,

2(iv). Ann Shirley born Abt Feb 1822 Norfolk, baptised 17 Feb 1822 Shouldham, Norfolk, Died 1825 Shouldham, Norfolk,

2(v). John Shirley born Abt 1825 Shouldham, Norfolk, baptised 01 May 1825 Shouldham, Norfolk, Died 30 Jul 1899 Downham, Cambridgeshire, Married 22 Jul 1848 Shouldham, Norfolk,

Married Myra Miriam Tuffs She was born Oct 1827 Shouldham, Norfolk, baptised 21 Oct 1827 Shouldham, Norfolk, Died 16 Nov 1916 Shouldham, Norfolk

Children:

3(i). Anna Maria Shirley born 1849 Shouldham, Norfolk, baptised 29 Jul 1849 Shouldham, Norfolk, Married Dec 1872 Downham, Cambridgeshire; She married Joseph Lambert; He was born 1844 Marham, Norfolk, Died 1921

3(ii). True Manning Shirley born 1850 Shouldham, Norfolk, baptised 15 Nov 1850 All Saints, Shouldham, Norfolk, Died 1851 Shouldham, Norfolk,

3(iii). Jane Shirley born 1852 Shouldham, Norfolk, baptised 25 Jan 1852 Shouldham, Norfolk, Died 1896 Yarmouth, Norfolk, Married 22 Dec 1871 Downham, Cambridgeshire; She married William Pitchers; He was born 1846 Kirby Cane, Norfolk

3(iv). Frederick Shirley born 1854 Shouldham, Norfolk, baptised 16 Apr 1854 Shouldham, Norfolk, , Died 23 Mar 1857 Shouldham, Norfolk,

3(v). Lucy Shirley born 1856 Shouldham, Norfolk, baptised 02 Mar 1856 Shouldham, Norfolk, Died Abt 1916 Shouldham, Norfolk

Children: (apparently born out of wedlock)

4(i). Frank Shirley born 18 Jul 1875 Shouldham, Norfolk, Died 04 Aug 1875

3(vi). Belinda Shirley born 1858 Downham, Cambridgeshire, baptised 21 Feb 1858 Shouldham, Norfolk, Died 24 Jan 1918, Married 1899 Albert E Faiers; He was born Abt Jun 1863 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

Children: (apparently born out of wedlock)

4(i). Grace Maude Shirley born 28 Aug 1895 Camberwell, London, :father unknown, baptised 17 Sep 1895 St George's Church, Camberwell, London, Died 31 Jul 1973 Lewisham Hospital, London, Married 04 Nov 1917 St John's, East Dulwich, London, England Adopted by Faiers family; She married Earnest Stanley Staines; He was born 30 Mar 1890 12 Rockells Place, Forest Hill, Camberwell, Married 04 Nov 1917 St John's, East Dulwich, London

3(vii). James Shirley born 23 Jun 1859 Shouldham, Norfolk, baptised 24 Jul 1859, Died 12 Dec 1936 Norfolk, Married 23 Nov 1881 St Lawrence Church, Whitwell, Derbyshire

Married Mahala (Matilda) Buckingham (or Buckenham); She was born Abt Feb 1861 Shouldham, Cambridgeshire, baptised 01 Feb 1861, Died 14 May 1936

Children:

4(i). Ellen Shirley born 19 Sep 1882 Shouldham, Norfolk, baptised 12 Nov 1882 Shouldham, Norfolk, Died Abt Apr 1883 Docking, Norfolk

4(ii). May/Mary Shirley born 27 Sep 1883 Burnham Sutton, Norfolk, baptised 23 Mar 1884 Narborough, Norfolk, England, Died 07 Dec 1955 Ludham, Norfolk, Married 27 Apr 1910 Swaffham, Norfolk; She married Charles Leadsom; He was born Abt 1877

4(iii). Frederick Shirley born 20 Apr 1886 Narborough, Norfolk, baptised 30 May 1886 Narborough, Norfolk, Died Apr 1949 Swaffham, Norfolk, Married 02 Apr 1910 Holt, Norfolk

Married Elizabeth (Bess) Susannah Curtis; She was born 1885 Lowestoft, Suffolk, baptised Lowestoft, Suffolk, Died Dec 1947 Kings Lynn Norfolk

4(iv). Harry George Shirley born Dec 1889 Swaffham, Norfolk, baptised 06 Oct 1889 Narborough, Norfolk, Died 03 May 1953, Married Abt Jun 1916 Swaffham, Norfolk, England

Married Nellie Gertrude Curtis She was born Sep 1889 Lowestoft, Norfolk, Died 1965 Norfolk

