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James ASHLEY		Ann WASHER
bap. 15 Apr 1805[23] Wrington, Somerset, Eng bur. 16 Aug 1873[23] Wrington, Somerset, Eng Father: Robert Ashley Mother: Elizabeth Jenkins	Married 20 Dec 1828, St. Michael's Church, Bristol, Eng	b. abt. 1802 Berrow, Somerset, Eng d. 5 Jan 1877 Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, Eng bur. 9 Jan 1877[23] Wrington, Somerset, Eng Father: James Washer Mother: Betty Clothier

 

• Notes:
• 1841 Census, Wrington:-
  James Ashley , 35 , Mason , Wrington
  Ann , 40 , Wife , Berrow , Som
  Jane , 12 , Daughter , Wrington
  Edward , 10 , Son , "
  Elizabeth , 8 , Daughter , "
  Thomas , 6 , Son , "
  Fred , 4 , Son , "
  Ruscombe , 2 , Son , "
   
• 1851:-
  James , 46 , Mason
  Ann , 49 , Straw bonnet maker
  Jane , 22 , Shoe binder
  Elizabeth , 18 , Shoe binder
  Fred , 13 , Son
  Ruscombe , 11 , Son
  Sophia , 9 , Daughter
  Emma , 5 , Daughter
   
• 1861:-
  James , 57 , Master Stone Mason
  Ann , 59 , Wife
  Ellen Tudor (son's wife's child) Orphan , age 7 . Scholar , born Coate , Wiltshire
   
• 1871:-
  James , Mar , Head , 67 , Retired Stone Mason
  Ann , 69 , Wife
  Emma White , ( grand-daughter ) , unm , 15 , Gen. Dom. Servant , B. Aberdare
  Arthur . E . Ashley , grandson , 7 , scholar , B. Bristol
  Walter . J . Ashley , grandson , 5 , scholar , B. Bristol
   
• James first appears in the tax records for Wrington in 1825 , the year after his father's death , owning and occupying a property for which he was paying the sum of - 5- 7 1/2 in taxes. Whether this is his father's old property I do not know . James was occupying this property himself with others (that is how it is listed in the records it makes no mention of who ' others were)
• In 1826 and 1827 , this property is described as houses and garden and he payed - 4 6 that year in tax
  
• From 1828-1831 James owns the same property but it is occupied by a Jenkins and others . Jenkins could possibly be an uncle or cousin , as there was a John Jenkins in town , at this time , who owned a small property
  
• In 1832 James is back owning and occupying his property for which he still paid - 4 6 , in taxes
  

1. JANE WASHER ASHLEY (shoe binder in 1851), bap. 27 Mar 1829, Burrington, Somerset, Eng_[23] Wrington, Somerset, Eng - - d. after 1891 - m. Dec 1851, St Paul's, Bristol to Henry WHITE (head Railway signalman in 1881, 1827-?)
   Children:
   • Emma WHITE, b. 1856, Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales
   • Henry James WHITE, b. 1860, Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales - d. after 1871
   • Thomas WHITE, b. abt 1862, Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales - d. after 1871
   • Susan WHITE, b. abt. 1866, Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales - d. after 1881
   • Frederick WHITE, b. abt. 1871, Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales - d. after 1891
   • William WHITE, b. 1874, Merthy Tydfil. Wales - d. after 1891
   
   
2. EDWARD WASHER ASHLEY (head bricklayer in 1881 & master builder in 1901), bap. 29 Jan. 1831_[23] Wrington, Somerset, Eng - d. 17 Jan 1903, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales - 1st m. 20 Dec 1855, Highworth Dis., Wiltshire to Ellen TUDOR (a widow, maiden name Adams - d. 1857)
   And Edward 2nd m. 30 May 1859, Bristol, Eng to Sarah Ann COLLINS (d. 1873/1878)
   Children:
   • Frank ASHLEY (bricklayer in 1881 - builder's contractor in 1901), b. 1861, Oldsbury, Gloustershire - d. 1906, Cardiff, Wales - m. 1894, Glamorgan, Wales to Emily Lizzie TILLBROOK (1874-?)
     Children:
     • Lucy Kate ASHLEY, b. 1895, Glamorgan, Cardiff, Wales
     • Stanley Maurice ASHLEY, b. 1898, Glamorgan, Cardiff, Wales
   
   
   • Sydney ASHLEY, b. abt 1862, Old Sodbury, Somerset, Eng - d. 1880
   • Flora ASHLEY, b. abt. 1864, Ozleworth, Gloustershire - d. after 1901 - m. 1887, Cardiff, Wales to James EVANS (tailor own account working from home 1901) (1864-?)
     Children:
     • Frank A. EVANS, b. abt. 1888, Glamorgan, Newton, Wales - d. after 1901
     • Frederick J. EVANS, b. abt. 1889, Glamorgan, Newton, Wales - d. after 1901
     • Arthur E. EVANS, b. abt. 1891, Glamorgan, Newton, Wales - d. after 1901
     • Sarah Annie JAMES, b. 1901, Glamorgan, Swansea, Wales (adopted daughter)
   
