Monday, March 31, 2014

"The Astley Family in Wales"-Google books
"Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales, 1300-1500" Vol. 2 by Anthony Emery
"Despite the gentle wooded landscape of North Warwickshire, a visit to Astley is depressing. The fine collegiate church is locked, some of its windows are broken, the community is served by a vicar some distance away, and the nearby castle has been a burnt-out ruin since 1978. Not surprisingly, this former home of the Astley family which had served as a hotel after the army and hospital occupation over the previous forty years, is dangerous to enter and barred to all. As it is likely that restoration will be put in hand by the Landmark Trust in the near future, this is essentially an interim assessment. Like Kingsbury Hall, Astley Castle was a fortified house of fifteenth century origins within an earlier defendable enclosure. It was held by the Asteley family until the death of Sir William Asteley in 1420 when the  man or passed to his daughter who had become the second wife of Reynold, Lord Grey of Ruthin (d. 1440). It subsequently
became part of the extensive Midlands holding of the Ferrers family of Groby through the marriage of their son, Sir Edward Grey (d. 1457 and buried at Astley) to Lady Ferrers and their trajectory successors. After
the execution of Lady Jane Grey and her father, Henry Grey, duke of Suffolk in 1554, the property was eventually purchased by Edward Chamberlain of Shirburn Castle and has been held by the present owners, the Newdigate family of Arbury Hall, since 1674. The castle ruins make a sorry contrast with that exuberant exemplar of the Gothic revival at Arbury less than two miles away.
Thomas Asteley was killed at the battle of Evesham (1265) and his property was given by Henry III to Wacin Bassingburn. He was granted a licence to crencillate his properties at Astley and Bassingbourn in Cambridgeshire October 1266) but was unable to implement it as Thomas Asteley had recovered his father's estate within a year. Licences to crenellate were not transferable but it may have prompted Thomas to create the wet moat around the oval platform and build the curtain wall which survives in part. The entry gateway,
possiblly slightly later, is spanned by a double chamfered segmental arch (rebuilt) opening into a broad forecourt but was never more than of he simplest form. The architectual development of the rectangular house is complex and unclear. The red sandstone walls still stand to roof level but until the interior has been cleared of collapsed roof, walls, and building materials, its development is guesswork. The walls in the south
west angle are medieval, with an abutting post\- medieval garden robe tower converted into the principal
staircase of the house in the eighteenth century. A two-storyed block of some importance was added in front during the later fifteenth century with contemporary ground-and first floor windows. The first revealed that part of this gallery wing was timber-framed with a jettied upper floor. Further alterations were made by the Newdigate family a la Arbury Hall during the second half of the eighteenth century, and again in the early nineteenth century until the fire, no early interior features were visible."
"The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales" Vol. 1, by John Burke, Bernard Burke
1. Edward I King of England=Margaret, daughter of Philip III, King of France
2. Edmund Plantagen et, surnamed of Woodstock, Earl of Kent,=Margaret, sister and heir Thomas, Lord
was beheaded in 1329                                                                 Wake
3. Joan, the Fair Maid of Kent, only daughter and heiress=Sir Thomas Holland, KG.
4. Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent=The Lady Alice Fitzalas, daughter of Richard, Earl of Arundel
5. Lady Margaret Holland, daughter of eventual co-heir=John Beaufort, Earl of Somerset, Marquess of
                                                                                      Dorset, K.G., d. in 1410
6. Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, K.G., slain in 1445=Alianor, dau. and co-heir of Richard
                                                                                              Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick
7. Lady Anne Beaufort, dau. of & eventual co-heir=Sir William Paston, knt.
8. Anne, eldest dau. and co-heir of Sir William Paston=Sir Gilbert Talbot, Knt.
9. Mary Talbot, dau. of and co-heir= Thomas Astley, Esq. of Patshull, County Stafford
10. Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Astley, Esq. of Patshull=John Wrottesley, Esq. of Wrottesley
11. Margaret, dau. of John Wrottesley, Esq.=Richard Elde, Esq. of Syford, County Stafford, Treasurer &
                                                                     Paymaster of the Forces in Ulster, descended from the Eldes
                                                                     of Boughton, Co. Derby, buried 22 Feb 1620
12. Richard Elde, Esq. of Syford, eldest son & heir, d. 1640=Margaret, dau. of Sir Thomas Crompton, Knt
                                                                                             Judge of the Admiralty, & first wife
13. Francis Elde, Esq. of Seighford, son & heir, d. 1687=Margaret, dau. of Colonial Thomas Crompton, of
                                                                                       Stone Park
14. Elizabeth, dau. of Edward Palmer, Esq. of Blockley, 1st wife=Francis Elde, Esq. of Seighford, d. 29
                                                                                                    June 1722=Mary, dau. of John Grove,
                                                                                                    Esq. of Rowley, 2nd wife; daughter :
                                                                                                   15. Catherine,dau., of Holbroke, E
                                                                                                    John Elde, Esq.
