Person:Alfred Hatherley (1)

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Alfred Hatherley
chr.25 May 1823 Shebbear, Devon, England
  • HAlfred Hatherley1823 - 1889
  • WCelia Drake1817 - 1860
m. 23 Jul 1844
  1. Thomas Hatherley1845 -
  2. Margaret Hatherley1847 -
  3. Mary Hatherley1847 -
  • HAlfred Hatherley1823 - 1889
  • W.  Susan Pulham (add)
m. 4 Nov 1860
Facts and Events
Name Alfred Hatherley
Gender Male
Christening[1] 25 May 1823 Shebbear, Devon, England
Census[3] 6 Jun 1841 Walkhampton, Devon, EnglandLong Ash
Marriage 23 Jul 1844 Plymouth, Devon, EnglandSt Andrew
to Celia Drake
Census[4] 30 Mar 1851 St. Budeaux, Devon, EnglandMillbrooks
Marriage 4 Nov 1860 Plymouth, Devon, EnglandSt Andrew
to Susan Pulham (add)
Census[5] 7 Apr 1861 Plymouth, Devon, England10 Ashley Place
Census[6] 2 Apr 1871 Devonport, Devon, England1 Queen Street
Census[7] 3 Apr 1881 Plymouth, Devon, England6 York Place
Death[8] 1889 Plymouth, Devon, England

Alfred Hatherley was baptised on 25th May 1823 at Shebbear in Devon, son of Margaret Hatherley. His baptism record does not name his father, although as an adult he claimed his father was a shoemaker called John Hatherley, although this may have been a fiction to conceal the fact that he was illegitimate. Alfred's baptism records that he lived at Endford Park, which was just south of the village, being listed in the 1842 Tithe Apportionment for Shebbear as a house and three fields on the west side of the road now called Haycross Hill. The house appears to be still there, now called Endfield Cottage.[9] When Alfred was about ten years old, his mother married a John Metters at Walkhampton, about 30 miles south of Shebbear on the edge of Dartmoor. The 1841 census finds Alfred still living in Walkhampton, working as a farm servant at Long Ash.

Alfred was married on 23rd July 1844, aged 21, to Celia Drake. She was from Bere Ferrers, about eight miles west of Walkhampton, although they married in Plymouth. He described himself as a tailor on their marriage certificate, but appears to have spent the rest of his life working in the dockyards around Plymouth and Devonport. They appear to have had three children together. Celia died in Devonport in 1860, aged 43.

Alfred remarried later that year to a Susan Wright, formerly Pulham. They appear together in the 1861 census in Plymouth. By 1871 he was living alone, although still described as married. The 1881 census finds him living with his son Thomas and his family.

Alfred died in 1889 in Plymouth, aged 66.

References
  1. Baptisms register, in Shebbear, Devon, England. Parish Registers.
    BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Shebbear in the County of Devon in the Year 1823
    No.When BaptizedChild's Christian NameParents' NameAbodeQuality, Trade, or ProfessionBy whom the Ceremony was performed
    ChristianSurname
    27625 MayAlfred son ofMargaretHatherleyEndford Park
    a Base child
    -The Rev[eren]d J. Dovell

    This baptism has been linked to the Alfred Hatherley who married Celia Drake on the basis that it is in the parish he quoted in the censuses as his birthplace at about the right time for the age he claimed to be. Whilst both Alfred's marriage certificates claim his father was a shoemaker named John Hatherley, there is no corresponding baptism for an Alfred at Shebbear with a father called John. However, one of the witnesses to Alfred's first marriage was a John Bickle Metters, who had married at Shebbear in 1831 to a Dorothy Hatherley, who appears to have been daughter of John and Margaret Hatherley. It therefore seems that Alfred's mother Margaret was either Dorothy's mother or perhaps a sibling of Dorothy whose baptism has not been found.

