Apperley/Apperly Genealogy Researchers Worldwide

Apperley/Apperly Genealogy Researchers Worldwide

www.apperleys.co.uk/apperley.htm

including variants such as these in no particular order!

Appy, Apley, Applee, Appley, Apply, Appaly, Appelee, Aperley, Aperly, Appleley, Apperla, Apperle, Apperleghe, Apperleigh, Appary, Appery, Apperry, Appaley, Uppery, Upperrley, Appurlee, Appurley, Apurley, Haperlye, Hapley, Happerley, Happley, Happurley, Hoppeleye

The aim of this page is to enable easy communication between researchers of APPERLEY ancestors

Updated 1 August 2008

General introduction and update
Name origins
Quick links to other Apperley pages
Useful research links and map links relevant to Apperleys of many areas, particularly Gloucestershire, Warwickshire and Herefordshire
Research interests and queries
Genealogy and other useful sites

Welcome!

If you are new to the site, do not be put off by the APPERLEY titles. Although the spelling of Apperley is the most common form, these pages do reflect some of the variant spellings that exist, or have existed in the past, even in the same family. Apperley is merely used as a convenient shorthand for all the types that may appear.
At present, I am conducting a major update of the site, especially the Wynne Apperleys page, which reflects the main APPERLEY line in Herefordshire.
There are also additions to this Apperley researchers' page and an alteration to the order of items.
Mistakes do happen. Always check original sources where possible!
Grateful acknowledgement must be given to Alan H. Nelson, Professor Emeritus in the Department of English at the University of California, Berkeley, for information that may help to link the London Apperley group. Researchers are advised to heed his advice about cautious use of the current data. His site can be found HERE.

So, if you are researching APPERL(E)Y (even if you are a complete beginner!) and want to be listed (no charge involved).

e-mail: Rosie

Origin of the Name Apperley

Some Documented Examples of Spelling Variations

Domesday Book: Apelei, Apeleia, Apelie, Appelie

c1210 onwards: Apperleg(a), Apperle(e), Apperlei(e), Apperley(e)

c1240 onwards: Aperley, Aperlegh, Apperleya

1304 onwards: Appurle(ie), Appurley(e)

Most Common Definition

'A clearing near the appletree(s) or a clearing used for growing apple trees'

(Very appropriate for those living in Herefordshire cider country!)

The spelling of this surname can vary considerably, e.g. Happurley, but the most common contemporary forms are Apperley, Apperly and Appley.
Experience of those who bear the surname has shown that there are few 'outsiders' who can meet the challenge of spelling the name correctly. Thus, the same individual may appear in official records under many forms of the surname. I became used to seeing 'Appleby' on my letters!
Variants such as 'Agnes Apparre of Sandhurst, will dated 1553' (a variation also seen in the King's Stanley area of Gloucestershire) may be different. Although it may a further variation in spelling, it could also be a Welsh patronymic form, ie originally 'Ap Parre', 'son of Parry' or with some versions 'son of Harry' (eg John ap Harry Herefordshire, MP from c1399, Stephen ap Harry, Herefordshire MP from c1553, and Richard ap Harry, Esquire of Herefordshire, listed between Knights and Gentlemen, on a 1433 Return). The IGI even has an entry for Alice Apparie, death 1582 at Deerhurst (next village to Apperley and well known for its de Apperley family), with her 'relative' recorded as James R. Parry!
In Samuel Workman - the minister and his manse, Vida van Niekerk commented about the Stroud Apperly members of the family: 'Records of the Apperly family go back to 1543 when the spelling of the name was Appary, changing to Apurley, Aperley, then Apperley and finally Apperly.'
Helen Wright has commented, "I believe that the Welsh surname Parry is derived from the original patronymic 'ap Harri', the H having been lost, somewhere along the line, with the transcription of the name. There may have been an intermediate form 'ap Parri', but Parri is not the original form. The same is true of the surnames Powell, from ap Hywel, and Pugh, from ap Huw (and also, incidentally, of Bowen, from ab Owain, and Bevan, from ab Ifan)."
So, if you have been searching for an individual, unsuccessfully, try as many forms of the name as you can.
At present, the Apperley pages record the most common spellings of the surname found in Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire, but it is beginning to reflect the spellings of the surname that have been common in other areas, such as Devon, Lincolnshire, Monmouthshire, Lancashire, Yorkshire and Durham.
The Apperley References page contains a few details about places that have born a form of the name.

QUICK LINKS TO OTHER PAGES

APPERLEY Contents Page

Apperley Births One 1200 - 1599

Apperley Births Two 1600 - 1699

Apperley Births Three 1700 - 1799

Apperley Births Four 1800 - 1849

Apperley Births Five 1850 - 1899

Apperley Births Six 1900 onwards

Apperley Births 1800 onwards in UK

Apperley of Ashperton and Birmingham

Apperley Marriages

A Partial List of Apperley Wills, Admons and Other Official Documents

Apperley References through the Centuries

Wynne Apperleys

Research Interests and Queries

see also Apperley and Apperly

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Rosie Wells (born Apperley in Birmingham, now in Scotland): WORLD, Apperley/Apperly and variants, all dates/places for inclusion on these pages (and to add to our collection of family trees), but especially Ashperton, Herefordshire where my ancestors were stonemasons for at least six generations.

