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Shirleys of the Staffordshire Potteries
1817 - The firm of William and Jesse Shirley was working
at the Old Hall Works in Hanley until they failed in 1817.
1820 - Jesse Shirley and Son Limited was founded.
1828 - Apparently Jesse Shirley then set up as a china
manufacturer until his untimely death at the age of 37 in 1828
(b 1791)
In 1837 Jesse Shirley commenced supply of calcined bone
ash to Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Limited. This enabled Jesse Shirley
to prosper alongside the renowned factory of Josiah Wedgwood
and forged its reputation as a supplier of Bone Ash to Fine Bone
China manufacturers.
This prestigious partnership continues to the present
day. [Note: the company went into administration
in early 2009 upon the collapse of Wedgewood]
Jesse Shirley Bone Mill on the Trent and Mersey
Canal - Stoke on Trent (built 1857)
In 1842 John Bourne bought the mill site for £1150
and Jesse Shirley began to appear on the works'
payroll. In October 1852 John Bourne died after a long illness
'borne with exemplary fortitude
and christian resignation'. Jesse and Joseph Shirley each inherited
one quarter of Bourne's
estate. Jesse Shirley took over the running of the works and
in 1856 construction began on the
present range of buildings by George Kirk of Etruria who was
well known for his good
materials and workmanship. This required a substantial cash investment
and utilised the
technology of the day on a large scale. It was not until 1860
that Jesse Shirley began to advertise
the products from his new mill and he was able to sell a ten
horsepower condensing steam
engine because of 'a larger one being put in place of it'.
Source: Friendsofetruriamuseum.org.uk "The present
operator of the company, i.e. Mike Shirley, is actually Jesse
Crawford Michael Shirley, the sixth generation of the Shirley
family to be involved in the affairs of the Hanley district and
the fifth to be directly involved in the Jesse Shirley Company.
Every generation has named one son, usually the eldest, “Jesse
……. Shirley”.
Joseph Shirley married Mary, giving birth to Jesse (1)
in 1791. In 1811 he married Jane Knight who gave birth to Joseph
in 1813 and Jesse (2) in 1819. But Jesse (1) died in 1828 and
his widow Jane married John Bourne (1795 to 1852) in 1834 (Jesse
(2) referred to John Bourne as his “father”, but strictly
meant his step-father or perhaps refers to a close bond between
them). Jesse (2) married Sarah Lovatt in 1843 having four sons
including Jesse (3) in 1848. His son Jesse Wilfred (4) was born
in 1883, he married Annie Crawford who gave birth to Jesse Wilfred
Crawford (5) in 1922. He married Margaret Crawford who gave birth
to Jesse Crawford Michael (6) in 1954.
Jesse born in 1834 was employed by his step-father John
Bourne at his firm of Bourne and Hudson Bone Works originally
as a writing clerk. When John Bourne died he left the business
to his two step-sons Joseph and Jesse Shirley (2). It was the
latter who had the present Mill constructed in 1856/1857."
Source: www.friendsofetruriamuseum.org.uk and Family
Search
Joseph Shirley
married Mary ______
children:
1(i). Jesse Shirley b 6 Mar 1791; chr 20 Mar 1791 at
St Johns the Evangelist at Hanley Staffordshire; He died in 1828
married Jane Knight Aug 4, 1811 at Hanley, Staffordshire;
She remarried John Bourne Dec 17, 1834 after the death of husband
children:
2(i). Jesse Shirley - chr 22 May 1819 at Hanley Staffordshire;
inherited Bourne and Hudson Bone Works from step father; He constructed
the Jesse Shirley mill in 1856/7 in Etruria Staffordshire (see full pedigree below)
married Sarah Lovatt in 1843
children:
3(i). Jesse Shirley born 1848
children:
4(i). Jesse Wilford Shirley born 1883
married Annie Crawford
2(ii). Joseph Shirley - chr 25 Aug 1813 at Hanley Staffordshire;
inherited Bourne and Hudson Bone Works from step father
2(iii). Benjamin Shirley - chr 1 May 1821 at Hanley
Staffordshire
2(iv). John Shirley - chr 3 Jul 1815 at Hanley Staffordshire
2(v). Mary Ann Shirley - chr 7 Aug 1817 at Hanley Staffordshire
1(i). Jesse SHIRLEY, chr 22
May 1819 at Hanley Staffordshire; He died before 1881; inherited
1/4 of John Bourne's bone mill in Etruria, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
in 1852; named in a memorial in Eturia Methodist Church.
married Mary _____ she was born abt 1823; died September
6 1891, age 68; named in memorial in Etruria Methodist Church
married Sarah ______ living in Etruria with children
in 1851 census.
