Henry
Horsley
Born in Seaton Ross, Yorkshire, England
Ancestors 
Son of Henry Horsley
and Elizabeth (Hodge) Horsley
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Ann (Calam) Horsley
— married
1853 in Howdenshire, Yorkshire, England
Descendants 
Father of
William Horsley, Rose (Horsley) Hinchliffe, Blanche Horsley, Albert Horsley, Lily (Horsley) Stokell, Fred Horsley, Harrison Horsley, Vinnie (Horsley) Etherington, Monica Horsley, Julia (Horsley) Brooksbank and Annie Horsley
Died
at about age 87
in Holme on Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England
Profile last modified
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Biography
Birth 1831 Seaton Ross
Henry Horsley was born and baptised in 1831 in the village of Seaton Ross in the middle of Spalding Moor, in the East Riding of Yorkshire between the Derwent and the Yorkshire Wolds. He was the son of Henry Horsley, a farm labourerer, and later a carrier and his wife Elizabeth.
Seaton Ross 1841 Father and Son
The elder Henry Horsley was an Ag Lab aged 40 or more, based at Rytham Gate in Seaton Ross. His wife,Elizabeth was much the same age as himself, and her mother Elizabeth Hodge 72 was also with them, Independent. The younger Henry aged 11 was one of his eight children. and all of these 11 were born in Yorkshire. [1]
Apprentice 1851 Holme on Spalding Moor
In 1851 young Henry Horsley 20 was a shoemaker's apprentice living with his master James Falkingham 48 in the middle of Holme on Spalding Moor, four miles west of his father in Seaton Ross. [2]
Marriage 1853 in Holme
At 22 Henry Horsley married Ann Calam, a young woman from Holme two or three years younger than himself. [3]
Holme on Spalding Moor 1861 Moor End
In 1861 Henry and Ann Horsley have set their base well away from the village centre where the obtrusive Holm rises out of the plain. Instead they are at Moor End at the southern end of the triangular village.. Henry's shoemaking business and his family seem well established, with four young children and an 18 year old apprentice to help with the shoemaking. [4]
Holme on Spalding Moor 1871 Moor End
In 1871 Henry Horsley was a cordwainer or shoemaker employing 1 boy. and living at Moor End in Holme on Spalding Moor with his wife Ann and eight children, most of them attending school: The eldest, William at 17 seems likely to be a student-teacher: Harrison Horsley is just five. [5] Alfred Falkingham 18, Henry's apprentice shoemaker is surely a relative of his own master James Falkingham (see 1851).
Holme on Spalding Moor 1891 Moor End
By 1891 Henry Horsley the shoemaker of Holme on Spalding Moor is sixty years old. Ann is still with him as are four of his children, son Harrison 25 and three daughters, Vinnie 23, Julia 19 and Annie 15. [6]
Holme on Spalding Moor 1911 Moor End
Henry and Ann Horsley are moving into their eighties and the 58th year of their marriage at the census of 1911. They are now living alone at Moor End. [7]
Death in Holme 1918
Henry Horsley dies in Holme on Spalding Moor toward the end of 1918. He is 88. [8]
Research
Parentage Marriage 1820 Thornton by Pocklington
- Dec 30 1820 Thornton by Pocklington , Yorkshire, England
- Residence Ritham Gate Residence 1841 Seaton Ross, Yorkshire East Riding, England, United Kingdom
- Residence 1851 Seaton-Ross, Yorkshire,Yorkshire (East Riding), England
- Residence 1861 Seaton Ross, Yorkshire East Riding, England, United Kingdom
- Residence 1871 Seaton Ross, Seaton Ross, Yorkshire (West Riding), England ;Death Feb 9 1876 Pocklington, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
- Wife Elizabeth Horsley (born Hodge)
- Children
- Mary Horsley
- Elizabeth Holderness (born Horsley)
- Hannah Horsley
- Thomas Harrison Horsley
- Henry Horsley
- Richard Horsley
- John Horsley James Horsley
- Maria Sykes (born Horsley)
Sources
- ↑
- Census 1841 : Ritham Gate : Seaton Ross
- PRO HO107 /1220 page 5/12 family 278
- Head (implied) Henry Horsley 40 - 44 Ag Lab
- Wife (implied) Elizabeth Horsley 40 - 44
- Daughter (implied) Hannah Horsley 14
- Son (implied) Thos Harrison Horsley 13
- Son (implied) Henry Horsley 11
- Son (implied) Richard Horsley 7
- Son (implied) John Horsley 5
- Son (implied) James Horsley 2
- Daughter (implied) Maria Horsley 10 months
- Elizabeth Hodge 73
- John Gorbut Smith 2 months
- ↑
- Census 1851 : town, Holme on Spalding Moor
- PRO HO107 /2358 page 62 family 46
- Head James Falkingham 48 shoemaker b Holme
- Wife Mary Falkingham 44 b Holme
- Daughter Elen Falkingham 13 at home b Holme
- Apprentice Henry Horsley 20 appr shoemaker b Seaton
- Apprentice Robert Davinson 15 shoemaker appr b Holme
- Wife Ann MacDonald 19 gardner's wife b Holme
- Son Peter R MacDonald 8 months at home b Holme
- ↑
- freebmd Marriages Mar 1853
- CALAM Ann @@Howden 9d 128
- HORSLEY Henry @@Howden 9d 128
- ↑
- Census 1861 : Holme on Spalding Moor, 11 Moor End
- PRO RG09 /3562 p50 fam 16
- Head Henry Horsley 30 shoemaker b Seaton Ross
- Wife Ann Horsley 25 b Holme on Spalding
- Son William Horsley 7 scholar b Holme on Spalding
- Daughter Rose Horsley 5 scholar b Holme on Spalding
- Daughter Blanch Horsley 3 scholar b Holme on Spalding
- Son Albert Horsley 1 b Holme on Spalding
- Serv (Ap) George Hatfield 18 shoem b Seaton Ross
- ↑
- Census 1871: Holme on Spalding Moor, Moor End
- PRO RG10 /4761 page 17
- Head Henry Horsley 40 cordwainer b Seaton Ross
- Wife Ann Horsley 37 b Holme
- Son William Horsley 17 scholar b Holme
- Daughter Blanche Horsley 14 b Holme
- Son Albert Horsley 11 Scholar b Holme
- Daughter Lilly Horsley 9 Scholar b Holme
- Son Fred Horsley 7 Scholar b Holme
- Son Harrison Horsley 5 Scholar b Holme
- Daughter Vinnie Horsley 3 b Holme
- Daughter Monica Horsley 1 b Holme
- Visitor Monica Avery 23 Signalman wife b Holme
- Visitor James J Avery 5mo -- do -- son b Holme
- Apprentice Alfred Falkingham 18 cordwainer Ap b Seaton Ross
- ↑
- Census 1891 : 10 Moor End, Holme, Yorkshire, England
- PRO RG12 /3902 page 14 fam 10
- Head Henry Horsley 60 Shoemaker b Seaton Ross
- Wife Ann Horsley 56 b Holme
- Son Harrison Horsley 25 Clerk on Railway b Holme
- Daughter Vinnie Horsley 23 Housemaid b Holme
- Daughter Julia Horsley 19 b Holme
- Daughter Annie Horsley 15 b Holme
- ↑ Census 1911 : Moor End
- Head Henry Horsley 80 retd bootmaker b Seaton Ross
- Wife Ann Horsley 77 b. Holme on Sp. Moor
- ↑
freebmd Deaths Dec 1918
- Horsley, Henry age 88 @@Howden 9d 196
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