My basic line of descent:

Thomas APPERLEY d/bur1727 Ashperton,=Mary, d/bur1727 Ashperton
James APPERLEY b unknown, son of Thomas=Mary, =Joan COLLINS b Ashperton
James APPERLEY b1699 Ashperton, d1727, son of James=Joan, =Joan b1699 Ashperton, d/bur 1736 Ashperton.
James APPERLEY b1715-1727, d1784 Ashperton, son of James b1699=Joan b1699, =Elizabeth DALLEY
Thomas APPERLEY b1754 Ashperton, d1810, son of James=Elizabeth, =Hannah DAVIS bc1755, d1823 Ashperton.
Thomas APPERLEY b1795 Ashperton, d1872, son of Thomas=Hannah, =Amelia BAGGOT(T) bc 1800 Bosbury, d1877
Robert APPERLEY b1835 Ashperton, d 1905 Selly Oak workhouse, son of Thomas=Amelia, =Ann Abigail MALLETT bc1835 Hereford, d 1905
Arthur Charles APPERLEY b1857Blacklands Gate, Ashperton, d1934 Billesley, son of Robert=Ann Abigail, = Letitia 'Letty' BRITTLE b1861 Aston, d1914 Sparkhill, Birmingham.
Frederick William APPERLEY b1894, d1978, son of Arthur Charles=Letty, = Sarah Ann BUMPAS (My paternal grandparents)

See www.apperleys.co.uk/james.htm for more details of Rosie's family tree.

Other surnames connected to my tree: BAGGOT, BELL, BRITTLE, BUMPAS, CHATTERLEY, CLARKE, COLLINS COTTRELL, CULL, DAVIS, DALLEY, DANCOCK, DRIVER, FAHY, GREEN, GREW, JACQUES, JAMES, MALLETT, MORGAN, MORRIS, PHELPS, POPE, POTTER, PRICE, RAYNER, SAULL, SCHMITZ, SHERIFF, SMITH, SPENCER, TAYLOR, WILKINSON, WORK, to name a few!!

Seeking information about my great great aunts:

Matilda Mary Apperley b1855 Ashperton, (married Boston, Massachusetts, August 1883, to John WORK aka WARK, bc1846 Ireland).
Clara Gertrude Apperley b1861 Worcester, bur 1929 Kentville, in Sommerville October 1888 married Willard Eaton PORTER c 1862, bur 1935 Kentville Nova Scotia (Willard was the son of Henry PORTER and Mary Lois EATON b14 Dec 1824)

Also seeking descendants of:

Ada Georgiana Apperley born at home on 23 July 1866 at 17 Moor Street, Worcester. She was baptised on 25 December 1866 in Ashperton / Worcester. Her father's occupation was stated as stonemason. In 1881 she was working as a housemaid (aged 17) for the Barnett family of King’s Norton at Ivythorpe, Wake Green Road, Elmshurst. She may be the Ada G. Apperley of Globe, Arizona who married Benjamin M. FELLOWS/FOLLOWS in Los Angeles on 2 October 1899.

Another July update thanks to cousin Lesley Stafford:

Great uncle James (Richard) Apperley, born 1861 Blacklands Gate, Ashperton, son of Robert Apperley, stonemason. In1884, he married Mary CHATTERLEY, daughter of Henry Chatterley, gunstocker. Their son, Arthur Thomas Apperley, was born in 1884. In 1886 the family sailed to Australia on the 'Aberdeen'. James died in 1936 at Marrickville New South Wales. It is believed that Arthur Thomas Apperley died in 1969 at Campsie, New South Wales.

Any descendants out there?

Any help with this research would be appreciated. Rosie

My great grandfather, Arthur Charles APPERLEY,

b1857 Ashperton, d1934 Billesley.

My grandfather, Frederick William APPERLEY, b1894 Aston, d1978 Birmingham, and his wife, Sarah Ann nee Bumpas

April update: Special greetings to my newly discovered cousins in Queensland. Thanks go to Lesley Stafford for getting in touch about my great great aunt Alice Anne APPERLEY b1862 Ashperton/ Ledbury, worked as a servant at Dorset Villa in Cheltenham and married William Shakespeare GREW b1865. Their children were born in Sydney. Now I know that Alice died in 1924 and she was buried with her husband in Blackheath Cemetery, New South Wales.

Alice Anne APPERLEY and her husband William Shakespeare GREW

Lionel James GREW born 22 October 1922, died 18 December 1975, grandson of Alice and William Shakespeare GREW

July update: Special greetings to newly discovered cousin John WESTERDALE. My gt gt aunt Sarah Adelaide Apperley b1853 Bromyard married John's ancestor William SAULL , in 1874 (reg Woolwich March Quarter 1874). In the light of other family evidence, William is probably William Tomkins SAULL b reg Dec Q1840 Daventry, Northamptonshire - see The Sole Society for photos of William, his father and siblings). In 1880, he was a publishing house worker and he lived in Boston, Massachusetts with wife Sarah and his children William, Selina and Ada. By 1910 Sarah was a widow with 3 of her 5 children still alive. She died on the 10 May 1911. The address given in the Philadelphia Inquirer was 2724 Hemberger Street. Interment was private.

e June 2008, New Researcher

Paul Apperley is trying to compile records of Apperley military service and is interested in obtaining confirmed photos of Apperleys in uniform, war medals named to Apperley and variants of the name, army records as well as any information about the whereabouts of any Apperley military memorabilia.

