The Descendants of William Theyer
(B c1690 D 1757) of Coaley
NOTES:
1. Although we
have a great deal of information relating to the 20th century
Theyers family in Gloucestershire, Yorkshire, New Zealand and
Canada, we did not think it would be appropriate to publish this
on the internet.
2. We have yet to
find anyone worldwide carrying the name with the precise spelling
T-H-E-Y-E-R-S who is not a descendant of William Theyer.
However the converse is not true and some descendants of William
Theyer (notably the Hereford branch of the family) do use
different spellings.
3. We
have used the convention B = born b = baptised s = buried d =
death throughout. (C) after a date, eg 1851(C), indicates
information from a census. Successive generations are indicated
by indentation and change of colour. Legal paragraph numbering is
used to number children, e.g. the entry 3.2 HANNAH b 6
April 1778 Cam indicates that Hannah is the second child
of "3. William baptised 17 December 1726
Cam" who was the third child of William Theyer born
c1690, and that she was baptised on 6 April 1778 in Cam.
WILLIAM THEYER
B c1690 s.22 March 1757 Coaley
m.I to SARAH s.12 May
1731 Coaley m.II 1732 Cam to Elizabeth
Boye of Slimbridge s.1739/40 Coaley - no record of children
m.III 1741 Coaley to Elizabeth Foords s.1743 Coaley - no record
of children
m.IV 1749 Coaley to Mary Nelms s.1753 Coaley - no record of
children
m.V 1753 Coaley to Mary Griffin s.1767 Coaley - no record of
children
1 SARAH b.25
February 1715/6 Coaley m.19 March 1743/44 Coaley JOHN COCKS of
Holt, Worcs.
2 JANE b.7 April 1723
Coaley
3 WILLIAM b.17
December 1726 Coaley s. 2 January 1791 Cam, "alms
receiver"
m.I 10 August 1752
Coaley to SARAH HOCFORD s.1 August 1773 Cam
3.1 SARAH b.24 June
1753 Cam m. 7 November 1775 Cam GEORGE HULINGS
m.II 2 July 1777
Cam to ANNA/HANNAH CROWS, widow of Miles Crows, b 28 June 1752
Coaley, nee HORRELL. After William's death in
January 1791, Hannah
married Moses Fream, widower, on 27 October, the same year, in
Cam. After Moses death in 1801 she married for a fourth
time, to Joseph King,
on 12 April 1804. After Hannah's death, Joseph married Sarah
Ludlow, spinster, in Cam on 10 August 1827.
Witness was his
stepson William Theyers (3.5)
3.2 HANNAH b.6
April 1778 Cam m.12 October 1817 Cam JOHN BARNFIELD
3.3 HERBERT b.22 April 1781 Cam s.13 December 1812 Cam
m.12 October 1803 Saul to
NANCY/ANN MILLARD s.2 September 1817 Cam
3.3.1 HANNAH b.4 May 1804
Cam s.1 September 1816 Cam
3.3.2 HERBERT b.30 March 1806 Cam described as an agricultural
labourer in every census from 1841 age 35 to 1891 age 85 when he
was apparently still working. He had nine children from his first
marriage to Hannah Nicholls between 1827 and 1850 and a further
three
children from his second marriage, to Lavinia Workman,
twenty years later, between 1872 and 1880. He was 74 when his
last child was born.
s.19 August 1894 Slimbridge
m.I 27 May 1827 Cam to HANNAH NICHOLLS s. 30 March 1870 Cam
3.3.2.1 DANIEL b.19 August
1827 Cam In 1841(C) Daniel THAYER agricultural labourer age
14 staying with maternal grandparents
Thomas and
Hannah Nicholls, in Cam. In 1850 Daniel THAYERS (father Herbert
THAYERS) on marriage at St Weonards, Hereford
In 1855 Daniel THEIRS victim of theft at Whitchurch,
Hereford. In 1861(C) St Weonards Daniel THAIR labourer, age
34, born Gloucestershire
On 6 December 1862 at St Weonards, on his death certificate:
DAVID (sic) THEYERS farm bailiff age 35 Cause of death
"accidental injuries
received from
cow"
m. 1850 St Weonards, Hereford EMILY JENKINS B c1831 St
Weonards, frock maker. In 1866, Emily, a widow , is in
receipt of
"outdoor poor relief" for herself and one child
(presumably James) for six months at St Weonards.