3(viii). Seymour (Seamer) Tuffs Shirley born 2 Jun 1861 Downham, Cambridgeshire, baptised 14 Jul 1861 Shouldham, Norfolk, Died 21 Jan 1948 Shouldham, Norfolk, Married 13 Oct 1883 Mitford, Norfolk

Ancestor of DNA Participant #123288

Married Mary Ann Leveredge She was born 1861 Billingford, Norfolk, Died 05 Feb 1905

Children:

4(i). Agnes Shirley born 28 Dec 1884 Burnham Worth, Norfolk; She married Henry Edward Miller; He was born 1883

4(ii). Florence Mary Shirley born 12 Nov 1885 Burnham Market, Norfolk, Died 12 Oct 1966 Shouldham, Norfolk, Married 26 Nov 1913; She married Arthur Edward Porter; He was born 1880

4(iii). Ada Ellen Shirley born 10 Oct 1887 Burnham Market, Norfolk, Died 02 Jun 1972 Rugby, Warwickshire, Married 05 Oct 1913 Downham, Cambridgeshire, She married Walter Arnold Daws (or Dawes); He was born 13 Jan 1884 Fair Green, Middleton, Norfolk, Died 03 Feb 1953 Shirley House, Rugby Road, Dunchurch, Warwickshire

4(iv). Kate Mabel Shirley born 21 Oct 1889 Shouldham, Norfolk, baptised 22 Oct 1889 Shouldham, Norfolk, Married 26 Jul 1919 Shouldham, Norfolk, She married Frederick Sparkes Daws; He was born Sep 1882 Norfolk

4(v). Eva Shirley born 22 Jan 1892 Shouldham, Norfolk, baptised 08 Mar 1892 Shouldham, Norfolk, , Married Dec 1912 Norfolk, She married Lewis Battersham; He was born 1891 Shouldham Thorpe, Norfolk

4(vi). William John Shirley born 13 Feb 1894 Shouldham, Norfolk, baptised 18 Feb 1894 Shouldham, Norfolk, Died 09 Nov 1974, Married 08 Dec 1916

Married Leah Wallis Holman She was born 10 Oct 1892 Ely, Cambridgeshire, Died 04 May 1969, Married 08 Dec 1916

4(vii). Charles Herbert Shirley born 16 Mar 1897 Shouldham, Norfolk, baptised 23 May 1897 Shouldham, Norfolk, Died 02 Mar 1969 Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, Married 04 Sep 1923 Wiggenhall Registry Office, Downham Market, Norfolk

Married Martha Lilian Jordan Harte; She was born Abt 1884, Died 1960

4(viii). Violet Helen Octavia Shirley born 05 Sep 1899 Shouldham, Norfolk, baptised 15 Oct 1899 Shouldham, Norfolk, Married 23 Aug 1919 Shouldham, Norfolk, She married Harry Porter; He was born Dec 1889 Shouldham, Norfolk

4(ix). Jack Shirley born 2 Mar 1902 Shouldham, Norfolk, Died 01 Jan 1962 Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand, Married 02 Aug 1943 Wellington, New Zealand

Married Edith Margaret Mechen She was born 01 Nov 1914 Greymouth, New Zealand, Died 05 Jul 2003 Perth, Western Australia, Australia

4 Edward Allon Shirley born 30 Dec 1904 Shouldham, Norfolk, baptised 19 Feb 1905, Died 18 Feb 1965 Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand, Married 03 Jun 1933

Married 1) Edith Nora Adeline Heels She was born 04 Aug 1900 Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire, Died 25 Sep 1944 133 Balornock Rd, Glasgow Scotland UK

Married 2) Vera Lipscombe She was born 16 Oct 1904 Greater London, London, Middlesex, , Died 28 Jan 1991 Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand, Married Mar 1947 Harrow, Middlesex England

3(ix). Johny Shirley born 20 May 1863 Shouldham, Norfolk, baptised 20 May 1863

Married Susannah (possibly Chilvers)

3(x). Susan Shirley born 29 Mar 1865 Shouldham, Norfolk, baptised 28 May 1865, Married 22 Oct 1884 Shouldham, Norfolk, She married Walter Bly; He was born 1861 Fincham, Norfolk

Children: (Apparently out of wedlock)

4(i). Alice Irene Shirley born 19 Jul 1884, baptised 28 Sep 1884

3(xi). Frederick Shirley born 23 Apr 1867 Shouldham, Norfolk, baptised 17 May 1867 Shouldham, Norfolk, , Married 1890 Bradford, Yorkshire, England

Married Mary Elizabeth Bibby She was born Abt 1868 Bradford, Yorkshire, Died Abt 1903 Liverpool, Lancashire