15. Francis Elde, Esq.=Anne

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"Margaret Astley was born in 1838 in Llanwnog, Wales-her parents are Evan and Martha Astley. She been traced in the 1841, 51, 61 censuses. In 1861 she was a servant in Carno, but cannot find her in 1871, 1871,1891 or 1901 censuses. There is another Margaret Astley in 1871, born in the same year, but is not the previous Margaret. There are two Margaret Astleys born in 1838. Found her baptism on the Mormon site as being born in 1838 in Llanwnog with Evan and Martha Astley as her parents. In 1841 she is living in
the Parish of Carno, and in 1851, she is the servant in Carno; and in 1861 she is with her uncle's family and her brothers working as a servant. In 1858 she gave birth to Thomas Astley. There is a Margaret Astley birth on the North Wales BMD-Llanwnog 1838, her son Thomas Astley's birth certificate and there is no father named on it. Just his mother's name Margaret, and it also says that her son was born at St. Bronhaul
so this links her with her family. He is on the BMD under the surname Astley. What happened to her after 1861 census-no death or marriage for her found.
The Astley family are still in Bronhaul in 1871. It is just that their surname was mistranscribed and is down as Pastley. They are still in Bronhaul, that is Evan, Martha, daughter Eleanor and granddaughters Amelia and
Elizabeth but not Margaret."
www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1901646
"The Astley family"
"The Astleys were descended from a Thomas de Astley of Astley in Warwickshire, who like Henry de Hastinges was also present at the battle of Evesham, although in Thomas's case it was a more traumatic experience as he was amongst the casualties that day. His eldest son was subsequently created the Baron Astley, although that title later petered out in the fourteenth century, when strangely enough the heiress of the last Baron Astley married the aforementioned Reynold Grey, 3rd Baron Grey of Ruthin. Another branch of the family distinguished themselves during the English Civil War and received the title of Baron Astley of Reading which again became extinct in 1668. Yet another branch of the Astley family as represented by one
Jacob Astley who was created a bayonet on the 25th June 1660 and it was his descendant Jacob Astley, 6th Baronet, former High Sheriff of Norfolk, England, and the Liberal Member of Parliament for West Norfolk from 1832 to 1837, who put forward a claim to the title of Baron Hastings. It should be noted that this Jacob
Astley was not a descendant in blood of any previous holder of either of the Astley baronies and was therefore in no position to claim either of those titles. He was however a descendant of the aforement in no position to claim either of those titles. He was however a descendant of the aforementioned Elizabeth Hastings married Harmon Le Strange of Hunstanton in Norfolk, whose great-grandson became a baronet in 1629. The male line of Le Strange of Hunstanton in Norfolk, whose great-grandson became a baronet in 1629. The male line of Le Strange eneded with the death without issue of Roger Le Strange, the 7th and last Baronet in 1762, leaving as one of his coheirs Lucy, a daughter of the 6th Le Strange ended with the death without issue of Roger Le Strange, the 7th and last Baronet in 1762, leaving as one of his coheirs Luch, a daughter of the 6th Le Strange Baronet, who in 1721 married Jacob Astley, 3rd Baronet, and was therefore
the great-grandmother of the 6th Astley Baronet. The Committee for Privileges of the House of Lords now took a quite different view of matters than had the Court of Chivalry back in 1410 and concluded that the Hastings, being regarded as the 18th of his line, despite the fact that it had been over five centuries since the last Baron Hastings had sat in the House of Lords. The 16th Baron died on the 17th December 1859 and was followed by his son Jacob Henry who died without issue on the 8th March 1871, and was succeeded by his younger brother Delaval Loftus, who was a clergyman in the Church of England and the Rector of Little Snoring in Norfolk. The 18th Baron died some eighteen months later on the 28th September 1872, leaving title duty passed his son Bernard Edward who died unmarried on the 22nd December 1872, leaving
the title to his son Bernard Edward who died unmarried on the 22nd December 1875, when the title duty passed to his younger brother George Manners. The 20th Baron was a Major in the Royal Artillery and a Steward of the Jockey Club and died on the 18th September 1904, being succeeded by his eldest son
Albert Edward, who was twice mentioned in despatches during World War I, later became a Lieutenant Colonel in the Home Guard during World War II before his death on the 18th January 1956. He was followed by his eldest son Albert Edward, who was twice mentioned in despatches during his death on the 18th January 1956. He was followed by his son Edward Delavel Henry, the 22md Baron. A Government Whip between 1961 and 1962, he was the Joint Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Housing Governor of both the British Institue Epilepsy Association (1965-1993); whilst he became a Grand Officer in the Italian Order of Merit in 1968 thanks to the efforts on behalf of the Italian People Flood Appeal in the years 1966 to 1967. The 22nd Baron Hastings and also a baronet. His eldest son and apparent to the title is
one Jacob Addison Astley."