The above biography says he married Sarah Lovett
children:
2(i). Jesse SHIRLEY, born in Etruria on 17 November
1848 He lived at Etruscan Villa (Etruria Cottage), Etruria. He
died on 8 August 1927; flint grinder and bone merchant 96 Lord
St., Stoke Upon Trent.
 He
was educated at Alfieri's Academy, Northwood, Hanley, and by
1880 was in partnership with his brother, H. B. Shirley in the
firm of Jesse and H. B. Shirley, bone and flint mills, Etruria.The
mill still stands at the junction of the Trent and Mersey and
Caldon canals and is a listed building. He was elected to Hanley
council in 1880, served as mayor in 1885 and became an alderman
in 1892. As chairman of the parks committee he promoted the scheme
for the purchase and laying out of Hanley park, 1892-7 sited
on 63 acres of Stoke fields, waste ground on each side of Victoria
Road. In Etruria park there is a fountain donated in 1904 by
Henry and Jessie Shirley. Jesse Shirley was also elected to the
local bench of justices of the peace. He attended the nearby
Etruria Methodist Church and inside the church is a monument
to him and his wife.
married Sarah E. ______ 
children: had at least six children.
3(i). Marian SHIRLEY, b abt 1876
3(ii). Elsie SHIRLEY b abt 1878
3(iii). Jesse SHIRLEY b abt 1879
3(iv). Ethel E. SHIRLEY b abt 1880
2(ii). John Bourne Shirley born about 1851 at Etruria,
Stafford Co. Age 0 in 1851 census, Partner with brothers in bone
mill business.
Notice is hereby given that the partnership heretofore
subsisting between us the undersigned, Jesse Shirley, John Bourne
Shirley, Joseph Shirley and Henry Benjamin Shirley carrying on
business as bone merchants and flint grinders under the style
of Shirley Brothers at Etruria in the county of Stafford has
been dissolved by mutual consent as from the 30th day of June
1887....will henceforth be carried on by the said jessee Shirley
and Henry Benjamin Shirley. 17 Aug 1887. - London Gazette 2 Sept
1887.
2(iii). Joseph SHIRLEY born abt 1853 at Etruria, Stafford
Co., Bank accountant, Bedford St., Stoke Upon Trent
married Sarah ______ She born abt 1853 at Pewsey, Wiltshire
Co.
3(i). Rosa SHIRLEY born abt 1879 (twin) at Stone, Stafford
Co.
3(ii). Lillian SHIRLEY born abt 1879 (twin) at Stone,
Stafford Co.
3(iii). Sarah SHIRLEY born abt 1880 at Stone, Stafford
Co.
2(iv). Henry Benjamin SHIRLEY, born 24 Jun 1858 died
at the Ashlands, Hartshill, on 17 January 1910 and was buried
in Hartshill cemetery; He was a potter's miller at Hanley, Staffordshire
He was educated at Northwood Academy, Hanley, and at Malvern.
With his brother Jesse he was in business as a potter's miller
and manufacturer of agricultural manures by 1880. The mill still
stands at the junction of the Trent and Mersey and Caldon canals
and is a listed building. Henry Benjamin Shirley was elected
to Hanley council in 1893 and served as mayor in 1902-3. He was
a Wesleyan Methodist, a Conservative in politics and president
of Hartshill Cricket Club. In Etruria park there is a fountain
donated in 1904 by Henry and Jesse Shirley.
married Gertrude Patti Beresford, of Belper, Derbyshire,
in April 1894 and had two children.
2(v). Sarah Elizabeth SHIRLEY born abt 1861; living
with mother Sarah in 1881 Etruria Staffordshire census; died
3 July 1885 at age 35; named in memorial of brother Jesse Shirley
in Etruria Methodist Church
Jesse Shirley Birth: 06 MAR 1791 Christening: 20 MAR 1791
son of Joseph Shirley and wife Mary at St John The Evangelist,
Hanley, Stafford, England,
Joseph Shirley married Mary Pointon on 14 NOV 1784 at Norton
In The Moors
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