Seventh
Generation
Robert Apperley was born in 1834/1835 in Ashperton. He was
baptised on 4 January 1835 in Ashperton. He died on
21 May 1905 in Selly Oak Workhouse, Birmingham. The cause
of death was acute bronchitis, cardiac failure. His son Arthur Charles was in attendance at his
death and was living at that time at 15 Poplars Fallows Road, Sparkbrook, Birmingham. Robert married Ann Abigail
Mallett on 27
Jul 1856 in Ashperton (registered September Quarter 1856 Ledbury.) His
witnesses were Thomas Apperley and Mary Brazier. Ann was born about 1835 in Hereford.
In 1901 Robert and Ann were living at 2 Edward Place, Edward Road, Balsall
Heath, Birmingham. She died 2 Apr 1905 in Selly Oak Workhouse Infirmary, Birmingham.
Cause of death was morbis cordis anasarea. Her husband was recorded as
a stonemason of Balsall Heath on her death certificate.
[In 1841, Robert lived with his parents Thomas=Amelia
and siblings Thomas, Hannah and Amelia in Ashperton.
In 1851, Robert lived with his parents, Thomas,
mason/journeyman, = Amelia and his sisters, Amelia and Hannah, on Ashperton
Road.
In 1861, Robert and wife Ann Abigail were living with
her son Francis Mallet(t) and their son Charles at Black Lands
Gate, Ashperton Road. Robert was a
stonemason and gatekeeper, presumably to Blacklands Farm.
In 1881, Robert, a stonemason, and his family
had moved to Birmingham. He, Ann Abigail and sons James,
a labourer, and Robert lived at 19 Norton Street, Balsall Heath.
In 1901, Robert and Ann Abigail were living alone at 2
Edward Place, Edward Road, Balsall Heath. Robert was still working as
a stonemason]
Details of the family:
- Arthur Charles
Apperley was born on 14 September 1857. He died on 4 March 1934.
- Francis Mallet son of Ann
Mallet was baptized 10 May 1853 Burghill.
(Francis Lucas Mallett ‘s birth was registered March Quarter 1853
Hereford) He is shown as 'son-in-law' living with Robert
Apperley in 1861.
Francis Lucas Malett 24 Jan 1876 Colwall (registered March Quarter
1876 Ledbury)= Annie Handley
In 1881, Francis Mallett bc1851 was a gardener in Colwall area,
living with wife Annie aged 26 b Colwall, laundress, and daughter
Elsie F.S. aged 4 b Colwall. In 1891, Elsie Mallett bc1877
was a servant in a household in Stone Staffordshire.
By 1901, Francis was dead and his widow, Annie Mallett, was a
laundress/seamstress b Colwall, who is living in 5-roomed 4
Jubilee Cottage in Llanfairfechan, Caernarvonshire, Wales.
With her were 2 daughters: Elsie Francis 23 b Colwall, a
laundrymaid, and Hilda Annie 17 b Colwall. (Hilda Annie Malett
b reg March Quarter 1884 Ledbury.)
- James (Richard) Apperley
was born on 21 May 1861 at Blacklands Gate, Ashperton. He was
baptised on 15 June 1861 in Ashperton. On his birth certificate,
his father is
described as a stonemason journeyman. At 20 he lived with his
parents at 19 Norton Street, King's Norton. When he married he was
described as a bachelor, labourer, son of Robert Apperley,
stonemason. He married on 10 Feb 1884 (reg March Quarter 1884
Kings Norton) at St Paul's Church, Balsall Heath. His
bride was Mary Chatterley, bc1861, spinster of Balsall Heath,
daughter of Henry Chatterley, gunstocker. Witnesses were William and
Elizabeth Nicholls. Their son, Arthur Thomas Apperley,
was born in 1884, his birth reg June Quarter 1884 King's Norton.
In 1886 the family sailed to Australia on the Aberdeen, arriving
13 April 1886. James died 2nd June,1936 at
Marrickville New South Wales and Mary died in 1936. Arthur Thomas
was a carpenter and lived at 30 Allen Avenue, Belmore with
Florence Annie and Ethel Lillian, a machinist, in 1930.
By 1936, Ethel was no longer living there, but Mary
Apperley was there. In 1930, at the same address were Alwyn
Alfred Apperley, a labourer, and Doris Apperley, but by
1936 they had moved to 5 Percy Street, Haberfield, NSW. Arthur
Thomas died in 1969 at Campsie, New
South Wales.
