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William Abel HARTLEY 1873-1958.

Parents - Samuel Hartley BUDD (Boiler Maker)/ Jane STEPHENSON.
Born - 15 Jan.1873, Killinghall St. Darlington Durham.
Baptised - 13 Feb.1873, Darlington.
Died - 4 Oct.1958, late of 57 Rainsford Cres.Darlington.
Buried - Unknown.

MARRIED.

22 Jan.1898, Elizabeth WALKER, Registry Office, Chorlton Manchester.
Witnesses - William Henry PILLING/ Ellen Christina PILLING.

Elizabeth WALKER.

Parents - Joseph Ellis WALKER (Master Blacksmith)/ Bridget KEEGAN.
Born - 1877, Chorley Lancashire.
Baptised - Unknown.
Died - Unknown.
Buried - Unknown.

Children. (7)

1. William J.HARTLEY.

   Born - 29 Dec.1899, 6 Wesley St. Ardwick Manchester.
   Baptised - Unknown.
   Married - 24 May 1920, Jane Ann ARMES, Middlesbrough.
   Died - 1980, Middlesbrough.
   Buried - Unknown.

   Jane Ann ARMES.

   Parents - John ARMES (Hawker)/ Lilian WALLIS (m.Sept.Qtr.1896, Stockton).
   Born - Sept.Qtr.1901, Middlesbrough.
   Baptised - Unknown.
   Died - Unknown.
   Buried - Unknown.

   Children (9).

   1. Lilian M.HARTLEY b.1922, Middlesbrough.
      m.1945, Peter SMITH, Middlesbrough.
      Children -.
      
   2. William H.HARTLEY b.1924, Middlesbrough.
      m.
      Children -.
      
   3. Stanley HARTLEY b.1925, Middlesbrough.
      m.
      Children -.
      
   4. Olive HARTLEY b.Mar.Qtr.1928, Middlesbrough, d.1982.
      m.1949, Charles MITCHELL, Middlesbrough
      Children - Allan MITCHELL b.1947, Middlesbrough.
      
   5. Norman HARTLEY b.1925, Middlesbrough.
      m.
      Children -.
      
   6. Elizabeth HARTLEY b.1932, Middlesbrough.
      m(1)1951, Albert F.HARRIS, Middlesbrough.
      m(2) Unknown.
      Children - .
      
   7. Marian HARTLEY b.1935, Middlesbrough.
      m.1955, Robert B.HOWIE, Middlesbrough.
      Children - .
      
   8. Thomas H.HARTLEY b.1938, Middlesbrough.
      m.
      Children -.
      
   9. George V.HARTLEY b.1940, Middlesbrough.
      m.
      Children -.

2. Roland E.HARTLEY.

   Born - 1904, Middlesbrough.
   Baptised - Unknown.
   Married - 1935, Margaret H.HOUSE, Middlesbrough.
   Died - 1985, Middlesbrough.
   Buried - Unknown.

   Margaret H.HOUSE.

   Parents - HOUSE/ .
   Born - 1913, Middlesbrough.
   Baptised - Unknown.
   Died - Unknown.
   Buried -Unknown.

   Children (?).

   1. Roland HARTLEY b.????

3. Norman HARTLEY.

   Born - 2 Aug.1905, Garston Liverpool.
   Baptised - Unknown.
   Married - 27 Jul.1935, Isabella BRADLEY, St.Marys RC Cathedral, Middlesbrough.
   Died - 8 Jan.1970, North Ormesby Hospital, Middlesbrough.
   late of 73 Normanby Rd. Ormesby.
   Buried - Unknown.

   Isabella BRADLEY.

   Parents - Patrick BRADLEY/ .
   Born - 14 Feb.1909, Middlesbrough.
   Baptised - Unknown.
   Died - 18 Sept.2005, Victoria Care Village, Middlesbrough,
   Buried - Unknown.

   Children (?).

   1. Norma HARTLEY b.????
      m.16 Mar.1963, Maurice PITT.
      
   2. Peter Jesmond HARTLEY b.
      m.Greta.
      Children - Andrew Michael HARTLEY m.2004, Nicoletta, Tata Hungary.

4. Ella HARTLEY.

   Born - 1906, Middlesbrough.
   Baptised - Unknown.
   Married - 1928, Arthur COLLINSON, Middlesborough.
   Died - Unknown.
   Buried - Unknown.

5. Stanley HARTLEY.

   Born - 1910, Middlesbrough.
   Baptised - Unknown.
   Married - Dec.Qtr.1925, Elizabeth BOLLANDS, Middlesbrough.
   Died - 1986, Middlesbrough.
   Buried - Unknown.

6. Rose HARTLEY.

   Born - 25 Jul.1912, 17 Wilson St. Thornaby on Tees, Middlesbrough.
   Baptised - Unknown.
   Married - 1932, John OBRIEN, Middlesbrough.
   Died - 1963, .
   Buried - Unknown.

