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William Shirley b. 1745 Barford St Michael, Oxfordshire married Ann BUTTELL April 29, 1770 (b. 1742 Steeple Barton, Oxfordshire d. 1801 Barford St Michael, Oxfordshire)  (see documents)

children:

1. William Shirley bapt Feb 1771 Rollright, Oxfordshire d. Oct 1853,

When William  was 8 months old, his parents moved to Great Barford from Hook Norton, Oxfordshire (see documents link above, interesting) 

married 1) Sarah SMITH  Oct 31, 1791 Barford, Oxfordshire. She was born ca. 1770 England died 1818 Barford St Michael, Oxfordshire. 

(1). Hannah Shirley bapt. May 25, 1794  Barford St. Michael  m. Charles Woodford  lived Wisconsin USA

(2). Mary Shirley bapt 1796 Barford St. Michael

(3). Elizabeth Shirley bapt Jan 21, 1798 Barford St. Michael

(4). George Shirley bapt. June18, 1802 Barford St. Michael (?father name blank, mother is Sarah)

(5). Maria Shirley bapt 1806 Barford St. Micheal

(6). Carolina Shirley bapt Sept 4, 1808 Barford St. Michael m. John Tustin of Deddington at Barford St. Michael

married 2) Eliza Gibbs in 1823 at Barford (source: parish records for the marriage of William Shirley, widower and census records identifying the proper William Shirley).

Family:  

(1). Reuben Shirley bapt 1822 Barford St. Michael

married Martha______

a. Mary Ann Shirley bapt 1844 Barford St. Michael

b. Reuben Shirley bapt 1846 Barford St. Michael

c. Elizabeth Sarah Shirley bapt 1852 Barford St. Michael

d. Harriet Shirley bapt 1853 Barford St. Michael

e. Mary Shirley bapt 1856 Barford St. Michael

(2). James Shirley bapt 1824 Barford St. Michael (twin); buried 1825 age 7 months

(3). John Shirley bapt 1824 Barford St. Michael (twin); buried 1825 age 5 weeks

(4). Elizabeth Shirley bapt 1826 New Chapel, St Michael

(5). Joseph Shirley bapt 1828 Barford St. Michael

(6). Sarah Shirley bapt 1831 New Chapel, St Michael

(7). John Shirley bapt 1832 Barford St. Michael (twin)

(8). Thomas Shirley bapt 1832 Barford St. Michael (twin); buried 1833 age 1 year

(9). Ann Shirley bapt 1833 New Chapel, St. Michael

(10). Thomas Shirley bapt 1837 Barford St. Michael; buried 1837 age 3 days

(11). Mary Shirley bapt 1839 New Chapel, St Michael

1841 Census for Barford St. Michael

William Shurley 70 (b abt 1771)
Elizabeth Shurley 40 (b abt 1801)
Eliza Shurley 15
Joseph Shurley 12
Sarah Shurley 10
Ann Shurley 8
Mary Shurley 2
Sarah Gibbs 55  

1851 Census for Barford St. Michael

William Shirley age 81 b Rollright Oxon.
Elizabeth Shirley age 50 b Barford
John Shirley age 22 b barford
Ann Shirley age 16 b Barford
Mary Shirley age 11 b Barford



 


2. Edward Shirley bapt July 28, 1773 Barford St. Michael, living at St Michael Barford in 1841 census with wife

married Ann_______ born about 1781

(1) William Shirley bapt 1798 Barford St. Michael

(2) Hannah Shirley bapt 1800 Barford St. Michael

(3) Elizabeth Shirley bapt 1805 Barford St. Michael

(4) John Shirley bapt 1809 Barford St. Michael; buried 1810 Barford

(5) Ann Shirley bapt 1812 Barford St. Michael

(6) John Shirley bapt 1815 Barford St. Michael; buried 1832 Barford age 17

(7) Joseph Shirley bapt 1817 Barford St. Michael

(8) Maria Shirley bapt 1821 Barford St. Michael

(9) Charles Shirley bapt 1823 Barford St. Michael


3. Alice Shirley bapt May 28, 1775 Barford St. Michael

4. Thomas Shirley bapt Mar 2,1777 Barford St. Michael

5. John Shirley bapt May 30, 1779 Barford St. Michael

married Sarah Burburrow at Hempton (Deddington) in 1803 (m. John Shirley of Gt. Barford)

