Any Housley Or Houseleys Out There?

[retep]

I have a photo of my grandad Harry Moore (who lived at 309 Petre St) with a family called Houseley who must have been near neighbours on Petre St. It would be taken about 1944 shortly before he died I think.

 

There is a George Housley on the opposite side of the street

1948 dir.

309 Mrs. Mary MOORE

246 Geo. HOUSLEY

[grampy]

I think Georgiana is down as just Geo on the 1841 census - mother is Mary - its the same as one the 1851 census where mother Mary is down as widow.

there is a marriage on the IGI 3 June 1816 of William Housley to a Mary Greaves which may be worth pursuing. On the 1841 census there are siblings, Jane,Joseph, and William

 

Thanks for the quick and helpful reply.

[DevonOwl]

PaddyO - are you still looking for Frederick J Housley?

 

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My GtUncle was John Vincent Nolan, his daughter Mary married Frederick Joseph Housley on 1st September 1942, he was 23 years old,& was a clerk in the steelworks,& lived at 69 fircroft avenue.His fathers name was Frederick James Housley,occupation was an electrician.Does any one know if these people are still around, or did they have any family. i have been trying to trace them for several years.As i live in Ireland now,it is very difficult.

 

Frederick Housley was my Grandad - he died in Boston Hospital England in 1998 after retiring to Lincolnshire.

 

His wife, my Nanna died peacefully 20th December 2011 in a residential home in Spalding.

 

Nanna was Mary Nolan, only daughter of John Vincent Nolan who ran the Halfway House Pub 211-213 Attercliffe Road Sheffield which was bombed on the 15th December 1940.

 

Would be good to have a tree for the Nolans from Mary back.

 

Thanks in anticipation.

[big un]

I remember a Linda Housely that used to live on the same road as me in Tinsley. . . . .

Wow,I wonder what happened to her??

[fleetwood]

I have a photo of my grandad Harry Moore (who lived at 309 Petre St) with a family called Houseley who must have been near neighbours on Petre St. It would be taken about 1944 shortly before he died I think.

 

John - Would the young girl in the picture be Barbara Moore? It seems to me Barbara lived in the Petre St area if I remember correctly.

[jayne67]

My grandma was an Housley...her name was Edith, and I think the family came from the Cross...she had a sister called Connie...I'm sure there are others but can barely remember.

 

Jayne

[fleetwood]

I think I remember a Shirley Housley that lived in the Pitsmoor/Burngreave area in the early 50's, she had a friend by the name of Joyce Candlin.

[mhousl1]

Came across this thread in a Google search. I am Mark Housley from Manchester where we appear to have come to from sheffield around 1900.

 

My tree as far as I can go (1851) looks something like this:

 

George (writing hard to read may be something else) -> Barnet -> Barnet -> Maurice -> John -> Me (all Housley).

 

Anyone who fits in that line or can provide more information, I would be happy to hear from.

[retep]

Came across this thread in a Google search. I am Mark Housley from Manchester where we appear to have come to from sheffield around 1900.

 

My tree as far as I can go (1851) looks something like this:

 

George (writing hard to read may be something else) -> Barnet -> Barnet -> Maurice -> John -> Me (all Housley).

 

Anyone who fits in that line or can provide more information, I would be happy to hear from.

 

Maurice 1895 son of Barnet 1867 son of Barnet-(Bernard) 1827 son of George 1803 steel converter in 1851 at Housley's court Ward Street Sheffield.

[emwapping]

Hello to all in search of info on Emily Houseley (of the acting Houseley sisters.) My husband, Terry and his brother Richard, are Emily Houseley's grandsons. But, as someone else has mentioned, he is also a grandson of Emily, we are delighted. But we haven't got a clue where he fits into the greater scheme of things. Old Emily, what a woman!

 

Sometime before 1912, Emily married an actor/dancer/singer named Frank Hector Brooksmith who worked as Frank Hector. Frank was the understudy for most of his career to George Grosssmith Jr and was also the first choice when a show toured the provinces. And he was pretty much a wastrel. In 1912, Emily gave birth to their daughter, Joan Brooksmith, who was Terry and Rick's mother. Emily decided to retire to raise Joan. After a year or so, Frank was on the road, so she decided to surprise him with a visit. Imagine her surprise when she arrived at his digs and caught him en flagrante with his leading lady, unfortunately we don't know her name. Emily returned home and filed for divorce. Needing to support Joan, she went back to work and left Joan with some relatives who ran or owned a hotel in Eastbourne. A couple of years later she married a comedian named Jimmy Page. And in 1917, she gave birth to to their daughter, Shelagh Page. Needing to support a second child, she dumped Auntie Shelagh on relatives in a different side of the family (I think the Pages.) I think she eventually divorced Jimmy Page but according to Joan, she didn't re-marry again. At least not that Joan or Auntie Shelagh knew of.

 

When Joan was 20, somebody in the family screwed up and told her about her half-sister, previously unknown to Joan. Which was OK, as Auntie Shelagh hadn't heard about Joan either. Eventually, they met and while they were never sisters in the closeness sense, they became good friends. After Joan and Shelagh had both reached pensions age, Shelagh would come down to Chichester once a month or so and spend a weekend with Joan.

 

Sadly, both Joan and Auntie Shelagh passed away a number of years ago, so we can only work with what Joan told me and a little bit more from Shelagh and her box of research.

 

My husband particularly remembers Auntie Edie who he thought was great fun. He has a memory of visiting her when she lived in Mechlenburg Square in London. But he had absolutely no use for Grandma Emily. Grandma lived in a house on top of a hill at Tulse Hill in her later years and twice a year he was dragged by his mother to visit. (These were pre-little brother visits.) These were sit there and shut up-type visits. Both Joan and Terry couldn't wait to leave.

 

One of the most charming things about the Houseley sisters was that producers couldn't remember who was who and they were booked as 'send me the The Funny One, The Dramatic One, the Dark-haired One,' that sort of thing.

 

Frank Hector used to send Joan postcards twice a year to his 'darling' and say how he hoped to see her soon, but he never showed up. I don't know about Jimmy Page, but I suspect Auntie Shelagh was in the same boat.

 

So, one big, happy family! Have a nice day.