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 Michael Shirley of Brill, Buckinghamshire branch #41
 
(note: DNA of descendant matches descendants of USA E3b Branches exactly)

Misc info for this branch 

   
 

Michael Shirley d. 1724 Oakley, Buckingham Co. England  (LW&T dated 4 April 1723) m. Joanne ___.

children:  born Brill, Bucks Co.

1. John Shirley 1678

2. Jane Shirley 1680

3. William Shirley chr Mar 25, 1682

4. Michael SHERLEY 1685 m. Mary Hodges May 12, 1712. She was born 1689 Oakley. (note spelling change)

children: 

(1).  Michael SHURLEY chr Dec 17, 1720 Oakley m. Sarah ___ in 1749

children:

A. Laurance chr Oct 15, 1749 Oakley

B. Michael chr Dec 6, 1750 Oakley Buried May 25, 1755 in Wool

C. John chr Jan 12, 1752 Oakley

D. Mary chr Sept 27, 1753 Oakley d. in 1754

E. Stephen born in 1755 Oakley

F. Michael born July 9, 1758 Oakley m. Elizabeth Brooks Jan 16, 1790 Oakley

children:

(a). Ann 1791 Oakley

(b). William 1792 Oakley

(c). Elizabeth 1794 Oakley

Michael may have m. 2nd Maria Pauling Oct 2, 1814 in Oakley. 

(d). Stephen chr May 20, 1827 in  North Marston   

(e). Matilda 1831 North Marston m. Joseph Allnut Oct 13, 1851 in St. George the Martre, Southwark, London. Joseph was born in Aylesbury.  They emigrated to Australia in 1857.

(f). Lucy chr Nov 17, 1833 in North Marston

G. Elizabeth chr Jan 16, 1760 Oakley

H. Sarah chr July 12, 1761 Oakley

I. John chr July 31, 1763 Oakley

(2). Laurance SHERLEY chr April 13, 1726 Oakley

(3). Edward Shirley chr June 27, 1728 m. Mary Franklin Jan 17, 1750 Waddesdon. She was born in 1729 Quainton to Richard and Sarah Franklin. 

He was a dairyman.

children: 

A. Richard SHURLAY born Feb 19, 1752 Oakley m. Elizabeth Wiggins in 1774 in Northleigh

children:

(a).  Thomas 1775 in Tackley, d. 1832 m. Elizabeth Eaton Oct 8, 1798 in Kidlington, Oxford. She was born in 1776 in Bicester.

children:

1. Lucy chr Jan 20, 1799 in Kidlington Oxford

2. John born b. ca. 1803 in Kidlington Oxford, m. Mary Ann ____. She was born 1804 Kingham. In 1851 they were living at Turnpike Gate, Old Woodstock

children:

(1). Fredrick chr Mar 26, 1826 m. Emma ___ who was born 1832 in Wooton. She was a glove maker.  Fredrick was a labourer on the high roads.

children:

A. Thirza 1861 Wooton, m. Walter Shirley, son of Robert Shirley and Eliza Gardener. Walter was born July 8, 1860 Kidlington, Oxford

children:

(a).  Matilda 1880 in  Woodstock

In 1881 census Thirza and Matilda are living with her parents. This was before marriage of Thirza and Walter.

(b). Arthur James Feb 5, 1882 Gosford, d. Mar 2, 1882

(c). Emily Edith June 1, 1884 Gosford, d. Aug 1884

(d). Nora Anne Mar 6, 1887 Gosford d. 1889

B. John 1864 Wooton

C. Clara 1869 Wooton

D. Emma 1872 Wooton

(2). Ellen 1834 Tackley

(3). Eliza 1839 Wooton

(4). Leah 1844 Wooton

(5). Charles 1848 Wooton

3. Thomas b. June 23, 1805 Kidlington, Oxford  d. Aug 19, 1864 from a fall off of harvest wagon, m. Rebecca Hinds in 1828. She was born in 1809 died 1840.

children: 

(1). Eliza 1829

(2). Emma 1831 Kidlington, Oxford

(3). Edwin 1833 Kidlington, Oxford d. 1834

(4). Alfred 1835 Kidlington, Oxford

(5). Johanna 1837 m. George Tims 1857

4. James chr Sept 20, 1807 Kidlington, Oxford, buried Jan 31, 1881 m. Elizabeth Cox April 20, 1828 Kidlington, Oxford.  She was born Bicester and daughter of Rebecca Cox 

James was an Agricultural Labourer

children:

(1). Robert chr. Aug 17, 1828 Bicester d. 1893 m. Eliza Gardener born 1831 d. 1869

children:

A. Thomas 1857 Kidlington, Oxford m. Sarah Anne East in 1877 Kidlington who was born in 1849.

B. Robert 1850 Kidlington, Oxford d. 1924 m. Mary Syms 1873 Kidlington Oxford.  She was a char woman, he an agricultural labourer.

children:

(a). Eliza 1875 Kidlington, Oxford

(b). George 1880 Kidlington, Oxford

C. Albert 1863 Wolvercote, m. Rosa Ellen Saunders in 1885. He appears in 1881 as a patient at Ft. Pitt Hospital & Barracks" Rochester, Rochester St. Margaret, Kent, England

children:

(a). Florence Ada Aug 9, 1885 

D. Henry 1865 Kidlington,Oxford. He was Agricultural labourer and lived Gosford Lane Kidlington in 1881 census

E. Walter July 8, 1860 Kidlington, Oxford, m. Thirza SHIRLEY daughter of Fredrick and Emma Shirley. She was a glove maker.

children:

(a).  Matilda 1880 in  Woodstock

In 1881 census Thirza and Matilda are living with her parents. This was before marriage of Thirza and Walter.

