Walkley Family

[Shirley Sura]

Hi Brian thank you for the message.  Our tree is progressing very well and has many branches.  As you can see Hannah Walkley nee Bingham was my father's paternal aunt.  If there is any information I can help with please let me know, although Stuart gave me a lot of information. 
Kind regards
Shirley

[annorah]

Hi Shirley/Brian

I am Stuart's niece, Hannah Bingham was my great grandmother - my father was Terence Walkley (son of Hubert).  I have a few newspaper articles about William Walkley if you are interested and some census data for the Bingham family.  I think I may have a newspaper report of Grace Walkley's wedding too.

I did grind to a bit of a halt with William Walkley's line - I have his father as another William Walkley and his grandfather as Samuel Walkley as a coal merchant in Cheltenham.

Kind regards

Debbie

[Shirley Sura]

Hello Debbie
How lovely to hear from you.  My father is Hanna Walkley's nephew so I have more information about the Bingham side if you would like it.
Kind regards
Shirley Sura

[annorah]

Hi Shirley

That would be great - I think I stopped with Hannah's father and mother - it was only recently I discovered she had a brother, although I did know about her sister Ada.  I do remember Hannah although I was only about 14 when she died.  Years ago, there was a game on the "Generation Game" where the participants had to identify events - one of those clips was the presentation of the Maundy Money and it was the one in Tewkesbury so Hannah appeared in it.  I seem to remember that she often used a wheelchair at the time but she insisted on being told when the Queen was approaching so that she could stand.  I do remember her showing me the Maundy money and explaining about the three purses.  I also remember that she used to carry a handkerchief scented with 4711 Eau de Cologne and that she would give me and my brother pocket money - when my Dad told her that she should keep her money, she retorted "it's only a shilling"!  I am sure that I have some photos of her in my Dad's paperwork - let me know if you would like to see them.

Debbie

[Brian Cook]

Hello Debbie
Its nice to hear from another family member especially when fond memories of my grandmother are rekindled.  My mother Grace Cook nee Walkley was your grandfathers sister.  I have some photos of Hannah,  some of which I posted on Tewkesbury- The Good Old Days` in pictures, on Facebook.
One is of her waiting to meet The Queen in the abbey.
Will message you shortly as there are several things I would like to ask you about

Regards

Brian

[AmandaP]

16.5 years since my original post and I was later successful in finding Hester's parents thanks to AngelaR who went to the Gloucestershire Archives and retrieved information from the non-conformist register at the Gloucestershire Archives. Hester's children's births were listed on the register along with her father's name. The information became available online much later. Hester was a couple of years older than we first thought, I have theorised that she might have lowered her age for the assisted immigrants program. She was born in Kings Stanley in 1798 to Samuel Walkley and Elizabeth Peglar, which has also been confirmed with DNA.