- Thomas Apperley
was born on 22 February 1864 in Ashperton. He was baptised in February
1864 in Ashperton. On his birth certificate, his father is
described as a stonemason journeyman.
He died in 1864 in Ashperton.
- Alice Anne
Apperley was born on 27 October 1862 in Ashperton / Ledbury. She was
baptised on 30 November 1862 in Ashperton / Ledbury. On her birth
certificate, her father is described as a stonemason (master).
She worked as a servant at Dorset Villa in Cheltenham. She moved
to Australia and in Bunderberg, Queensland and on 15 December 1883 she married William
Shakespeare Grew,
house painter, b reg June Q 1863 Kings Norton, died 1931 aged 68 years,
son of Henry Grew, painter/signpainter/shopkeeper/paperhanger bap
10 June 1827 Hanbury, (son of Samuel Grew=Mary)=Dec Q 1846
West Bromwich Mary. In 1881, William was living with
his family at 22 Pleasant Terrace, Mary Street, Balsall Heath. Having
moved to Sydney, they lived in the Blue Mountains area and had 5
children: William James b1885, Alice Mary b1889, Charles b1890,
Lily b 29 Aug 1891 and Elsie Mabel b1902. William James Grew,
painter,
married Elsie May Watson in 1914 in Sydney. They had 3 children Lionel
James Grew, Alan William Shakespeare Grew and Joyce Grew (later Croker).
They lived in Bathurst Road, Blackheath in 1930.
Alice Ann Grew nee Apperley died in 3 Oct 1924 of a diabetic coma.
She and her husband are buried at
Blackheath Cemetery, in the Blue Mountains in New South Wales Australia.
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
- Robert Apperley
was born on 28 June 1869 in The Whych, Great Malvern,
Worcestershire. He was baptised in 1870 in Malvern, Worcestershire. On
his birth certificate,
his father is described as a
stonemason. He died 12 Nov 1910 reg Dec Q 1910 Birmingham, following an accidental fall from a
roof, when he fractured arms,
thigh and ribs with other injuries, established at inquest 16 Nov
1910. His address at death was
22 Islington Terrace, Wenmon St, Kings Norton.
At marriage, he was a bachelor, house painter of 177 Edwardes Street,
Balsall Heath, son of Robert, stonemason.
24 Jul 1897 St Ann's RC Church, Alcester St, Aston
(reg C1897 Aston)=Alice Driver bc 1870 Balsall Heath, reg Dec
1871 Kings Norton, ref 2/1(
at = age given as 26,) spinster, of back 89 Cox St, Balsall Heath,
daughter of Henry Driver, iron plate worker. Witnesses: Thomas
Dowell and Florence Aymes. After Robert's death she married Walter
Ernest Lancaster, a labourer. Alice died of cardiac
failure at Selly Oak Hospital on 18 Feb 1958.
In 1899,
Robert and Alice's address was Moor Green Lane, Moseley, Kings Norton and
they
were living at Billesley Common in 1901.
Their children were:
- Hilda May
Apperley was born
in 2 March1899 (reg June quarter 1899 King's Norton), Moor
Green Lane, Moseley, King's Norton, and died in
1995. She was married to someone with the surname Foulkes.
Her father was a house painter (journeyman) at her birth.
-
Herbert Apperley, born 12 Aug
1902, reg December Quarter Kings Norton, d June Quarter 1971
Solihull;
- Ethel Apperley birth reg March Quarter 1903 Kings
Norton;
- Edith
Apperley b December Quarter 1908 Kings Norton, d 5 Feb 1988
Coalburn, who married (1936 Kings Heath) Archibald
Potter b1911 Birmingham, d 30 October 1999 Coalburn.
Archibald Potter
and Edith Apperley, King's Heath 1936
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Thomas Apperley was born in 1826 in Ashperton. He was
baptised on 23 December 1826 in Ashperton. Thomas married Elizabeth
Adelaide Green, daughter of John Green,
on 5 December 1852 in Bromyard. Elizabeth was born about 1833 in South Brewham,
Somerset. Thomas Apperley's marriage to Elizabeth Green was witnessed by
John and Elizabeth James. He and his father were both described as masons at
the time of the marriage.
[In 1841,Thomas appears to have worked as an
agricultural labourer for Richard Griffiths, farmer, in the Weobley area.
In 1851, Thomas appears to be a police constable in St
Margaret's parish, Westminster. More information is needed here as
verification.
In 1861 Thomas, then a stonemason, and
Elizabeth were living in Newport Street, Claines, Worcestershire, with
Sarah Adelaide, Matilda and lodgers.
