PRIESTLEY Family Tree

with links to British India

 

? PRIESTLEY married ?, children:

  1. Frederick John Blakiston Priestley (b 1820, d 17 Jan 1894 at 22 Park St, Bath, Somerset, England. Probate granted to Edward J K Priestly at Bath, Somerset)

Next Generation

General in HM Army Frederick John Blakiston PRIESTLEY (b 1820, d 17 Jan 1894 at 22 Park St, Bath, Somerset, England. Probate granted to Edward J K Priestly at Bath, Somerset) married Amelia ?, (b 1832 Corres Ireland) children:

  1. Edward John H Priestley (b 18 May 1853, c 2 Jul 1853 Cuddalore)

  2. Frederick Joseph Blakiston Priestley (b 15 Apr 1858 Ootacamund, India, d 30 sep 1938. Probate granted 4 Nov 1938 to Violet Maud Bessie Priestley in Sussex UK)

  3. Henry Wood Priestley (b 28 Jul 1860 Madras, d 5 May 1899 Shillong, Meghalaya.On 21 Dec 1911 Probate for Major Henry Wood Priestley granted at Dublin to widow Amelia Priestley)

  4. Esther Priestley (b 1861 India)

  5. George William Priestley (b 26 Dec 1862 St Thomas Mount, Madras India)

  6. Amy Lucy Priestley (b 8 Oct 1864 Madras India)

  7. Charles Eccles Nixon Priestley (b 1867, c 19 Jun 1867 Madras India)

  8. Caroline Annie Priestley (b 9 Apr 1869 Madras India)

Next Generation

Edward John H PRIESTLEY Colonel (b 18 May 1853, c 2 Jul 1853 Cuddalore) married Clara Finia ?, (b 1856 St Lawrence, Jersey) children:

  1. Frederick Priestley (b 1891 St Lawrence, Jersey)

  2. Mary Priestley (b 1892 Wales)

  3. Muriel Amy Priestley (b 3 Feb 1896 Roorkee, India)

 

Frederick Joseph Blakiston PRIESTLEY Lt Col Indian Army (b 15 Apr 1858 India, d 30 sep 1938. Probate granted 4 Nov 1938 to Violet Maud Bessie Priestley in Sussex UK) married Violet Maud Bessie ?, (b 1875 Ceylon) children:

 

 

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? PRIESTLEY married ?, children:

  1. Christopher Frederick Priestley

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Christopher Frederick PRIESTLEY married Jane ?, children:

  1. Edward Jonathan Priestley (b 1830)

  2. Nancy Ann Priestley (b 1832)

  3. Charles William Priestley (b 1834, d 22 Jan 1902 Madras)

  4. John David Priestley (b 21 Aug 1844, c 30 Oct 1844 Secunderabad)

Next Generation

Edward Jonathan PRIESTLEY (b 1830) at 19yrs on 21 Nob 1849 in Secunderabad married 15yr Margaret McGRAUN (b 1834)

 

Nancy Ann PRIESTLEY (b 1832) at 15yrs on 26 May 1847 in Madras married 33yr widowed John Rusolphus HELDON (b 1814 son of Robert Heldon).

 

Nancy Ann HELDON nee PRIESTLEY (b 1832) widow, at 22yrs on 29 Apr 1857 in Secunderabad married 23yr James George CHILLINGWORTH (b 1834 son of Thomas Chillingworth)

 

 

Charles William PRIESTLEY (b 1834, d 22 Jan 1902 Madras) on 2 May 1855 in Secunderabad married Mary Ann WILLIAMS (daughter of William Williams)

 

Charles William PRIESTLEY (b 1834, d 22 Jan 1902 Madras) married Emma Sarah DEBRETTON, children:

  1. Cecil Britten Priestley (b 10 Apr 1866 Allahabad, d 25 May 1933 Bangalore)

  2. Eric Charles George DeBretton Priestley

  3. Catherine Debretton Priestley (b 14 Oct 1875, c 23 Dec 1875 Allahabad)

  4. George Frederick Augustus Debretton Priestley (b 14 Oct 1875, c 23 Dec 1875 Allahabad)

Charles William PRIESTLEY (b 1834, d 22 Jan 1902 Madras) widowed at 36yrs on 22 Nov 1871 in Secunderabad married 27yr widow Sarah Elizabeth ASHTON nee TAYLOR (b 1844 daughter of William Taylor), children:

 

Next Generation

Cecil Britten PRIESTLEY (b 10 Apr 1866 Allahabad, d 25 May 1933 Bangalore) married ?.

