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Story of Eliza Shirley, who brought the Salvation Army
to the United States.
William Shirley of Foleshill, Warwickshire
married Martha Cooper on 9 Jan 1803 at St Lawrence Foleshill;
buried 4 Sept 1809 St Lawrence Foleshill, Warw.
children:
1.i John Shirley chr 12 Jun 1803 St Lawrence Foleshill,
weaver
married Christiana Edwards on 31 Mar 1823 St Lawrence Foleshill;
buried 2 Nov 1856 St Lawrence Foleshill, age 54
children:
2.i William Shirley chr 23 May 1825 St Lawrence Foleshill;
buried 4 Sept 1890 at St Paul Foleshill
married Hannah Mason 24 Mar 1845 St Lawrence Foleshill; buried
12 Nov 1878 at St Lawrence Foleshill, age 51
children:
3. William Shirley b abt 1847 (age 14 in 1861, age
23 in 1871) Foleshill
3.i Mary Emily Shirley chr 1 Sep 1850 St Paul Foleshill
married John Lenton 25th December 1865 at St Paul, Foleshill
John Lenton, age 25,Bachelor,weaver, son of John lenton,
weaver; Mary Emily Shirley, age 20, Spinster, daughter of William
Shirley, weaver; Witnesses are – Emmanuel Lenton and Hannah
Shirley
3.ii Marianne Shirley chr 1 Sep 1850 St Paul Foleshill
("Mary" age 20 in 1871)
3.iii Andrew Shirley chr 3 Jan 1856 St Paul Foleshill
3.iv Hannah Shirley chr 5 Oct 1856 St Paul Foleshill
3.v Selena Shirley chr 5 Oct 1856 St Paul Foleshill
3.vi Sophia Shirley b abt 1862 (age 8 in 1871) chr
16 Nov 1862 St Paul Foleshill
3.vii Henry Shirley b abt 1854 (age 17 in 1871) chr
16 Nov 1862 St Paul Foleshill; buried 16 April 1881 St Lawrence
Foleshill, age 27
3.viii George Shirley b abt 1852 (age 19 in 1871) chr
16 Nov 1862 St Paul Foleshill, elastic weaver
married Mary Ann Starky Neale 25 Dec 1872 St Paul Foleshall
4.i William Henry George Shirley chr 27 Apr 1884 St
Paul Foleshill
3.ix Fred Shirley b abt 1860 (age 11 in 1871), buried
17 April 1880 at St Lawrence Foleshill, age 20
3. ix Anna Shirley b abt 1864 (age 7 in 1871)
3.x Edward Shirley b abt 1868 (age 3 in 1871); died
March 1901
married Eliza A_____
4.i Edward W. Shirley b abt 1889 Foleshill
3.xi Harriett Shirley b abt 1870 (age 9 mos in 1871)
2.ii James Shirley chr 26 Aug 1827 St Lawrence Foleshill.
loom ribbon weaver
married Mary [Marianne] King 10 Jun 1849 St Lawrence Foleshill
children:
3. Amos Shirley chr 5 Jan 1851 St Paul Foleshill
married Ann Grant 1 Mar 1870 Foleshill
Amos, age 20, son of James Shirley married Ann age
28
4. Priscilla Shirley b abt 1871 (age 4 mos in 1871)
3. Hannah Shirley chr 31 Oct 1852 St Paul Foleshill
3. James Shirley chr 5 Apr 1857 St Paul Foleshill
3. Cassandra Shirley chr 26 Dec 1858 St Paul Foleshill
3. Eliza Shirley chr 28 Dec 1862 St Paul Foleshill
(age 8 in 1871 census)
3. Harriet Shirley chr 28 Dec 1862 St Paul Foleshill
(age 1 in 1861 census); buried 26 January 1882 St Lawrence Foleshill
(certified by James Shirley)
3. Arthur Shirley chr 30 Jul 1871 St Paul Foleshill
married Sarah Green 3 Aug 1895 at Coventry (source: registry
s/o James Shirley)
2. Thomas Shirley b abt 1833 (age 17 in 1851)
2.iii Amos Shirley chr 25 Jul 1837 Independent Foleshill
2.iii Cassandra Shirley chr 17 Sep 1843 St Lawrence
Foleshill
2.iv George Shirley chr 17 Sep 1843 St Lawrence Foleshill;
living in household with widowed father in 1861 census
1.ii Ann Shirley chr 5 Jun 1808 St Lawrence Foleshill;
buried 29 Dec 1811 Foleshall, "daughter of Martha Shirley,
widow"
1.iii William Shirley chr 4 Aug 1811 St Lawrence Foleshill,
hand loom weaver
married [Sarah] Hannah Payne 3 Jun 1832 St Lawrence Foleshill,
silk winder; she was buried 31 Dec 1877 at St Lawrence Foleshill,
age 66.
children:
2.i David Shirley b abt 1834 (age 17 in 1851 census)
Foleshill; lived Aston parish, Warwickshire in 1901; occupation:
carter.