3.3.2.1.1 HENRY
B.1850 Lan?anen s.1853 St.Weonards
3.3.2.1.2 EDWIN B.1852 St.Weonards m. 1875 Kilpeck,
Herefordshire EMMA MILES
3.3.2.1.2.1 EMILY B.1879
St Weonards
3.3.2.1.2.2 HENRY B.1881 St.Weonards
3.3.2.1.2.3 EDWIN W. B.1883 St.Weonards
3.3.2.1.2.4 ALBERT B.1885 St.Weonards
3.3.2.1.2.5 MARY E. B.1889 St.Weonards
3.3.2.1.3 DANIEL B.1855
& s.1860 St.Weonards
3.3.2.1.4 EDITH B.1857 & s.1859 St.Weonards
3.3.2.1.5 JAMES b.1859 St Weonards s.1943 Ross on Wye m.1887
Llandewi Fach, Radnor JANE PRICE s.1950
3.3.2.1.5.1 ALICE R.
B.1889
3.3.2.1.5.2 ALBERT HENRY b.1892 St Weonards s.1951 Bramfield,
Suffolk
m. 1929
Stratton St Michael, Suffolk
3.3.2.1.6
HARRIET MARIA B.1862 & s.1864 St.Weonards
3.3.2.2 ALICE b.27 December 1829 Cam m. HENRY THEYERS 3 November
1863 Slimbridge (see 3.5.4 (mII) below)
1861(C) Domestic Servant
age 31 Gossington Hall. 1901(C) Cross Roads Slimbridge age 71.
Illegitimate children:
3.3.2.2.1 MARY
b.2 October 1850 Slimbridge, 1871(C) Domestic Servant age
20 at Upthorpe Farm ,
m.11 April 1876 Cam JOHN SMART farmer
3.3.2.2.2 ELIZABETH b.1850 Slimbridge s.1850 Slimbridge
3.3.2.3 ANN b.10
March 1833 Cam s.13 December 1837 Cam
3.3.2.4 HERBERT b.6 December 1835 Cam agricultural labourer
1851(C) -1871(C). Sub-postmaster age 55 1881(C) s.12
March 1893
Slimbridge m 5 July 1864 Slimbridge ELEANOR LESTER B
c1837 Falfield 1901(C) Postmistress age 57 s.2 February
1904 Slimbridge
3.3.2.4.1 DANIEL HENRY b.6
August 1865 Slimbridge 1901(C) agricultural labourer age 35
Slimbridge s.1947 Slimbridge
3.3.2.4.2 HERBERT THOMAS b.7 April 1867 Slimbridge 1901(C)
agricultural labourer age 34 Slimbridge s.1943 Slimbridge
3.3.2.4.3 MARY JANE b.1 August 1869 Slimbridge m. 26 December
1894 Slimbridge EDWARD JAMES KINGSCOTE groom
3.3.2.4.4 HANNAH KATE b. 30 March 1873 Slimbridge, 1891(C): post
office asst age 18
m.25 May 1899 Slimbridge HENRY JAMES PERRETT bridge keeper
3.3.2.4.5 EDWARD JOHN b. 4 June 1876 Slimbridge 1901(C) postman
age 25 1902 cloth worker s.13 May 1957 Slimbridge
m.21 May 1902 Slimbridge ANNIE CARTER s. 29 August 1957
Slimbridge
3.3.2.4.5.1
HERBERT JOHN DANIEL b.15 October 1905 Slimbridge s.13 May 1977
Slimbridge
3.3.2.4.6
ANNIE ADA b.12 November 1879 Slimbridge 1901(C) telegraphist age
21 m.3 January 1919 Slimbridge JAMES MURPHY
3.3.2.4.7 ERNEST ALBERT B.1882 Slimbridge s.8 November 1892
Slimbridge
3.3.2.5 ANN B.c1838 Cam
1851(C) Nursemaid Gossington Hall, Slimbridge age 13 m.1857
Dursley area
3.3.2.6 HANNAH B.c1840 Cam 1871(C) Domestic Servant
Gossington Hall Slimbridge age 29 m.1881 Westbury on Severn area
3.3.2.7 SARAH B.c1844 Cam s.3 October 1857 Slimbridge
3.3.2.8 EDWARD B.1846 Cam 1901(C) Farm Labourer Troytown
s.1936 Slimbridge
m.1872 Slimbridge HARRIET SCREEN 1901(C) Troytown s.1907
Slimbridge
3.3.2.8.1
SARAH ANN b.1 June 1873 m. Dec quarter 1891 Stroud area
3.3.2.8.2 EDITH b.3 January 1875 Slimbridge s.23 January 1883
Slimbridge
3.3.2.8.3 WILLIAM B. January quarter 1876 Slimbridge
1891(C) agricultural labourer age 14, private, HAMT,
"age 39" 1916
m JESSIE EMMA ROSS age 30 nurse of Fishponds Bristol at St Mary's
Church Fishponds 13 September 1916
3.3.2.8.4 HANNAH B.16 December 1878 b.17 November 1880 Slimbridge
3.3.2.8.5 MAUDE b .7 November 1880 Slimbridge
3.3.2.8.6 FLORENCE B. 6 April 1883 b.16 December 1884 Slimbridge
s. 1958 Slimbridge
3.3.2.8.7
FANNY B 8 May 1885 b 23 April 1889 Slimbridge.