In 1871 Thomas, stonemason, and Elizabeth (recorded
as Edith b1813 Somerset) were
living in Bromsgrove Street, Claines with Matilda, Clara, Albert and Ada.
In 1881 Thomas and Elizabeth were living at 2
Back 203 Conybere Street, Bordesley with son Albert Edward, and
grandson William Henry Apperley.]
Thomas appears in a Boston (Mass) Directory
in 1882 ‘Thomas A, mason, bds’ (boards) 679 E. Seventh St. He later appears
in a Boston (Mass) Directory in 1887/8 as a boarder at 8 Vine St. Worcester,
Mass.
We do not know what became of his wife Elizabeth.
They had the following children:
- Matilda Mary
Apperley was born on 21 September 1855 in Ashperton. She was
baptised on 25 December 1855 in Ashperton. (Note that the Apperly spelling is used
throughout the birth certificate.) Her father's occupation was stated as mason
journeyman. She worked as a domestic servant.
On
17 May 1877 she gave birth to William Henry APPERLEY in Birmingham, whose birth was registered June Quarter 1877 Birmingham. [William
H. Aperly aged 4yrs 6mos 4days of 679 Seventh St died 22 November
1881 in Boston,, cause diptheria, born England *son of Thomas and
Elizabeth A., parents born England. *in actual fact their grandson] She gave her
address as 3 Court, Betholom Row, St
Thomas's, Birmingham. In 1881 he was living with his grandparents,
Thomas and Elizabeth Apperley at 2 Back 203 Conybere Street, Aston. Matilda
Mary travelled to Boston Massachusetts and worked as an
attendant in the Barbour household (1880 US census).
In Boston,
Massachusetts, on 29 Aug 1883, she married John Work of Boston, bc1846
Ireland, collector, (his second marriage), son of Henry and Ellen.
The service was performed by John Wright of Boston. John and Matilda
Wark were in Philadelphia 1900. The two children with
them are from his first marriage.
- Thomas Alfred
Apperley was born on 14 March 1857 in Ashperton. He was baptised
on 30 May 1857 in Ashperton. We believe that his death was
registered in 1859 in Worcester.
- Clara Gertrude
Apperley was born at home at 36 Newport Street, Worcester on 18 July 1861.
She was baptised on 11 August 1861 in All Saints, Worcester. Her father's occupation
was stated as
stonemason journeyman. She worked as a servant at Park Hill, King's
Norton.
Clara G. Apperly, resident of Boston, age 26,
Nurse,
born in England, parents: Thomas and Adelaide, Somerville October 17, 1888=Willard
Eaton
Porter, resident of Boston, age 26. Rail Road Conductor, born
1862 Nova Scotia, parents
Henry Porter, postmaster, bc1821 Nova Scotia =Mary Lois
Eaton b14 Dec 1824.
First marriage for both. Clara Gertrude died 1929 buried Oak Grove
Cemetery, Kentville, Nova Scotia; Willard died 1935 buried Oak Grove
Cemetery, Kentville
- Ada Georgiana
Apperley was 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.
- Albert Edward Apperley
was born at home on 5 September 1864 in Cypress Place, Claines, Worcs. He was a brass bedstead
manufacturer's employee (Cox and Danks, Sparkbrook). (His birthplace
is stated as Droitwich in some records.) His father's profession was
stonemason journeyman.
In Worcester, Worcester Co., Albert E.
Apperley, 23, of Providence RI, stonecutter, born England, son of
Thomas and Elizabeth J. Apperley married 22 Dec 1877 Susan A.
Tighe, 23, of Worcester MA, b West Boylston MA, dau. of James
F. and Catherine Tighe.
First marriage for both; married by Thomas J. Conaty, Clergyman of
Worcester, MA
1900 census, Providence RI, they live at 114
River Avenue, but the surname appears as Appley:
Albert E. Appley, b Sep 1864, England; his wife, Susan A., b Feb
1864, MA and their son, Albert E. Jr., b Nov 1894, Washington DC
In 1910 Albert E. appears in the US census as a
stone cutter, at Providence, Rhode Island with his wife Susan A. b Massachusetts, and
his son Albert E. b Massachusetts. In 1912 Albert
E. jnr was working as a draughtsman at River Avenue, Providence.
Albert Edward died
after his son on 17 December 1916 in Rhode Island. His son,
Albert E, a draughtsman, bc 1895 Massachusetts, d 25 March 1916 Rhode Island.
