1851 to 1871 lookup please edward foley boatman

[twink1]

hiya my great grandad is david foley he lived in west brom and i beleive also in aldrige at one point he married a mary ann (duno surname) he was born in 1866 and died in 1957 age 91 i have a pic of his grave stone as my nan olive margaret leese (one of his daughters) and also his wife mary ann died in 1941.  they are buried in walsall wood cemetry along with 2 of my nans sisters agnes nash and gladys wright.  i am looking for david parents and their parents so i can find where i come from in ireland i beleive some of davids siblings went to the USA and austalia  can you help with this???

[keyboard86]

Hi Twink1 I believe David started out life with parents Edward b 1817 Staffs and Rebecca b 1820 Warwickshire, Edward being a Boatman, David in the later census returns is a Coal Miner/Hewer, hopefully someone can fill in the history you require, or if not start your own thread, asking for information on him, all the best in your research.

Keyboard86

[Traysha]

Hi Twink1, have just come across your post about David. From research done by a New Zealand contact she has David married to Mary Annie Smith at West Bromwich who then had children David Leonard Foley 1892, Rebecca 1893-1894, John Edward 1896, Edith Elizabeth 1898 and Eva Annie 1900. David's parents were Edward 1818-1887 and Rebecca Reeves 1821-1916, his parents were Edward c1783-1852 and Mary Jones 1788-1866, his parents were Edward 1759 and Rebecca Cooksey c1754. Again his father was another Edward 1723 and mother Betty Foley 1726. I haven't much info on this last 2 sets of parents apart from children and no firm connection back, especially not to Ireland. In fact I was hoping they were descendants of the famous Foleys who owned the slitting mills and went on to own Witley Court and found Foley college amongst other things!!

 good luck with your research and if you find out anything extra please let me know. Traysha
p.s. I am from Edward and Rebecca Cooksey's son Williams line.

[adriatikfan]

Hi Twink - thanks for posting to this thread and also for the PM. I do not have time right now to give you a more detailed response but will do so in a few days.

I really don't believe that this Foley line came from Ireland by the way. There is no evidence to suggest that which I can find and plenty of evidence to the contrary.

Best Wishes
David

[twink1]

yes i beleive they were boat people and miners so my dad tells me but the name of the wife of david is MARY ANN and i am getting alsorts of other names coming threw which throws the tree in another direction as the kids dont match up.  The kids of david and mary ann are edith olive gladys, agnes kathleen and gwen the kids from one of the marraiages dont match with these i knw these to be correct as olive was my nan gwen is my aunt and godmother and the rest are my aunties i beleive there was a brother named leonard too and i think one called edward.
  can anyone help with this line

[twink1]

My grandad was bernard charles leese from brownhills and his wife (my nan) olive margret leese)
 

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[twink1]

how do i add a pic as it wont let me

[sillgen]

You cannot post photos on look up boards I'm afraid.
Andrea

[twink1]

My grandad was bernard charles leese from brownhills and his wife (my nan) olive margret leese)
 

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these [people are DEAD not living olive would be about 110 by now and dunno when bernard died