Ancestors of Francis Joseph Airey

            John Airey

John Airey was born between 1786 and 1791 in Yorkshire, England. He worked as a corn miller in Bainbrige, a small village in the Wensleydale valley, Yorkshire. John married Rose. They had   nine children:

            Ann Airey                                          b. 1811 - 1814 in Yorkshire, England

            Rose Airey                                         b. 1813 - 1816 in Yorkshire

            Sarah Airey                                       b. 1816 - 1819 in Yorkshire

            Charles Airey                                    b. 1824 in Bainbridge, Yorkshire

            Mary Airey                                        b. 1828 in Bainbridge, Yorkshire

            John Airey                                         b. 1830 in Bainbridge, Yorkshire

            Elizabeth Airey                                  b. 1832 in Bainbridge, Yorkshire

            James Airey                                       b. 1839 in Bainbridge, Yorkshire

            Margaret Airey                                 b. August 1840 in Bainbridge, Yorkshire

SOURCES:  Census 1841; Charles Airey marriage record.

Charles Airey would marry Emma Wilson, daughter of Thomas Wilson.

            Thomas Wilson

Thomas Wilson was born in 1808 in Great Ayton, Yorkshire, England, a son of Jane. Jane was born in 1789 in Broughton, Yorkshire, England. She was an innkeeper at High Green, Great Ayton in 1861.

Thomas Wilson married Elizabeth King. Thomas Wilson was a grocer in 1840 and 1851 in Great Ayton, Yorkshire. By 1861 he was working as an innkeeper, helping to manage his mother's inn at High Green, Great Ayton.

SOURCES: Census 1861, marriage of Emma Wilson.

            Elizabeth King

Elizabeth King was born in 1807 in Great Ayton, Yorkshire, England. She married Thomas Wilson about 1823 - 1833. They had eight children:

            Mary Jane Wilson                             b. 1830 in Great Ayton, Yorkshire, England

            Joseph Wilson                                    b. 1834 in Great Ayton, Yorkshire

            Elizabeth Wilson                               b. 1836 in Great Ayton, Yorkshire

            Thomas Wilson                                  b. 1838 in Great Ayton, Yorkshire

            Emma Wilson                                    b. January 15, 1840 in Great Ayton, Yorkshire

            John Wilson                                       b. 1842 in Great Ayton, Yorkshire

            Louisa Wilson                                    b. 1846 in Great Ayton, Yorkshire

            Eliza Wilson                                       b. 1848 in Great Ayton, Yorkshire

SOURCES:  Census 1861, 1851

Charles Airey

Charles Airey was born in 1825 in Bainbridge, Wensleydale, Yorkshire, England, the fourth child of John and Rose Airey.

At age 17, Charles was living with Ann Robinson in the township of East Milton. He was working as a miller, the same occupation as his father.

Charles married Emma Wilson on July 10, 1856. Charles was a widower and working as a miller in Ayton at the time of his marriage to Emma. He was a grocer and master draper by 1861 according to his son Albert's birth record and census. The family was living at Hall Farm at Great Ayton, York in 1861, at Green Tree Inn at Great Ayton in 1871, and at 12 Dive Street, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, in 1881.

Charles immigrated with his wife and two children to Canada by the S.S. Polynesian of the Allan Line Steamship Co., departing Liverpool, England on March 11, 1886.

SOURCES: Birth record of Albert, Marriage record; Census 1841, 1861, 1871, 1881, Ship passenger list.

Emma Wilson

Emma Wilson was born on January 15, 1840, in Great Ayton, Yorkshire, England, the fifth child

of Thomas Wilson and Elizabeth King.

Emma married Charles Airey on July 10, 1856 in the Parish Church of Ayton of Ayton in Cleveland, Yorkshire. They had 2 children:

Mary Jane Wilson Airey                  b. November 17, 1859 at Great Ayton, York

Albert Joseph Airey                          b. May 3, 1862 at Great Ayton, York

Mary Jane Airey was a dressmaker at Middlesbrough, Yorkshire at age 21.

The family (Charles, Emma, Mary and Albert) immigrated to Canada by ship S.S. Polynesia in 1886.

Mary Jane Wilson Airey married William Bailey on November 17, 1886 in St. Thomas, Ontario. They had five sons.

            Charles Bailey

            Lawrence Bailey (Snowball)

            Wilson Bailey (Red)

            Garnet Bailey                                     b. 1897

            Garden Bailey                                    b. 1899                        d. 1961

Charles Bailey had a son:

            Frank Bailey

Lawrence Bailey had a son:   

            Albert Bailey (Buzzy)

Garden Bailey had a son:

            Mike Bailey

SOURCES: Census 1861,1871, 1881, birth record, marriage record, ship passenger list.

Albert Airey would marry would marry Ellen Annie Smith, granddaughter of Nathaniel Smith.