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Sarah Adelaide Apperley was born on 22 July 1853 in New
Road, Bromyard, Hereford, reg September Quarter 1853 Bromyard. Her
father's occupation was stated as stonemason. In 1861 she was
living with her parents, Thomas and
Elizabeth
nee Green, sister Matilda and lodgers in Newport Street,
Worcester. Eventually she worked as a barmaid.
According to cousin
John Westerdale, my gt gt aunt Sarah Adelaide
married John's ancestor William
Saull in 1874.
In the light of other family evidence, William is probably
William Tomkins
Saull birth
registered December Quarter 1840 in Daventry, Northamptonshire -
see The Sole Society for
photos of William, his father and siblings).
He
is believed to have served in the British Army and survived the
siege of Cawnpore (Kanpur) in 1857. William's
sister died while visiting him in
India.)
At marriage, Sarah was of Waterman's Fields, of age, daughter of
Thomas, stone carver. 19 Mar 1874 Woolwich parish church (reg
A1874 Woolwich)=William Saull, bachelor, labourer, of age, of
Shoeburyness, died by 1910, son of John Saull, cooper; witnesses:
CP Forrest and AM Badger.
Six years after her marriage, she was living with her husband, a
publishing house worker, and her family in
Boston,
Massachusetts. Her children were: Selina S. Saull bc1875, William
E. Saull bc1877 and Ada L. Saull bc1879. In 1910 Sarah was a widow
with 5 children born, 3 living. She died on the 10 May 1911. The address given in the Philadelphia Inquirer was 2724
Hemberger Street. Interment was private.
Selina married Garwood Jaggard and they had Robert Vincent
Jaggard
whose daughter Norma married Ray
Westerdale.
While William was in Boston, his brother, Vincent Saull,
and wife Sarah, were running Dining Room in Philadelphia, and his
father John was also there, but profession was given as canvasser.
Vincent was shown as being born about 1846 and the father was
about 1818. Vincent is probably the individual whose birth
was registered in the December Quarter of 1846 in Daventry,
Northamptonshire
Ann(e) Apperley was born about 1824. She was
baptised on 2 February 1824 in Ashperton. Ann(e) married Richard
Phelps, son of Joseph Phelps, on 25 September
1849 in St Mary's Chapel Gloucester. At time of marriage, Ann lived at Bell Lane, St Mary de Crypt,
Gloucester, and Richard lived in Victoria Street, Barton St Michael. The marriage was conducted according to
the rites and ceremonies of the Huntingdon Conviction (a Calvinist Methodist sect originated by the
18th century theologian, Selina, Lady Huntingdon). At the 1851 census the family were still living at
Victoria Street. Later they moved to Windmill Terrace Wotton St
Mary. Richard and Ann(e) had the following child:
- Ann Phelps was born on
30 June 1850 in Barton St Michael Gloucester.
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Ninth
Generation
Frederick William Apperley
was born on 8 January 1894 in Oxygen Place Main St, Aston, Birmingham. He died
in September 1978 in Birmingham and his ashes were scatterd in Yardley
cemetery. As far as army
experience is concerned, he was 3640/201512 Private 3rd/9th Royal Warwickshire
Regiment, who transferred to 1st/4th Northamptonshire regiment. He enlisted 12 August 1914 and
was discharged
1919. He served in Egypt where he was attached to the Royal Engineers and severely burnt his arms in
an accident while cleaning bearings with petrol by candlelight.
Frederick married Sarah Ann Bumpas,
daughter of William Bumpas and Laura nee Wilkinson, on 3 April 1920 in Bordesley, Warwickshire. Sarah was born on 25 August 1892.
She died 10th June 1974 and her death was registered in June Quarter 1974
in Birmingham. They had the following children:
Ronald William Apperley
in the Highland Light Infantry
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- Frederick Warren
Apperley
- Barbara
Apperley
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Walter Apperley was born on
29 June 1897 in Aston, Birmingham. He worked as a postman. Towards the end of his life, he was in Astley Nursing Home, Stourport. He died on Wednesday 7 September 1988
Malvern,
cremated at Lodge Hill Crematorium. He was a Royal Army Service Corps Driver
who enlisted 14
July 1914 and was discharged 15 Feb 1919. He served in Salonika, Greece, where he contracted malaria and was
invalided home. In the Second World War, he served in the Civil Defence. Walter married Florence Gwendoline Price,
daughter of Samuel Price, on 12 September 1925 in Quinton parish church.
Florence was born in 1906.