   "Jacob Astley, 16th Baron Hastings 1841-1859
    Jacob Henry Astley, 17th Baron Hastings 1859-1871
    Delaval Loftus Astley, 18th Baron Hastings 1871-1872
    Bernard Edward Astley, 19th Baron Hastings 1872-1875
    George Manners Astley, 20th Baron Hastings 1875-1904
    Albert Edward Astley, 21st Baron Hastings 1904-1856
   Edward Delaval Astley, 22nd Baron Hastings 1956-2007
   Delaval Thomas Astley, 23rd Baron Hastings 2007- to date"
Wilkipedia.org/
"Delaval is the surname of a family of gentry aristocracy in Northumberland, England, from the 11th century. Their main estate was the manor of Seaton Delaval. The 18th century Delavals are notworthy for their colourful for their colorful lifestyle, for the magnificent Seaton Delaval Hall and for the development of the little seaport of Seaton Sluice and a coat mine of Old Harley. The Delaval surname died out on at least two occasions in the middle ages, but was re-adopted by Lords of Seaton presumably because of the prestige attached to its Norman-French sound. The Delaval family played a prominent part in the life of the county of Northumberland; several served as High Sheriff of the county of Northumberland several served as High Sheriff of the county, others became Members of Parliament and some served as Border Commissioner (the
northern edge of the county is the Anglo-Scottish border). The fortunes of the Delavals of Seaton rose to their peak in the eighteenth century. However, with the death of Edward Hussey Delaval in 1814, the Delaval line died out, and the manor of Seaton Delaval and other estates passed on the Astley family of Melton Constable. Edward Astley, 22nd Baron Hastings, a considerable landowner, spent many years restoring the Hall, before it became his permanent home until death in 2007.
Edward Astley, 22nd Baron Hastings, 14 April 1912 to 25 April 2007 had many interests, including politics, ballet, charity work, Italy, and renovating Seaton Delaval Hall, Lord Hastings was born at Melton Constable Hall in Norfolk, the son of Albert Astley, 21st Baron Hastings barony has been established in the 1295, but lay dormant from 1389, when there were multiple claiments, and then abeyant 1542. It was revived for Jacob Astley in 1841, who became the 16th Baron. He was educated at Eton, but his father decided that he was not clever to attend Cambridge University. He was sent to learn French and Spanish overseas. He was a friend of Sarah Churchill, daughter of Winston Churchill. He worked for the Gold Coast Selection Trust in
the City of London, and joined the supplementary reserve of the Coldstream Guards in the 1930s. He spent 14 months in the United States, taking a road trip of 22,000 miles in a Ford V-8. He returned to England when the Second World War broke out, arriving home shortly before the evacuation from Dunkirk. He transferred to Intelligence Corps, and was posted to North Africa and then Italy, where his language skills became valuable, he ran radio and theatre services in liberated Italy. Back in England, he became a director of London and Easter Trade Bank, before leaving London to run a 5,000-acre farm near Salibury in Southern Rhodesia, growing Virginia tobacco, maize, peanuts and pasture seed. He became active in the local United Party. He met his wife, the former model Kate Hinton (Known as Nici), daughter of Captain H.V. Hinton, in Africa. They married in 1954 and honeymooned on Elba, where he later built a holiday villa for his family, including three children and his two stepchildren, he supported Garfield Todd's United Rhodesia party. He spent more time in England after he succeeded to the titles on his father's death in 1956, although Melton Constable Hall had been sold to the Duke of Westminister in 1948. He became a government whip in the Conservative administration of Harold Macmillan and Sir Alec Douglas-Home from 1961 to 1962, and a Parliamentary Secretary to Sir Keith Joseph, Bt., the Minister of Housing and Local Government, from 1962 to 1964. He took charge of the Bills that became the Clear Air 1968 and Water Resources Act 1968. He joined the Opposition front bench after Labour won the 1954 UK general election, attacking the new Land Commission, which he likened to land nationalization. He cristised Labour policies towards Rhodesia, particularly economic sanctions. He continued