3.3.2.8.8 GERTRUDE B. July quarter 1887 Slimbridge 1901(C) age 13
Troytown
3.3.2.8.9 CHARLES
3.3.2.8.10 MARGARET B. 24 April 1891 b.23 April 1899 Slimbridge
1901(C) age 9 Troytown m. CHARLES FRYER
3.3.2.8.11 EDWARD ERNEST B. August 1893 b.23 April 1899
Slimbridge 1901(C) age 7 Troytown s. 17 January 1970 Slimbridge
3.3.2.8.12
THOMAS HENRY B.31 August 1898 b.3 January 1899 Slimbridge s. 10
February 1899 Slimbridge
3.3.2.9 HENRY
b.27 October 1850 Slimbridge s.4 May 1920 Berkeley m. 6 November
1879 St Mary de Lode, Gloucester CAROLINE
ENGLAND b c1855 North Nibley s 3 September 1920 Berkeley
3.3.2.9.1
GEORGE HENRY b.1880 Slimbridge s.1950 Canada m. 1903 Berkeley
ALICE RHODA ELIZABETH RIDLEY
Emigrated to
Canada
3.3.2.9.1.1
LEONARD RIDLEY THEYERS B.1904 & s.1965 Canada m. LINDA MAUD
RISDALE Canada
3.3.2.9.2 MARGARET B.21
November 1881 & b.5 March 1882 Slimbridge s.1974
m. 5 December 1903 Berkeley CHARLES WILLIAM OAKLEY
3.3.2.9.3 WILLIE B.1882 b.1883 Slimbridge, 1920 railway guard,
Derby s.1978 Sutton-on-Sea, Lincs.
m.I 1909 Nottingham ADA ELIZABETH ASTILL s.1947
m.II 1952 Spondon, Derbys. HENRIETTA MORLEY s.1954 Derby
m.III 1957 Derby FLORENCE LILLIAN WHARTON s.1973
3.3.2.9.4 ALBERT EDWARD
b.8 August 1886 Slimbridge s.1969 Northwich, Cheshire m.1914 MARY
HELEN WHITE s.1980
m.II 12
December 1871 Gloucester to LAVINIA WORKMAN B c1840 Slimbridge
1901(C) widow age 60, laundress Kingston
s 26 March 1923 Slimbridge
3.3.2.10
CHARLES ERNEST B.1872 b.1872 Slimbridge m. ELIZABETH JANE
3.3.2.10.1 EMILY b.7
October 1894 Slimbridge
3.3.2.10.2 KATE ELIZABETH B.21 August 1895 b.8 January 1899
Slimbridge
3.3.2.11 HELENA
ELLEN b.7 June 1874 Slimbridge
3.3.2.12 MARY ELIZABETH laundress b.25 July 1880 Slimbridge
1901(C) spinster age 20 Kingston
m. 8 October 1904 Slimbridge ISAAC ERNEST COSTER labourer
3.3.2.12.1
GEORGE EDWARD b .6 July 1902 Slimbridge
3.3.3 WILLIAM
b.5 June1808 Cam, 1841(C) agricultural labourer Boulton
Lane Dursley s.9 March1845 Dursley
m.31 August 1830 Cam HARRIET TILEY B c1809
s 5 March 1872 (mii 11 July 1853 Dursley John Ridley publican
of Cross Keys Inn, Union St) 
Union St & Boulton Cross Dursley pre-1900
< Left William Theyers
outside his store in Alexandra c1905. For further details
click on photograph
3.3.3.1 WILLIAM b.26 December 1830 Cam. Emigrated to
Australia from Liverpool to Melbourne on the Symonds in September 1858
and worked on the Ballaarat goldfields in Victoria before going
on to the Dunstan gold rush in Otago New Zealand
d Alexandra Otago 17 January 1917. Storekeeper &
