William Wellings and Alice Bagley - Shrewsbury / Stanton

[DonnaMarie1982]

Hi,

I'm struggling to find records on the parentage of the individuals above and any guidance would be great.

I believe the pair were married in 1844 in Wellington Spa.

Their Son Alfred was born in 1853.

They appear in the 1851 census in Ellerdine. From this it seems that William was born 1784 and is 64 a farmer of 9 acres plus watchmaker and Alice his young wife of 24? making her born in 1827.

In 1861 Alice appears as a clockmakers widow. William dies possibly 1860 and Alice remarries a Thomas Pritchard in 1861.

Any help would be great.

Many thanks

Donna

[mauricej]

Hi Donna,

Alice Bagley baptism, 14th January 1827 at Stanton upon Hine Heath, Shropshire.

Parents:Edward Bagley and Alice.

Regards,
Maurice

[mauricej]

FamilySearch has a few possible baptisms for William Wellings around Ellerdine; could any of these be your man ?

William Wellings baptisms:

21st October 1787 Cressage, Shropshire
Parents  William Wellings, Mary

21st September 1788   Great Bolas, Shropshire
Parent Ann Wellings

4th August 1782 Shawbury, Shropshire
 parents  John Wellings, Susanna

Regards,
Maurice

[suzard]

Wonder if this is Alice's Mum and siblings???

1841
Stanton Heath Salop
Alice Bagley 45 nailer
Jane 23
Edward 19 Nailer J
Hannah 17
Richard 10
Thomas 30 Nailer J

all b Salop
HO107 901 17 7 8

Alice is not at home she appears elswhere working as a servant

Suz

[DonnaMarie1982]

Thanks very much guys!

Maurice, I believe it is the bottom William on your lists of baptism's (I just relented and paid to join ancestry for a month on top of the other sites I'm using)

Thank you so much for the guidance!

Donna

[mauricej]

The marriage reference is December qtr 1844, Wellington (Shropshire), vol 18, page 269.

A copy of the marriage certificate would establish William's father's name. (Unless he was Ann Welling's son - see above)

[suzard]

It seems William was possibly married before - maybe names of children from that marriage could help to find parentage?

1841
Oak Gate Ellerdine Heath Salop
William Wellings 55 Clock maker
Ann 50
Mary 15

all b in county
HO107 9057 73 717

Suz

[suzard]

Just looked at 1851 image and William gives p.o.b. as Shawbury -not Shrewsbury???


So It looks like the baptism in Shawbury could be correct

Syuz

[DonnaMarie1982]

Hi Suz,

Looking at some notes on another online tree, he appears to have married 3 times.

ann
1791

mary
1826

Alice
1844

At first I was a bit concerned at him being Alfreds farther at the age of 74, but with him having such a young wife in Alice I guess that's actually entirely possible. There's actually a really nice portrait of him on the site as well.

I'll look into the above and see if it follows through.

Donna