Shepley family

[suzannewalters]

Hi everyone, my name is Suzanne and I'm researching my maternal family line who are Shepleys and are from the Lancashire area. My direct ancestor is John Enoch Shepley who cam to South Australia in 1848. His wife was Anne Timperley and she died in Dukinfield in 1841.
I'm keen to find their marriage information and also his parents and siblings

[Woody]

Hi Suzanne

I have a whole Shepley tree but I'm afraid I haven't yet found an existing connection to your ancestors. Have a look at your private messages.

[Woody]

Hi Suzanne

I’ve now made a thorough search through all the indexes, lists, notice-boards and BMD-related websites that I can think of but, like everyone else who’s been helping you search for the past couple of years, I’ve come up with precisely nothing that’s new for John ‘Enoch’ Shepley.

The only archive that’s left to me is the microfiche collection of parish and other records available for manual searches in the local studies library. Since these are understood to have all been vetted by the LDS and should therefore be available of the website, I won’t be holding my breath about the chances of success there, but I’ll have a look anyway when I get the chance.

John’s wife Anne (Timperley) almost certainly died age 33 at Dukinfield in 1841 [www.cheshirebmd.org.uk]. She is therefore absent from the 1841 census in which John (35) is living with his six children at 45 Parliament Street, Dukinfield; everyone in the household is marked as being born in Cheshire. The children are Enoch (12), Sarah (10), Hannah (8), Abel (6), William (4), and Thomas (2).

The LDS website has baptisms for most of these children [www.familysearch.org] and since the mother’s maiden name is given on some, we know Anne Timperley to be John Shepley's wife. Evidently, the family is Methodist since two of the baptisms took place in the New Connexion Church in Stamford Street, Ashton-under-Lyne. Thomas is the last-born child and the www.cheshirebmd.org.uk site, up-dated fairly recently, confirms his mother’s maiden name as ‘Timperley’. It's therefore fairly safe to assume these to be your ancestors.

There’s a useful project article about the Stamford Street New Connexions which has photos taken before the ‘for explosion’ signs and scaffolding appeared after its closure in 2006. Gay contributed to the article so she may know more? www.tamesidehistoryforum.org.uk/StamfordStreetMethodistChurchMIs.pdf.

John and all his children migrated in 1848 aboard the barque ‘Baboo’ which sailed from London via Plymouth and docked at Port Adelaide, South Australia on 5th December 1848. The ship’s manifest identifies ..... ‘John Shepley and two children (these would be William & Thomas), Hannah Shepley, Enoch Shepley, Sarah Shepley, Abel Shepley’......

In South Australia, there are several records referring to the enterprise and progress of the male ancestors, including obituaries for Enoch and Abel. There’s also a ship’s manifest for Enoch Shepley’s visit to England in 1898.

It’s just possible that Anne Timperley’s history could be a little easier to trace. Some previous researchers have her as born at Middleton, Lancashire and baptised at Middleton St Leonard Parish Church

Baptisms: 18 Oct 1807 St Leonard, Middleton, Lancashire, England
Ann Timperley - Daughter of Isaac Timperley & Hannah
Abode: Middleton
(father’s) Occupation: Book-keeper

If that’s the case, there are probable baptismal records for several siblings, the detail of which is to be found at www.lan-opc.org.uk/Search/indexp.html

Baptism: 5 Aug 1803 St Leonard, Middleton, Lancashire, England
John Timperley - Son of Isaac Timperley & Hannah

Baptism: 13 Jan 1805 St Leonard, Middleton, Lancashire, England
Thomas Timperley - Son of Isaac Timperley & Hannah

Baptism: 6 Apr 1806 St Leonard, Middleton, Lancashire, England
James Timperley - Son of Isaac Timperley & Hannah

Baptism: 18 Oct 1807 St Leonard, Middleton, Lancashire, England
Ann Timperley - Daughter of Isaac Timperley & Hannah

Burial: 4 Feb 1808 St Leonard, Middleton, Lancashire, England
John Timperley - Son of Isaac Timperley & Hannah
Age: min.

Baptism: 1 Oct 1809 St Leonard, Middleton, Lancashire, England
Isaac Timperley - Son of Isaac Timperley & Hannah

Burial: 31 May 1814 St Leonard, Middleton, Lancashire, England
Isaac Timperley - son of Isaac Timperley & Hannah
Age: 5 yrs.

On that website there are also two possible marriages for Isaac Timperley and Hannah, along with two possible deaths for Hannah who does not appear on this 1841 census record.

1841 census transcription details for: Parkfield, Middleton

National Archive Reference:
RG number: HO107
Piece: 544
Book/Folio: 9/32
Page: 8
Reg. District: Ashton & Oldham
Sub District: Middleton
Parish: Middleton
Enum. District:
Ecclesiastical District:
City/Municipal Borough:
Address: Parkfield, Middleton
County: Lancashire

Name Relation Sex Age Birth Year Occupation Where Born
TEMPERLY, Isaac M 60 1781 Independent Lancashire
TEMPERLY, James M 30 1811 Printer Lancashire

I couldn’t find either of these two people in 1851 and there are possible death records for each of them.

Where does the 'Enoch' as John Shepley's middle name come from ? I haven't found any formal sources
in which it appears.

I'm assuming you already have all this information but if not, I kept copies of the census, newspaper articles, Manifests etc.

Cheers

[Woody]

Hi again Suzanne

I had a final roll of the dice on the LDS website and by applying a bit of lateral thinking came up with this combination. It ticks all the boxes and it would certainly account for the lack of results from any kind of Shepley-Timperley search combination.

Samuel Stansfield, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
Name: Samuel Stansfield
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Age:
Spouse's Name: Ann Timperley
Spouse's Birth Date:
Spouse's Birthplace:
Spouse's Age:
Event Date: 12 Jun 1824
Event Place: Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England
Father's Name:
Mother's Name:
Spouse's Father's Name:
Spouse's Mother's Name:
Race:
Marital Status:
Previous Wife's Name:
Spouse's Race:
Spouse's Marital Status:
Spouse's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I02849-0

System Origin: England-EASy
GS Film number: 1545584

Reference ID: pg328 ln982


John Shepley, "England, Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900"
Name: John Shepley
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 01 Jun 1828
Event Place: Stockport St Mary, Cheshire, England
Gender: Male
Age:
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name:
Mother's Name:
Spouse's Name: Ann Stansfield
Spouse's Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Father's Name:
Spouse's Mother's Name:
GS Film number: 1751721
Digital Folder Number: 004011890
Image Number: 00098

What do you think ? I kept a copy of the marriage register entry but I'm afraid there's no information about parents and the witnesses are probably each 'professional' in that one of them appears on several other entries on that page. Both John and Ann (who makes her mark) say they are from neighbouring Hyde, Cheshire.

Something else for you to pursue, if nothing else

Cheers