  2.   Devon Family History Society. Devon Marriages.

    m. 3 Apr 1833, Walkhampton, Devon: John Metters & Margaret Hatherley

  3. England. 1841 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
    Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
    The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
    Class HO107; Piece 241; Book 8; Folio 9; Page 13, 6 Jun 1841.

    Address: Long Ash, Walkhampton, Devon
    Edward Doidge, male, 44 [1796/7], Farmer, born in county
    Charlotte Doidge, female, 41 [1799/1800], born in county
    Charlotte Doidge, female, 13 [1827/8], born in county
    Lucy Doidge, female, 8 [1832/3], born in county
    Edward Doidge, male, 6 [1834/5], born in county
    Amelia Doidge, female, 1 [1839/40], born in county
    Alfred Hatherly, male, 16 [1824/5], M[ale] S[ervant], born in county
    Mary Hooper, female, 22 [1818/19], F[emale] S[ervant], born in county
    Henry Hill, male, 27 [1813/14], Carpenter, not born in county
    William Harvey, male, 40 [1800/1], Carpenter, not born in county
    John Trevill, male, 18 [1822/3], Carpenter, not born in county

  4. England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
    Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
    The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
    Class HO107; Piece 1877; Folio 628; pages 14-15, 30 Mar 1851.

    Address: Millbrooks, St Budeaux, Devon
    Alfred Hatherly, head, married, male, 29 [1821/2], Devonport Yard Lab, b. Shebber, Devon
    Celcia Hatherly, wife, married, female, 33 [1817/8], b. Beerferris, Devon
    William Hatherly, son, male, 10 [1840/1], b. Beerferris, Devon
    Thomas Hatherly, son, male, 6 [1844/5], Scholar, b. Stoke Damerel, Devon
    Margaret Hatherly, daughter, female, 3 [1847/8], b. S. Budeaux, Devon

  5. England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
    Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
    The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
    Class RG9; Piece 1439; Folio 97; Page 17, 7 Apr 1861.

    Address: 10 Ashley Place, Plymouth (St Andrew), Devon
    Alfred Hatherley, head, married, male, 38 [1822/3], Labourer, b. Shebbear, Devon
    Susan Hatherley, wife, married, female, 30 [1830/1], b. St Stephens, Cornwall
    Thomas Hatherley, son, unmarried, male, 17 [1843/4], Pupil Teacher, b. Stoke, Devon
    Margaret Hatherley, daughter, female, 13 [1847/8], Scholar, b. St Budeaux, Devon
    Jane A. Wright, stepdaughter, unmarried, female, 7 [1853/4], Scholar, b. Plymouth, Devon

  6. England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
    Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
    The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
    Class RG10; Piece 2133; Folio 4; Page 1, 2 Apr 1871.

    Address: 1 Queen Street, Devonport, Stoke Damerel, Devon
    Alfred Hatherly, head, married, male, 43 [1827/8], Labourer, b. Shebbear, Devon

  7. England. 1881 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands: . (
    Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
    The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
    Class RG11; Piece 2197; Folio 84; Page 27, 3 Apr 1881.

    Address: 6 York Place, Plymouth (St Andrew), Devon
    Alfred Hatherly, head, married, male, 58 [1822/3], Labourer, b. Shebbear, Devon
    Thomas Hatherly, head, married, male, 36 [1844/5], Calfeated? (Schoolmaster), b. Devonport, Devon
    Elizabeth J. Hatherly, wife, married, female, 43 [1837/8], b. Saltash, Cornwall
    Fanny Hoar, stepdaughter, unmarried, female, 17 [1863/4], [illegible], b. Saltash, Cornwall
    Cecilia Hatherly, daughter, female, 13 [1867/8], Scholar, b. Saltash, Cornwall

  8. Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

    d. Alfred HATHERLY, December Quarter 1889, Plymouth Registration District, Volume 5b, page 221, aged 67 [1821/2]

  9. Tithe Apportionment for Shebbear, Devon, 1842 (IR29 Tithe Commission and Successors, The National Archives) accessed at The Genealogist 4 Aug 2017