Mayor of Alexandra Otago
m. MARGARET WHITE B.1836 Riccarton, Ayrshire s.1914 Alexandra, NZ
3.3.3.1.1 WILLIAM
ALEXANDRA B.1867 Alexandra s.1945 Howick NZ
3.3.3.1.2 JOHN CHARLES
B.1869 Alexandra s.1942 Dunedin, New Zealand m.1898 Cromwell, NZ ANNE JEMIMA ELLIOT B.1877 s.1908
3.3.3.1.2.1
HELEN MARGARET B.1899 & s.1903 Alexandra NZ
3.3.3.1.2.2 WILLIAM JAMES
B.1900 Alexandra s.1983 Blenheim, New Zealand m. JESSIE CARTER
s.1986 New Zealand
3.3.3.1.2.3
JOHN CHARLES B.1902 s.1983 Christchurch, New Zealand m. LAURA
SAUNDERS
3.3.3.1.2.4
DAVID HENRY B.1904 Athol, New Zealand s.1972 Dunedin, New Zealand
m. 1931 Palmerston, New Zealand MARY MARGARET OLIVE ELLISON
B.1906 s.1971 Dunedin, New Zealand
3.3.3.1.2.5
ALEXANDER WALTER B.1906 s.1942
3.3.3.1.3
GEORGE B.1870 Alexandra s.1871 Dunedin, New Zealand
3.3.3.1.4 GEORGE HENRY B.1871 Alexandra s.1894 Dunedin, New
Zealand
3.3.3.1.5 MAGGIE B.1873 & s.1875 Alexandra, New Zealand
3.3.3.1.6 HARRIET B.1874 Alexandra s.1944 Auckland, New Zealand
3.3.3.1.7 JAMES TILEY B.1878 Missing in Queensland, Australia in
1920
3.3.3.1.8 DAVID B.1880 Alexandra s.1971 Auckland, New Zealand m.
SYBIL
3.3.3.2 HENRY b.17 March
1833 Cam, agricultural labourer age 17 in November 1850, when he
stole 2 pecks of apples and was sentenced to
three months hard labour at Gloucester quarter sessions; labourer
age 19 in January 1853, when he stole a hat and waistcoat
and was
sentenced to a
further two months hard labour. Joined the army and died in
Gloucester in 1871 "a former soldier"
3.3.3.3 GEORGE b.6 September 1835 Cam, agricultural labourer age
16 living at home in Dursley in 1851(C). Emigrated to Australia
to join
elder brother William on Ballaarat goldfields and then went on to
New Zealand with him 1861-2
s. New Zealand m. FLORA McINTYRE in New
Zealand
3.3.3.3.1
CHARLES B.1877 Maori Creek, West Coast, New Zealand d .27 May
1965 Dunedin, s 29 May 1965 Alexandra, Otago NZ
m. 1904 Dunedin FLORENCE JANE CHURSTAIN b.1882 Nevis,
Central Otago s.1953 Alexandra, Otago, New Zealand
3.3.3.3.1.1 MARY B.1905
Otago s. 1987 m. TED CROW
3.3.3.3.1.2 GEORGE CHARLES B.1906 s.1908
3.3.3.3.1.3 CHARLES JAMES B.1907 Otago s.1968
and
6 children born after 1907
3.3.3.4
EDMUND (later known as EDWARD) B.c1838 Cam, errand boy at a local
school age 13 in 1851(C). Emigrated to Australia
with brother George and joined William on Ballaarat
goldfields. Stayed on in Australia when the other brothers moved
on to New Zealand
s. Australia Descendants in Australia
today.