to run his farm through the years of UDI and civil war, finally selling it to the Zimbabwean government in 1982. He moved to Fulmodestone Hall in Norfolk in 1967. He sat in the House of Lords until the House of Lords Act 1999 removed most of the hereditary peers. He developed a love of ballet after seeing the Ballet Russes at Covent Garden in the 1930s. He was a Governor of the Royal Ballet from 1979 to 1992. He became a trustee of the Sadler's Wells Ballet Fund set up by Ninette de Valios, chairman of the Royal Ballet Benevolent Fund from 1966 to 1983, and chairman of the Dance Teachers' Benevolent Fund from 1982 to 1999. His second son Justin was born with Down's Syndrome. He became patron of the Camphill Villages Trust donating Thornage Hall near Fakenham in Norfolk and surrounding land. He was a vice president of the British Epilepsy Association from 1962 to 1964, president from 1965 to 1993, and then honorary past president until his death in 2007.
The Association named it highest award the Lord Hastings Award in his honour. He was also president of the Epilepsy Research Foundation and the Joint Epilepsy Council. He was governor and vice- chairman of the British-Italian Society from 1967 to 1995. He launched the Italian People's Fliid Appeal to help Italians caught up in floods in the 1960s, to supplement other charities, such as the Venice in Peril, which were established to conserve artworks. For this work, he was appointed a Grand Officer of the Italian Order of Merit in 1968. He spent 51 years restoring Seaton Delaval Hall in Northumberland, an outstanding example of English Baroque architecture, designed by Sir John Vanbrugh in 1718 for Admiral George Delaval. It has been badly damaged by fire in 1822, and used as a prisoner of war camp in the Second World War. The
central block and west wing were repaired and refurbished, and a parterre laid out. The house opened to the public. It became his permanent home in 1990. He was succeeded by his son, Delaval Astley, 23rd Baron
Hastings.
     Peerage of England
Preceded by Albert Edward Delaval Astley, 21st Baron Hastings, Baron Hastings 1956-2007; succeeded by Delaval Thomas Harold Astley, 23rd Baron Hastings."
My maternal grandfather Robert Seeley Brooks wonder if he was named after Robert Seeley, who was
christened 4 July 1602, St. John Parish, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England; d. before 11 Oct 1667, New York City, New York; died intestate; estate administered 19 Oct 1668), son of William (christianed 23 Feb 1563/4, Great Gransden) and Elizabeth Mitchell/Mitchel (christianed 11 jul 1539; buried 24 Feb 1563/4,  Great Gransden) Seeley. m. first 15 Dec 1626, St. Stephen's church, Coleman St., London, England, Mary Heath Mason, (b. abt. 1590; d. between 10 Mar. 1646 and 1651, New Haven Colony, Connecticut), widow of Mr. Heath, widow of Walter Mason (buried 1 Sep 1625). She had ten known children: Rebecca Heath, Ambrose Heath, Stillborn Heath, Judith Heath, Rebecca Mason, Elizabeth Mason, and Abigail Mason, all of whom died before or during 1626; married secondly, 22 Dec/ 1666, New York City, NY, Mary Manning Walker, a widow, sister of Captain John Manning. Robert's birthdate and place are unknown. A search of the parish records of Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire inclued the following entry from St. John's church: "chr. 4 July 1602, Robert, son of William Seeley and Grace his wife. A search for a previously published christening date in Bluntisham Earith showed that the 22 Aug 1602 date correctly reads "Ralphe ye sonne of Wm. Stookley." A apprenticeship record for a Robert Seeley recorded in the Cordswainer Company records, now at Guildhall Library in London is as follows: "Robert Seley ye sonne of William Seley of Hunt in ye county of Hunt Joyner bound to John Plomer citt[izen] to serve from ye day & for 7 yeeres dat 10 Marcij 1623 ii [2[ s[hillings]. A cordswainer was a shoemaker, originally it meant someone who worked with cordovan leader. Normally an apprentice was about 14 years old, but it appears that Robert was older and more experienced because he did not serve out the seven years. He likely came to London already skilled as a shoemaker but unable to ply his trade, he served a short apprenticeship. Sometimes after 1 Aug 1626, there is a "Record of Robert Seley late the appentice of etc. being made free by redemption a while spone 00." In other words, he bought his freedom not with a montary payment
