Alice Adeline (Pavey) Kelley (1860 - abt. 1939)

Born 5 Mar 1860 in Bayswater, Middlesex, England

Ancestors

Wife of Charles Frederick Kelley — married Oct 1893 in Paddington, London, England

Descendants

Died about 1939 at about age 78 in Brighton, Sussex, England

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Biography

Alice Adeline Pavey, daughter of Frederick Pavey & Eliza Hatt, was born on 5 March 1860 in Bayswater, Middlesex, England. Her birth was registered in the Apr-May-Jun quarter of 1860 in the Kensington registration district. Her exact birth date is from her later baptism record.^[1]

In the 1861 census Alice (age 1) was living with her parents at 6 Ranelagh Road, Paddington, Middlesex, England. Eight other people were living at the same address but considered two other households. One household was that of Alice (Cross) Hatt, Alice Adeline Pavey's maternal grandmother. Many of Alice's uncles worked as photographers. Alice's uncles, Robert and Frederick Hatt, were living in the same house at the time and recorded as photographers. Also living at the same house was Alice's widowed aunt Ann Aspland (Hatt) Ashton and her daughter. Ann later married William Whiting, another photographer.^[2]

Alice Adeline was baptised at the age of 9 on 22 July 1869 at St George the Martyr, Queen Square, Camden, England. She was baptised at the same time as her two younger siblings Alfred Archibald and Beatrice Eliza. Their father was recorded as a Cabinet Maker living at 21 Great Ormond Street in Holborn. The church she was baptised as was just at the end of that street.^[3]

When she was about 10, Alice sat for a portrait at the photographic studio of her uncle, Robert Hatt, at 16 Surrey Terrace, Counter Hill, New Cross, S.E. London.

A portrait of Alice Adeline Pavey aged about 10.

In the 1871 census Alice (age 11) was living with her parents and three younger siblings at 68 Douglas Street in Deptford, St Paul Deptford, London, England. This was close to her uncle Robert Hatt's photographic studio.^[4]

When she was 17, Alice had a daughter Kate Florence. The father is unknown. Kate was baptised on 1 September 1878 as the child of Alice's parents at the same time as their daughter Julia Elizabeth at Holy Trinity, Paddington. The family was living at 9 Chippenham Road, Paddington.^[5]

In the 1881 census Alice (age 21) was living with her parents at 7 Chippenham Rd, Paddington, London, England. Her daughter Kate was with her along with her married brother Alfred, his wife Jane and their son Frederick. Also her unmarried sister Beatrice. On the same street, at number 42, was a greengrocers run by the widowed Theresa Kelley. Alice's youngest sister, Julia, age 14, was recorded as a servant at the Kelley household - possibly helping with the young children. Theresa Kelley had two sons, John William who was 14 at the time, and Charles Frederick who was 8. Alice's sister Beatrice later married John William Kelley in 1889. Alice herself would later marry the younger brother Charles Frederick Kelley in 1893.^[6]

By 1884, Alice had started a relationship with John Alfred Chantler. She presumably knew John Chantler because two of her aunts had married two Chantlers who were brothers. Her aunt Julia Ann Pavey had married Henry Chantler in 1867 and her aunt Fanny Frances Pavey had married Thomas Edwin Chantler in 1871. Henry and Thomas were half-brothers of John Alfred Chantler's father (all children of his father George Chantler) and also half-brothers of John Alfred Chantler's mother (all children of her mother Maria Rebecca Hall). See this diagram to see this explained. Alice took the last name of Chantler, as did her daughter Kate, but no record of their marriage has been found. John was a musician or music trader. Alice and John had 3 daughters together. John died in September 1890 at the age of 33. Alice described herself as a widow in 1891 so obviously considered herself married to John. Her husband was listed in the 1891 Kelly's directory at High Road, Upper Tooting under "Music & Musical Instrument Sellers".^[7]

In the 1891 census Alice (age 37) was the widowed head of household at the Music Warehouse on Balham High Road in Upper Tooting, London, England. She was living with all four of her daughters. Her sister Julia was visiting. Her parents were living at Kate Street in Balham which was close by.^[8]

Sometime between 1891 and 1893 Alice and her four daughters sat for a portrait at the Aspland Whiting studio at 314 Holloway Road, North London. The studio was operated by Alice's cousin William Aspland Whiting. In the the photo the children are: Kate Florence Pavey/Chantler (back right), Rosa Georgina Chantler (left), Alice Barbara Chantler (right) and Beatrice Ada Chantler (center).

