TILLEY
with roots in Somerset, England
family
the
ANDREWS family tree
Marion Andrews who married Edward James Tilley on 12 February 1938 can trace her Welsh roots to her great grandparents John and Mary [Evans] from Furnace, a hamlet in Ysgubor-y-coed in the northernmost part of Ceredigion.
In the 1841 census John was an agricultural labourer. An agricultural labourer was usually a married man who lived elsewhere (often in a tied cottage) and who was paid a daily or weekly wage for the job that he performed. He and Mary had four children ranging in age from eight to Marion’s grandfather, two-month-old James. By the following census, the couple have lost one child, Evan.
In the last census that John appeared in, 1861, his occupation was given as carrier, a driver of (horse-drawn) vehicles for transporting goods. James was a 20-year-old apprentice joiner.
James was present at both his parents’ deaths; John died of asthma and stomach cramp on 22 August 1866, while Mary was 64 when she passed away on 23 September 1872. They are buried in the graveyard in St Michael’s Church, Eglwysfach.
James married Elizabeth and they had eight children; John (b.1862), Ann (b.1864), Elizabeth (b.1867), David (1868-1957), James (b.1872), Thomas (b.1875), Mary (b.1878) and Gwen Elizabeth (1880-7 Jul 1890).
Elizabeth died aged 53 on 3 August 1889 while James lived another 30 years, remarrying before passing away on 28 February 1919. Elizabeth and James’ parents are buried at St Michael’s Church graveyard in Eglwysfach.
ANDREWS family tree
John Andrews
b. 1807
d. 22 Aug 1866
married
Mary Evans
b. 1809
d. 23 Sep 1872
John Andrew, Marion’s great grandfather, was an agricultural labourer in the 1841 census while her grandfather James was two months old.
In the 1851 census, three of John and Mary Andrew’s children, John, Mary and James are listed but Evan is missing.
James, an apprentice joiner, is living at home with his youngest sister Margaret in the 1861 census.
John died aged 59 on 22 August 1866 with the cause of death given as asthma and cramp in the stomach.
In remembrance of John Andrew
Furnace
In this parish
Who died 22nd of August 1866
at 59 years of age.
“Precious in the sight of the Lord
is the death of his saints”
Psalm 116.15
In remembrance of Mary the wife
of John Andrew
Furnace
who died 23rd of September 1872
at 64 years of age.
“ Do not wonder at this for the hour shall come when all those who are in their graves shall hear his voice”
John 5.28
John
(b. 1833
d.)
Fran
(b. 1836
d.)
James Andrews
b. 1841
d. 28 Feb 1919
married
Elizabeth Evans
b. 1837
d. 2 Aug 1889
Mary died six years after her husband on 23 September 1872 with her son James present at her death.
Mary
(b. 1839
d.)
Margaret
(b. 1847
d.)
David Rowland
Andrews
b. 12 Nov 1868
d. 12 Nov 1957
married 6 Feb 1908
Margaret Scorey
b. 29 May 1872
d. Oct 1950
John
(b. 1862
d.)
Ann
(b. 1864
d.)
Elizabeth
(b. 1867
d.)
Thomas
(b. 1875
d.)
Mary
(b. 1878
d.)
Gwen Elizabeth
(b. 1880
d. 7 Jul 1890)
Lilian
(b. 3 Apr 1898
d.)
Mary Violet
(b. 1899
d.)
Marion Andrews
b. 21 May 1909
d. 1 July 1993
married 12 Feb 1938
Edward James
b. 28 Feb 1910
d. 16 Oct 1992
James
(b. 1872
d.)
Robert
(b. 1911
d.)
Robert James
b. 12 June 1938
d. 5 Mar 2015
married 15 Dec 1959
Isobel Letty
Anyan
(See Watchorn and
Anyan family tree)
b. 29 Sept 1940
Nicholas
Edward
b. 1 Nov 1946
d. 4 May 1963
Luke Edward
b. May 1964
Justin Jonathan
b. Aug 1967
Imogen Anya
b. Sept 1969
In loving memory of
Elizabeth
Beloved wife of James Andrews
Eglwysfach, who died
August 3rd, 1889, aged 53 yrs
“ He took down my strength on the way,
He shortened my days”
Also for their loving daughter Elizabeth, who died, April 12th 1879, aged 12 years
“ The Lord takes life away and gives life : the Lord takes down and raises up.”
Also for their beloved daughter Gwen Elizabeth who died July 7th 1890 aged 10 years.
They all wept and grieved for her but He said ‘Do not weep, she is not dead but is asleep’.
James and Elizabeth had four children in the 1871 census including Marion's father David who was two years old. David's sister wasn't in the next census as she had died on 12 April 1879 aged 12.
In the 1881 census James was a coal merchant while his eldest son John was a lead miner possibly at nearby Ystrad Einion Mine which was worked till 1901.
Elizabeth died aged 53 on 2 August 1889. The cause of death was apoplexy, in other words as a result of a cerebral haemorrhage or stroke.
By the time of the 1891 census 50-year-old James was a widower as Elizabeth had died in 1889 and his 26-year-old daughter was looking after the house.
James was remarried to Margaret Evans in the 1901 census and her daughter Mary was living with them.
The 1911 census reveals James and Margaret had been married for 18 years so the marriage must have been in 1893.
James died on 28 February 1919 aged 77 of old age and debility. Debility meant physical weakness, perhaps just undefined illness.
St Michael's Church, where the Andrews are buried, is near Machynlleth in Montgomeryshire, Wales.