(0(~zero shillings, Zero pence) but by a symbolic presentation of a silver spoon. He was then free to work in London. He was also free to apply to become a citizen of London.  Robert was 24 and probably a bachelor when he married, Mary was twice widowed and had been a mother since 1608. She was probably 36 years old. A 12 year difference in their ages seems rather large, but as a new freedom of the company of Cordwainer, Robert was probably considered lucky to have a house and shop awaiting him. Robert and Mary were probably well acquainted as fellow Puritan worshipers in St. Stephen's Parish. Nine months and
one day after their marriage, Mary & Robert's son Nathaniel (SGS #2) was baprized in St. Stephen's Parish on 16 Dec 1627.  In 1653 and 1654, Robert was appointed as Captain to the New Haven forces under Major Sedgwick and Captain Leverett, English officer, against the new Netherlands, and in Mar. 1654, was put in charge of some trops and took part in the seizure of the trading place at "Dutch Point" in Hartford. In June 1654, he was appointed to act against the Dutch. In Jan 1654, he petitioned the court to pay for his services in the  Dutch campaign, but they refused, saying they did not "absolutely require his attendence." Them to "encourage him in any service this way, "voted to give him 5 pounds. In Aug 1654, Robert was sent with 12 pounds of powder and 30 pounds of lead as a present to keep peace with the Long Island Indians.
Robert apparently returned to England in 1655 and stayed until 1661/2. On Nov. 22, 1659, Nathaniel Seeley of Fairfield, Connecticut, "son of Robert Seeley in England," sold land that was his father's. In Feb 1662, at a town meeting in Huntington, Lond Island, it was ordered that a boat be sent to Connecticut to bring Capt. Seeley to Huntington. On 28 Apr 1662, the New Haven General Court stated, "Captain Seeley
being returned from England, a motion was made in his behalf for some encouragement for his settling amongst us." "In Oct, the General court awarded him 15 pounds and gave him the use of a house in Saybrook, where he took charge of the fort and ammunition. In 1663 Robert had a controversy with the town of Stratford about his rights to land there. On 14 May, the Court ordered the town of Stratford to pay him 25 pounds and he gave up all rights and titles. In this same session, Capt. Seeley was chosen commissioner for the town of Huntington, Long Island. He was appointed chief military officer in Huntington to exercise and train soldiers. Robert Seeley, John Ogden and others, settled the town of Elizabeth, NJ in 1665. Robert had a home lot of 6 acres. There was a suit brought before the courts in 1666 by the town of Huntington which questioned the title of the land at Easton's Neck. This was the third such suit and Robert Seeley was successful in defending his claim in each case. After his marriage to Mary Manning Walker, Robert is believed to have lived on the Manning Estates on Manning's Island, off the coast of New York City. Robert Seeley died intestate in New York City, NY, on 11 Oct 1667. He is believed to have been buried on the Manning Estates. Letters of administration were granted to his widow on 19 Oct. 1668. His widow, Mary Manning Walker Seeley, on 2 Nov. 1668, sold his property at Elizabeth, NJ to Governor Philip Conteret for 44 pounds. On 15 July 1669, she sold his lands in Huntington, Long Island. It was in this document that she referred to John Manning as her brother. Child (2) by first wife:
2. Nathaniel Seeley (bapt. 16 Dec 1627, St. Stephen's Parish, London, England; d. 19 Dec. 1675, Great Swamp, Fight, Narragansett Bay, RI) m. first 6 Oct 1649, New Haven, CT., Mary Turney (bapt. 16 Sep 1631, Soulburh, England; d. before 1674), daughter of Benjamin and Mary O'Dell Turney, m. 2nd, about 1674, Fairfield, CT., Elizabeth Burrolmstead Nehemiah Olmstead by whom she had had a daughter, Sarah
Olmstead who married Robert Seeley SGS# 6. She was also the widown of Obadiah Gilbert by whom she had a son, Obadiah Gilbert. *Note The previously reported Nathaniel Seeley (SGS # 3), bapt. 1 May 1629, St. Stephen's Parish, London, England was Nathaniel Hoskins, a son of Robert and Mary Hoskins.
