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My Kaley family link is through my maternal Great Grandmother, Hannah Mary Kaley. Hannah, the eldest of at least 7 children of Thomas Kaley junior and Sarah (nee Summerhays), was born in Westminster, London in 1852 and married my Great Grandfather Alfred James Humphries in 1870.
From Hannah, I've traced my Kaley ancestry back to my 3 x Great Grandfather, Thomas Kaley senior, a Publican, who was the licensee of the Falcon public house, Sutton Street, Soho in the early 19th century. It's possible (though not yet proved) that he was the same Thomas Kaley, Publican of the Westminster Arms, Bowling Street who was convicted of theft (simple grand larceny) at the Old Bailey in 1805 and transported to Australia for a period of 7 years.
The records of the 1841 and 1851 Censuses provide intriguing information about the lives of my 2 x great grandparents. In 1841 Thomas Kaley junior was living in Finsbury, London with his wife Lucy and their daughter Ann, aged 2 months. Ten years later, in 1851, Thomas and Lucy were resident at 26 Causton Street, Westminster, though there is no mention of daughter Ann. At the same address were the Summerhays family, including the 15-year old Sarah Summerhays. Within 12 months, Thomas Kaley ("batchelor") and Sarah Summerhays (pregnant with Hannah Mary) were married. What happened to Lucy and her daughter Ann is currently unknown.