(b). Arthur James Fen 5, 1882 Gosford, d. Mar 2, 1882

(c). Emily Edith June 1, 1884 Gosford, d. Aug 1884

(d). Nora Anne Mar 6, 1887 Gosford d. 1889

(2). Sarah chr. Aug 22, 1830 Kidlington, Oxford  m. ___ Green in St. Barnabas Church, Oxford.  

She was living with her parents in 1851 census with her son, Richard. 

Child:

A.  Richard GREEN 1851

(3). Thomas chr Sept 30, 1832 Kidlington,  Oxford (wit at William and Harriet's  wedding), m. Eliza ____.

Children:

A. William 1858

B. John 1858 Yarnton, d. 1875

C. Frank 1864 Yarnton m. Mary Gessey in 1886 in Wolvercote.  In 1881 Census they were livng at Moor Lane Breck Farm, York

Child:

(a). Francis Kate m. Jack King. One son Arthur Charles KING.

D. Hannah 1866 Kidlington, Oxford

E. Fredrick 1869 Kidlington, Oxford

(4). Rebecca chr Feb 8, 1835 Kidlington, Oxford

Child:

A. John Shirley April 13, 1856 Kidlington, Oxford d. Mar 27, 1937, m. Charlotte Fisher 

He was a shoemaker employing 1 boy. John was also a  Parish Clerk for 45 years. 

Children:

(a). Caroline Feb 17, 1884

(b). John William Nov 28, 1885

(c). Gertrude June 23, 1889 d. 1902 Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford 

(5). William  1838  buried Jan 4, 1880 St. Giles' Church, Oxford m. Harriet Sollis Oct 22, 1859 in Kidlington, Oxford, d. Oct 18, 1926 Oxford. She was born in 1839 Brize Norton to Joseph and Sarah Sollis. 

 He was a farm labourer.

children:

A. Sarah 1860 Kidlington, Oxford m. John Smith in 1878 St. Barnabas Church, Oxford

B. Joseph W. 1862 Kidlington

C. George A. 1864 Wolvercote

D. James 1865 Wolvercote

E. John T. 1868 Oxford

F. Mary 1870 Oxford

G. Fredrick Dec 25, 1870,  6 Jericho Gardens, St. Thomas, Oxford and was chr Sept 3, 1871 St. Giles' Church, Oxford.  He is buried in St. Sepulchre Cemetery, Walton St., Oxford m. Elizabeth Avnell in 1873 in Tetsworth, Oxford. She was the daughter of George Avnell.

Fredrick was a railway porter.  

Fredrick and Eliz. Avnell Shirley

 

Children:

(a). Fredrick George Oct 14, 1899 Oxford m. Alice Parker. She was born April 23, 1899 (parents of members  Lois East and Joan Parish)

 

Fredrick & Alice Parker Shirley

 

(b). Hilda 1901 Clarendon St. Oxford

(c). William Harry June  9, 1904 same

(d). Harold Avenill May 17, 1907

(e). George Reginald Nov 12, 1908 in Clarendon St. Oxford

(f). Doris Evelyn June 5, 1911 same, m. Leslie Bridgewater in Oxford

(g).  Maybelle Alice 1903 buried June 9, 1906 Clarendon St., Oxford 

H. Anna Elizabeth 1872 Oxford, buried Aug 21, 1874   

I. Florence 1876 buried Dec 23, 1876 Oxford Oxford

(6). Hannah 1842, she was deaf, m. George Bunning in 1870

children: BUNNING

A. James 1871 Kidlington, Oxford

B. Sarah E. 1874 same

C. Charlotte R. 1875 same

D. John R.  1880 same

(7). James 1846 Kidlington, Oxford

5. Hannah 1818 Kidlington, Oxford

6. Elizabeth 1811 Kidlington, Oxford m. Richard Hinds April 4, 1830.  He was born in Begbroke.

7.  Richard 1816 Kidlington, Oxford m. Mary Anne ___ 1839 Kidlington, Oxford  who was born in 1813 Kidlington. 

Richard was a dealer in 2nd hand clothes.

children: 

(1). William 1848 Oxford. He was a College servant

8. Robert 1819 Kidlington, Oxford

(b).  Richard born Jan 2, 1785

(c). William 1788 Oakley

(d). Stephen 1791 Oakley m. ____.  

B. Sarah SHERLEY chr Jan 24, 1754 Oakley

(4). Stephen SHERLEY chr Aug 26, 1733 Oakley

 


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