Note No record has been found of an Obadiah Seeley (SGS #4) being born to Robert and Mary Seeley in England.  Current research indicates that Obadiah was not the son of Robert and Mary."
(Source: www.seeley-society.net/seeleygen.html
www.seeley-society.net/nathaniel/sgs1.html)
Edwin Astley (nationality: English) born 1850, he arrived in New York in 1873, he applied for naturalization in the New York District Court for "Petition for Naturalization" "New York, Southern Index to Petitions for Naturalization, 1824-1941"; his naturalization year was in 1896-witness 1: James Harris; and Witness 2: [blank]; His birthplace: Wales; his mother's birthplace also in Wales; his occupation: he worked in a Billiard Factory. In 1880 the only household members were Edwin and Ellen Astley.
In the 1880 United States Federal Census, Edwin Astley, age 30. birth year: abt. 1850 in Wales; his home in 1880 was in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut; Race: White; head of the household, his first wife was Ellen Astley, born in England; Edwin Astley's father was born in Wales; and his mother also born in Wales. His occupation in 1880, he worked in a Billiard Factory. The only household members were Edwin and Ellen Astley. In the 1880 US Census in Connecticut / http://historygl.blogspot.com/2010_05_01_archives.html:
"Grain Elevators Pt. 2-Smith and Burtch eventually became friends as Smith's health began to fail. In the 1890, Burtch even sold his elevator to Edwin Astley and took over operation of the Oat Elevator, caught fire in a blaze that was thought to have been ignited by the sparks from a passing train. The wooden building burned rapidly and even though the fire department responded promptly, low water pressure made it impossible to get water to the roof. The elevator he built a second Bean elevator adjacent to it. This was smaller with a capacity on only 5,000 bushels. About 1905 these elevators were sold to W.I. Ireland...
Excerpts of the article." Edwin Astley age 30 in 1880 in Stamfield, Connecticut-he was born Wales; his parents were born in Wales; his first spouse was Ellen Astley (1880) age 29-keeping house-she was born in 1851 in England.  Edwin Astley had a brother, John Astley, born in Wales, and in 1880, he was age 35, and his occupation was a Blacksmith. He married a Ellen Astley,and her parents were born in Connecticut, and she was age 32 in 1880, her occupation: keeping house. Children were born to John and Ellen Astley:
    1. Rose Astley b. 1848 in Connecticut
    2. Hattie Astley, b. 1870 in Connecticut
    3. Florence Astley, b. 1872 Connecticut
Edwin Astley had two children by his first wife, Ellen Astley:
1. Florence Astley b. 1881 in Wales
2. Llewellyn Astley b. 1884 in Wales
Edwin Astley in household of Anna V. Eddey, in "New York State Census, 1905, he was a widower, and boarder in the household. His residence place: Bronx, New York, New York, age 50; birthplace was given: England; Relationship to the head of household: Boarder; Race: white; Household
members were: Head: Anna V. Eddey age 42 birthpace: NY, USA
                        sister: Jenny L. Eddey age 38 birthplace: NY, USA
                       boarder: Edwin Astley age 50 birthplace: England (widower) who were later married
                         Jenny L. Eddey (Eddy)
(Record Details-familySearch.org)
Edwin Astley, " New York, State Census, 1915"; 1915 Census New York, A.D. 34, E.D. 37, Bronx,
New York, United States, age 61; Relationship to Head of Household: Himself. It estimated birthyear: 1854
30 years in the United States, his house number was 1231 Vyse Ave, Bronx, New York. Jennie L. Astley, second wife of Edwin Astley, in the census of 1915 New York, A.D. 34, E.D. 37, Bronx, New York, U.S.,
she was age 49 wife of Edwin Astley, she was born 1866, 49 years in United States. House number: 1231
Vyse Ave., Bronx, New York.
Record Details-FamilySearch.org
Anna V. Eddey
Residence Place: Bronx, New York
age: 42; birthplace: New York; birthyear: 1863
She was the head of the household, and other household members were: her sister, Jennie L. Eddey, 30 years, and her boarder, Edwin Astley 50 years old.
https//familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/SP6X-SDQ:accessed 11 Mar 2013), Anna V Eddey, 1905."