   
   • Lewis Robert ASHLEY (bricklayer 1901), b. 1866, Bristol, Gloustershire - d. after 1901 - m. abt 1883 to Jane (Edwards?)(1863-?)
     Children:
     • George ASHLEY, b. abt 1885, Carm Llandino, Wales - after 1901
     • Sarah Collins ASHLEY, b. 1891, Glamorgan, Barry Dock, Wales - d. after 1901
     • Agnes ASHLEY, b. 1895, Glamorgan, Cardiff, Wales - d. after 1901
   
   
   • Oscar ASHLEY, b. abt. 1870, Bristol, Gloustershire - d. 1891, Cardiff, Wales?(query)
   • Clara F. ASHLEY, b. abt. 1873, Bristol, Gloustershire - d. ? - m. 1900 Wales to Alfred Thomas DAVIES
   • Walter ASHLEY (bricklayer 1901), b. 1877, Cardiff, Wales - d. after 1901 - m. 1900, Brentford, Eng to Bessie Guerney STEVENS (1875-?)
     
   
   And Edward Washer ASHLEY 3rd m. 1879, Bristol, Eng to Emma Maria PINK (1850-1933)
   Children:
   • Jessie ASHLEY, b. Jan 1881, Cardiff, Wales - d. after 1901
   • James Pink ASHLEY (house agents clerk in 1901), b. abt. 1884, Glamorgan, Cardiff, Wales - d. after 1952- m. 26 Mar 1910, Cardiff, Wales to Mary Emma WILKINS
   • Emma ASHLEY, b. 1887, Cardiff Wales - d. 1889, Cardiff, Wales
   • Lillian ASHLEY, b. abt. 1891, Glamorgan, Cardiff, Wales - d. after 1901
    
3. ELIZABETH ASHLEY b. abt 1831- bur. 1831_[23] Wrington, Somerset, Eng (aged 9 weeks)
    
4. ELIZABETH WASHER ASHLEY, bap. 7 Jun 1833, Wrington, Somerset, Eng - m. 1852 to Edmund LYONS
    
5. THOMAS JAMES WASHER ASHLEY (commercial trader/traveller in the boot trade) bap. 19 Feb. 1837_[23] Wrington, Somerset, Eng - d. 11 Dec 1914, Bristol, Eng - 1st m. 26 Jun 1862, Bedminster, Eng to Maria CRABB (?-1865)
   Children:
   • Arthur Edgar ASHLEY, bap. 22 Mar 1863, Barrow Guerney, Somerset - d. ?
   • Walter Tom ASHLEY, bap. 28 May 1865, Redcliff, Bristol, Eng - d. ?
      
   and Thomas 2nd m. 7 Jul 1866, Huntspill, Somerset to Sarah Mulford VALE (1846-1900)
   
   
6. FREDERICK WASHER ASHLEY (butcher), b. 1 Jul. 1837_[23] Wrington, Somerset, Eng - d. 1922? - m. 21 Jul 1862, Somerset, Eng to Sophia Ann NAISH (dressmaker in 1881, d. 1895?)
   Children:
   • Herbert Ernest ASHLEY, bap. 13 Sep 1863, Bedminster, Bristol, Eng, (apprentice painter in 1881, house painter in 1901) - d. 13 Dec 1913, Bath, Somerset - m. 13 May 1888 to Laura Matilda DADGE (1866-?)
     Children:
     • Amy Matilda ASHLEY, bap. 4 May 1890, Bath, Somerset, Eng - d. 1951, Bath, Somerset -m. 1915 to Charles BUSWELL
     
     
   • Ada Alberta ASHLEY, bap. 26 Nov 1865 , Cleave, Bristol, Eng (dressmaker in 1881) - d. 1926? - m. 30 May 1887 to Frederick William Caswell COCKS
     Children:
     • Frederick R. COCKS, b. abt 1888, Walcot, Somerset - d. ?
     • Leonard William Caswell COCKS, bap. 2 Oct 1892, Bath, Somerset - d. 19 Mar 1956, Sevenoaks, Kent - m. ? to Louise Alice Edna TURNER
     • Victor Herbert COCKS, bap. 1 Apr 1894, Bath, Somerset - d. ?
     • Gladys Irene Alberta COCKS, bap. 25 Jul 1897, Bath, Somerset - d. 1914, Lewisham, Kent
     • Leslie Nathaniel COCKS, b. 21 Apr 1902, Bath, Somerset - d. Jul 1988, Wantage, Berkshire
        
   • Amy Sophia ASHLEY (a dressmaker in 1901), bap. 1 Jan 1869, Cleave , Bristol, Eng - d. 1956, Weston-super-mare, Somerset - m. 3 Dec 1896, Bath, Somerset, Eng to Frederick G. BURGESS (1868-?)
     Children:
     • Amy Violet Louise BURGESS, bap. 15 May 1898, Bath, Somerset, Eng - d. ?
     • Edwin Frederick BURGESS, bap. 4 Jun 1899, Bath, Somerset, Eng - d. 1987, Bath, Somerset - m. 1921, Pontypridd, Wales to Ellen SMALE
     • Roy BURGESS, b. abt 1901, Bath, Somerset - d. ?
     