Alice Adeline Pavey with her daughters

Alice's daughter Kate married Albert Edwin Chantler in the first half of 1893 in Rochford, Essex. She would have been about 16 and he was about 18. Albert was Alice's first cousin (son of her aunt Fanny Frances (Pavey) Chantler) and also the first cousin of her deceased partner John Alfred Chantler.

Later that year Alice married Charles Frederick Kelley in October 1893 in Paddington, London. Charles was Alice's brother-in-law - her younger sister Beatrice having married his older brother John William in 1883. Alice and Charles had one child: Charles Kelley.^[9][10]

In the 1901 census Alice (age 39) was living with her husband Charles Kelley and her youngest 4 children at 15 Cirencester Street in Paddington, London, England. Her mother was recorded as the head of a separate household at the same address, with her were Alice's aunt Catherine Hatt (recorded as a widow but may never have married), Alice's cousin Frederick Pavey and his future wife Nellie Charles. Strangely Alice's mother was recorded as a widow but her father was recorded as a married pauper at Paddington Workhouse which was a few streets away.^[11]

In the 1911 census Alice (age 51) was living with her husband Charles Kelley and their son at 9 Paddington Green West, Paddington, London, England. Her three younger daughters and her granddaughter Violet were living next door at number 8. Also there was Harry Playle who married her daughter Alice 2 weeks later.^[12]

In the 1921 census Alice (age 61) was with her husband Charles Frederick Kelley at 7 Westbury Terrace, Paddington, London & Middlesex, England. The families of two of her married daughters were at the same address.^[13]

Alice's death (age 78) was registered in the Jan-Feb-Mar quarter of 1939 in the Brighton district.^[14] In September that same year, in the 1939 register, her husband Charles (age 67), Unskilled Work General Labourer, was the widowed head of household at 2 Belmont in Brighton, Sussex, England. Her son Charles Kelley was married and living in Newhaven, Sussex. He was working as a Radio Operator on the ship S.S. Paris.