Nathaniel Smith

Nathaniel Smith was a labourer at Westbury, Wiltshire, England. He married Joanna Dowding

SOURCES: Marriage record of William Smith;

Joanna Dowding

Joanna Dowding married Nathaniel Smith. They had at least two children:

Harriet Smith                         b. February 3, 1829 at Westbury, Wiltshire

William Smith                        b. February 3, 1831 at Westbury, Wiltshire

Harriet Smith was baptised March 22, 1829.

SOURCES: Birth records of Harriet and William Smith.

William Smith would marry Jane Wallen, daughter of James Wallen.

James Wallen

James Wallen was a labourer. He had a daughter:

Jane Wallen                           b. 1834 in Westbury, Wiltshire

SOURCES: Marriage record of William Smith and Jane Wallen.

William Smith

William Smith was born February 3, 1831 in Westbury, Wiltshire, the second child of Natharuel Smith and Joanna Dowding. William was baptized April 22, 1832 at the Old Meeting Independent Church, Westbury. William worked as a labourer at the Westbury Ironworks. He was illiterate.

William married Jane Wallen on October 11, 1853. They lived on How Street, Westbury in 1861, and on Bratten Road in 1871 at The Hollow, in Westbury.

 Note: A crossed out birth record shows William's birth on July 11, 1831 and baptized on the same date as the following record.

SOURCES: Birth record; Marriage record; Birth record of Ellen Smith; Census 1861, 1871

Jane Wallen

Jane Wallen was born in 1834 in Westbury, Wiltshire, a daughter of James Wallen. Jane married William Smith on October 11, 1853 in Westbury, Wiltshire. Jane was illiterate. They had seven children:

William Smith                                                b. 1857 in Westbury, Wiltshire

Mary Jane Smith                                           b. 1859 in Westbury

Louisa Smith                                                  b. 1861 in Westbury

Fanny Smith                                                  b. 1863 in Westbury

Ellen Annie Smith                                         b. February 6, 1865 in Westbury

Frank Smith                                                  b. 1867 in Westbury

Charles Smith                                                b. 1870 in Westbury

 SOURCES: Marriage record; Census 1861, 1871.

Albert Airey

Albert was born on May 3, 1861 in Great Ayton, Yorkshire, England, the second child of Charles Airey and Emma Wilson.

Albert grew up in Great Ayton and was working as a joiner and living with his parents at age 19 at Middlesbrough, Yorkshire in 1881.  He immigrated to Canada in 1886.

Albert was working as a mechanic at St. Thomas, Elgin county, Ontario prior to his marriage. St. Thomas is a city of 28,000 about 16 miles south of London, Ontario. Albert Airey married Ellen Annie Smith on May 5, 1888. They arrived in Vancouver by freight train in 1889.

Albert worked as a carpenter and helped build Christ Church Cathedral, where his son was the first boy to be christened.

Albert built his house in about 1900 at 555 Thurlow Street, Vancouver, B. C., which was his last residence. Albert was originally a Quaker, and Ellen Annie was a Methodist. As there was no other church, the family became Anglican.

In 1902 Albert Airey had a carpenter shop on the north east corner of Hastings Street and Granville Street. The wooden building had a white front with a large sign which read 'A. Airey,

Carpenter & Contractor, Jobbing Promptly Attended.'

Albert died in hospital September 2, 1942 at Vancouver, B. C. and was buried in the Ocean View Burial Park.

SOURCES: Birth record; Baptism record; Obituary; Marriage record; Census 1871, 1881.

Ellen Annie Smith

Ellen Annie Smith was born on February 6, 1865 in Westbury, Wiltshire, the fifth child of William Smith and Jane Wallen.

Ellen was living in Toronto, Ontario prior to her marriage. Ellen married Albert Airey on May 5, 1888 in St. Thomas, Ontario. They had three children:

Francis Joseph Airey                                    b. February 5, 1889 at Vancouver, B. C.

Lillian Emma Airey                                      b. December 27, 1890 at Vancouver, B. C.   

Rose Winnifred Airey                                   b. August 21, 1898 at Vancouver, B. C.

Ellen Annie Smith died September 9, 1945 at her residence 555 Thurlow Street, Vancouver, B. C. aged 80 years. She was buried at Ocean View Burial Park.

Lillian Emma Airey married Arthur P. Brown on August 4, 1915 at Church Christ Cathedral, Vancouver, B. C. They had one child:

John Lyle (Jack) Brown                   b. October 29, 1926

d. April 3, 1997 at Seattle, Washington

Jack Brown served with the American Armed Forces.

Lillian Emma Airey died in Seattle on April 7, 1991.

 Rose Winnifred Airey did not marry. She died January 1, 1986 at Vancouver, B. C.

SOURCES: Birth record; Marriage record; Obituary; Airey bible record; Census 1871.

 Francis Joseph Airey would marry Margaret (Daisey) Barrie Dowie, the great granddaughter of James Dowie.

See Ancestors of Margaret Barrie Dowie

See Francis Joseph Airey

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