Children born at Barford St. John:

(1). Elizabeth Shirley bapt 1805 Barford St. Michael

(2). Joseph Shirley bapt 1808 Barford St. Michael

(note: dates for this family fit only this particular Joseph Shirley)

married Phoebe______

a. John Shirley bapt 1830 Barford St Michael

b. Rhoda Shirley bapt 1834 Barford St Michael

c. Sarah Shirley bapt 1836 Barford St Michael

d. Hannah Shirley bapt 1838 Barford St Michael

e. Charles Shirley bapt 1841 Barford St Michael

f. Rhoda Shirley bapt 1850 Barford St Michael

(3). Hannah Shirley bapt 1811 Barford St. Michael

(4). Sarah Shirley bapt 1813 Barford St. Michael; buried 1833 Barford age 20

(5). Mary Shirley bapt 1815 Barford St. Michael

(6). Martha Shirley bapt 1818 Barford St. Michael; buried 1818 Barford

may have married 2) Mary Wakefield 1819 at Adderbury Oxon. (m. John Shirley of Barford)

6. Hannah Shirley bapt Aug 5, 1781 Barford St. Michael; likely the Hannah Shirley of Gt Barford who married Thomas Butler (of Greatworth) at Hempton (Deddington) in 1808

7. Elizabeth Shirley bapt Nov 30, 1783 Barford St. Michael

8. Ann Shirley bapt Aug 5, 1786 Barford St. Michael


Officially Unconnected but possibly related

posted to rootsweb Worldconnect by Paul at collingwoodhotel@msn.com

1. William Shirley Birth: 1798 in Great Barford, Oxfordshire, possibly the son of William Shirley and Anne Maul of Barford Oxfordshire.

Marriage 1 Rebekah Freeman b: 1796 in Hidcote, Glos, England

Children

2.i George Shirley b: ABT 1826 in Blockley Glos,

2.ii Job Shirley b: 1827 bapt 10 Apr 1827 in Blockley, Gloucestershire, Death: 1914, Loxley Warwickshire

Marriage 1 Anne Anderton 4 DEC 1848 in Wellesbourne; b: 1829 in Ilmington, Worcestershire, England

Children
3.i Elizabeth Shirley b: 4 APR 1849 in Warks,
3.ii Ann Shirley b: 1852 in Old Stratford, Warwickshire,
3.iii William Shirley b: 5 FEB 1862 in Old Stratford Warwick, Death: 4 APR 1910 in Littledean Prison, Police Seargeant

Marriage 1 Sarah Ellen Holtom 12 JUN 1883 in St Nicholas Church Loxley Wark; b: 1868 in Loxley Warks, England

Children

4.i William Henry Shirley b: ABT 1884 in Loxley Warks, England
4.ii George Holtom Shirley b: ABT 1887 in Loxley Warks, England
4.iii Frank Shirley b: ABT 1892 in Loxley Warks, England
4.iv Lily Ellen Shirley b: 26 OCT 1893 in Tidenham, Gloucestershire, England
4.v Daisy Annie Shirley b: 26 OCT 1893 in Tidenham, England
4.vi Albert Shirley b: 1896 in Tidenham, England
4.vii Charles Lovell Shirley b: 1900 in Tidenham, England

3.iv Joseph Shirley b: ABT 1869 in Old Stratford Warwick Death: 26 MAR 1951

Marriage 1 Alice Bennett 21 JUL 1890; b: ABT 1865 in Loxley, England

Children

4.i Lilian Alice Shirley b: ABT 21 MAY 1892 in Loxley Warks, England

2.iii Elizabeth Shirley b: ABT 1830 in Blockley, Glos

2.iv William Shirley b: ABT 1832 Aston Magna, Death 5 March
1912 Age 80 At Combrock Warwickshire

Marriage 1 Susannah Johnson DEC 1855 in Shipston; b: ABT 1835 in Blackwell, Worcestershire, England

Children

3.i William Shirley b: ABT 1857 in Aston Magna, Gloucestershire,
3.ii Joseph Shirley b: ABT 1858 in Aston Magna, Gloucestershire,
3.iii John Shirley b: ABT 1860 in Blockley, Worcestershire,
3.iv Herbert Shirley b: 1864 in Chastleton, Oxfordshire, Death Abt 1942 Solihull West Midlands

Marriage 1 Emily Martha Wise b: ABT 1866 in Warks,

Children

4.i Clifford Shirley b: ABT 1880 [1892?] in BIRMINGHAM West Midlands England; Death Abt 1976 Blackpool Lancs.