Children:

4(i). Harold Percy Shirley born 19 May 1891 Bradford, Yorkshire, baptised 06 Aug 1893 Shouldham, Norfolk, United Kingdom, Married 1911 West Derby, Lancashire, England

Married 1) Henrietta Hanley

Married 2) Rose Lewis on 1911 at West Derby, Lancashire, England

4(ii). Horace Albert Shirley born 1894 Liverpool, Lancashire, Married 1911 West Derby, Lancashire, England

4(iii). Maude Constance Shirley born 1896 Liverpool, Lancashire, England

4(iv). Gladys Lilian Shirley born 1899 Liverpool, Lancashire, England

3(xii). Marion Shirley born 1869 Shouldham, Norfolk,

3(xiii). Agnes Shirley born 1869 Shouldham, Norfolk,

3(xiv). Elizabeth Shirley born 18 Dec 1870 Castle Rising, Norfolk, Married 1895 Lancashire, England; She married Frederick Bly; He was born Abt 1870 Fincham, Norfolk, Married 1895 Lancashire, England

2(vi). Elijah Shirley born 1827 Shouldham, Norfolk, baptised 07 Oct 1827 Shouldham, Norfolk, United Kingdom, Died 1915 Downham Market, Norfolk, Married 31 Oct 1852 Shouldham, Norfolk,

Married Susan Maria Green; She was born Abt 1829 Shouldham, Norfolk

2(vii). Sarah Shirley born 1829 Shouldham ?


 

 


Various Christenings at All Saints Shouldham

17 Feb 1822 Anne chr to John Shirley, laborer and Susan

01 May 1825 John chr to John Shirley, laborer and Susan

07 Oct 1827 Elijah chr to John Shirley, laborer and Susan

20 Feb 1842 William chr to Henry Shirley, laborer and Eliza

14 Jan 1844 Henry chr to Henry Shirley, laborer and Eliza

15 Mar 1846 Anna chr to Henry Shirley, laborer and Eliza

02 Jan 1848 Thomas chr to Henry Shirley, laborer and Eliza

29 Jul 1849 Anne Marie chr to John Shirley, laborer and Miriam

10 Feb 1850 Emma chr to Henry Shirley, laborer and Eliza

15 Nov 1850 True Manning chr to John Shirley, laborer and Miriam

25 Jan 1852 Jane chr to John Shirley, laborer and Miriam

16 Apr 1854 Frederick chr to John Shirley, laborer and Miriam

04 Feb 1855 Ann Mary chr to Henry Shirley, laborer and Eliza

More at Free Reg at Rootsweb

456 Baptisms 02 Mar 1856 SHIRLEY Lucy Norfolk Shouldham Father Surname
457 Baptisms 12 Apr 1857 SHIRLEY Eliza Norfolk Shouldham Father Surname
458 Baptisms 21 Feb 1858 SHIRLEY Belinda Norfolk Shouldham Father Surname
459 Baptisms 24 Jul 1859 SHIRLEY James Norfolk Shouldham Father Surname
460 Baptisms 23 Oct 1859 SHIRLEY Sarah Maria Norfolk Shouldham Father Surname
461 Baptisms 14 Jul 1861 SHIRLEY Seymour Norfolk Shouldham Father Surname
462 Baptisms 29 Jun 1862 SHIRLEY George Walter Norfolk Shouldham Father Surname
463 Baptisms 20 May 1863 SHIRLEY John Norfolk Shouldham Father Surname
464 Baptisms 25 Dec 1864 SHIRLEY Bertha Norfolk Shouldham Father Surname
465 Baptisms 28 May 1865 SHIRLEY Susan Norfolk Shouldham Father Surname
466 Baptisms 05 Sep 1865 SHIRLEY Susanna Norfolk Shouldham Father Surname
467 Baptisms 17 May 1867 SHIRLEY Frederick Norfolk Shouldham Father Surname
468 Baptisms 09 Jun 1867 SHIRLEY Frederick Norfolk Shouldham Father Surname
469 Baptisms 09 May 1869 SHIRLEY Marion Norfolk Shouldham Father Surname
470 Baptisms 18 Dec 1870 SHIRLEY Elizabeth Norfolk Shouldham Father Surname
471 Baptisms 12 Nov 1882 SHIRLEY Ellen Norfolk Shouldham Father Surname
472 Baptisms 15 Dec 1889 SHIRLEY Kate Mabel Norfolk Shouldham Father Surname
473 Baptisms 08 Mar 1892 SHIRLEY Eva Norfolk Shouldham Father Surname
474 Baptisms 06 Aug 1893 SHIRLEY Harold Percy Norfolk Shouldham Father Surname
475 Baptisms 08 Apr 1894 SHIRLEY William John Norfolk Shouldham Father Surname
476 Baptisms 23 May 1897 SHIRLEY Charles Herbert Norfolk Shouldham Father Surname
477 Baptisms 15 Oct 1899 SHIRLEY Violet Helen Octavia Norfolk Shouldham Father Surname

