Catherine Sley

1802

Catherine was baptised on 7 November 1802 in Lechlade. Her parents were William and Hannah Sley.

Source: Lechlade parish records, Gloucestershire Archives

1824

She married James Bosley in Lechlade on 20 June 1824. Neither James nor Catherine could sign their names. The witnesses were John Walker and Elizabeth Keeble.

Source: Lechlade parish records, Gloucestershire Archives

James Bosley and Catherine Sley had four children, all born in Lechlade:

• Harriet (1826-1841)
• William (b. 1828-1831)
• Jane (b. 1831-1833)
• Eliza (b. 1832-1898).

Eliza was the only one of their children to survive to adulthood.

1841

The 1841 census records the family living in Lechlade.

Source: 1841 Census, Gloucestershire, Lechlade, District 9 (HO 107/352/10)

There is no mention anywhere in the 1841 census for Lechlade of their first-born child, Harriet, who would have been about 15 at the time of the census. She died in November 1841.

1849

In February of this year, James and Catherine’s surviving child, Eliza, married Francis Hewer in Lechlade.

Catherine died and was buried in Lechlade on 4 April of this year.

Source: Lechlade parish records, Gloucestershire Archives