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- ALBERT was the sixth child of ROBERT CHURLEY and MARY (nee FRY) and had spent his early boyhood in Uffculme and later at Cullompton, where his father had a farm as well as the butcher's business in Uffculme.
ALBERT was 16 when his father died in 1846, and the young family probably moved to the outskirts of London in about 1847 and may have stayed with his Uncle THOMAS at 13, Cumberland Street East, Regents Park, where he had been since about 1841. He seems to have obtained work as a Cabinet Maker at a place where presumably pianos were made, and by the time of his marriage in 1859 he described himself as a Piano Forte maker. He and JANE spent their honeymoon in Dawlish, South Devon.
ALBERT was clearly very musical, had a fine singing voice and was clever with his hands. He built his own organ in a room over the coach house at BEAU CHÊNE, Fox Hill, Upper Norwood, the house in which he was living at his death and which was held in chancery for JANE - her father having died when she was a child.
ALBERT, in 1859, married JANE EMILY Cawthorn (see note below). Jane was clearly well off and it seems that Albert was a "gentleman of leisure" after his marriage. As the years passed, Jane began to look down on her musical and kind husband and referred to him as "that man". They seemed to have lived first at Lorrimore Square near the Oval and then for a large part of their early married life at HAWTHORNE COTTAGE, Sydenham (now demolished), later moving to Beau Chîne, Fox Hill, Upper Norwood. After Albert's death, Jane divided the house and lived next door, calling this part "UFFCULME".
I can just remember him as a kindly, bearded old man and recall being told how he would often walk from Upper Norwood to Woldingham (and I suppose back again) on a Saturday, to see us (a round trip of at least 15 miles).
As in 1891 George and Alfred Churley changed their surnames by deeds poll to Cawthorne - their mother's maiden name, it is of interest to trace the Cawthorne ancestors.
Until 1984 it had been understood that the father of Jane Emily and her younger brother George Adolphus was John Cawthorne, and having been brought up by John, these two with their young sister Mary most probably would not have been told otherwise by their mother, although she lived until 1871.
At the end of this section dealing with Albert Churley and his wife Jane Emily, will be found some notes on Thomas Cawthorn (arising from a search in 1984 of the parish records of St. James Church, Clerkenwell), which prove conclusively that he was in fact the father of Jane Emily and George Adolphus.
- 1841 Census :
Robert Churly 45 Yeoman
Mary Churly 40
Oliver Churly 15
Arthur Churly 13
Albert Churly 11
Septimus Churly 9
Octavius Churly 7
Emma Churly 6
Mary Churly 4
Ann Churly 2
all residing at Samptery [?] in Cullompton, Devon.
- 1861 Census :
Albert Churly 30 Head of Household - General Dealer
Emily Churly 26 Governess
both live at 71½ Cross Street, Lambeth. This is two years after they were married in 1859. "Jane Emily" put her Name on the Census as "Emily".
- 1871 Census :
Albert B Churley Head 40 Pianoforte Tuner
Emily Churley Wife 35
Emily E J Daughter 6
Edith E Daughter 3
George J Son 2
Alfred M Son 1
Mary Cawthorne Mother 71
Emma Evans ??? 13
all lived at Hawthorne Cottage, Sydenham, Kent.
Note : Churley appears to be spelt with an E, whereas in the 1861 Census it was without an E.
- WILL : Albert Ballyman Churly of Beauchene, Fox Hill, Upper Norwood, Surrey died 29 May 1910 Probate London 6 October to Emily Jane Churly widow Edith Ellen Churly spinster and Alfred Matthew Cawthorne architect. Effect £844.
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1830 - 1910 (80 years)
