married Mary Smith on 4 Nov 1827 at St. Leonards Shoreditch,
Middlesex England (source: parish records); Born: 15 Mar 1813
Died: 15 Oct 1884 in Bedford, New York, USA
children:
2(i). Catherine Agnes Shirley born 4 Jun 1829; christened
3 Aug 1829 at Saint Leonards, Shoreditch, London, England
2(ii). Elizabeth Ann Shirley born 30 Mar 1831, age
10 in 1841 census, age 20 in parent's 1851 census household
2(iii). John Redpath Shirley born 15 Sep 1832 in London,
England; age 7 in 1841 census, age 17 in parent's 1851 census
household; Age 44, enumerated in the 1880 census for Providence
Rhode Island, occupation: gas fixtures manufacturer; He owned
John R Shirley & Sons company and was enumerated in the 1911
tax list for Providence with real estate worth $8000; He died:
15 Apr 1915 Providence, Rhode Island, USA Shirleys
of Providence Rhode Island USA
1857 Nov 7 - NY Daily News - Information Wanted - of John
Redpath Shirley of England, gas fitter and violinist arrived
here April 10 by steamer "City of Manchester". Any
information concerning him will be thankfully received by his
sister. Address C. P. box 2640 Post Office
John Redpath Shirley (1832-1915) Born in London, England
he came to this country when he was about 21 years old. A "boy
prodigy" who, at the age of eight, played the violin before
the King and Queen of England in the City of London Theatre.
Although an expert metal worker and proprietor of "John
R. Shirley & Sons" manufacturers of gas and electric
fixtures of Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
he was best known for his musical talents. He spent his evenings
playing and later leading the orchestras in Harrington's Opera
House, the Academy of Music, and the Providence Opera House.
He was a partner with "Wallie" Reeves and together
they managed the Park Garden from 1878 to 1883. His most notable
accomplishment here was the production in 1879 and 1880 of Gilbert
and Sullivan's "H.M.S. Pinafore" performed for the
first time in any country on a real ship on the water at the
Park Garden, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA"
frequently attended by audiences over five thousand. He first
married Josephine Jacquies in Canada about 1859 and after her
death then married her sister Malvina Jacquies in Providence.
married 1) Josephine Jacquies on abt 1859 in Canada;
Born: abt 1839 dau of Adolphe Jacques and Catherine Poncy; She
died 11 Jun 1868 at Providence RI
married 2) Malvina Antoinette Jacquies on 11 November
1870 in Providence RI; She was the dau of Adolphe Jacques and
Catherine Poncy; She died 4 Feb 1911 at Providence RI
note: A John Redpath Shirley was also married at Hackney
Middlesex England in Q4 1856. (UK Civil Registration)
children
3(i). John Shirley born 12 Dec 1859; age 20 in his
parent's 1880 census household, occupation: "worker in gas
fixtures shop"; He died 2 Mar 1930 at Providence RI, age
72.
3(ii). Adolph Shirley born 10 Dec 1860 New York; age
19 in parent's 1880 census household; occupation: book keeper;
He died: 9 Mar 1911 at Providence RI, age 50
married Lillian A. Daniels; (named at the time of Adolph
Shirley's death)
children
4(i). Adolph Edwin Shirley born 2 Mar 1891 at Providence
RI; died 18 Mar 1891
3(iii). Henry Rushton Shirley born 21 Oct 1862 in New
York, USA; age 16 in the 1880 census household; He is enumerated
in the 1911 Providence RI tax list with real estate worth $4600;
He died: 11 May 1937
married Susan Bertha White abt 1898 Born: Dec 1874
in New Jersey, USA Died: 1930
children
4(i). Isabelle Bertha Shirley born 21 Jul 1899
in New York, USA
4(ii). Katherine M Shirley born 15 Apr 1901 in New
York, USA
3(iv). Alfred Joseph Shirley - born 12 Oct 1872 in
Providence RI; age 7 in the 1880 census household; bookeeper;
residence: 27 Sackett Street, Providence Rhode Island at the
time of marriage; his parents are named in his 1898 marriage
record.
married Edith Constance Nock on 21 Mar 1898 at Essex,
New Jersey, dau of Edward Baker Nock and Annie Mae Cooper of
Newark NJ
children
4(i). Constance Shirley born 10 Apr 1902 Providence
RI
3(v). Melvina Mary Shirley born 1 Feb 1874 in Providence
RI,m age 6 in the 1880 census household
3(vi). George Frederick Shirley born 31 Oct 1877 in
Providence RI; age 2 in the 1880 census household; died 30 Jul
1939 at Providence RI, age 61
married Mary L. Williams on 4 Apr 1896 at Worcester,
Massachusetts; dau of William S Williams and Lyocadie Clement
married Alice Spofford 4 Mar 1900 at Somerville, Massachusetts
(named at the time of George F. Shirley's death)
children
4(i). John Earl William Shirley born 23 Sep 1897 Providence
RI
4(ii). Spofford Smith Shirley born 12 Mar 1903 Providence
RI
2(iv). Emma Jane Shirley born 8 Apr 1836 St. George in
the East London; christened 1 May 1836 Saint George In The East,
Stepney, London (note: the birth date for Emma used in known
pedigrees for this family matches the St George parish record
exactly); She was age 5 in the 1841 census, age 15 in her parent's
1851 census household
2(v). William Shirley born abt 1839, age 2 in 1841
census, age 12 in 1851 census household;
May not be the William Shirley, age 40, born England, occupation:
silversmith, as a bachelor border in the household of John Barnes
in the 1880 census for Providence RI, USA, a John Shirley age
30 b England, silversmith also in the same household (b 1850).
