Hedley Family Search

[BoHedley]

Dear Mark,
I am confused - if there was  a heaven - why will only your grandchildren be able to enter and not their forebears??

Nice to hear from you again - I'm sure you'll get there if you believe hard enough!

Best Wishes to you and all the Family  from

Bo - (Liz in Suffolk)

 NB. The "Bo" is what my husband calls me - short for Bodicea (old spelling) "Warrior Queen" of East Anglia.  Probably not complimentary!!

[Mark Beattie]

I thought it was seven generations that needed to pass before the descendants of a complete and utter bastard could be permitted into Paradise,  (Deuteronomy somewhere - it's been avery long time since I delved...)

I could be wrong.  Let's hope so or I may well end up with Lesley !!

Hope you have all visited Puffing Billy in the Science Museum.  There is a working replica at the Beamish open air museum that I must try.

All the best............

[Twiglets]

Hi Mark
William Hedley & Jane Atkinson are my 8 x Great Grandparent's on my mom's side.

[BoHedley]

I thought it was seven generations that needed to pass before the descendants of a complete and utter bastard could be permitted into Paradise, 

Dear Mark,

This seems to be written with such feeling! Biologically and socially he couldn't help being a 'Bastard' but to be a 'complete and utter' bastard appears to throw aspersions on his character.
What did he do to make you call him thus???

Best Wishes (for the after-life!!)
Bo (Liz)

[Mark Beattie]

Dear Bo (Liz),

From the research that I have done, I get the feeling that WH was actually rather a good egg (although there is not much info other than on his achievements ii the coal industry).  Sadly his diary, which was around in the 20th century has disappeared.  'Complete and utter Bastard' was a much-used phrase by Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmonson during the 1980s and an much over-used phrase by me in the early 21st century.

I am eternally grateful for all WH's endeavour as it led to a prosperity for his progeny which has filtered down to this day.  I have a rather splendid oil portrait of him which you can see on my Ancestry.co.uk tree.

All the best,

Mark

 

[weemary]

Hi all

I have just found out I also have hedley in my tree.

Jeremiah Hedley married Eeanor Tulip had a daughter  named Elizabeth who married Robert Robosn.

Has anyone found Jeremiah Hedley  who married Eleanor Tulip  while researching their line

thanks

Mary

[BoHedley]

Dear weeMary,

You give no dates for your Jeremiah but I have found one in the Hedley tree born 1870 in Earsdon and son of Thomas Hedley 1831 and Ann Oliver.  His siblings are listed as Mary Ann 1854, George, Joseph, and John 1873.
Jeremiah does not run through MY Hedley line but I am in contact with people who have a lot more information on this particular line.
If the dates and siblings match do reply - we would be most interested.
Happy Christmas from Bo.

[weemary]

 

Hi Bo, my Hedley ancestor was born Abt 1745 - Northumberland, England

[weemary]

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hedley/j_g_trip/puffing_billy_wylam.html


info on  William Hedley "puffing billy"

forgot to say, when you check out all the different links it takes you to  hedley genealogy

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hedley/