Widley, Hampshire Genealogy

Guide to Widley, Hampshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
WIDLEY (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Fareham, hundred of Portsdown, Fareham and S. divisions of the county of Southampton, 5½ miles (E. by N.) from Fareham; containing, with part of the hamlet of Potwell.

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Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church Records
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor. Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.

Church of England
Due to the increasing access of online records: Hover over the collection's title for more information Other Websites These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
 * Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
 * Dates in the following table are approximate
 * Joiner Marriage Index - Hampshire ($)
 * The Genealogist Parish Registers - Hampshire ($)
 * UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
 * Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records

Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)

Occupations
Clarke, Barry. Clarke Family at Cosham's King and Queen. A history of the Clarke family working at the Cosham King and Queen, which is party of the Widley parish. The history of the family starts in 1779, with James Clarke birth, and his marriage to Elizabeth Cole who was born in about 1794. Article has picture of the Inn, and history of the family with other surnames mentioned, Tribe, Stevens, Windbank, Shank, Irish Till, Samways, Longs. Latest date is 1953. Article in the Hampshire Family Historian vol. 32 part 1, pages 33-35, FHL Ref 942.27 B2h

Dowling, Ronald. Survivor of Rorke's Drift; Resident of Cosham - Henry Edward Gallagher. History of his military service with pictures of him and his wife Caroline Maria Gallager nee Stanley, with a history of the family, in India, and Egypt, and England. He was born at Killenaule, Co. Tipperary, Eire, in 1855, his parents being Henry Gallagher and Mary Kennedy.Article extends from 1820-1937. Article in the Hampshire Family Historian, vol. 31, part 3, pages 227-231, FHL Ref 942.27 B2h

Probate Records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Hampshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

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