The CHEESEMAN and KETLEY
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1861 Census Little Waltham RG number: RG09 Piece:1081 Folio:86 Page:21 KETLEY, William Head M 47 Little Waltham, Essex Ag Labourer KETLEY, Ann* (Lucy?)Wife F 44 Essex KETLEY, Reuben Son M 7 Little Waltham Essex KETLEY, Benjamine Son M 5 Little Waltham Essex KETLEY, Susannah Daug F 3 Little Waltham Essex
1871 Census Little Waltham, Essex KETLEY William head 56 Ag Labourer born Little Waltham, Essex KETLEY Ann* (Lucy?)wife 53 born Great Leighs, Essex KETLEY Rueben son 19 Ag Labourer born Little Waltham, Essex KETLEY Benjamin son 15 Ag Labourer born Little Waltham, Essex KETLEY Susan dau 12 born Little Waltham, Essex KETLEY Emma dau 8 born Little Waltham, Essex * I don't know why Lucy (Louisa on marriage certificate) is listed as Ann here. Maybe Lucy died & William remarried. From old family letters I know their mother died 6 Aug 1874 - from FreeBMD I have found Deaths Sep 1874 KETLEY Anne age 56 Chelmsford 4a 117. Something else to check out.
Shipping Records The "ALFRED" sailed from London on 17 September 1838 and arrived in Sydney on 16 January 1839. NAME AGE BORN Religion Occupation Read/Write PARENTS CHEESEMAN John 30y (4 Aug) East Peckham, Kent. Protestent. Butcher. Yes. John Cheeseman(farmer)and Mary Dory(dau of John Dory). Martha 26y (7 Sept) Beneden, Kent. Protestent. Farm servant. Yes. Stephen Croft(farmer)and Judith File. Children on voyage: Henry 4y (16 Feb 1834. Bapt by ? Boyde (Vicar)) William 16m (Bapt 6 July 1837) Died on passage 1 November 1838.
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William KETLEY (Snr)
William Snr was born about 1816 at Little Waltham, Essex, England. He married Lucy ALGAR in March 1838 at Chelmsford, Essex, England. He died 7 Oct 1897 at the Union Workhouse, Maldon, Essex. Father to William, Hannah, Ellen, Charlotte, John, Ruben, Benjamin, Susan and Emma. He remarried in 1876, so this photo might have been taken then. |
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Death Certificate for William KETLEY (Snr)
William KETLEY (Snr) died at the Union Workhouse, Maldon in Essex England. It seems that he, and also his children, must have been very poor, for him to have died in a Workhouse. |
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William KETLEY - Birth Certificate
This is my great-great-grandfather. He was born 30 January 1840 at Great Leighs, Essex, England to William KETLEY and Lucy ALGAR. |
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William KETLEY
These photo's were taken about 1868 (28 years old) and 1910 (70 years old). Bill died 15 February 1914 at Camperdown NSW Australia. |
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John CHEESEMAN Death Certificate John CHEESEMAN (father of Emma) was born c1803 in Kent, England. It is believed he came from a well-to-do family but came to Australia in 1839 to make a new life after he married Martha CROFT, a servant. He was a butcher in Balmain, a suburb of Sydney. |
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William KETLEY and Emma CHEESEMAN Marriage Certificate William and Emma married in 1876 at Waterloo, a suburb of Sydney NSW. They had six (6) children between 1877 and 1890. Florence, William, Winifred, Rosie, Elsie and Ruby. |
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Emma KETLEY (nee CHEESEMAN)
Emma was born 27 April 1847 at Balmain NSW to John CHEESEMAN (or CHEESMAN) and Martha CROFT. She married William KETLEY in 1876 and died 28 April 1939 at Ryde NSW Australia. This photo was taken about 1907 |
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More pictures of Emma KETLEY (nee CHEESEMAN)
These photo's were taken about 1865 (18 years old), 1880's (in her 30's), 1910 (early 60's) and 1934 (87 years old). |
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Rose Hilda KETLEY
Rose or Rosie Hilda KETLEY was born at Ryde NSW in October 1883. She married William Albert BRADLEY in 1905 (see the BRADLEY Docs) This photo was taken about 1928. She died in November 1968. |
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