Researching Charles Ashley
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 5011 people with the Ashley surname? In that year Ashley was ranked number 850 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Charles means "Man, strong" and is of German origin.
Records of Charles Ashley on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Charles Ashley and the Ashley Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Ashley Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Ashley family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 7159 people with the Ashley surname in the UK? Ashley is now ranked number 835 for popularity in the UK. |
Ashley Genealogy Databases
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Charles Jane Ashley
Charles Jane Ashley (1773–1843) was an English cellist.
Ashley was born in London, the third son of John Ashley. He was a performer on the violoncello, and also for some time carried on the Covent Garden oratorios with his brother, General Charles Ashley, a violinist. He was also the brother of Richard and John James Ashley. According to the official book commemorating the 300th anniversary of the Worshipful Company of Musicians (published in 1904/5), he was one of the founders of the Glee Club in 1793 and an original member of the Philharmonic Society of London.
On 2 May 1811 he was elected secretary of the Royal Society of Musicians, of which he had been a member since 4 May 1794. In 1791 and from 1794 to 1801, he was named by the Governors to play for the clergy of St. Paul's Cathedral, at the society's annual May benefits concert. After his father's death in 1805, he and his brother Christopher continued the oratorios, and by 1817 he was a violoncellist in a band at the King's Theatre. In the latter part of his life he was for some seasons manager of the Tivoli Gardens at Margate, where he died on 29 August 1843.
During his later years, before his death in 1843, Charles became quite weak in health, which may have been due to the 19 years he spent in prison over debt. The payments that were made to him for medical assistance from 1835, were recorded in The Minute Books of the Royal Society of Musicians.
Source: Charles Jane Ashley, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Ashley
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