 

Cecil Britten PRIESTLEY (b 10 Apr 1866 Allahabad, d 25 May 1933 Bangalore) widow, on 20 Dec 1911 in Colaba married Gwendoline Eleanor CORBETT(b 28 Jun 1889 Nainital) , Children:

  1. Sheila Ellen Priestley (b 1 Oct 1914)

  2. Cecil William Edmond Priestley (b 14 May 1919 Mazagon, d 5 Apr 1920 Bombay)

Eric Charles George De Britton PRIESTLEY married Vida Ethel ?, children:

  1. Cecile Albronne De Britton Priestley (b 8 Nov 1920 Madras)

Catherine Debretton PRIESTLEY (b 14 Oct 1875, c 23 Dec 1875 Allahabad) at 23yrs on 5 Apr 1899 in Dharwar, married Francis Dean DAVIDSON (b 17 Feb 1872 Lahore, son of Thomas Reid and Georgina Harriet Davidson), children:

  1. Thomas Neville Davidson (b 22 Feb 1901 Madras)

  2. Marion Beresford Davidson (b 27 Dec 1905 Bolarum, d 1906 Secunderabad)

  3. Evelyn Noel Davidson (b 27 Dec 1905 Bolarum, d 1906 Secunderabad)

George Frederick Augustus Debretton PRIESTLEY (b 14 Oct 1875, c 23 Dec 1875 Allahabad) on 7 Dec 1898 in Bangalore married widow Mabel Komarek FITZPATRICK nee SHORTT (daughter of Robert Donald Shortt)

 

George Frederick Augustus Debretton PRIESTLEY (b 14 Oct 1875, c 23 Dec 1875 Allahabad) widowed, at 49yrs on 6 Jun 1925 in Coonoor married 39yr Ethel Frances LACE (b 1886 daughter of Edward Lace)

 

Next Generation

Sheila Ellen PRIESTLEY (b 1 Oct 1914) at 22yrs on 31 Mar 1937 in Bangalore married 29yr Albert Frederick FENTON (b 1908 son of Ernest Martin Fenton)

 

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James Henry PRIESTLEY School Master (b 1856 Earlsheaton, Yorkshire) married Mary ?, (b 1856 Ryhill, Yorkshire) children:

  1. Gerald William Priestley (b 18 Jan 1889 Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales)

  2. Reginald Fawcett Priestley

  3. Rita Mary Elizabeth Priestley

  4. Norah Catherine Priestley

  5. Margaret Annie Priestley

Next Generation

Gerald William PRIESTLEY (b 18 Jan 1889 Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales) at 30yrs on 2 April 1919 in Kodaikanal married 22yr Isabel MacLeod MILLAR, (b 1897 daughter of Alfred Pulley Millar) children:

  1. Patricia Isabel Priestley (b 7 Aug 1921 Trichinopoly)

  2. Beatrice Alice Priestley (b 16 Jul 1923 Kodaikanal)

  3. Cecily Margaret Priestley (b 28 Sep 1928, c 6 Oct 1928 Kodaikanal). On 30 Oct 1931 at age 3, departed London on ship Mashobra for Madras. On 28 Sep 1934 at age 6, departed London on ship Mulbera for Madras. On 4 Aug 1940 at age 11, departed Liverpool on ship Orion for Bombay)

  4. Joan Elizabeth Priestley (b 28 Sep 1928, c 6 Oct 1928 Kodaikanal)

Next Generation

Patricia Isabel PRIESTLEY (b 7 Aug 1921 Trichinopoly) at 21yrs on 14 Dec 1942 in Madras married 29yr Norman Colin HUNT (b 1913 son of Norman Park Hunt).

 

Beatrice Alice PRIESTLEY (b 16 Jul 1923 Kodaikanal) at 19yrs on 17 Dec 1942 in Madras married Jack Norton KENTISH (son of Percival John Kentish).

 

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? PRIESTLEY married ?, children:

  1. Thomas Priestley

Next Generation

Thomas PRIESTLEY married ?, children:

  1. William Stewart PRIESTLEY (b 1904)

Next Generation

William Stewart PRIESTLEY (b 1904) at 29yrs on 2 Nov 1933 in Malabar Hill, Bombay married 27yr Dorothy FORSTER (b 1906 daughter of Matthew Forster), children:

  1. Phyllis Stewart Priestley (b 8 Oct 1937, c 15 Dec 1937 Karachi)

 

 

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