William Colley Junior
Born 1846
Died 19 January 1895
Active: 1861 - 1895
Country of birth and death: Wales
Stonemason
Born in Pembroke. He was a member of a large, well-established family of stonemasons who had been active in Pembroke since the early nineteenth century. William Colley Junior was the son of Thomas Colley (c.1820-1896), stonemason and his grandfather was John Colley (c.1788-1865) who was the first of the family to come to Pembroke (from Yorkshire). William Colley Junior established a base for the family's monumental masonry business in Twopenny Hay. This seems to have specialised in marble or funerary work, it was turned into a much larger builder's merchant and quarry business by his son Thomas William Colley (1868-1948).
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)
Wealth at death: £150 8s. 11d.
Probate date: 28 June 1895
Locations
Address Main Street Pembroke Wales | View on map
1871 (Circa)
Address Twopenny Hay Pembroke Wales | View on map
1881 (Circa) - 1895
Living at this address when he died
Personal and Professional Connections
Daughter/son/child of Thomas Colley
Mother/father/parent of Thomas William Colley
Niece/nephew of William Colley
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
'Mason' and his father Thomas 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
'Marble Mason' employer and his son Thomas William 'Assistant Marble Mason' worker
Sources
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, 1871
2004
Class: RG10; Piece: 5514; Folio: 39; Page: 6; GSU roll: 850853
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
Class: RG11; Piece: 5410; Folio: 72; Page: 24; GSU roll: 1342303
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
Class: RG12; Piece: 4528; Folio: 96; Page: 22; GSU roll: 6099638
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: William Colley
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1846
Registration district: Pembroke
Inferred County: Dyfed, Pembrokeshire
Volume: 26
Page: 707
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: William Colley
Probate Date: 28 Jun 1895
Death Date: 19 Jan 1895
Death Place: Pembrokeshire, Wales
Registry: Carmarthen
Citing this record
'William Colley Junior', 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_1339186072, accessed 22 Sep 2023]