Research Notes

Alice is at the center of a complicated entanglement of marriages. This is documented here.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Registration: "England & Wales General Register Office"
   GRO Online Indexes - Birth (accessed 10 October 2023)
   Pavey, Alice Adeline (Mother's maiden name: Hatt).
   GRO Reference: 1860 Apr-May-Jun in Kensington Volume 01A Page 33.
2. ↑ 1861 Census: "1861 England Census"
   Class: Rg 9; Piece: 6; Folio: 51; Page: 45; GSU roll: 542555; ED, institution, or vessel: 25; Household schedule number: 236
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8767 #261146 (accessed 10 October 2023)
   Alice Pavey (1) daughter in household of Frederick Pavey (27) in Paddington in Kensington registration district in Middlesex, England. Born in Bayswater, Middlesex, England.
3. ↑ Baptism: "London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1923"
   London Metropolitan Archives; "London, England, UK" ; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P82/Geo2/006/001
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1558 #4013698 (accessed 10 October 2023)
   Alice Adeline Pavey baptism on 22 Jul 1869, daughter of Frederick Pavey & Elvia Pavey, in St George the Martyr, Queen Square, Camden, England.
4. ↑ 1871 Census: "1871 England Census"
   The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1871 England Census; Class: RG10; Piece: 743; Folio: 104; Page: 25; GSU roll: 824719; ED, institution, or vessel: 13; Household schedule number: 177
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7619 #5901558 (accessed 10 October 2023)
   Alice Savey (11) daughter in household of Frederick Savey (39) in Deptford, St Paul Deptford in Greenwich registration district in London, England. Born in Paddington, Middlesex, England.
5. ↑ Baptism of daughter Kate Florence: "London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1923"
   London Metropolitan Archives; "London, England, UK" ; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P87/Tri/004
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1558 #4594599 (accessed 5 April 2024)
   Kate Florence Pavey baptism on 1 Sep 1878, daughter of Frederick Pavey & Eliza Pavey, in Holy Trinity, Paddington, Westminster, England.
6. ↑ 1881 Census: "1881 England Census"
   Class: RG11; Piece: 10; Folio: 8; Page: 10; GSU roll: 1341002; ED, institution, or vessel: 25
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7572 #13047778 (accessed 10 October 2023)
   Alice Pavey (21) daughter, Florist, in household of Frederick Pavey (48) at 7 Chippenham Rd, Paddington in Kensington registration district in London, England. Born in Bayswater.
7. ↑ 1891 Directory: "UK, City and County Directories, 1766 - 1946"
   1891 Kelly's Directory of Kent, Surrey & Sussex (Pt 3: Surrey); Publisher: Kelly's Directories
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 3145 #36559134 (accessed 4 April 2024)
   Name: John Chantler; Publication Year: 1891; Address: A. High rd. UpperTootingsw; Residence Place: Surrey, England.
8. ↑ 1891 Census: "1891 England Census"
   The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891; Class: RG12; Piece: 454; Folio: 107; Page: 3; GSU roll: 6095564
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6598 #11580807 (accessed 10 October 2023)
   Alice Chantler (37) head of household in Streatham, Streatham in Wandsworth registration district in London, England. Born in Paddington, London, England.
9. ↑ Marriage Registration: "England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915"
   Original data: England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office; Volume: 1a; Page: 142
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8913 #5104600 (accessed 10 October 2023)
   Alice Adeline Chantler marriage registered Oct-Nov-Dec 1893 in Paddington.
10. ↑ Marriage Registration: "England & Wales Marriage Index"
    FreeBMD Entry Information (accessed 10 October 2023)
    Chantler, Alice Adeline.
    GRO Reference: 1893 Oct-Nov-Dec in Paddington Volume 1a Page 142.
11. ↑ 1901 Census: "1901 England Census"
    Class: RG13; Piece: 2; Folio: 106; Page: 6; ED, institution, or vessel: 08; Household schedule number: 36
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7814 #34999 (accessed 10 October 2023)
    Alice Kelley (39), wife, in household of Charles Kelley (30) in Paddington registration district in London, England. Born in Bayswater, London, England.
12. ↑ 1911 Census: "1911 England Census"
    The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911; Registration District Number: 1; ED, institution, or vessel: 24; Piece: 65
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2352 #824597 (accessed 10 October 2023)
    Alice Kelley (51), wife, in household of Charles Kelley (40) at 9 Paddington Green West, Paddington, London, Paddington, London, England. Born in London, United Kingdom.
13. ↑ 1921 Census: "1921 Census Of England & Wales"
    Archive: The National Archives; Series: RG 15; Piece number: 00063; District reference: RD 1 RS 2 ED 22
    FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 10 October 2023)
    Alice Adeline Kelley (61), wife, Home Duties, in household of Charles Frederick Kelley (48) at 7, Westbury Terrace in Paddington registration district in London & Middlesex, England. Born in Bayswater, London, England.
14. ↑ Death Registration: "England & Wales General Register Office"
    GRO Online Indexes - Death (accessed 10 October 2023)
    Kelley, Alice Adeline (Age at death: 78).
    GRO Reference: 1939 Jan-Feb-Mar in Brighton Volume 02B Page 301.

See also:

• The Hatt Family of Photographers at Sussex PhotoHistory.
• Chantler, Pavey & Kelley connections in Victorian London