If you can help him, please email Rosie who will pass on all messages.

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Research Update July 2007

There is still ongoing discussion about the top of this tree. Joseph b1724, Tobias b1725 and Robert b1727 are recorded as the sons of John and Mary APPERLEY. However, others have thought this referred to John APPERLEY, 31 May 1724 Berkeley=Margaret BAKER d1728

Graham Edwards is related to this group through his great grandfather, Matthew PIMBLE, whose sister, Ann PIMBLE, married William APPERLEY bap 1815.

Sara Darling is interested in the APPERLEYs of Westbury on Severn / Huntley / Churcham / Sandhurst. Her ancestor, Martha APPERLEY was the sister of William APPERLEY, the blacksmith, who was baptised at Sandhurst in 1815, Hartpury in 1838 (reg June Q 1838 Newent) =Ann PIMBLE (Mark Apperley's (ST2) tree). Martha was the daughter of Joseph APPERLEY baptised 1791 Huntley, 1813 Sandhurst=Hannah WILLIS, and the gt granddaughter of Joseph APPERLEY b1724 Pedington, brother of Tobias b1725 Pedington (See Elsie Boughton's research details below HF30.)

Glenys Ainge is interested in the APPERLEYs of Hartpury / Ashleworth, Tewkesbury / Cransley, nr Kettering. Her grandmother, Gertrude Grace, was the daughter of Charles APPERLEY, b 1859 Hartpury, youngest son of William the blacksmith who was baptised at Sandhurst in 1815, Hartpury in 1838 (reg June Q 1838 Newent)=Ann(e) PIMBLE (Mark Apperley's (ST2) tree). We understand that Margaret Kidd is also descended from William the blacksmith via Henry James whose birth was registered as Henry James HAPPERLEY Dec Q 1847 Newent.

Margaret Kidd is a descendant of James Henry aka Henry James b reg as 'HAPPERLEY' 1847 son of William APPERLEY=Ann PIMBLE

Mark Apperley and Sandie are both descendants of William George APPERLEY b1885,=1909, Clarice Eileen LOGAN via 2 of his children, William John APPERLEY b1909 and Hazel APPERLEY b1920. Researchers may also remember Linda McPheat's research into her late husband's ancestry where he was descended from Albert APPERLEY b1908, illegitimate son of William George APPERLEY b1885 and Mary Ann BUCKINGHAM.

Elsie Boughton is a descendant of Ann APPERLEY(=Henry BOUGHTON), granddaughter of Tobias bap1725 Pedington/Berkeley,

e New Researcher July 2007

Sandie is the granddaughter of William George APPERLEY b1885, C1909 Clarice Eileen LOGAN, son of Daniel APPERLEY b 1850, son of William APPERLEY the blacksmith b 1815 Sandhurst, Hartpury1838 =Ann PIMBLE, son of Joseph APPERLEY b 1791 Huntley, 1813 Sandhurst=Hannah WILLIS, ?grandson of Joseph APPERLEY b 1724 Pedington, son of John APPERLEY=Mary/Margaret BAKER.

Can anyone help with information about Clarice Eileen LOGAN's birth, believed to be about 1886?

Photographs below show Sandie's grandfather William and his sister Emmeline.

e-mail: sananns1aol.com

Clarice Eileen Logan b1886 d1925, wife of William George Apperley b1885 d1966

William George Apperley b1885 Wheatenhurst

Wedding of Hazel Apperley and Len Williams

Hazel Williams nee Apperley, b1920, d1997, with her daughter Sandra

Daniel Apperley b1851 d1932, and his wife Emma, nee Moulder, b1853, who married in 1872. At the time of this photo he was 63 and she was 61

Daniel and Emma Apperley's children in October 1955: Nell b1888, Lionel b1896, Dorothy b1892 and Blanche b1876

Olive nee Apperley b1912, daughter of William George and Clarice Apperley, with her husband Jim

Emmeline Dorothy Apperley b1892 Newent

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Sara Darling: Researching the ancestry of Martha APPERLEY baptised 7th April 1816, Churcham. She married John MORGAN from Redmarley D'Abitot on 3rd August 1840 St. Nicholas, Gloucester. They lived in Redmarley for their married life. John MORGAN died in 1866, but Martha stayed in Redmarley with some of the younger children. Sometime between 1881 and 1891 she moved to Eastington, Gloucestershire, to be with Mary Ann MORGAN who had married William SIMPKINS. She was there until she died on 1st March 1902 aged 85.

e-mail: darlingsdmna.freeserve.co.uk

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Glenys Ainge: My grandmother, Gertrude Grace APPERLEY, b 22 August 1888 Ashleworth, was the daughter of Charles APPERLEY=Sarah BLOXHAM (Bloxsome). Her siblings were Sidney bc1887 Ashleworth; Wilfred William bc1890 Ashleworth; Elsie May b March 1892 Ashleworth; Hilda Catherine b March 1894 Ashleworth. In 1901 the family lived at Lawn, Ashleworth, Tewkesbury.

