Genealogram 0003
Married: 25 Mar 1856
Sheffield, YKS
HEDLEY, John
Born: Abt 1833
Newburn, NBL
Notes, Evidence and Issues
  • Information recorded in both the 1861 and 1871 census indicate John was born in Newburn, Northumberland in 1833 (both census' were consistent). His age on his marriage certificate also indicated a birth date of about 1833. His father's name was recorded as William. Sadly John died in 1876. The death certificate recorded his age as 44.
  • Neither the 1992 IGI nor British Vital Records (date?), include a John Hedley christened in Newburn around 1833. The nearest match is of a John Hedley being christened in Saint John Lee (approximately 10 miles from Newburn) in April 1834 by William and Ann Hedley. However, John's parents are thought to have been William and Jane.
  • In the 1992 IGI there is no record of a John Hedley being baptised in Yorkshire with William as father between 1830 and 1850. There is a match for John Headley in November 1830 (child of William and Jane Headley, Sutton on the Forest) but this is currently thought too early.
  • Apart from the details for Arthur, whose birth certificate has been obtained, the details of the other family members were obtained from the 1861, 1871 and 1881 census (the family remained in Sheffield).
  • John and Caroline's marriage certificate records Caroline's father name as William. One of the witnesses was also identified as Maria Bradley. Only two Caroline Bradley christenings are recorded in London in the 1992 IGI between 1820 and 1840 but only one whose father was named William. The parents were William and Eliza Bradley and it was conducted at St Martins in the Fields, 1st May 1834. The parish register shows that this date should have been 4th May.
  • An 1841 census record for Caroline Bradley aged 6 has been located: address Tower Street, Finsbury, London. However this shows the head to be Sophia Bradley aged 30. This discrepancy with the IGI record is still to be resolved.
Bradley, Caroline
Born: Abt 1834
London, MDX
HEDLEY, Arthur
Born: 22 Jan 1857
Sheffield, YKS
HEDLEY, William
Born: Abt 1859
Sheffield, YKS
HEDLEY, Eliza Jane
Born: Abt 1862
Sheffield, YKS
HEDLEY, Thomas
Born: Abt 1865
Sheffield, YKS
HEDLEY, Ann
Born: Abt 1867
Sheffield, YKS
HEDLEY, Maria
Born: Abt 1870
Sheffield, YKS