Thomas Colley
Born 1820 (Circa)
Died 1896
Active: 1851 - 1891
Country of birth and death: Wales
Stonemason
Born in Gloucester. He was the son of John Colley (c.1788-1865), stonemason. His father and two brothers had moved to Pembroke in the early 1800s to help build the Martello towers in the Dockyard and they also constructed the Dockyard Church. John Colley seems to have established a stable stonemasonry business in Pembroke operating from East End and Main Street. Thomas and his brother William (c.1828-97) also worked in the firm. The business continued into the twentieth century through their descendants. Thomas's son William Colley Junior (1846-95) and, more especially, his grandson Thomas William Colley (1868-1948) turned the firm into a large flourishing concern.
There is information about the family and the business on the Pembroke Story website submitted by the late Joyce Colley: http://www.pembrokestory.org.uk/ColleyFamily.html (accessed 8 June 2012)
Locations
Address East End St Michael's Pembroke | View on map
1841 (Circa) - 1851 (Circa)
Living near to his father John Colley (c.1788-1865) c.1851
Address Main Street Pembroke | View on map
1871 (Circa)
Address East End St Michael's Pembroke | View on map
1881 (Circa)
Returned to this address around this time
Address Main Street Pembroke | View on map
1891 (Circa)
Living on South Side
Personal and Professional Connections
Daughter/son/child of John Colley
Grandmother/grandfather/grandparent to Thomas William Colley
Mother/father/parent of William Colley Junior
Sister/sibling of William Colley
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
'Mason'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
'Stone Mason' in separate rooms at this address his brother William Colley (c.1828-97) 'Stone Mason'.
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
'Mason' and his son William Colley in adjacent property also 'Mason'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
'Mason'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Mason' worker
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1841
1841 (Circa)
'Mason'
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1841
2010
HO107 piece 1451 folio 4/7 page 6
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
2005
Class: HO107; Piece: 2476; Folio: 289; Page: 11; GSU roll: 104233-104234
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
2005
Class: RG9; Piece: 4154; Folio: 12; Page: 8; GSU roll: 543242
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
2004
Class: RG10; Piece: 5514; Folio: 39; Page: 6; GSU roll: 850853
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
RG11 piece 5410 folio 46 page 5
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
RG12 piece 4528 folio 73 page 4
England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Thomas Colley
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1818
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1896
Age at Death: 78
Registration district: Pembroke
Inferred County: Pembrokeshire
Volume: 11a
Page: 681
Citing this record
'Thomas Colley', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=ann_1339184950, accessed 04 Oct 2023]
