Slaney Callear 1843- 1901
Norman Ancestry tree
. Born Wellington. Started life as a miner, then became an Inn keeper & finally an "Accountant"? /Rate & Tax Collector/auctioneer
1843.Slaney (Male } Callear was born Madeley Jun 1843 to Joseph Callear & Eliza Powis
1851C. Have searched extensively for various family members on Ancestry & FMP - nothing!
1861C. Slaney, mistranscribed as Henry, Callear, 18, miner, was living Dawley Green Road, Dawley, Madeley , Shropshire . Bad mistranscription- original says Slaney and Callear!!
| Joseph | Caller | Head | Married | Male | 43 | 1818 | Coal Miner | Shropshire, England |
| Eliza | Caller | Wife | Married | Female | 42 | 1819 | - | Shropshire, England |
| Emma | Caller | Daughter | Unmarried | Female | 20 | 1841 | Dressmaker | Shropshire, England |
| Henry Slaney | Caller | Son | Unmarried | Male | 18 | 1843 | ...miner | Shropshire, England |
| Alfred | Caller | Son | Unmarried | Male | 15 | 1846 | ... | Shropshire, England |
| Enoch | Caller | Son | Unmarried | Male | 11 | 1850 | Scholar | Shropshire, England |
| Joseph James Albert | Caller | Son | Unmarried | Male | 1 | 1860 | - | Shropshire, England |
1868. Slaney Gallear, Inn keeper, married Eliza Deakin on 17/10/1868 in Ketley Church, parish of Wellington. His father Joseph Gallear, hers Ralph Deakin. Wellington Dec 1868. Wellington Dec 1868. Both fathers had same Rank or Profession Charter Master (contractor for working a pit or part of a pit)
1871C.Slaney Callear , 28, innkeeper, was living Dawley Green Lane, Ring of Bells Inn, Dawley, Madeley , Shropshire. All born Dawley . Original definitely written Gallear
| Slaney | Gallear | Head | - | Male | 28 | 1843 | - | Shropshire, England |
| Eliza | Gallear | Wife | - | Female | 25 | 1846 | - | Shropshire, England |
| Ralph H S | Gallear | Son | - | Male | 1 | 1870 | - | Shropshire, England |
1881. Lucy Augusta Callear was born to Slaney & Eliza Madeley Mar 1881. She was their 2nd daughter, their 7th child
1881C. Slaney Callear, 38, was living Ring of Bells, Dawley Road, Dawley, Madeley , Shropshire
| Slaney | Callear | Head | Married | Male | 38 | 1843 | Innkeeper & Genl Agent | Wellington, Shropshire, England |
| Eliza | Callear | Wife | Married | Female | 37 | 1844 | - | Dawley, Shropshire, England |
| Ralph U S | Callear | Son | Single | Male | 11 | 1870 | Scholar | Dawley, Shropshire, England |
| Helena B G | Callear | Daughter | Single | Female | 9 | 1872 | Scholar | Dawley, Shropshire, England |
| Enoch E | Callear | Son | Single | Male | 7 | 1874 | Scholar | Dawley, Shropshire, England |
| Francis A | Callear | Son | Single | Male | 5 | 1876 | Scholar | Dawley, Shropshire, England |
| Albert | Callear | Son | Single | Male | 4 | 1877 | Scholar | Dawley, Shropshire, England |
| Oram A | Callear | Son | Single | Male | 2 | 1879 | - | Dawley, Shropshire, England |
| Lucy A | Callear | Daughter | Single | Female | 5 mths | 1881 | - | Dawley, Shropshire, England |
Slaney & Eliza had 8 children:
Urban 1869; Helena Bertha (Gertrude) 1872; Francis Arden 1873 ; Enoch Ernest 1874; Albert 1877; Oram Arthur 1879; Lucy 1880 & Edith Jane 1885. The first 2 were registered as Gallear
Slaney's family 1889, 8 children . Back row: Urban, Ernest, Frank
Middle row: Slaney, Lucy, Eliza, Edie
Front row: Gertie, Albert, Arthur
Do not think these names are correct
1891C, Slaney Callear , 48, licensed victualler & tax collector, was living Queens Head Inn, Dawley Bank, Dawley, Madeley , Shropshire . Original does read Slaney!