There is also a William Thomas Shirley
born 1835 Warwick England, came to Providence RI 1880, his children
born England. His 1914 death cert names his parents George and
Selina Shirley. The family is enumerated at Birmingham Warwickshire
in 1871, his occupation: silversmith This
Warwickshire familey
2(vi). Frederick Stacey Shirley born 19 Jul 1841; gas
pipe fitter; Age 10 in parent's 1851 census household, identified
as a "scholar". He was age 20 in his parent's 1861
census in Middlesex England; He migrated to the United States
in 1869; He and his family were living with brother John R. Shirley
in 1870 Providence RI census. His daughter Lillie not enumerated
in the census HH. Enumerated at New Bedford Mass in 1880 census
(as F. S. Shirley), age 38, occupation: manager glass works.
He died 3 March 1908 in Ottawa Canada where he had lived for
7 years prior to his death (source: newspaper bio) He was buried
at Oak Grove Cemetery, Fall River, Bristol Co MA Shirleys
of Providence Rhode Island, New Bedford Mass. USA
1879 June 14 - The Evening Herald - Superior Court June
13 (items) - Frederick S Shirley of New Bedford was naturalized.
G Marston for petitioner.
1908 Mar 4 - The Ottawa Journal - Obituary - Frederick
Stacey Shirley who has been prominent in mica mining in Canada
for the past 20 years, passed away yesterday morning at his home
136 McLeod St after an illness from heart touble for four weeks.
Deceased was born in England 66 years ago but went early to the
United States where he was naturalised and where he acted for
years as manager of the Mt Washington Glass Company at New Bedford
Mass. On moving to Canada he resumed his Briish citizenship.
He became interested in mining here and was connected with the
Wallingford Mica and Mining Co. He was a genial and kindly man
and made friends quickly. He leaves a widow, a son and two daughters.
They are Percy Shirley of Boston Mass; Mrs G Hathaway of Fall
River Mass and Mrs Campbell Swift of Providence RI
"Frederick Stacey Shirley (b.1841, d.1908) was the
animating force behind the Mt. Washington Glass Company during
its most productive and creative years, from the mid 1870's until
his departure from the company in 1891. During this period the
company established its reputation as a manufacturer of high
quality cut glass and as a leader in the new market for Victorian
art glass. Shirley had worked with his father in the chandelier
business in London before immigrating to the U.S. in 1869."
- (source: New Bedford Museum of Glass, Shirley Papers)
1862 Letter from John Shirley of St George in
the East London to his son Frederick Shirley
(click to enlarge)
For more information about Frederick Shirley from this source:
https://www.nbmog.org/shirley-papers
Thanks to Donna for sending
the info about Frederick Shirley
married Ellen Cookes on 4 June 1864 at Tower Hamlets,
Christ Church London (source Findagrave)
children
3(i). Lillie Inez Shirley born abt 1869 Rhode Island,
not found in family's 1870 census household; Age 9 in 1880 census;
She was identified in the 1908 obituary of her father Frederick
S Shirley as Mrs Campbell Swift a resident of Providence RI at
that time. The Evening Herald newspaper identifies her name as
Lillie Inez Shirley who married Campbell Swift in the 22 March
1899 edition.
3(ii). Percy Edward Stacey Shirley born 5 January 1874
in Mass (public records) son of Frederick S Shirley and Ellen
Coombs (sic), age 6 in 1880 census; Identified in the
obituary of his father; lived at Boston Mass in 1908; He lived
in Somerville Mass and worked in Life Insurance (draft record)
- no children enumerated in subsequent census years
3(iii). Nellie M Shirley born 1876 in Mass., age 4
in 1880 census; She married Guilford Hathaway in 1903 (source:
Findagrave)
2(vii). Alfred James Shirley born 21 Jul 1847, baptised
31 July 1847 at Christ Church, Stepney, MDX, son of John Shirley,
gas fitter, resident of Back Road and wife Mary; He was age 3
in 1851 census household, age 13 in his parent's 1861 census
for Middlesex England; Enumerated at St George in the East, Middlesex
in 1871 census, age 23, occupation: gas fitter, wife Anne; Migrated
to Providence RI, enumerated in the 1880 census there, age 31,
born England, married with family, occupation: Overseer Park
Garden, the family boarding in the household of Martha Carr;
This family returned to England and lived at Islington Middlesex
in the 1891 UK census, Alfred J Shirley age 43, occupation "metal
maker, various kinds"
1912 UK Probate Registry - Probate of Alfred James Shirley
of 292 Wightman-road Hornsey Middlesex died 18 November 1912.
Probate London 28 December to Alfred James Shirley LCC. instructor.
Effects L306 18s 10d
married Anne _______ in 1870 (UK Civil Registration)
Identified as the wife of Alfred J Shirley in the USA 1880 census
and the UK 1891 census
children:
3(i). Anne E L Shirley born about 1873 Rhode Island,
age 7 in 1880 census, age 17 in UK 1891 census (born Providence
RI, America)
3(ii). Alfred J Shirley born about 1876 England, age
4 in 1880 census, age 15 in UK 1891 census
3(iii). Gilbert Shirley born about 1885 London England,
age 6 in UK 1891 census
John Shirley 