Ancestor of DNA participant

4.ii Herbert William Shirley b: ABT 1885 in Warks, England
4.iii Albert Shirley b: ABT 1885 in Warks, England

3.v Sarah Shirley b: ABT 1866 in Chastleton, Oxfordshire,
3.vi George Shirley b: ABT 1867 in Evenlode, Worcestershire,
3.vii James Shirley b: ABT 1869 in Evenlode, Worcestershire,
3.viii Ellen Shirley b: ABT 1871 in MORETON-IN-MARSH Gloucestershire
3.ix Charlotte Shirley b: ABT 1872 in MORETON-IN-MARSH Gloucestershire
3.x Mary A Shirley b: ABT 1874 in Marton, Warwickshire,

2.v Reubin Shirley b: 1835 in Blockley Glos

Marriage 1 Elizabeth b: ABT 1836 in BIRMINGHAM West Midlands

Children

3.i Anna Shirley b: ABT 1866 in King's Norton, Worcestershire,
3.ii Ada Shirley b: ABT 1868 in King's Norton, Worcestershire,
3.iii Elizabeth Shirley b: ABT 1871 in King's Norton, Worcestershire,



EMAILS

Email from:  Ben Tharaldson on September 24, 1998  and  Robyn Kinne December 1999  kinnetic@powerup.com.au    Additional info from Frank Shirley and Dennis Shirley has been added in December 2005 and Jan 2006 including a few items by Betty Shirley. 


Re: William Shirley
Posted by: Jane Lewis (IP Logged)
Date: December 28, 2007 06:06PM

Thanks for giving me the info about William. I feel that his parents were William and Ann (probably nee Maul) as they married in 1796. But I have looked on Family Search.org and cannot find a son William christened 1799. I am trying to get to the Oxford Record Office but it is never open when I am off work it is also a long way from where I live. I have also found that William 1799 had a daughter called Mary when he lived in Lighthorne Warwickshire, she had an illegitimate son called William but I cannot find any record of her after he was born in 1842 (his father was named as James Spicer on the birth cert). I don't know if you can help me any further or if you know of anyone else tracing this line of Shirleys. Thanks

caution: the following information is in conflict with what appears to be known in the above lineage

Re: William Shirley
Posted by: Jane Lewis (IP Logged)
Date: December 29, 2007 07:52AM

I found the 1841 census confusing because of Mary's age, 60, but after a visit to the records office I found that she was actually Williams 2nd wife, his first wife was Elizabeth Gibbs (who was the mother of all of his children) he married her in Barford St Michael in 1822, then Mary Rodwell in 1837 after Elizabeth's death and just to make things more confusing he married another Elizabeth (Knight) in 1847 after Mary's death 1846.

The Mary who was Williams daughter was working as a servant (on a farm) in Chesterton Warwickshire on 1841 census, her baby (William b1842) was fathered by a James Spicer/Spier (I have a birth cert to confirm this) they were not married he was also a servant at Chesterton (Harwood House).

I have also found that Williams father was actually Edward Shirley b1773 of Barford St Michael who was married to Anne (they are both on 1841 census he as a pauper).

I have also traced that Edward's father was William Shirley m Ann Maule and that Edward was born in Barford St Michael. But I am stuck as how to get any further back.

Likely the William Shirley of the following family:

1841 Lighthorne Warw. Census

William Shirley age 40 [not b Warw.]
Mary Shirley age 60 [not b Warw.]
John Shirley age 15 b Warw.
George Shirley age 13 b Warw.
Hannah Shirley age 11 b Warw.
Maria Shirley age 6 b. Warw.

1851 Lighthorne Warw. Census

William Shirley age 52 b Gt Barford WARWICKSHIRE
Elizabeth Shirley age 48 b Newton Ferrers, Devon
William Shirley  age 8 grandson b. Lighthorne Warw [see email below]


 Note: Barford Warwickshire is less than 5 miles from Lighthorne, Warw. This is apparently NOT the same Barford Oxfordshire

 

   


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