Genealogy Chat

Hi Yvonne, Amelia`s mother and father, I think were married in Bristol, as that is where he came from and the eldest son, also Henry was born there in 1814. The three subsequent children I have managed to trace were all born in the Poplar/Bromley areas. As Henry senior is listed as a mariner/shipwright, the London docks seems to be the place he would head for to get work William was born in 1823 in Poplar....Medora in Bromley in 1829 and Amelia in Poplar in 1835. Kathlyn

Hi Helen, Thanks for the names that may be connected with my James Hadley. These I will put in my 'to search' file and when I get a few mins!!!!!! I will go down that road. Kathlyn

Hi Kate, Many thanks for all the hard work put in by ALL who have worked on my behalf. Yes I do have a birth cert for one of Amelia and James`s children, and Amelia was nee Jennings. We have found Amelia`s baptism which was at All Saints Poplar on 30th June 1837. Amelia`s parents were both from different part of the country, her father, Henry was from Bristol and her mother Elizabeth from Wednesbury, Staffs. I do think that maybe James and his mother in law Elizabeth may have know each other before his marriage to Amelia, as he also came from Wednesbury. As for the census where a Maller Hadley is shown as being wife to James, I have had many problems with the 'translation' of the census documents. On the other side of my family, I was unable to find anything before 1901 because the surname had been mistranscribed as Mandesley. So, Maller is a mistranscription of Amelia. I am off to work now but I will be back this afternoon. And thanks again ALL of you. Kathlyn

Kathlyn, it looks as if you will be best to get the birth certificate of one of the children to get Amelia's maiden name and then look for the marriage. Kate.

Might just be a coincidence but it seems strange that these Hadley families with Wednesbury connections are living in the right parish in 1851. Might be rellies? Ann Hadley abt 1816 Wedmsbuy, Staffordshire, Head Bromley St Leonard Middlesex Joseph Hadley abt 1840 Wedmsbuy, Staffordshire, Son Bromley St Leonard Middlesex David Hadley abt 1842 Buelyhill, Staffordshire, Son Bromley St Leonard Middlesex Sarah Ann Hadley abt 1844 Poplar Daughter Bromley St Leonard Middlesex Joseph Westwood abt 1826 Westbromich, Staffordshire, Visitor Bromley St Leonard Middlesex Samuel Barcus abt 1826 Westbromich, Staffordshire, Bromley St Leonard Middlesex Josiah Hadley abt 1810 Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England Head Bromley St Leonard Middlesex Christiana Hadley abt 1813 Bel Brit Sub Wife Bromley St Leonard Middlesex Susanna Hadley abt 1834 Bel Brit Sub Daughter Bromley St Leonard Middlesex Marie Von Soo abt 1826 Bel Brit Sub Niece Bromley St Leonard Middlesex

The oldest child is Medora Amelia Hadley (Dorah on 71) Mar 1855 Poplar 1c 598 I thought the name Medora might be a clue but I haven't found anything yet. I agree that Elizabeth Jennings is probably related to James not Amelia, either mother or step mother. It would be really helpful to know Amelia's maiden name. Also maybe James had another christian name. Or maybe they didn't get married.

Amelia's born poplar 1834-6 (as on 1851 census) Amelia Hill abt 1834 Poplar Daughter Poplar Middlesex (believed married Q1 1855) Amelia Jane Mary abt 1836 Poplar, Middlesex, England Cousin Poplar Middlesex (no marriage found) Amelia Webb abt 1834 Poplar, Middlesex, England Daughter Bromley St Leonard Middlesex (believed married Q4 1854)

the only James Hadley / Amelia ? wedding combination I can find Amelia Green 1847 Oct-Nov-Dec West Bromwich Shropshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire James Hadley 1847 Oct-Nov-Dec West Bromwich Shropshire, Staffordshire, but would make Amelia only 12

ok I'll delete the hadley family I found for 1861 for reference 1861 James Hadley abt 1829 Wednesby, Staffordshire, England Head Bromley St Leonard Middlesex Maller Hadley abt 1835 Bromley, Middlesex, England Wife Bromley St Leonard Middlesex Medoda Hadley abt 1855 Bromley, Middlesex, England Daughter Bromley St Leonard Middlesex Elizabeth Hadley abt 1858 Bromley, Middlesex, England Daughter Bromley St Leonard Middlesex William Hadley abt 1860 Bromley, Middlesex, England Son Bromley St Leonard Middlesex Elizabeth Jennings abt 1789 Wedrensby, Staffordshire, England Mother Bromley St Leonard Middlesex This suggests that Amelia was not Elizabeth's daughter but that Elizabeth married again

I think James's date of birth may be wrong. I've found James Hadley born 1829 on the 1861 cenus with the three older children and wife's name given as Maller and with Elizabeth Jennings. They are in Bromley. I don't know how to paste the details but the reference is RG9/300 Folio 14 page 23

If James was married in or before 1855 he would only have been 15 I am thinking he married Amelia as her 2nd husband and the children were given his name, possibly in error. Also note the 5 year gap between children 1862-67

Oh, don't forget that 'mother-in-law' could mean 'stepmother', so unless you have a birth certificate of one of James and Amelia's children giving Amelia's name as 'Amelia Hadley, formerly Jennings' then you can't be sure that her maiden name was Jennings. Kate.

Kathlyn, how do you know that they got married in 1855, please? Kate.

FOR REFERENCE 1871 Census James Hadley abt 1840 Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England Head Bromley St Leonard London Amelia Hadley abt 1836 Poplar, Middlesex, England Wife Bromley St Leonard London Dorah Hadley abt 1855 Bromley, Middlesex, England Daughter Bromley St Leonard London Elizabeth Hadley abt 1857 Bromley, Middlesex, England Daughter Bromley St Leonard London William Hadley abt 1860 Bromley, Middlesex, England Son Bromley St Leonard London Alice Hadley abt 1862 Bromley, Middlesex, England Daughter Bromley St Leonard London Josiah Hadley abt 1867 Bromley, Middlesex, England Son Bromley St Leonard London Eva Hadley abt 1870 Bromley, Middlesex, England Daughter Bromley St Leonard London Elizabeth Jennings abt 1787 Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England Mother-in-law Bromley St Leonard London Interesting that M-I-L and head born same place but not wife?

and the only James Hadley got married in Dudley or Birmingham

just looked on 1837 no marriage for a Amelia Jennings for 1855 unless my eyes have gone googly

They were married in Poplar in 1855, she is Amelia Jennings, he is James Hadley. Kathlyn

Unfortunately, even Ancestry doesn't have all the images available all the time. I used up a lot of time reporting missing marriage index images scattered through the 1940s, for instance. Christine

Family search only holds a very small number of records. Ancestry has all bmd's from 1837...........if you have looked only at the freebmd transcriptions on there, you need to look again at the full records............. Do you have an idea of the year? Reg

Put up some details such as names, approximate date, and likely place(s) and no doubt you will get some people to help in the search. As for why you can't find them on ancestry or family search - if they married after 1837 then they should turn up somewhere on the GRO indexes (unless they got married in a different country) or at least in the local ones, but if before 1837 then it is probably that the parish where they got married is not transcribed on either of those websites. Kate.