Gwyneth, In amongst all the 54 other suggested responses on Family Search, there are only three possible christenings. Elizabeth Clewley England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 christening: 04 Aug 1793 TAMWORTH,?STAFFORD,?ENGLAND parents: Wm. Clewley,? Mary Elizabeth Clewley England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 christening: 07 Feb 1808 SAINT MATTHEW,?WALSALL,?STAFFORD,?ENGLAND parents: Henry Clewley,? Phebe Elizabeth Clewley England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 christening: 30 Mar 1800 SAINT MARY,?STAFFORD,?STAFFORD,?ENGLAND parents: John Clewley,? Sarah How you'd choose between them is guesswork. The one in Tamworth looks most likely and she names her first child William. But she'd be 30 when married in 1823. That may explain probable death through childbirth complications around 1829. Walsall is about 6 miles from Tamworth while Stafford is about double that distance. I'd be checking children born to each set of parents and then I'd be looking at any Clewley families in 1841 census around Tamworth. Peter

Hello Peter, Yes my guess is Elizabeth christened 4 Aug 1793. The 1841 census is no help as it lists Joseph Hastilow with his second wife Theodosia Simkins. I've spent the afternoon searching Ancestry - not much luck there either, though plenty on the Hastilow line. The Clewley's seem to have gone into thin air. Thanks for your help Gwyneth Sydney

>The Clewley's seem to have gone into thin air. Not a lot of help, but we had a CLEWLEY in our class at Blue Coat Walsall in the late 50's, so must they have lived in Walsall then. Brian NICHOLLS, MASON Walsall KINDER Hanbury

Hello Gwyneth, > ... The Clewley's seem to have gone into thin air. I doubt if they are related but an uncle of mine was Percy Appleby Clewley, born in 1902 in Willenhall, Staffordshire. His family can be traced back to a William Clewley, born in Willenhall c. 1800. (Willenhall is about 15 miles west of Tamworth.) I must agree there seem to be few Clewleys in the area nowadays. If you are searching for the name Clewley, also try Clewly and Clewlay. I have found records with both of these variations. Good luck Andrew Hough

Thanks very much Andrew, it all helps, I am interested in a William & Mary so you never know. Cheers Gwyneth On 7/10/12 12:19 AM, "Andrew Hough" <andrew.hough@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > Hello Gwyneth, > >> ... The Clewley's seem to have gone into thin air. > > I doubt if they are related but an uncle of mine was Percy Appleby > Clewley, born in 1902 in Willenhall, Staffordshire. His family can be > traced back to a William Clewley, born in Willenhall c. 1800. > (Willenhall is about 15 miles west of Tamworth.) > > I must agree there seem to be few Clewleys in the area nowadays. If you > are searching for the name Clewley, also try Clewly and Clewlay. I have > found records with both of these variations. > > Good luck > > Andrew Hough > > ****************************** > ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not apply > to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED > MATERIALS. > ****************************** > PLEASE keep your Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware software up to date. BEWARE of > messages making it onto the List with a single URL. NEVER follow the link. > It's usually from an infected source! > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello, Many thanks to those who replied with suggestions to finding the marriage/death of Elizabeth Clewley. As I can't find the marriage on Famiysearch can anyone suggest please how I would find the witnesses to the marriage? I have been tracing the children of the marriage, William Chris 1825, Joseph Chris 1829 & Elizabeth Chris 1827. All born Tamworth, Staffordshire. Joseph married Emma Bush and named a son Robert Clewley Hastilow so I am on the right track. I'm delighted to have found my William in the 1851 census with his brother Joseph. No wonder I hadn't found it before, William is listed as 'Willin Hastolow' still in area. So that narrows down the time frame of when William moved to Newcastle-upon-Tyne. I have a part diary of his wife to be - Marion Dodds - written in 1857 and Mr Hastilow is visiting her then. They married 1860 and sailed to New Zealand so the 1841/1851 census is my only opportunity of picking him up. William was working for Hawkes Grayshaw up till his marriage. Try as I may I can't find William in the 1841 census. Also haven't found anything on Elizabeth. Any suggestions please? Cheers Gwyneth Sydney

You need to write to the Archives and ask them to send you a Printed Copy from the Parish Register, also the children's baptism's, the Registers will give you a lot more information. The Archives do charge for the Copies though. Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone on O2 -----Original Message----- From: Gwyneth Watson User <cannycot@gmail.com> Sender: staffordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2012 08:38:45 To: <staffordshire@rootsweb.com> Reply-To: staffordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [STAFFORDSHIRE] Hastilow/Clewley Hello, Many thanks to those who replied with suggestions to finding the marriage/death of Elizabeth Clewley. As I can't find the marriage on Famiysearch can anyone suggest please how I would find the witnesses to the marriage? I have been tracing the children of the marriage, William Chris 1825, Joseph Chris 1829 & Elizabeth Chris 1827. All born Tamworth, Staffordshire. Joseph married Emma Bush and named a son Robert Clewley Hastilow so I am on the right track. I'm delighted to have found my William in the 1851 census with his brother Joseph. No wonder I hadn't found it before, William is listed as 'Willin Hastolow' still in area. So that narrows down the time frame of when William moved to Newcastle-upon-Tyne. I have a part diary of his wife to be - Marion Dodds - written in 1857 and Mr Hastilow is visiting her then. They married 1860 and sailed to New Zealand so the 1841/1851 census is my only opportunity of picking him up. William was working for Hawkes Grayshaw up till his marriage. Try as I may I can't find William in the 1841 census. Also haven't found anything on Elizabeth. Any suggestions please? Cheers Gwyneth Sydney ****************************** ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED MATERIALS. ****************************** PLEASE keep your Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware software up to date. BEWARE of messages making it onto the List with a single URL. NEVER follow the link. It's usually from an infected source! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Gwyneth, I went to the Archives today and looked up the Marriage of Joseph Hastilow and Elizabeth Clewley, didn't say much unfortunately, just that they were both of the Parish, by Banns, both signed their names, the Witnesses aren't much help, a Mary Cotton and a Joseph (looked like Keen?) No Hastilows or Clewleys. But I did find Elizabeth's Burial as follows:- Elizabeth Wife of Joseph Hastilow of Hopwas. Buried at St Etheldreda Tamworth on the 5.12.1831 aged 31. HTH Linda.