William Colley (1813)

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Born 1813 Paull 1.2 Marriage 1837 Hull 1.3 Ship Carpenter 1851 Hull 1.4 Shipwright 1861 Sculcoates 1.5 Shipwright again 1861 Sculcoates 1.6 Death 1874 Hull 2 Sources 2.1 Disambiguation

Biography

Born 1813 Paull

William Colley was born in 1813 in Paull, a small port on the Humber east of Hull ^[1]

William is clearly NOT the son of William Colley and his wife Ann Ireland from Keyingham.

Marriage 1837 Hull

William Colley married Catharine Glenton in the middle of Hull in St Mary's Lowgate, one of the very first church marriages to be in the new Registers where one copy of the page went to the Civil Registrar, one remained in the Church Register. These should have been identical but inevitably there are differences through error, corrections made in one copy but not another etc. Catherine's registration has three versions probably through errors in copying. ^{[2] [3]}

Ship Carpenter 1851 Hull

William Colley born in Paull is ship carpenter -- much the same job as his father. William and his wife Catharine have two young children with them in Perrot Street in the middle of Hull, still in the parish of St Mary's Lowgate. ^[4]

Shipwright 1861 Sculcoates

Shipwright at this census may mean exactly the same thing as Ship Carpenter at the previous one but it may reflect an increased use of metal alongside the wood. Actual steel hulls were very rare still except for huge vessels. William and Catherine still have just two daughters,plus a boarder. ^[5]

Shipwright again 1861 Sculcoates

William and Catherine are alone in Paragon Place, their daughters have married. ^[6]

Death 1874 Hull

William Colley the shipwright dies in Hull aged 60 in 1874. His widow Catherine lives on. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑

   Paull Register of Baptisms 22 Feb 1813

   William son of William & Ann COLLEY shipwright of Paull Shipyard by T Watson curate.

2. ↑

   Hull St Mary Lowgate Marriage Register 26 July 1837

   William Colley marries Catharine Glenton

   Original Register in the East Riding Archives indexed in FamilySearch

3. ↑

   freebmd Sep 1837

   C;OLLEY William @@Kingston on Hull 22 232 GLENTON Catherine @@Kingston on Hull 22 232
4. ↑

   1851 Census 6 Perrott St, Hull, Yorkshire

   GRO HO107 /2362 page 453

   Head William Colley 38 ship carpenter b Paull

   Wife Catharine Colley 42 b Hull

   Daughter Martha A Colley 4 school b Hull

   Daughter Catharine L Colley 2 at home b Hull

5. ↑ 1861 Census @@ 12 Paragon Pl Sykes Street East Sculcoates, Hull  ;;;

   GRO RG 9 3581 3 page 56v

   William COLLEY 48 Shipwright b Paull, wife Catherine 52 b Hull, dau Martha A 14 scholar b Hull, Catherine 12 scholar Hull plus lodger Elizabeth F Brumens un Sempstress, Hull
6. ↑

   1871 Census @@ 12 Paragon Pl Sykes Street East Sculcoates, Hull

   ;GRO RG10 /4781 page 61 Head William Colley 58 Shipwright b Paull Wife Catherine Colley 62 b Hull
7. ↑

   freebmd Deaths Jun 1874

   COLLEY William 60 Hull 9d 131

If the William born 1815 in Swine is to the same William & Ann as parents then this one has presumably died. Since he has not died he presumably descends from a different couple -- but which is the son of our William COLLEY 1772? ""Baptism"" PR William s William & Ann COLLEY shipwright of Paull Shipyard by T Watson curate ""1851"" William COLLEY 38 b Paull, Catherine 42 b Hull, Martha A 11, Catherine L COLLEY 2 both b Hull @@ Hull Holy Trinity/St Mary HO 107 2362 453r.

Disambiguation

There are two William Colleys born 1813 Paull and 1815 Swine. Both are the son of William and Ann and it is natural to assume that they are brothers and the earlier has died. But in 1851 we find the older William is alive. The most likely conclusion is that we have two pairs of parents both William and Ann, Close examination of the three baptisms in Paull shows that they are all hard to reconcile with the other baptisms.