| ? | Callear | Head | Married | Male | 48 | 1843 | Licensed Vicutaller And Tax Collector | Wellington, Shropshire, England |
| Eliza | Callear | Wife | Married | Female | 47 | 1844 | Assisting In The Trade | Dawley Shropshire, England |
| Helena R G | Callear | Daughter | Single | Female | 19 | 1872 | Assisting In The Trade | Shropshire, England |
| Albert | Callear | Son | Single | Male | 14 | 1877 | Scholar | Dawley, Shropshire, England |
| Arthur | Callear | Son | - | Male | 11 | 1880 | Scholar | Shropshire, England |
| Edith Jane | Callear | Daughter | - | Female | 6 | 1885 | Scholar | Shropshire, England |
Daughter Lucy was at a 1 pupil school in Madeley
1896. Slaney Callear was elected DSCR in the Forestry Commision - FMP newspapers DCR being District. chief ranger .Could this be why there was a headstone to him in Limekiln Wood??
1901C. Slaney Callear, 58, rate & tax collector, was living King Street, Dawley Magna, Madeley , Shropshire
| Slaney | Callear | Head | Married | Male | 58 | 1843 | Rate & Tax Collector | Dawley, Shropshire, England |
| Eliza | Callear | Wife | Married | Female | 55 | 1846 | - | Dawley, Shropshire, England |
| Urban | Callear | Son | Single | Male | 31 | 1870 | Grocers Assistant | Dawley, Shropshire, England |
| Gertrude | Callear | Daughter | Single | Female | 29 | 1872 | - | Dawley, Shropshire, England |
| Frank | Callear | Son | Single | Male | 25 | 1876 | Draughtsman Apprentice Bridge Works | Dawley, Shropshire, England |
| Arthur | Callear | Son | Single | Male | 21 | 1880 | Draughtsman | Dawley, Shropshire, England |
| Lucy | Callear | Daughter | Single | Female | 20 | 1881 | - | Dawley, Shropshire, England |
1901. Slaney Callear was treasurer of Lawley Wesleyan Sunday School - FMP Newspapers Wellington Journal 12/1/1901
1901. Slaney Callear, 58, accountant, dies Birmingham Warwickshire 26/7/1901 - FMP Death Duties Index. Probate of £1521 to 2 of his sons: Urban Callear & Francis Arden Callear
Wonder where the middle name 'Arden' came from?
Seemingly a family vault existed in Lawley Church
On 12/4/2021 I received an email from Will Stone: willstonebilbo@hotmail.com
Yesterday I was walking through the forest and came across an upside down gravestone entitled with the names of Enoch, Joseph and Slaney Callear. Dated around 1901 and prior. Are you aware by any chance of this gravestone? If so great i just wanted to make sure as I thought it improper for an old gravestone to be left upside down in the forest as it seemed it had perhaps fallen or something of the like. It was around the Limekiln woods in Wellington, Telford
Limekiln Wood once formed part the medieval deer park of Wellington Hay but the kilns from which it takes its name were already present by at least 1240. However, the industrial forces that shaped the woodlands we see today did not really make their presence felt until the late 1600s, during the industrialisation of Britain. Carboniferous Limestone was a key ingredient in the production of iron and the remains of the limekilns from which the wood presumably takes its name can be found in its northeast corner at Steeraway (although great care should be taken when approaching these deep shafts).Old quarries and former mine workings litter the forest floor in Limekiln Wood, especially on its eastern border with Short Wood, where even the public footpath bisecting the area is the former track of a primitive railway used to carry mineral and coal traffic to local foundries. It is among the earliest examples in the British Isles. By the beginning of the Twentieth Century, these commercial enterprises had all but disappeared and natural regeneration has long since softened their hard edges.
Will has now emailed me more details of the gravestone - & on its reverse side it detailed his father, Joseph, & mother, another Eliza
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1914 . His widow,Eliza Callear, 71, died 26/6/1914
1909. Son Albert Callear, 28, poultry farmer, marries May Elizabeth Potter, 23, on 16/6/1909 in Trinity Wesleyan Church, Roundhay Road, Potternewton, Leeds. His father, Slaney Callear, given as an Auctioneer
This second scan gives Slaney's profession