1841 Norfolk - Residence Shouldham

Heny Shurley 21
Eliza Shurley 20
Susanna Shurley 1
Susanna Shurley 50

John Chapman 20
Thomas Fayers 20
Elizabeth Jany 15
Susan Plaice 15
Susan Shirley 45

1851 Norfolk

Henry J Shurley 31 born Shouldham
Eliza Shurley 30
William Shurley 9
Henry Shurley 7
Anna Shurley 5
Thos Shurley 3
Elizah Shurley 24

1861 Norfolk

Henry Sherley 41 b Little Dunham parish Norfolk
Eliza Sherley 40
William Sherley 19
Henry Sherley 17
Emma Sherley 13
Ann Mary Sherley 8 Parlor maid servant in 1881 census Hampstead London
Thomas Sherley 7
Eliza Sherley 4
Sarah Maria Sherley 1
Francis Peckover 78

Elizah Shirley 33
Susan Shirley 31

1871 Norfolk

Henry Shirley 51 b Shouldham
Eliza Shirley 50
Thomas Shirley 23
Emma Shirley 19
Eliza Shirley 14
Sarah Shirley 11 servant in 1881 census for Tottenhill Norf
Bertha Shirley 6
William Barter 22

John Shirley 47 b Shouldham
Myria Shirley 42 (online source says Myrah or Miriam Tuffs)
Jane Shirley 19
Belinda Shirley 13 servant in 1881 census St Mary Abbotts Kensington London
James Shirley 11 baker in 1881 census Burnham Westgate parish Norf
Seamour Shirley 9
John Shirley 7
Susan Shirley 6
Frederick Shirley 4
Agnes Shirley 2
Elizabeth Shirley 5 months

William S Brackenbury 45
Lucy E Brackenbury 39
Arthur B Brackenbury 17
Kate B Brackenbury 11
Horace B Brackenbury 9
Eva B Brackenbury 6
Maria Sherley 21
Ann Plain 21
Jency Shirley 16 male, born Shouldham, servant

1871 Cambridge

Henry Shirley 27 b Shouldham; living Elm, Camb
Elizabeth Shirley 24

1881 Norfolk

Henry Shurley 61 b Little Dunham Norfolk, residence Shouldham Norf
Eliza Shurley 60
Bertha Shurley 16

John Shurley b 1823 (58yrs), Shouldham, Norfolk Co, Ag Lab, Shouldham
Myna 50 yrs, ditto
Seymour T 19 yrs, ditto
John 17 yrs, ditto
Susan 16 yrs, ditto
Frederick 14 yrs, ditto
Marion 12 yrs, ditto
Elizabeth 10 yrs, ditto
Arthur J Lambert (gr-son) 1 yr Castle Rising Norfolk Co

 

Elijah Shurley b 1830 (51yrs), Shouldham, Norfolk Co, Ag Laborer, Shouldham
Susan M 50 yrs ditto

 

James Shirley b 1817 (64yrs), Little Dunham, Norfolk Co, Formerly Stud Groom, New Market Street, Heigham
Catherine J 25 yrs Thorpe, Norfolk Co, (daughter)

 

 

1881 Yorkshire

Thomas Shirley b 1848 (53yrs), Shouldham, Norfolk Co, Laborer, 66 Middle Upper Princess St, Normanby in Middlesbough
Boarder at Walter Thompson's 


Graham Shirley <shir@ihugconz>
date Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 5:33 AM
subject Fwd: Shirley Enquiry

My Shouldham line came out to NZ in the 20's Two of my Dads brothers came out after the first World War as one of the had been gassed and was recouperating
My Dad, Step Mother and I came out in 1951 to his brother's house in Lower Hutt, NZ
One of their daughters Marilyn, my cousin, (Jack's daughter) lives in Oz She lives just south of the NSW/Qsld border She is married to a Paul Lewis
I have been over to Oz 2-3 times and have met up with her but I don't know of any connection with an Arthur Shirley or his line
I have lots of cousins, nearly all in UK
I'll ask Marilyn if she has any record as she does some genealogy but like me has concentrated on our line
I have put together a little bit of local (Otago) Shirley's in NZ but they are of the Ringwood group not related to me

Incidentally, I now have my 67 loci DNA results which I think you will probably have also
Regards,
Graham

   


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