3.3.3.5 HARRIET b.6 January 1841 Cam, housemaid age 20 in
1861(C) m. 30 June 1864 Dursley HENRY FRENCH house
painter and
plumber. Henry French took over the licence of the Cross
Keys Inn, Union Street in 1874 from his stepfather John Ridley
and remained
there until his
death, aged 42. s 24 December 1883 Dursley.
3.3.3.6 CHARLES b.29 October 1843 Dursley, agricultural labourer
age 17 1861(C), labourer living at Cross Keys Inn, Dursley
1871(C),
Licensee and tenant of the Lamb Inn Long Street, Dursley from 8
November 1880 until 21 September 1883 when he was convicted for
selling
beer outside licensing hours on a Sunday; fined 7s 4d with 12s 8d
costs and immediately gave notice. In September 1887 he fell 32
feet from
scaffolding at Cam Mills and was admitted to Gloucester Infirmary
with a severely dislocated thigh (he subsequently walked with a
stick)
Bricklayer's labourer living at Fortfields Dursley in 1891(C) and
1901(C); he then became a drayman at Elvey's Brewery, Dursley.
Register of Electors 1909 dwelling house, Fortfields Dursley s 29
January 1916 Dursley.
:
m. ELIZABETH WEBB 23 December 1875 Dursley 1901(C) age 48
Fortfields Dursley
3.3.3.6.1
WALTER CHARLES b. 18 August & d 21 August 1883
3.3.3.6.2 EMILY
HARRIET ANNIE B.1885 1901(C) age 17 housemaid to Dr and Mrs
Brewis, Woodmancote Dursley, age 22 spinster
m ALBERT ATKINS,
machine moulder, age 28, of Woodmancote 1 October 1906,
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Dursley
3.3.3.6.3 LILIAN
B.1886 1901(C) age 16 woollen spinner Fortfields Dursley, age
21 spinster woollen spinner
m CHARLES FLOWER
HANNEY, journeyman wheelwright, age 21, of Fortfields 27 May
1906, Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Dursley
3.3.3.6.4 MABEL
FRANCES B.1889
3.3.6.5 FLORENCE
LAURA B.1891 1901(C) age 10 Fortfields Dursley, age 29,
spinster, weaver
m WILLIAM THOMAS
NELMES age 27 carpenter's labourer of Slimbridge 7 March
1920, Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Dursley
3.3.3.6.6 WILLIAM B.1894 1901(C) age 7 Fortfields Dursley
[3.3.3.7(illegitimate)
WALTER baseborn son of Harriet Theyers, widow, b 28 October 1849
Dursley,
with mother Dursley 1851(C), with mother and stepfather
John Ridley
1861(C)
Prison Officer, aged 20 B Dursley, escorting prisoner and lodging
at house of police sergeant, Fairford, Glos 1871(C)
Police Constable, unmarried, B Dursley, aged 30, police barracks,
Gloucester 1881(C)]
3.3.4 MARGARET
b. December 1810 Cam
3.3.5 EDMOND b.27 June 1813 Cam
3.4 SARAH B. Cam m. 7 December 1820 Cam JOSEPH STEPHENS
3.5 WILLIAM b.26 September 1790 Cam 1841(C) age 50 weaver
Cam, 1851(C) age 60 weaver Uley s .5 November 1859 Cam
m
28 August 1814 Cam ELIZABETH COOPEY b 18 February 1790 Cam,
1871(C) age 81 widow Cam
Early 19th century
weavers' cottages Rowley Cam
3.5.1
HUMPHREY COOPEY THEYERS b. 26 December 1812 Cam (illegitimate) m.