On 4 June 1910 Hilda Catherine APPERLEY, aged 16, spinster of Great Cransley, nr Kettering, married Thomas Frank HOUGHTON, aged 20, bachelor of Great Cransley, at St Andrews Church, Cransley. Fathers of the couple were Thomas HOUGHTON, lab, and Charles APPERLEY, lab. Witnesses were Elsie May APPERLEY, sister to Hilda, and Joseph APPERLEY (uncle to Hilda, Charles's brother).

In 1901 Joseph APPERLEY, b1856 Hartpury, was a newsagent and his wife Elizabeth, b Norton, GLS, was a laundress at Higham Ferrers, Northants. Elizabeth died at Great Cransley 27 February 1914 (headstone in churchyard).

Gertrude Grace APPERLEY, aged 25, spinster, resident of Cransley, married Frederick Thomas DAWKINS, aged 26, b Cransley, bachelor, lab, on 3 January 1914 at St Andrews, Cransley. Fathers of the couple were Alfred James DAWKINS, lab, and Charles APPERLEY, lab. Witnesses were Thomas Frank HOUGHTON and Hilda Catherine HOUGHTON.

Gertrude and Frederick DAWKINS had 7 children. Gertrude lived her adult life at Cransley until illness later in life necessitated nursing home care at West Haven, Market Bosworth, LEI. She died aged 77 on 12 April 1966.

e-mail: glenysstubbslane.co.uk

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Elsie Boughton has been researching the ancestry of her paternal great grandmother Ann APPERLEY, born Westbury on Severn in 1796, married to Henry BOUGHTON in Gloucester 1816. Ann was the sister of Hester who married Joseph Greening (Sir Edward Elgar's grandfather) in 1806. (At least one of the published Elgar trees shows the wrong marriage for Ann.) Hester and Ann had at least 4 other siblings and their parents were John APPERLEY bap1760 who married Ann GIBBONS. John had at least 4 other siblings and their parents are believed to be Tobias bap1725 Pedington/Berkeley, married to Margaret DAVIES in Westbury on Severn 1748. The ELGAR tree shows John and Margaret (nee BAKER) to be the parents of Tobias and his siblings, although baptismal records show John and Mary APPERLEY as the parents of Joseph, John, Tobias and Robert.

If you have information that would help Elsie's research, please let me know. Rosie

e Code ST7/ST24 NB this is a code that covers a number of APPERL(E)Y families

Updated 1 June 2008

Research Query, May 2008: Does anyone know anything about John Apperley who was associated with Edward Holmes, millwright of Paganhill? He is mentioned in Edward's will made 1807. Please contact Rosie if you have any information.

Research Update, April 2008: Researchers are advised that the Apperley Births Three page and Apperley marriages have been updated as far as the Stroud and Rodborough families are concerned. Please let me know if there are any errors!

Walter EVANS and his wife Frances (Fanny) daughter of David APPERLY of Rodborough Court

Walter EVANS, his daughter Gladys, his wife Fanny and his mother Anne EVANS nee HOLT

Sarah TURTELL MURRAY nee HOLT of Holland Hall, grandmother of Walter EVANS

The Stroud APPERL(E)Ys have provoked considerable interest over the last few years. I am delighted that Donald Gilbert of Australia has been in touch to tell me about the Apperly - Evans woollen cloth manufacturing families. My thanks to Donald for the photos below and the following information, part of which comes from the book "Samuel Workman - the minister and his manse" by Donald's aunt, Vida van Niekerk:

"FRANCES ANNIE EVANS

The earliest known member of the Evans family was Eli Evans, an experienced woollen cloth manufacturer who came from South Wales and settled in the village of Brimscombe near Stroud in the Cotswolds. His son Aaron carried on with his father’s woollen mills and was married at Rodborough Tabernacle. He in turn had son Philip Charles who inherited the woollen mills and whose first marriage was to Elizabeth Clutterbuck. They had a son, Philip (later of Burleigh Court) and two daughters.

The first known Evans home was in the village of Brimscombe alongside the woollen mills which straddled the river Frome. Later the family built or moved to Brimscombe Court.

After the death of his first wife Elizabeth (née Clutterbuck), Philip Charles Evans married a widow, Anne Knox Davies (née Thurtell), daughter of James Thurtell born 1790, died 1867).

James Thurtell’s cousin, John Thurtell, was convicted of murder in 1824 for killing is money lender during a quarrel over gambling debts. His effigy was or many years to be seen in Madame Tussaud’s Wax Works in London. The subsequent scandal and disgrace caused James and his brother Alfred to change heir name of Thurtell to that of Murray. Alfred is the ancestor of the Graaff Reinet Murrays.

Before the family scandal, James Thurtell had married Sarah Holt whose father John Holt was one time Lord Chief Justice of England. James and Sarah’s daughter Anne (born 1820) first married Elijah Knox Davies and by him had a son also named Elijah. After her husband’s death in 1849 Anne married Philip Charles Evans, a widower with three children (Refer paragraph 3 above.) Anne was a deeply religious omen and was a voluntary worker with George Muller of Bristol, that great ‘Christian who founded the orphanages of that city.