     
   • Frederick W. ASHLEY (journeyman butcher in 1901), b. abt. 1875, Bath, Somerset, Eng - d. 1925? - m. 1898 to Emma JAMES (1878-?)
     Children:
     • Dorothy ASHLEY, b. abt. 1900, Bath, Somerset Eng
     
     
   • Alfred T. ASHLEY, b. abt. 1879, Bath, Somerset, Eng - d. after 1891
     
   
    
7. RUSCOMBE WASHER ASHLEY, (shoe manufacturer in 1881, boot & shoe manufacturer in 1901), b. 16 Aug. 1839_[23] Wrington, Somerset, Eng - d. 5 Aug. 1920, Westbury, Bristol, Eng - 1st m. 1862, Bristol to Susan Doddrell HODGES (1839-1879)
   Children:
   • Ruscombe James ASHLEY, b. 1862, Bristol, Eng - d. 14 Nov 1897, Bath, Somerset, Eng - m. 1 Feb 1897, Berlin, Germany to Erna Agnes Elise MONTBART (1871-?)
     
   • Lillian Susan ASHLEY, b. 1864, Bristol, Eng - d. 25 Dec 1941, Westbury on Trym, Glous. - m. 25 Sep 1897, Bristol, Eng to Arthur Edward BARKER (a solicitor)(1864-1959)
     Children:
     • Margaret Angela BARKER, b. 17 Sep 1898, Westbury on Trym, Gloucestershire, Eng - 14 Oct 1986, Worthing, West Sussex - m. 23 Jul 1922 to Francis Walter T JAMES
     • Cecily Joan Ashley BARKER, b. abt 1904, Westbury on Trym, Gloucestershire - d. 7 Oct 1950, Westbury on Trym, Gloucestershire (spinster)
     
     
   • Horatio Samuel ASHLEY (wholesale boot & shoe manufacturer in 1901), b. 1867, Tewksbury, Bristol, Eng - d. 3 Mar 1939, Italy - m. 2 Nov 1912 to Ada Harriett SHAW (1866-1952)
     
   • Ethelind Kate ASHLEY, bap. 5 May 1868, Tewksbury, Bristol, Eng - d. 21 May 1950, Wiltshire, Eng - m. 15 Dec 1896, Bristol, Eng to George Seaton DE WINTON (1869 - 1930)
     Children:
     • Kathleen Mary S. DEWINTON, bap. 30 Dec 1897, Cranham, Essex - d. 13 Jul 1974, Marazion, Cornwall - 1st m. 1918 to Robert U H Prioleau (ended in divorce) and 2nd m. 1927, Headington, Oxfordshire to Geoffery Reginald Gilchrist MURE (?-1979)
        
   And Ruscombe Washer ASHLEY 2nd. m. 15 Mar 1881, Shipley, Yorkshire, Eng to Sarah Hannah DENBY (1850-1921)
   Children:
   • Emily Gertrude ASHLEY, b. abt. 1883, Bristol, Gloustershire - d. 27 Feb 1973, Bristol, Glous. - m. 12 Sep 1906, Bristol, Eng to Leonard William MOORE (a solicitor, 1879-1936)
   • Joseph Denby ASHLEY, b. 1885, Gloustershire, Eng (a Captain in H.M. Army) - d. 1968, Taunton, Somerset, Eng - m. 20 Feb 1917, Chelsea, Eng to Anita Linda Alfredina CASTIGLIONE
   • Thomas Ewart ASHLEY, b. 1886, Gloustershire, Eng (a surgeon) - d. 1963? - m. 1914, Qld, Australia to Muriel LAVINGTON and Thomas 2nd married 1937, New Zealand to Caroline Lavannah MUNRO
   • William Dixon ASHLEY, b. 1891, Bristol, Gloustershire - d. 22 Aug 1916, WWI casualty
   
   
8. SOPHIA ASHLEY, bap. 19 Sep. 1844_[23] Wrington, Somerset, Eng - possibly m. 1866, Bristol, Gloustershire to Henry COLE
    
9. EMMA WASHER ASHLEY , bap. 25 Aug 1844_[23] - bur. 19 Sep 1844_[23] Wrington, Somerset, Eng
    
10. EMMA WASHER ASHLEY, b. 6 Dec. 1845_[23] Wrington, Somerset, Eng, bap. 6 Dec 1857_[23] Wrington, Somerset, Eng - d. 1912, Bristol, Eng - m. 1867, Bristol, Eng to James REYNOLDS (?-1876)
      Children:
    • Frederick REYNOLDS, b. abt 1869, Bristol, Eng - d. ?
    • Walter Tom REYNOLDS, b. 11 Jul 1872, Bristol, Eng - d. ?
    • Albert REYNOLDS, b. abt 1872, Bristol, Eng - d. ?
    • Ruscombe Jesse REYNOLDS, b. 26 Feb 1876, Bristol, Eng - d. 29 Mar 1937 - m. 1905 to Matilda Sophia LAWRENCE
       

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