married Sarah Ann Oldhouse 26 Dec 1854 St Paul Foleshill
children:
3.i David Shirley b abt Dec 1861 (age 20 in 1881)
3.ii Thomas Shirley b abt 1862 (age 19 in 1881)
3.iii William Shirley b abt 1867 (age 14 in 1881)
3.iv Eliza E. Shirley b abt 1871 (age 10 in 1881)
3.v Emma Shirley b abt 1874 (age 7 in 1881)
2.ii Thomas Shirley b abt 1836 (age 15 in 1851, 35
in 1871 census), Foleshill, silk weaver
married Selina King 12 Apr 1857 St Paul Foleshill
children:
3.i Hannah Shirley chr 7 Jun 1863 St Lawrence Foleshall
(not in 1871 census)
3.ii Eliza Shirley b abt 1861 (age 10 in 1871 census)
chr 7 Jun 1863 St Lawrence Foleshill
3.iii Thomas Shirley b abt 1863 (age 8 in 1871 census)
chr 7 Jun 1863 St Lawrence Foleshill; living St Peters Coventry
in 1891; cycle machinist.
married Ann ______
4.i Maud M Shirley b abt 1889 Foleshill
4.ii Frances E Shirley b abt 1891 Foleshill
3.iv Selina Shirley b abt 1866 (age 5 in 1871 census)
chr 3 Sep 1865 St Lawrence Foleshill
2.iii William Shirley b abt 1838 (age 13 in 1851 census)
Foleshill, Elastic manufacturer.
married Hepzybah King 29 Aug 1858 Holy Trinity, Coventry Warwick
William, age 21, son of William Shirley married Hephzibah,
age 20 (registry)
children: (some info provided by John K. Shirley
of Knoxville TN in 2010)
3.i William Henry Shirley b abt 1860
3.ii Amos Shirley b abt 1861 born Coventry, Warwickshire;
immigrated to the US in 1891.
4.i Amos Reginald Shirley born May 12, 1887 in Coventry;
married Ruth King
5.i Reginald Walter Kenneth Shirley born June 12, 1893
in New York City
5.ii Harold Reginald Shirley born October 1898 in New
York City
3.iii John Shirley b abt 1865
3.iv Hannah Shirley b abt 1863
3.v Arthur Shirley b abt 1869
3.vi Edward James Shirley b abt June 1872 Coventry,
Warwickshire, emigrated to USA 20 March 1892; lived 780 Riverside
Drive, New York City in 1921. Auto Supplier Merchant.
married Eleanor Pickens on 17 Oct 1901 New York City, NY
4.i William Pickens Shirley b 2 Aug 1902 - New York
City, New York; Gaduated Harvard University 1923. Married Esther;
lived Barrow St. NYC in 1930; Brokerage firm assistant.
William Pickens Shirley (1921 Passport photo)
3.vii Thomas Walter Shirley b abt 1875
3.viii Hephzitah Shirley b abt 1877
3.ix Florence Lily Shirley b abt 1882 (emailer says
unmarried, but Mormon data clearly indicates she married). They
had children born in Chicago, Cook Co IL, USA
married Warren Noble of Swindon, England
Email: (Aug 2010) I am new to researching my family although
I have some oral and written information from my parents. Though
Ancestry.com and Shirley Association I think I have determined
I am a descendent of the William Shirley of Folshill, Warwickshire
as extracted from the Shirley website. My linkage is though William
Shirley 2.iii. My Father is David E Shirley; His Father was Kenneth
Walter Shirley; His Father was Amos Reginald Shirley of 3.ii;
Amos (3.ii) immigrated to the US in 1891. Edward James (3.iv.)
immigrated to the US in 1892 My Mother and Father travelled to
England in the early 60’s and meet Hephzitah (Hephzibah)
Shirley. Dad’s knew his Great Uncle Edward (Ted) James Shirley,
Great Uncle Thomas and Florence Lily Shirley (unmarried); He
has no knowledge of William Pickens Shirley.; Amos Reginald Shirley
and Ruth King: Amos Reginald born May 12, 1887 in Coventry Walter
Kenneth born June 12, 1893 in New York City Harold Reginald born
October 1898 in New York City Walter Kenneth Shirley and Ada
Battle(d1919): John Thornloe 1919-Nov 17, 1943 Walter Kenneth
Shirley and Addie Louise Fuller: David Edward Shirley Nov 24-1924
David Edward Shirley and Nancy E Shirley: David E Jr John K Shirley
(me). Do you have a record for the married name for Hephzitah
(Hephzibah) Shirley? Mother and Dad remember meeting her daughter
(Gwenn) and they believe they moved to Rhodesia sometime later
in the 60s. - John K. Shirley Knoxville, TN Email: jksrealestate@cs.com
2.iv Josiah Shirley b abt 1841 (age 11 in 1851 census)
Foleshill, owner of a green grocery store
married Jane Elizabeth Horton 24 Aug 1862 St Paul Foleshill
children:
3.i Josiah Shirley b abt 1864 (age 7 in 1871)
3.ii Albert Shirley b abt 1867 (age 4 in 1871); living
in Foleshill in 1901 working in father's store.
married Annie Walker
4.i Elsie Shirley b 14 Feb 1894 Foleshill
4.ii Annie Shirley b abt 1902
2.v Amos Shirley b abt
1840 (age 9 in 1851 census) Foleshill, Lived Philadelphia PA,
died 1884 of a heart attack while swimming at a Salvation Army
meeting. Primitive Methodist preacher.
