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James ELEY[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

Male 1805 - 1861  (55 years)


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  • Name James ELEY  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
    Birth 31 Oct 1805  Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 6] 
    Gender Male
    Residence 1841  Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Residence 1851  Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence 1861  Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Death 3 Sep 1861  Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5] 
    Person ID I19481927048  Gibson Lovell Lomas Collins
    Last Modified 15 Oct 2026

    Father James ELEY,   b. 17 April 1762, 'The Broad Stone', Pembridge, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Dec 1831, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    Mother Elizabeth GREENWOOD,   b. 1763, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 July 1814, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)
    Marriage 17 Apr 1787  Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Elizabeth Greenwood was his 1st cousin. Her mother, Mary, being sister to his mother, Ann Taylor
    Family ID F1357  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary 'Ann' COLENUTT,   b. 1810, Niton Isle Of Wight, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jul 1877, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    Marriage 29 Jan 1829  St. James' Church, Bristol Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Elizabeth ELEY,   b. 1 April 1831, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jul 1850, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 19 years)
    +2. James ELEY,   b. 11 Feb 1833, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jun 1918, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    +3. Martha M ELEY,   b. 31 Oct 1834, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 1914, Avon, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    >4. Mary ELEY,   b. 6 Sep 1836, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. June 1889, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)
    +5. Sarah Ann ELEY,   b. 19 July 1838, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1900, Greater London, Kent, London, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
    +6. Henry ELEY,   b. 18 Apr 1840, Blackbourton, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Apr 1916, Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    +7. Edward ELEY,   b. 25 Nov 1841, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    +8. Walter ELEY,   b. 21 Nov 1843, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Q1 1925, St Martins, London Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     9. Alice ELEY,   b. Feb 1846, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Mar 1865, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 19 years)
    +10. Emily Grace ELEY,   b. 5 Jan 1848, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jun 1913, Avon, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
    +11. Fanny ELEY,   b. 25 Oct 1849, Berkley, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan-Feb-Mar 1918, Pancras, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
     12. Lewis George ELEY,   b. Jul 1851, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Mar 1853, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
    Family ID F1500  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Oct 2026

  • Sources 
    1. [S_1425887729] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Trees.

    2. [S_1425886724] Ancestry.com, England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1861-1941, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.Original data - Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. Londo).
      Death date: 3 Sep 1861
      Death place: Gloucestershire, England

    3. [S_1425886421] Ancestry.com, 1861 England Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1861. Data imaged from The National A), Class: RG 9; Piece: 1749; Folio: 12; Page: 17; GSU roll: 542862.
      Birth date: abt 1806
      Birth place: Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England
      Residence date: 1861
      Residence place: Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England

    4. [S_1425730993] Ancestry.com, 1851 England Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1851. Data imaged from the National A), Class: HO107; Piece: 1957; Folio: 451; Page: 4; GSU roll: 87357.
      Birth date: abt 1806
      Birth place: Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England
      Residence date: 1851
      Residence place: Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England

    5. [S_1425887521] FreeBMD, England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Contro).
      Death date: Jul 1861
      Death place: Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

    6. [S_1424524438] Ancestry.com, 1841 England Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1841. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1841. Data imaged from the National ), Class: HO107; Piece 347; Book: 3; Civil Parish: Berkeley; County: Gloucestershire; Enumeration District: 5; Folio: 7; Page: 10; Line: 4; GSU roll: 288761.
      Birth date: abt 1806
      Birth place: Gloucestershire, England
      Residence date: 1841
      Residence place: Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England