   John OBRIEN.

   Parents - John OBRIEN/ Margaret BRANNIGAN (m.Sept.Qtr.1905, Middlesbrough).
   Born - .
   Baptised - Unknown.
   Died - .
   Buried - Unknown.

   Children (8).

   1. Rose OBRIEN b.1932, Middlesbrough.
      
   2. John OBRIEN b.1935, Middlesbrough.
      
   3. Elizabeth OBRIEN b.1937, Middlesbrough.
      
   4. Cornelius OBRIEN b.1940 Middlesbrough. d.1950 Middlesbrough.
      
   5. Patrick G.OBRIEN b.1942, Middlesbrough.
      
   6. Peter OBRIEN b.1946, Middlesbrough.
      
   7. Terence OBRIEN b.1950, Middlesbrough.
      
   8. Lorriane OBRIEN b.1957, Middlesbrough.

7. Joseph Ellis HARTLEY.

   Born - 25 Dec.1914, 17 Wilson St. Thornaby on Tees, Middlesbrough.
   Baptised - .
   Married - 12 Sept.1939, Florence Mary OMALLEY, Registry Office, Southwark London.
   Died - 1995, Middlesbrough.
   Buried - Unknown.

   Florence Mary OMALLEY.

   Parents - Patrick OMALLEY/ Florence APPLEBY (m.Jun.Qtr.1913, Stockton).
   Born - 1917, Haverton Hill, Billingham.
   Baptised - Unknown.
   Died - 1981, Middlesborough.
   Buried - Unknown.

   Children (4).

   1. Thomas HARTLEY b.1941, Haverton Hill, Billingham, d.1992.
      m.1963, Valerie HOPPER, Middlesbrough.
      Children - Ricky (b.1963), Shaun (b.1964) & Darren (b.1966) all born Middlesbrough.
      
   2. Jean HARTLEY b.1943, Haverton Hill, Billingham,
      m.1964, Anthony McFADYEN, St.Johns Church, Billingham.
      Children - Karen (b.1965) & Tony (b.1967).
      
   3. Florence Mary HARTLEY b.1946, Haverton Hill, Billingham,
      m.1974, Dennis Margetson, St Thomas Church, Jersey, Channel Islands.
      Children - Gareth (b.1977) & Helen (b.1979).
      
   4. John HARTLEY b.1958, Haverton Hill, Billingham,
      Never Married.

Notes.

In the 1871 England Census (taken on night 2 Apr.), Elizabeth Walker is yet to be born.
Her parents and two siblings are resident at 7 Honduras St. Chorlton upon Medlock.

NAME	AGE	OCCUPATION	BIRTHPLACE
Joseph E.Walker Bridget Walker Ellen C.Walker William T.Walker	31 26 4 2	Building Smith - - -	Manchester Ireland Liverpool Stockport

In the 1881 England Census (taken on night 3 Apr.), it appears Elizabeth Walker, her widowed mother, Bridget, and five siblings are resident at 29 Coverdale St. Arwick Manchester.
There is also an Unmarried Lodger, Michael Gallagher.
Elizabeths other sister, Ellen, is a General Servant, at the residence of James and Magaret Jackson, at New Road Side, Barrowford, Burnley.

NAME	AGE	OCCUPATION	BIRTHPLACE
Bridget Walker Emma Walker William Walker Rose A.Walker Eliz.Walker Maria Walker Joseph Walker Michael Gallagher	33 14 13 8 6 3 10m 21	Washerwoman - Errand Boy Scholar Scholar Scholar - Boot & Shoe Maker	Meath Co.Ireland Lpool Lancashire Stockport Lancashire Mchester Lancashire Mchester Mchester Mchester Dublin Ireland

The father of Eliz.Walker, Joseph Ellis Walker, appears to have died in the Mar.Qtr.1881, aged 40 years, at Chorlton Manchester.
Joseph was born in the Mar.Qtr.1840 at Manchester.
He married Bridget Keegan, Mar.Qtr.1865 at the Registry Office, Ormskirk.

In the 1891 England Census (taken on night 5 Apr.), William (Abel) Hartley is living with his widowed father, Samuel Hartley, at 7 Lucknow St. Darlington Durham.
There is also his brother, Albert Hartley (married) and younger sister, Elizabeth Hartley.

NAME	AGE	OCCUPATION	BIRTHPLACE
Samuel Hartley Albert Hartley William Hartley Elizabeth Hartley	59 26 18 13	Boiler Maker Bridge yard Plater Bridge yard Apprentice Scholar	Dublin Ireland Manchester Lancashire Darlington Durham Darlington

William Abel Hartley played football (soccer) with Manchester City, in 1896 and 1897.