Wedding of Walter and Florence
nee Price, 12 September 1925
They
had the following children:
- Walter Samuel
Apperley , at death Wheatley Road, Oldbury, d 14 October 1993
aged 66 years. (Lodge Hill crematorium)
- Edna L
Apperley
- Betty
Apperley
- Peter T
Apperley
Francis ("Frank") Apperley was born on
20 November 1900. He died in 1974. He was born
at 15 The Poplars Fallows Road, Aston, Birmingham. He was 5095123 Private 1st Royal Warwickshire
Regiment and he enlisted 17 February 1919 and was discharged 16 February
1926. He also served in India. Francis married Florence
Jacques ("Floss"), daughter of John William Jacques, on 31 Jul 1926 in Northfield Parish Church.
Frank Apperley visiting
his roots!
They had the following
children:
- Betty
Apperley. Betty married Jim Colclough who
died in 2006.
- Pamela
Apperley
Arthur Charles "Charlie" Apperley
(Arthur Charles, Robert, Thomas, Thomas, James, James, James, Thomas?)
was born on 28 June 1889 in Kings Norton, Birmingham. His death was
registered in the March Q 1974 in Birmingham. He was
born at his parents' home at Albert
Place, Sherbourne Road, Balsall Heath. He was 2596/330548 PRIVATE 1st/6th Royal Warwickshire
Regiment and he enlisted 1 September 1914. He was discharged with shell shock 18 August 1917.
He had served in France.
Arthur Charles Apperley (with the
rose buttonhole) and his successful darts team!
A baptismal font, one of
"Charlie's" apprentice pieces
Arthur married Gladys Mary
Clarke daughter of Frederick Clarke on 9 Aug 1919. Arthur and Gladys had the following
children:
- Marjorie
Apperley
- Doreen
Apperley
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Robert Apperley was born on
27 June 1890 in King's Norton. He died on 5 May 1964. At the time of his marriage, he was living at
311 Golden Hillock Road, Sparkbrook and his wife was living at 5 Park Place, Montgomery Street. Robert's
father is described on the certificate as a stonemason. The marriage witnesses were
Joseph Parsons and
Florence Harrall. He was 27956/36819
Private 1st Worcestershire Regiment, and he transferred to 8th Royal Berkshire
Regiment. He served in France and
was wounded. Robert married Mary Ann Elizabeth Smith ("Lizzie"), daughter of Richard
Smith and
Hannah Elizabeth Cull, on 28 June 1913 in Christ Church, Sparkbrook,
reg June Q 1913 Aston. Mary was
born on 26 August 1883 in Holly Lane Erdington, Warwickshire and died in 1963.
"Lizzie"
They had the following children:
- Mary Elizabeth Apperley was born on 18 June 1914,
reg C1914 Aston. She died on 9 May 1995.
- Winifred Emily
Apperley was born on 5 November 1916. Her death was registered
Sept 1992. On 1 September 1934 she married Leslie George Morris
b 7 March 1916, death reg April 1987, son of Archibald W. Morris
and Dolly Ivy. They had at least 8 children.
- Robert Apperley
was born on 23 December 1919. He died on 17 December 1985.
- James Ernest
("Ernie") Apperley was born on 9 December 1922. He died on 30 November
1970.
James Apperley was born on 8
June 1892 in Kings Norton. He was seriously injured in arm and leg when
checking a machine gun post that had fallen silent. According to a Red
Cross report, one of the men, Pte Cullimore, who tried to rescue him
that morning stated that they returned for a stretcher only to find that
German soldiers had taken their position. As a result, Pte Cullimore
was taken prisoner and did not know what had happened to James Apperley.
It is believed he died from his wounds on 25 Apr 1918 in Flanders. He was 19507 Sergeant 13th (Pioneer) Battalion
Gloucestershire Regiment and he served in Flanders. He has no known grave. He is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial. James married
Mary "Rose" Ann Taylor
daughter of Frederick Taylor on 8 February 1913, reg March Q 1913
Aston. Mary died in 1967. They had the following
children:
- James Apperley
was born in 1913, reg Sept Q1913 Aston.
- Violet M. Apperley
was born in 1914, reg Dec Q 1914 Aston.
- Arthur Robert
Apperley was born in 1916. He died in 2006.
James
and
Mary Anne Rose Apperley
and two of their
children,
James junior and
Violet, c1916
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Alice Apperley was born on 4
September 1895. Alice married George Clarke, son of George Clarke, on 26 December 1918 in St Michael's, Handsworth. They had the following
children:
- Georgina Jessie Clarke
(1921-1994)
- Lily Laura Clarke
(1919-1999)
- Betty Clarke
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APPERLEY of BIRMINGHAM and
HEREFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND
