Joseph Edward Ashley

1831 -

• Name	Joseph Edward Ashley
  Born	1831	Oxford
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	21 Mar 1832	St Thomas, Oxford   [1]
  Occupation	Leading seaman (RN), lock-keeper
  Person ID	I67803	Canal Family 1
  Last Modified	6 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	Thomas Ashley,   b. 1779, Birmingham
  Mother	Mary Ann Bowen,   b. 1783, Newport, Monmouthshire ,   d. Abt Aug 1882, Oxford  (Age 99 years)
  Family ID	F21644	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Beesley,   b. 1840, Oxford
  Married	17 Mar 1864	St Thomas, Oxford   [2]
  Children	1. Mary Ann Ashley,   b. Abt Aug 1864, Oxford   2. Phoebe Ashley,   b. Abt May 1867, Oxford   3. Jane Ashley,   b. Abt Aug 1872, Oxford   4. Joseph Edward Ashley,   b. Abt Aug 1874, Oxford   5. Sophia Ashley,   b. Abt May 1876, Oxford ,   d. Abt May 1876, Oxford  (Age 0 years)   6. Amelia Ashley,   b. Abt Feb 1878, Oxford   7. Thomas Ashley,   b. Abt May 1880, Oxford
  Last Modified	6 Oct 2025
  Family ID	F21767	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  In 1861 census aboard 84-gun Ganges in the North Atlantic. In 1871 boatswain's mate aboard four-gun sloop Nymphe in Zanzibar. In 1881 lock-keeper at Folly Bridge, Grandpont, on the Oxford Canal.

  
  

• Sources

  [S366165] Oxfordshire Births and Baptisms (Ancestry). [S010069] MC.