At the time William (Abel) Hartley married Elizabeth Walker (1898), William is a Boiler Maker and aged 24 years.
He gives his fathers name as Samuel Hartley (deceased), and his fathers occupation as a Boiler Maker.
Elizabeth is aged 21 years, gives her fathers name as Joseph Ellis Walker (deceased), and his occupation as a Blacksmith Master.
Both are resident at 20 Gibson St. Ardwick.
The two Witnesses recorded are William Henry PILLING and Ellen Christina PILLING.

Ellen Christina WALKER married 17 Sept.1895, William Henry PILLING, Register Office, Chorlton.
At the time Ellen Christina Walker married William Henry Pilling, Ellen is aged 28 years.
She gives his fathers name as Joseph Ellis Walker (deceased), and her fathers occupation as a BLack Smith.
William is aged 35 years, and gives his occupation as aCommission Agent.
He gives his fathers name as John Pilling (deceased), and his occupation as a Compositor.
Both are resident at 9 Livingstone St. Chorlton upon Medlock.
The two Witnesses recorded are Henry WOODHOUSE and Nell Ann WALKER.

Elizabeths brother, William Thomas WALKER, married 29 Aug.1892, Sarah Elizabeth PLATT, St.Josephs RC Church, Longsight Chorlton.
At the time William Thomas WALKER married Sarah Elizabeth PLATT, William is a Pulley-maker and aged 23 years.
He gives his fathers name as Joseph Ellis Walker (deceased), and his fathers occupation as a Blacksmith.
Sarah is aged 21 years, gives her fathers name as John Platt, and his occupation as a Timber-bonder.
William and Sarah are resident at 23 Whiteley St.Ardwick and 14 Graham St.Longsight respectiveley.
The two Witnesses recorded are Thomas HANSON and Emma WEBB.

In the 1901 England Census (taken on night 31 Mar.), William (Abel) Hartley, his wife, Elizabeth Hartley, and one child are resident at 66 Otway St. Garston Liverpool.
There is also a Boarder, Andrew Anderson (Unmarried).

NAME	AGE	OCCUPATION	BIRTHPLACE
William Hartley Elizabeth Hartley William Hartley Andrew Anderson	28 24 1 38	Boiler Smith (Worker) - - Boiler Smith (Worker)	Darlington Durham Manchester Lancs Manchester Scotland

At the time William Hartley married Jane Ann Armes (1920), William is resident at 4 Obere St. Middlesbrough, is a Platers Helper, and aged 22 years.
He gives his fathers name as William Abel Hartley, and fathers occupation as a Plater.
Jane is aged 21 years, and is also resident at 4 Obere St. Middlesbrough.
She gives her fathers name as John Armes, and his occupation as a Hawker.
The two Witnesses recorded are Joseph William Sheldon and Katie Long.

In the 1901 England Census (taken on night 31 Mar.), Janes parents, and her brother, are resident at 156 Stockton St. Middlesbrough.
Jane is yet to be born.

NAME	AGE	OCCUPATION	BIRTHPLACE
John Armes Lillian Armes Thomas H.Armes	27 26 2	Steelworks Labourer Greengrocer -	Middlesbrough Yorks Pickering Yorks Middlesbrough

At the time Norman Hartley married Isabella Bradley (1935), Norman is resident at 4 Dacre St. Middlesbrough, is a Brewers Drayman, and aged 29 years.
He gives his fathers name as William Hartley, and fathers occupation as a Boiler-maker.
Isabella is a Hotel Barmaid, is aged 26 years, and is resident at 5 Dacre St. Middlesbrough.
She gives her fathers name as Patrick Bradley, and his occupation as a Stevedore.
The two Witnesses recorded are James Bradley (brother of Isabella) and Rose OBrien (sister of Norman).

At the time Joseph Ellis Hartley married Florence Mary OMalley (1939), Joseph is resident at 13 Canal Terrace, York Way, Kings Cross (London), is an Enamel Polisher, and aged 24 years.
He gives his fathers name as William Abel Hartley, and fathers occupation as a General Engineer.
Florence is aged 22 years, and is resident at Rennie House, 18 Rockingham St. Southwark (London).
She gives her fathers name as Patrick OMalley, and his occupation as an Engineer-fitter.
The two Witnesses recorded are Arthur R.Banbeuf and Eleanor J.Wooller.

The son of Norman Hartley and Isabella Hartley (Bradley), Peter Jesmond Hartley, gives his address as 51 Pritchett Rd. Ormesby, Teesdale/ Middlesbrough, on the death of his parents ie: in 1970 & 2005.

The parents of Jane Ann Armes, John Armes (1874-1949) and Lilian Wallis (1875-1949), were born Middlesbrough and Champreys Yard, Pickering, North Yorkshire respectively.

The parents of John OBrien, John OBrien and Margaret Brannigan, were both born in Dundalk, Co.Louth Ireland.

I am greatly indebted to Florence Margetson in England (Grand daughter of William Abel Hartley) for contributing to this Page.
Florence can be contacted on the following E-mail: f.margs@hotmail.co.uk