Philip and Anne Evans had six children:
Walter (my grandfather born 1852)
Annie
Arthur (father of Margaret Evans and of Gerald, who was the father of Arundel Evans)
Edward
Bessie Frances (married Ernest Edgar Bone)
Margaret Lucy (Aunt Maggie)

After completing his education, Walter, my grandfather, came out to South Africa with his half-brother Elijah Knox Davies who had qualified as a doctor in medicine but who had unfortunately developed lung trouble. They went to Graaff Reinet to some Murray cousins (originally Thurtells) who had come to live in South Africa. After their holiday they returned to England but Dr. Knox Davies came back to South Africa and married a Miss Probart and set up practice in Hanover, Cape Province. After his death his widow hyphenated the Knox and the Davies.

Back in England Walter Evans became a partner with his father Philip Charles and his half-brother Philip in their woollen mills in Brimscombe and in order to learn the business from the bottom up, he worked alongside the millhands.

In 1876 he married Frances (or Fanny), daughter of David Apperly of Rodborough Court near Stroud, Gloucester. Records of the Apperly family go back to 1543 when the spelling of the name was Appary, changing to Apurley, Aperley, then Apperley and finally Apperly. Like the Evans family, the Apperly family owned woollen mills and manufactured the red cloth used for the uniform of the British soldier. My mother’s cousin, Enid Bellerby (née Apperly) wrote to me: I know the mills were going in the time of the Georges (1700’s) as my father (Herbert Apperly) used to tell us of the scarlet dyed army cloth laid out in strips on grass when one of the Georges came to visit them.

The mills were well known for the quality of all their woollen cloth particularly the black “face cloth”.

On the 31st December 1807 John Apperly married Ann, daughter of a Cooper. A son, David, was born to them on 2nd July 1812 at Cheltenham. The story handed down in the family was that as a young man David accompanied friend on a visit to the friend’s sister at an exclusive school for girls. While the young men waited in the hail, the sister and another girl walked down the stairs. David Apperly murmured to his friend: “You see that girl? I am going to marry her.” And marry her he did. She was Ellen Jacobs, the very beautiful daughter of an English Jew named Thomas Jacobs.

David and Ellen’s eldest son was Alfred who inherited the woollen mills and was knighted for services rendered to his country when he discovered a means of using waste wool.

Their fourth daughter was Frances, my grandmother, usually called Fanny by her family.

Soon after the marriage of Walter Evans to Fanny Apperly it was found that Walter had developed “a spot on the lung” or tuberculosis, so he sold his share of the mill to his half-brother Philip, and in 1877 came out to South Africa with his wife and baby boy named Murray, and all their furniture. They settled in Hanover, Cape Province, where Walter bought a house, a shop and two farms, one of which he named “Brimscombe” after his old home Brimscombe Court. "

Above: Rodborough Court, home of the Apperly woollen cloth manufacturers

Right: Brimscombe Court, home of the Evans family, woollen cloth manufacturers, whose son, Walter b1852, married David Apperly's daughter, Frances aka Fanny b1852

Other Apperl(e)y family researchers include: Ronald Geary who is descended from Esther APPERLEY b1805, his great great grandmother, who married John BREWER in 1828 in Stonehouse. Their daughter Mary, b1832, was a governess whose married name was FARNHAM.

Beryl Beavis whose great grandfather was John Albert APPERLY b1844 son of Benjamin APPERLY of King's Stanley son of Thomas APPERLY. Her grandfather, Frank Wallace APPERLY was the third cousin of Sir Alfred APPERLY, JP, whose memorial is in Rodborough churchyard. (Link to John of Dudbridge,(1)=Mary b24 Sep 1779 d/bur 17 Apr 1807 Rodborough churchyard (?of Minchinhampton, 8 Jun 1802 Stonehouse=Mary FLIGHT(S)); John of Cainscross, widower, 31 Dec 1807 by lic, Stonehouse/Stroud (2)=Ann COOPER)

Ann Pangbourne is also descended from John APPERLY of Cainscross, d 30 Nov 1858 Stroud, Stroud 31 Dec 1807= Ann COOPER d Oct 1843. He was her great great great grandfather.

Elizabeth Knowlton is one of the researchers who is interested in Stroud APPERL(E)Ys. At the top of her tree is John b1746, father of George b1789 Woodchester=Ann LAWRENCE whose son John b1823 Rodborough=Mary BERMAN emigrated to Australia. Although he is recorded as having two children in Chippenham, Wiltshire, there are other Apperl(e)ys births in that county (some shown on birth list).

New Researcher, June 2007:

Ann from Devon: I would love to find out more about

my great great grandmother Ellen JACOBS (bc1817/8 Taunton, d 22 Mar 1900, reg A1900 Stroud, daughter of Thomas) who married (28 Mar 1838) David APPERLY, woollen cloth manufacturer (b 2 Jul 1812 Stonehouse, bap 11 Oct 1812 Calvanistic Methodist Rodborough, d 28 Apr 1887)
my great grandmother Louisa Margaret McKENZIE (b 22 June 1845, bap 18 July 1845 Bombay, daughter of James=Charlotte, d 6 September 1907 Tunbridge Wells) who married (12 Apr 1870 Milton Glasgow LKS) David Cooper APPERLY (son of David APPERLY) woollen merchant, bc1846 Rodborough

e-mail: johnann.pangbournevirgin.net

Research Update, March 2007: I would like to thank Elizabeth Knowlton for this detailed entry, which will be of interest to a number of researchers. Also, I would like to thank Joy and Elizabeth for allowing me to publish the reunion photo, which occurred as a result of Elizabeth's posting on this website.