The family members were devout Salvationists and he moved
his family to Philadelphia, America in 1879 to become the first
pioneers of the work of The Salvation Army in America. Amos worked
as a carpenter and weaver while wife, Annie and daughter, Eliza
founded and built the first Salvation Army corps in Philadelphia.
Later, Amos became a full time officer of the Army to help build
the growing Salvation Army corps.
married Annie Allen in 5 August 1862 in Foleshill Warwickshire,
She was born 1841 at Foleshill, Warwickshire; She died 1893 in
Nashville, Tennessee
Annie was born in 1841 in England, the middle daughter
and one of five children of John and Eliza Allen. Her father
was a Primitive Methodist preacher, and she was saved at age
17 in a Methodist revival meeting. She met a silk weaver, Amos
Shirley, who was a year older than her. They married in 1862.
She had become pregnant out of wedlock, not uncommon in manufacturing
classes of that day, but this was an embarassment for her Primitive
Methodist family. Nevertheless, the only child, daughter Eliza
was born later in 1862. Amos and Annie became Salvation Army
officers. See the profile of husband, Amos and daughter, Eliza
for the story of the Shirley family pioneering the work of The
Salvation Army in America. Husband Amos died unexpectedly in
1884. Annie subsequently married another Salvation Army officer,
John T. Dale who had also immigrated from England to America.
They worked together in several appointments. However, John had
to resign from the Army for misconduct, and this also led to
the end of their marriage. Annie became quite ill and died at
age 52 in Nashville, Tennessee. She was buried in her full Salvation
Army uniform, one of the great pioneers of Salvation Army work.
3.i Eliza Shirley born
October 9, 1862 Foleshill, Warwickshire; died September 18, 1932
in Racine, Wisconsin; Buried Chicago IL.
The Shirley family pioneered the work of The Salvation
Army in North America. Eliza, born October 9, 1862 in Coventry,
England, was the only daughter of Amos and Annie Shirley. Together,
under the endorsement of Founder William Booth, the three founded
one of the earliest outposts of The Salvation Army in North America
in Philadelphia, PA on October 5, 1879 in an old chair factory
at 6th and Oxford Streets. Amos Shirley was a preacher in England’s
Primitive Methodist Church prior to coming to North America.
Following a difficult start in which they were harassed
and ridiculed by the public, their congregation began to grow.
Eliza wrote to General Booth in England, who was persuaded to
send the first formal contingent of Salvationists to the United
States with George Scott Railton in 1880.
An exhausted Eliza returned to England in 1881 and soon
married Capt. Phillip Symmonds. They had 7 children from 1883
- 1895, one of which died in infancy. In March 1896, Phillip
became ill and Eliza and Phillip left the Salvation Army to help
establish an early Baptist congregation in Ellison Bay, Wisconsin
where Phillip was to serve as pastor. On the day in late 1896
that the new church building was to be dedicated, Phillip died
at age 36, leaving Eliza a young widow with her six children.
The church immediately called Eliza to be their new pastor, and
in accepting this calling, Eliza Shirley became Wisconsin’s
first woman Baptist Pastor. She later pastored a Baptist church
on Washington Island, Wisconsin and served as the Urban Missionary
of the South Baptist Church in Milwaukee.
In 1905, Eliza returned to the work of the Salvation Army.
She served in many appointments throughout North America, notably
serving briefly as Corps Officer in Calumet, Michigan’s
Red Jacket Corps from 1910 - 1912, where the Joseph Wilkins family
and the Richard Nelson family was active.
Eliza A. Shirley Symmonds is one of the iconic figures
in the history of The Salvation Army and is revered throughout
North America for her service. The two sons of Leonard and Daisy
Katherine Symmonds, Len and Bob, both went on to distinguished
careers as officers with The Salvation Army, and were notable
in their service as grandsons of the famed, Eliza Shirley.
The Salvation Army distributes a figurine doll in her likeness
that is found in the homes of thousands of Salvationists throughout
the country. She died in 1932 in Raccine, Wisconsin but is buried
in the Salvation Army section of Glen Oak Cemetary in Chicago.
married Capt. William Symmonds
[7 children]
1.iv William Shirley chr 10 Sep 1815 Independent Foleshill
(son of William Shirley and Martha, possibly the same as above)
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Eliza Shirley