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Matthew Robert Kirtley


NameMatthew Robert Kirtley     descendant tree, etc
FatherHenry Kirtley
MotherSarah Maria Wheeler
Bornabout 1858  (source: England & Wales Census)
Married Sarah Jane Franklin  1886  (source: England & Wales BMD Indexes  )
Died02 Feb 1904  at Shirley Cottage, Bushbury Lane, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire  age 45y  (source: National Probate Index  1904 q1 Cannock v6b p328)

1841 Census

1851 Census

1861 Census : Bradwell, Buckinghamshire
149Thompson St no. 60Census date: 7 April 1861
NameRelationCond.M.F.OccupationBirthplaceInfo.
Henry KirtleyHead Mar 28 Engine Fitter Loco Tanfield  Durham B M
Sarah M KirtleyWife Mar 27 London  Middlesex M D
Kate I KirtleyDaur 4 Swindon  Wiltshire M
Robert M KirtleySon 3 Swindon  M D
Ann M K KirtleyDaur 1 Bradwell  Bucks
Henry KirtleyCousin Un 24 Engine Fitter Warrington  Lancaster B M D
Henry (the cousin) was the son of William Kirtley (the 5th son of the Henry Kirtley born 1768)
Henry (head of household) was the son of George Kirtley (4th son of the Henry Kirtley born 1768)

1871 Census : Paddington, London
457Alfred Rd no. 4Census date: 2 April 1871
NameRelationCond.M.F.OccupationBirthplaceInfo.
Henry KirtleyHead Mar 37 Foreman of Engine Fitters[?] Tanfield  Durham B M
Sarah KirtleyWife Mar 36 Shoreditch  Middlesex M D
Mathew KirtleySon 13 Scholar Swindon  Wilts M D
Anne KirtleyDaur 11 Scholar Wolverton  Bucks
Sarah KirtleyDaur 8 Scholar Wolverton  Bucks
Ellen KirtleyDaur 4 Scholar Hammersmith  Middx
Thomas KirtleySon 10m Paddington  Middx B
Another Henry Kirtley (son of John Kirtley - the eldest son of Henry Kirtley born 1768) was living 11 households away at Alfred Villas

1881 Census : Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
198Dunstall St no. 26Census date: 3 April 1881
NameRelationCond.M.F.OccupationBirthplaceInfo.
Henry BurrowsHead Mar 28 Engine Fitter at Works Fourstones  Yorkshire
Ann C BurrowsWife Mar 28 Bilston  Staffordshire
Milicent A BurrowsDaur 3 Wolverhampton  Staffordshire
Amy B BurrowsDaur 1 Wolverhampton  Staffordshire
Harriet F ThompsonSister in law Un 19 Bilston  Staffordshire
Matthew R KirtleyBoarder Un 23 Engine Fitter at Works Swindon  Wilts M D
Thomas G KirtleyBoarder Un 10 Scholar Paddington  Middx B

1891 Census : Bushbury, Staffordshire
239Shirley Cottage. Bushbury LaneCensus date: 1 April 1891
NameRelationCond.M.F.OccupationBirthplaceInfo.
Matthew R KirtleyHead 33 Engine Fitter Swindon  Wilts M D
Sarah J KirtleyWife Mar 31 Birmingham  Warwick M
Jessie KirtleyDaur 3 Bushbury  Staffordshire
Nellie KirtleyDaur 2 Bushbury 
Robert F KirtleySon 4m Bushbury 
Edith C OwenCousin 12 Birmingham 
The Burrows family, who Matthew was lodging with in 1881, are living next door at Trevor Cottage

1901 Census : Ubley, Somerset
62Mordrach upon MendipCensus date: 31 March 1901
NameRelationCond.M.F.OccupationBirthplaceInfo.
Andrew Scott SmithHead Mar 35 Doctor of Medicine Scotland 
Edith Wynne Robert Wid 43 Housekeeper. Domestic Leeds  Yorkshire
Belinda Drew S 34 Housekeeper. Domestic Ireland 
Matthew KirtleyBoarder 43 Engineer. Mechanical Swindon  Wilts M D
This was a Sanatorium for the treatment of phthisis (tuberculosis). Matthew Kirtley was one of 37 patients
There were 13 servants as well as the two housekeepers







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