Joy Pitman and Elizabeth Knowlton who met for the first time in 2007

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Elizabeth W. Knowlton (of the USA): RODBOROUGH, Gloucestershire, UK.

1. John Apperly, b. ca. 1746 in Gloucestershire, England. He married Mary Wager, married 3 Aug 1783 in Woodchester, Gloucestershire, England,^{^[i]} b. ca. 1760 in Woodchester?, Gloucestershire, England. [I am making an educated guess that these are the parents of George below as there are so few records. His father was John; I believe Mary Wager was a second wife.]

Children:

2. i George Apperly b. ca 1789.

Second Generation

2. George Apperly, b. ca 1789 in Woodchester, Gloucestershire, England,^{^[ii]}^{,^[iii]} baptized 14 Jun 1789 in Rodborough C of E Parish Church, Rodborough, Gloucestershire, England,^{^[iv]} occupation cloth worker; clothier. He married Ann Lawrence, married 2 Jul 1812 in Rodborough, Gloucestershire, England,^{^[v]} b. 1794 in Eastcombe, Gloucestershire, England, (daughter of John Lawrence and Ann Gillett) baptized 18 Mar 1794 in Rodborough Tabernacle, Rodborough, Gloucestershire, England.^{^[vi]} George died Apr-Jun 1875 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England.^{^[vii]}

Children:

i John Apperly, b. 11 Apr 1813 in Rodborough, Gloucestershire, England, baptized 30 May 1813 in Rodborough Tabernacle, Rodborough, Gloucestershire, England,^{^[viii]} d. bef 1823 in Rodborough, Gloucestershire, England.

ii James Apperly, b. 10 Oct 1814 in Rodborough, Gloucestershire, England, baptized 12 Jan 1815 in Rodborough Tabernacle, Rodborough, Gloucestershire, England,^{^[ix]} occupation Independent minister. He married Patience Pearce, married 1854 in Victoria, Australia,^{^[x]} b. ca. 1825 in England?.

3. iii William Apperly b. 4 Aug 1816.

iv Elizabeth Apperly, b. Nov 1818 in Rodborough, Gloucestershire, England, baptized 10 Jan 1819 in Rodborough Tabernacle, Rodborough, Gloucestershire, England.^{^[xi]} She married Isaac Briginshaw, married 11 Nov 1845 in Rodborough Tabernacle, Rodborough, Gloucestershire, England,^{^[xii]} b. 18 Jan 1815 in Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England, baptized 12 Feb 1815 in St. Nicolas, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England, d. 7 Aug 1870 in Mount Pleasant, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England. Elizabeth died Jul-Sep 1901 in Lancashire, England.^{^[xiii]}

v George Apperly, b. 2 Jan 1821 in Rodborough, Gloucestershire, England, baptized 13 Aug 1821 in Rodborough Tabernacle, Rodborough, Gloucestershire, England,^{^[xiv]} d. 1861 in Victoria, Australia.^{^[xv]}

4. vi John Apperly b. 7 Feb 1823.

5. vii Henry Apperly b. 30 Nov 1824.

Third Generation

3. William Apperly, b. 4 Aug 1816 in Rodborough, Gloucestershire, England, baptized 1 Dec 1816 in Rodborough Tabernacle, Rodborough, Gloucestershire, England.^{^[xvi]} He married Sarah Robins?, married Oct-Dec 1840 in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England,^{^[xvii]}^{,^[xviii]} b. ca. 1818 in England,^{^[xix]} d. bef. 1880 in Kentucky.^{^[xx]} William died bef 1880 in Kentucky.^{^[xxi]} [William’s family immigrated to the United States of America between 1851 and 1853. They may have traveled up the Mississippi River and then the Ohio to reach Louisville, KY, where they lived for several generations.]

Children:

i Ann Apperly, b. ca 1843 in England.^{^[xxii]}

6. ii Astley Apperly b. Nov 1844.

iii Sarah M. Apperly, b. ca. 1846 in England.^{^[xxiii]}

iv Marianna Apperly, b. ca. 1850 in England.^{^[xxiv]}

v Elenore Apperly, b. ca. 1853 in Kentucky.^{^[xxv]}

4. John Apperly, b. 7 Feb 1823 in Rodborough, Gloucestershire, England,^{^[xxvi]}^{,^[xxvii]} baptized 25 May 1823 in Rodborough Tabernacle, Rodborough, Gloucestershire, England,^{^[xxviii]} occupation town clerk, innkeeper. He married Mary (Berman) Bowerman, married 3 Jun 1848 in Bath, Somerset, England,^{^[xxix]} b. by 1822 in Devon, England,^{^[xxx]} (daughter of Thomas Bowerman and Mary Atkins) baptized 24 Mar 1822 in St. Peter's Church, Clayhanger, Devon, England,^{^[xxxi]} d. 23 Nov 1906 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.^{^[xxxii]} John died 5 Jun 1891 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.^{^[xxxiii]} [John and several of his brothers immigrated to Australia around 1852. However, he retired back to Bristol in 1887.]

Children:

7. i Fanny Apperly b. 9 Apr 1849.

ii James Apperly, b. 19 Jul 1851 in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England,^{^[xxxiv]} d. 18 Jul 1892 in Elsteinwick, Victoria, Australia, buried: Jul 1892 in Elsteinwick, Victoria, Australia.

