Thread: The Farley surname

For anyone interested in the FARLEY surname, I have some 300 FARLEY folk in my family tree. A large proportion are in Wiltshire, and I have sought to document the spread of that family name across the counties of England and Wales, and to the Americas and elsewhere.

I have a one-name-study like project but all the FARLEY folk therein are related to me, however distantly. If anyone has any interest in the FARLEY name I shall be pleased to hear from them for mutual interest.

I would be interested in any information on Thomas Farley, married Hannah Stride, son Charles Joseph Farley born about 1836, Gloucester. Charles is my great grandfather and although I have some information on him, I have virtually nothing on his parents.

Can look up more details if you need them....

thanx - Annette

Hi Annette,
Good to hear from you. Unfortunately, your Charles Joseph Farley is not one of my Farley folk.
However, with a little research, I found the following, which you may or may not already have:

Thomas Farley married Hannah Stride on 2 Feb 1834 at Upton Warren, Worcestershire. (Family Search batch nos. and source references: I038883, 350483; M005499, 465301; M045821, 465301).

1841 census: Charles lived in the Village of Upton Warren, Worcestershire aged 5, with his sister Caroline aged 6, his father Thomas aged 25, his grandfather John Farley aged 60 and his grandmother Anne also aged 60. John Farley was an agricultural labourer. (No sign of Charles' mother Hannah!).

Seeking Charles' birth details, found these christening/baptism records:

20 Mar 1836 at Upton Warren, Worcs. parents Thomas Farley and Hannah. (Family Search batch nos and source references: I038883, 350483; C045822, 465301; C024593, 465301).
In addition, a further christening record a little later:
4 Dec 1836 at Upton Warren, Worcs. parents Thomas Farley and Hannah. (Family Search batch nos and source references: C024593, 465301; C045822, 465301).

Not a lot, but may be of some help but at least you may now have Charles' grandparents to research.
Best wishes John.

A little more - you may like to research these yourself to obtain the source records:

Thomas Farley (Charles' father) born 5 Jan 1812 at Upton Warren.

John Farley (Charles' grandfather) married Anne Albert 10 Dec 1804 at Upton Warren, Worcs.

Caroline Farley (Charles' sister) married Oliver Jew in 1853 at Droitwich, Worcs. Caroline and Oliver had 8 children.

Best wishes, John.