William Rashleigh (abt. 1809 - 1880)

Born about Jan 1809 in Constantine, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Grace (Carter) Rashleigh — married 1833 in Budock, Cornwall

Descendants

Died Feb 1880 at about age 71 in Truro, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

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Birth:

Jan 1809. Constantine, Cornwall, England, UK ^[1]

Marriage:

7 Oct 1833. Budock, Cornwall, England, UK ^{[2] [3]}

Census - 6 Jun 1841: ^[4]

William Rashleigh, 35, 1806, Post Boy, Cornwall

Elizabeth Rashleigh, 35, 1806, -, London, Middlesex

Elizabeth Rashleigh, 7, 1834, Cornwall

Mary Rashleigh, 5, 1836, Cornwall

William Rashleigh, 3, 1838, Cornwall

Clarinda Rashleigh, 13 month, 1841, Cornwall

Address: Fairmantle Str., Kenwyn

Census – 30 Mar 1851: ^[5]

William Rashleigh, Head, Married, Male, 41, 1810, Post Boy, Constantine, Cornwall

Elizabeth Rashleigh, Wife, Married, Female, 40, 1811, -, London, Middlesex

E S Rashleigh, Daughter, Unmarried, Female, 16, 1835, Dressmaker, Truro, Cornwall

M J Rashleigh, Daughter, Unmarried, Female, 14, 1837, -, Truro, Cornwall

W H Rashleigh, Son, Unmarried, Male, 13, 1838, -, Truro, Cornwall

Clarinda Rashleigh, Daughter, Unmarried, Female, 10, 1841, -, Truro, Cornwall

Ellen Rashleigh, Daughter, Unmarried, Female, 8, 1843, -, Truro, Cornwall

Emma Rashleigh, Daughter, Unmarried, Female, 6, 1845, -, Truro, Cornwall

G C Rashleigh, Son, Unmarried, Male, 1, 1850, -, Truro, Cornwall

Address: Fairmantle Str., Kenwyn

Census - 7 Apr 1861: ^[6]

William Rashleigh, Head, Married, Male, 51, 1810, Beer Retailer, Constantine Cornwall

Elizabeth Rashleigh, Wife, Married, Female, 51, 1810, -, Falmouth (?)

Clarinda Rashleigh, Daughter, Unmarried, Female, 21, 1840, Basmaid(?), Truro Cornwall

Hellen Rashleigh, Daughter, Unmarried, Female, 19, 1842, Chambermaid, Truro Cornwall

Emma Rashleigh, Daughter, Unmarried, Female, 17, 1844, Dressmaker, Truro Cornwall

George Rashleigh, Son, Unmarried, Male, 12, 1849, -, Truro Cornwall

Sarah A Rashleigh, Daughter, Unmarried, 10, Truro Cornwall

Joseph Andrew, Son-in-law, Married, 27, 1834, Carpenter, St. Austell Cornwall

Mary J Andrew, Daughter, Married, 25, 1836, Truro Cornwall

Joseph Whetter, Boarder, Unmarried, 42, 1819, Printer, Truro Cornwall

Adresses: King Street, St Mary, Truro

Census – 2 Apr 1871: ^[7]

William Rashleigh, Head, Married, Male, 61, 1810, Ostler, Constantine Cornwall

Elizabeth Rashleigh, Wife, Married, Female, 62, 1809, -, Middlesex

Clarinda Rashleigh, Daughter, Unmarried, Female, 31, 1840, Assistant to a Taylor, Truro Cornwall

Sarah A Rashleigh, Daughter, Unmarried, Female, 19, 1852, ? maker, Truro Cornwall

Address: Fairmantle Str., Kenwyn

• 1871: Ostler (man employed to look after horses of guests at an inn)

Death:

Feb 1880. Truro, Cornwall, England, UK. Aged 77y 1m. ^[8]

Notes:

William was born and baptised in Constantine, Cornwall. He next appears in Budock, Cornwall where he marries Elizabeth Carter. He moves to Kenwyn, a parish outside and northwest of Truro, Cornwall sometime before 1841. He lives there for the rest of his life, fathering 8 children. In 1841 he was a post boy; 1861 a beer retailer and in 1871 an Ostler (man employed to look after horses of guests at an inn). In Kenwyn he lived in Fairmantle Street, apart form a brief period in 1861 where he lived more centrally in Truro in King Street. He moved back to Kenwyn by 1871. He died in 1880 aged 71.

Sources

1. ↑ Cornwall Family History Society
2. ↑ Cornwall Marriages
3. ↑ England Marriages 1538-1973
4. ↑ 1841 England, Wales and Scotland Census PRO HO107 piece 147 book 14 folio 38 page 2
5. ↑ 1851 England, Wales and Scotland Census PRO HO107 piece 1910 folio 291 page 20
6. ↑ 1861 England, Wales and Scotland Census PRO RG09 piece 1558, folio 32, page 29
7. ↑ 1871 England, Wales and Scotland Census. PRO RG10 piece 2283, folio 10, page 20
8. ↑ England and Wales BMD Index. Deaths. JFM 5c 131

• Faulkner Family Tree Publication: www.faulkner-history.fsnet.co.uk

See Also:

• Rashleigh one-name study. http://rashleigh.one-name.net

Acknowledgments:

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import by Martin Watson on Nov 23, 2015. Last modified Nov 23rd, 2019"

• Rodney Marples, personal communication