8. iii Henry Lawrence Apperly b. 18 Oct 1855.

iv George Berman Apperly, b. 13? Dec 1857 in Victoria, Australia,^{^[xxxv]} d. 14 Nov 1862 in Kyneton, Victoria, Australia,^{^[xxxvi]} buried: Nov 1862 in Kyneton, Victoria, Australia.

9. v William Berman Apperly b. 29 Oct 1864.

5. Henry Apperly, b. 30 Nov 1824 in Lightpill, Gloucestershire, England, baptized 3 Apr 1825 in Rodborough Tabernacle, Rodborough, Gloucestershire, England.^{^[xxxvii]} He married Emma Wellsteed, married 1854 in Victoria, Australia,^{^[xxxviii]} b. ca. 1830 in England?. Henry died 3 Jan 1887 in Sydney, NSW, Australia,^{^[xxxix]} buried: 4 Jan 1887 in Sydney, NSW, Australia.^{^[xl]}

Children:

i Emmeline Apperly, b. 1858 in Victoria, Australia.^{^[xli]}

10. ii Henry Wellsteed Apperly b. 1861.

iii Ellen Clara Apperly, b. 1863 in Victoria, Australia.^{^[xlii]}

iv John William Apperly, b. 1866 in Victoria, Australia.^{^[xliii]}

v Alfred E. Apperly, b. ca. 1869 in New South Wales, Australia,^{^[xliv]} d. 1869 in New South Wales, Australia.^{^[xlv]}

vi Alfred H. Apperly, b. 1872 in New South Wales, Australia,^{^[xlvi]} d. bef. 1887.^{^[xlvii]}

vii Alice Mary Apperly, b. 1874 in New South Wales, Australia.^{^[xlviii]}

Fourth Generation

6. Astley Apperly, b. Nov 1844 in England.^{^[xlix]}^{,^[l]} He married Nannie L. ?, married ca. 1875,^{^[li]} b. Dec 1853 in Illinois,^{^[lii]}^{,^[liii]} d. 11 Jun 1931 in Jefferson Co., KY.^{^[liv]} Astley died aft. 1900 in Jefferson Co., KY,^{^[lv]} buried: aft. 1900 in Cave Hill Cemetery, Jefferson Co., KY.

Children:

i George M. Apperly, b. Mar 1876 in Jefferson Co., KY.^{^[lvi]} He married Lucille M. Blankenbaker, married ca. 1902 in Kentucky,^{^[lvii]} b. ca. 1880 in Kentucky,^{^[lviii]} (daughter of Mr. Blankenbaker and Susanne French) d. 20 Nov 1964 in Jefferson Co., KY.^{^[lix]} George died 24 Nov 1948 in Jefferson Co., KY.^{^[lx]}

ii Ollie M. Apperly, b. May 1879 in Jefferson Co., KY.^{^[lxi]} She married George Clinkenbeard, married 5 Apr 1902 in Marion Co., IN,^{^[lxii]} b. ca. 1875 in Illinois. Ollie died aft 1930.^{^[lxiii]}

7. Fanny Apperly, b. 9 Apr 1849 in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England.^{^[lxiv]} She married (1) Richard Budge Caunter, married 12 Apr 1877 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia,^{^[lxv]} b. 1827 in Lezant, Cornwall, England, baptized 7 May 1827 in North Hill, Cornwall, England, d. 22 Aug 1912 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. She married (2) William Attwood, b. ca. 1845 in England?. Fanny died 1928 in Victoria, Australia.

Children by Richard Budge Caunter:

i Henry Dingle Caunter, b. 25 Jan 1878 in St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia. He married (1) Adeline Crafer Richards, married 22 Apr 1903 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England,^{^[lxvi]} b. 11 Oct 1876 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England,^{^[lxvii]} d. 11 Jun 1911 in Gloucestershire, England,^{^[lxviii]} buried: 15 Jun 1911 in Wraxall, Gloucestershire, England.^{^[lxix]} He married (2) Doris Ethel Greenwood, married 26 May 1925 in Manchester, Lancashire, England,^{^[lxx]} b. 15 Aug 1901 in Manchester, Lancashire, England,^{^[lxxi]} d. Aug 1993 in Manchester, Essex Co., MA.^{^[lxxii]} Henry died 17 Jan 1958 in Stockport, Lancashire, England.^{^[lxxiii]}

8. Henry Lawrence Apperly, b. 18 Oct 1855 in Kyneton, Victoria, Australia,^{^[lxxiv]} occupation bank manager and inspector.^{^[lxxv]} He married Jessie Wakefield, married 6 Jan 1885 in St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia,^{^[lxxvi]}^{,^[lxxvii]} b. 2 May 1866 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia,^{^[lxxviii]} d. Aug 1948 in Victoria, Australia.^{^[lxxix]} Henry died 19 Mar 1908 in Sydney, NSW, Australia.^{^[lxxx]}