6 December 1841 Gloucester EMMA BRUTON
Children registered as COOPEY
3.5.2 SARAH b.11 June 1815 Cam, 1841(C) age 25 burler at
cloth factory m. pre- June 1841 CHARLES COBB weaver
3.5.3 HANNAH b. 3 February 1818 Cam m.28 January 1839 Cam to
THOMAS COX
3.5.4 HENRY b.22 May 1820 Cam agricultural labourer 1901(C)
"living on own means" age 80 Cross Roads Slimbridge
mI. 2 November 1845 Slimbridge SARAH HURD b c1826 Slimbridge s 29
November 1861 Slimbridge
3.5.4.1 WILLIAM B. c1846
Slimbridge, 1861(C) farm servant Slimbridge
3.5.4.2 EMMA b.21 May 1848 Slimbridge m.1827 Westbury on Severn
SAMUEL BULLOCK farmer
3.5.4.3 ANNA MARIA b.9 April 1851 Slimbridge m.1877 Stroud area
3.5.4.4 ELIZA LOUISE b.1853 Slimbridge, 1871(C) domestic
servant Gossington Hall, 1881(C) dairymaid visiting sister Emma
Bullock
m.1881 Westbury on Severn area
3.5.4.5 THOMAS DANIEL b.21 March 1856 Slimbridge s.23 March 1859
Slimbridge
3.5.4.6 THOMAS b.4 September 1859 Slimbridge s.31 October 1863
Slimbridge
mII. 3
November 1863 Slimbridge ALICE THEYERS (see above) b.1829 Cam
3.5.4.7
HERBERT EDWARD b.2 October 1864 Slimbridge "railway shunter
of Chaddesden Derbyshire" on marriage 1826 s.1925 Derby
m. 25 December 1886 Cam KATE COX-BALL
3.5.4.7.1
BEATRICE AMY B.l ast quarter 1887 Derby 1891(C) age 3 at the
Railway Inn Cam with her maternal grandparents
3.5.4.7.2 ARTHUR B.1890 Derby m.
3.5.4.7.3 JOSEPH CECIL B.1892 Derby m. ETHEL ANNIE BRINDLEY
3.5.4.8 HENRY
CHARLES b.2 September 1866 Slimbridge, 1881(C) agricultural
labourer age 14
3.5.4.9 ALFRED
b.4 July 1869 Slimbridge 1891(C) agricultural labourer age
21, 1901(C) agricultural labourer age 31
Hornshill Villas. Smallholder. 1909 Register of Electors:
dwelling house Hornshill; land Broadholm. s .20 March 1942
Slimbridge.
m.29 October 29 October 1889 Slimbridge ELIZABETH WHITE b 20 June
1871 1901(C) age 29 Hornshill Villas
s.16 March 1954 Slimbridge
3.5.4.9.1
HENRY CHARLES b.6 September 1891 Slimbridge s.30 March 1892
Slimbridge
3.5.4.9.2 EDITH HELEN b.5 November 1893 Slimbridge 1901(C) age 7
Hornshill Villas s.29 February 1984 Slimbridge
m. 6 July 1918 Slimbridge PERCY CECIL PEGLER B c1894 Cam 1901(C)
age 7 Churchend Slimbridge
3.5.4.9.3 HILDA B.26 February 1895 b.14 October 1900 Slimbridge
1901(C) age 6 Hornshill Villas
d.24 November 1984 Slimbridge m. WILLIAM NOAD B.c1898 1901(C) age
3 Gossington
3.5.4.9.4 WILFRED B.4 January 1899 Slimbridge s.26 January 1899
Slimbridge
3.5.4.9.5 ALFRED EDGAR B.30 July 1900 b.14 October 1900
Slimbridge 1901(C) age 8mo Hornshill Villas d 30 March 1982
Charlton Kings
m. 15 May 1942 Dursley GLADYS VERA WHITE b 4 April 1914 d.9
September 1983 Frampton on Severn
(parents of John Theyers b 1943 Dursley)
3.5.4.9.6
MARGARET ALICE B.28 April 1903 b.19 July 1903 Slimbridge m.
CHARLES PARTRIDGE s 3 May 1973
3.5.4.9.7
LEWIS EDWARD B.3 February 1909 b.13 June 1909 Slimbridge s. 9
October 1981 Stonehouse m. CHRISTINE
3.5.5 JANE b.
5 May 1822 Cam 1841(C) age 19 burler at cloth factory Cam
m. 29 November 1841 Cam JOHN BARNFIELD weaver
3.5.6 THOMAS
b.6 June 1824 Cam 1841(C) age 17 cutter at cloth factory
Cam
3.5.7 JOHN b.30 September 1827 Cam s .23 February 1828 Cam
3.5.8 MARY b.23 May 1831 Cam m. 21 May 1848 Cam SAMUEL RUDGE
mariner