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11 August 2009 - more information has been received from contacts in Australia, South Africa which have helped to fill in many gaps in the family trees in those countries.

I have traced a distant descendant of John Hulley the Olympic co-founder. He is a Michael Hulley born in the September quarter of 1960 at Barton (on Irwell) Registration District in Lancashire. He was the son of Ronald Jasper and Jean (nee Staniforth) Hulley who married in 1954 at Macclesfield. If there is anyone who has knowledge of the current whereabouts of Michael or his descendants, please contact me.

14 June 2009 - The rededication ceremony for the grave of John Hulley, the Biritish Olympic movement co-founder, has been held at Smithdown Road cemetery, Liverpool.

The following picture shows the state of the grave as found in February 2008. Note the headstone laid down alongside the main grave section.

The grave has been renovated by Messrs Welsbys (Memorials) Ltd of Liverpool and is now back to its original 1875 condition of white Italian marble.

28 April 2009 - further research to find previously unknown spouses using FreeBMD marriage indexes has been undertaken and the results shown in the introduction to each FT. Some entries have two possible candidates and so both are shown in the Notes for each spouse pending further research. If any researcher has information to identify the precise individual please contact me.

22 February 2009 - Over 650 new names have been added to the various FTs on this site, as a result of a check of FreeBMD marriages 1837 - 1901. These are mainly the male spouses of female Hulley/Hully/Ulleys and their families as shown in the census after their marriage. Details are shown in the Notes of each person involved.

06 January 2009 - Rosemary Edwards a descendant of Thomas William Hulley born 1872 (shown on the Derby02 FT) has kindly supplied the details of a further 50 persons this family who are also descendants of Thomas William. Most of them are from Sheffield.

30 December 2008 - I have added a further 65 persons to the Derby02 Family Tree. These are mainly the descendants of George Hulley baptised at Baslow in April 1805. He and his family moved to Sheffield before 1841 and his descendants (some of whom were chimney sweepers) lived there until at least 1911. They may be still living there.

17 December 2008 - The Yorkshire list has increased again, this time by the addition of Yorks07 - a tree showing 183 persons living in the Sheffield area in the 19th century commencing with Hannah, the mother of John Ulley who married in 1803. This tree was particularly difficult to assemble because the surname started as Ulley in 1803 then progressed to Hulley/Hully. By the time the century was over most of the descendants were called Hawley.

Another Family tree has been added to the Yorkshire list. This one contains the ancestry of 222 persons related to Jonathan Ulley of Mexbrough 1729-1820.

A website has been established to cover the gymnastic career, his co-founding of the British Olympic movement in 1865 and death of John Hulley, born in 1832. After the re-discovery of his gravestone in Smithdown Road cemetery, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, the LIverpool Daily Post ran a two page feature article about John Hulley and his fellow Liverpudlian Charles Melly on Friday 8 August, the opening day of the 2008 Olympics at Beijing. it was decided to set up a memorial fund for the renovation and re-instatement of John Hulley's grave and donations are invited from all Hulley and Hooley family historians to keep the memory of this exceptional person alive once again.

Full details are shown at www.johnhulleymemorialfund.co.uk

I have recently discovered some intriguing documents at The National Archives, Kew. These are in WO 344/154 and WO 344/383 and are answers to various questions given by returning Prisoners of War in 1945 and cover the European and South-East Asia campaigns . There is also one Hulley entry in the Japanese POW Index Cards. Full details of all persons shown on these documents are shown in the Military Section under 2nd World War Returning POWs.

I have also added several spouses to some of the Cheshire, Lancashire and Yorkshire family trees who married during the 1837 - 1901 period. These have been taken from the LancsBMD and ChesBMD websites. Full details are shown in the Notes for each person affected.

Please note that I now have a DNA website at www.familytreedna.com. My details are shown on my own Project Page. I welcome all male Hulley/Hully persons to join the project by completing the Application Form at the bottom of the page.

There is a discount on the cost of DNA testing if you join a project.

Please contact me if you have any queries.

Introduction

This web site covers all aspects of Hulley (and name variants such as Hully, Ulley and Ully) family history throughout the world. The information shown on the following pages has been collected over the past 30 years from a wide range of sources, mainly in the United Kingdom including the following:

1. Parish registers from a large number of places in Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire and other counties;
2. Census returns for 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891 and 1901 for England, Wales and Scotland;
3. Census returns for 1820 and 1880 for States of North America;
4. Wills in the Prerogative Courts of Canterbury and York and in the Diocese of Chester up to 1858;
5. Wills in the indexes from 1858 to 1900;
6. Birth, Marriage and Death indexes from the start of General Registration in 1837 to 1900;
7. Trades Directories for many parts of England and Wales;
8. Records held at The National Archives London including the following:
   • Chancery records
   • Cheshire series records
   • Exchequer records
   • Land Registry records
   • Military records
   • Ministers’ Accounts
   • Special Collections esp. Macclesfield Court Rolls
9. Other miscellaneous sources.

I have had assistance and information from people with Hulley descendants and ancestors in many parts of the world including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States of America. I am most grateful to them all.

I have a special interest in the Hulley family of Rainow, near Macclesfield and have traced their family tree back to 1488 with many references found for Hulley in the same area back to 1285. The story of the family is told in my book which was first published in 2001. The book is now out-of-print but I hope to write a new expanded edition which I hope to publish in 2010. If you would like me to include your contact details on the waiting list I will be pleased to do so.

Please use the link on the left to email me for enquiries or if you have any information about Hulley genealogy.

Last updated: September 2009

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