Children:

i Lily Isabel Apperly, b. 12 Oct 1885 in Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia.^{^[lxxxi]}^{,^[lxxxii]} She married Horace Jamieson, b. ca. 1880 in Australia?.^{^[lxxxiii]}

ii Lindon Wakefield Apperly, b. 20 Jul 1887 in Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia,^{^[lxxxiv]}^{,^[lxxxv]} occupation bank chief accountant and inspector.^{^[lxxxvi]} He married Irene Agnes Watkins, married 5 Jun 1935 in Sydney, NSW, Australia,^{^[lxxxvii]} b. 24 Aug 1896 in Bondi, NSW, Australia,^{^[lxxxviii]} (daughter of William Watkins and Kate Wright) d. 28 Jul 1973 in Sydney, NSW, Australia.^{^[lxxxix]}^{,^[xc]} Lindon died 26 Dec 1955 in Sydney, NSW, Australia.^{^[xci]}

iii George Norman Apperly, b. 20 Dec 1890 in Orange, NSW, Australia.^{^[xcii]} He married Beatrice Elizabeth McCarthy, married ca. 1915 in Australia,^{^[xciii]} b. ca. 1890 in Australia,^{^[xciv]} d. 24 Feb 1975 in Chatswood, NSW, Australia.^{^[xcv]} George died ca. 1970 in Sydney, NSW, Australia.^{^[xcvi]}

iv Cyril Barkly Apperly, b. 14 Mar 1893 in Sydney, NSW, Australia,^{^[xcvii]} d. 7 Nov 1917 in Belgium.^{^[xcviii]}

v Frank Colin Apperly, b. 13 Jan 1896 in Sydney, NSW, Australia,^{^[xcix]} d. 19 Jul 1916 in Fromelles, France.^{^[c]}

vi Gladys Lorna Apperly, b. 24 Feb 1905 in Sydney, NSW, Australia,^{^[ci]} d. 9 Jun 1985 in Echuca, Victoria, Australia.^{^[cii]}

9. William Berman Apperly, b. 29 Oct 1864 in Kyneton, Victoria, Australia,^{^[ciii]} occupation bank manager. He married Mary Pauline Longstaff, married 13 Sep 1887 in Shepparton, Victoria, Australia,^{^[civ]} b. 23 Jan 1865 in Clunes, Victoria, Australia, (daughter of Ralph Longstaff and Janet Campbell) occupation home duties, d. 5 Aug 1952 in Box Hill, Bourke Co, Victoria, Australia,^{^[cv]} buried: 6 Aug 1952 in cremated Spring Vale Crematorium. William died 26 Sep 1944 in Kew, Bourke Co, Victoria, Australia,^{^[cvi]} buried: 26 Sep 1944 in cremated at Fawkner Crematorium. died of angina pectoris (7 yrs.); cardiac arrest (21 dys.)

Children:

i Frank Longstaff Apperly, b. 26 Jul 1888 in Shepparton, Victoria, Australia,^{^[cvii]} occupation physician. He married Elizabeth Mary Josephine Foley, married 26 Jun 1915 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England,^{^[cviii]} b. 1 Apr 1890 in Askeaton, Co. Limerick, Eire,^{^[cix]} (daughter of William Malcolm Foley and Josephine Maude Clarke) occupation actress, d. 13 Oct 1980 in Jacksonville, FL.^{^[cx]} Frank died 24 Oct 1961 in Richmond, Henrico Co., VA, cremated, ashes buried: 1961 in Australia.

ii John Ralph Apperly, b. 2 May 1892 in Penshurst, Victoria, Australia. He married Enid Rose McQuie, married 17 Aug 1925 in Australia, b. ca. 1900 in Australia. John died 1935 in Australia.

iii Norman Apperly, b. 1901 in Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia, d. 1904 in Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia.

iv Agnes Mary Jean Apperly, b. 1902 in Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia. She married Frederick Barker Gamble, married 3 Jun 1924 in Australia, b. 1900 in Sunbury, Victoria, Australia,^{^[cxi]} occupation lawyer and judge, d. 29 May 1962 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Agnes died 1 Jan 1985 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

10. Henry Wellsteed Apperly, b. 1861 in Victoria, Australia.^{^[cxii]} He married Alice Langton, married 1885 in Victoria, Australia,^{^[cxiii]} b. ca. 1865 in Victoria, Australia?.^{^[cxiv]}

Children:

i Eric Langton Apperly, b. 1889 in Australia. He married Marjorie Audet, married ca. 1923 in Australia.

^{^[i]} Marriages at Coberley, Sapperton, & Woodchester, Glouc (1563-1837), LDS film 0823685.

^{^[ii]} UK Census 1851Gloucestershire, Section 12, #33.

^{^[iii]} UK Census 1871.

^{^[iv]} Rodborough C of E Parish Church Bishop's Transcripts, LDS film 417157.

^{^[v]} Rodborough Tabernacle Calvinistic Methodist Church, Gloucestershire, England, Records.

^{^[vi]} Rodborough Tabernacle Calvinistic Methodist Church, Gloucestershire, England, Records.

^{^[vii]} UK English Birth/Marriage/Death records.

^{^[viii]} Rodborough Tabernacle Calvinistic Methodist Church, Gloucestershire, England, Records.

^{^[ix]} Rodborough Tabernacle Calvinistic Methodist Church, Gloucestershire, England, Records.

^{^[x]} Australian vital records.

^{^[xi]} Rodborough Tabernacle Calvinistic Methodist Church, Gloucestershire, England, Records.