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William Joseph Day 1818 – 1894 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Jan 1818

Birth Location: Oundle, Northamptonshire, England

Death Date: 3 Jul 1894

Death Location: Heywood, Victoria, Australia

Father: William Day*

Mother: Hannah Hopley*

Spouse(s): Sarah Taylor

Children(s): Sarah Day

The story of William Joseph Day began in 1818 in Oundle, Northamptonshire, England. William Joseph Day married Sarah Ann Taylor, and had children including Sarah Day. William Joseph Day passed away in 1894 in Heywood, Victoria, Australia.

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Biography

  • The story of William Joseph Day began in 1818 in Oundle, Northamptonshire, England.
  • William Joseph Day married Sarah Ann Taylor, and had children including Sarah Day.
  • William Joseph Day passed away in 1894 in Heywood, Victoria, Australia.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Day*
1786 – 1842
Birth Location: Bedford Bedfordshire England
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Hannah Hopley*
1790 – 1852
Birth Location: Walsoken Norfolk England
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Spouses(s)

Sarah Taylor
1818 – 1899
Birth Location: Oundle, Northamptonshire, England
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Children(s)

Sarah Day
1841 – 1915
Birth Location: Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
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William Day's Ancestors

Self
William Day
1818 – 1894
Birth Place: Oundle, Northamptonshire, England
Parents
William Brayfield Day*
1786 – 1842
Bedford Bedfordshire England
Hannah Hopley*
1790 – 1852
Walsoken Norfolk England
Grandparents
Nathaniel Day*
1757 – 1811
St. Paul, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
SARAH (BRAYFIELD (or) BRAGFIELD)
1758 – 1832
Maulden, Bedfordshire, England
James (Hodby Alias) Hopley
1764 – 1851
St Peters Wisbeach Cambridgeshire England
Sarah Sutton
1766 – 1841
St Peters Wisbeach Cambridgeshire England
Great-Grandparents
John Day
1731 – 1766
Dorothy Cook
1724 – 1766
Thomas Brayfield
1724 – 1761
Mary Kenny
1727 – 1808
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Day
1688 – 1766
Elizabeth Marvel
1688 – 1735
John Cook*
1689 –
Susannah Goodbody
1689 – 1728
Thomas Brayfield
1698 – 1740
Mary Goodman
1695 – 1742
Thomas Kenny
1697 –
Ann Tayler
1693 – 1761

William Day's Descendants

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William (Joseph) Day (Jan 1818 – 3 Jul 1894) m. Sarah (Ann) Taylor (1818 – 14 Apr 1899)
  1. 1. Sarah Day (21 Aug 1841 – 06 Apr 1915) m. Samuel (Hill) (Jnr) (15 Jun 1836 – 2 Apr 1922)
    1. 1. Rebecca Hill* (17th sept 1860 – 30 Sep 1905) m. Levi Turner (29 Apr 1850 – 29 Mar 1889) m. Charles (Marcus) Moore* (26 Sep 1858 – 12 Feb 1933) m. Elvi Turner
      1. 1. James Turner (1881 – 6 Sep 1882)
      2. 2. James Turner (Feb 1881 – 6 Sep 1882)
      3. 3. Sarah (Jane) Turner (30 Nov 1883 – 1 Jan 1884)
      4. 4. Levi Turner (31 Dec 1884 – 12 Apr 1954)
      5. 5. Ellen (Dorothy) Turner (1 Jul 1886 – 31 Oct 1970)
      6. 6. Emma Turner (20 Mar 1888 – 18 Oct 1910)
      7. 7. Ada (Isabel BELLA) MOORE (24 Apr 1893 – 3 September 1963)
      8. 8. Alvina (Magdalene (Madeline)) Moore (16 Dec 1895 – 22 Dec 1980) m. Thomas (Charles Edmund) Drage (28 Oct 1885 – 5 Mar 1926) m. Roy Magor (07 OCT 1889 – 11 July 1952)
        1. 1. Dorothy (May) Drage (8 Nov 1914 – 16 Oct 2002)
        2. 2. Phyllis (Rebecca) Drage (1 Feb 1917 – 8 Aug 2005)
        3. 3. Thomas (Charles) Drage (22 April 1919 – 4 Oct 2005)
        4. 4. John (Harold) Drage (7 Sep 1923 – 3 Jan 1989)
      9. 9. Charles (Samuel) Moore (23 Aug 1898 – 7 Jul 1952)
      10. 10. Rosey (May) Moore (31 May 1901 – 18 Feb 1982) m. Joseph (Mitchell) Calley (6 Jun 1900 – 18 Oct 1948)
        1. 1. Deane (James) Calley (1928 – 2004) m. Valda (May) Turner (01 June 1928 – 05 December 1981)
        2. 2. Rosalie Calley (abt 1930 – ) m. Gray (abt 1930 – )
        3. 3. Morris (Charles) Calley (27 Aug 1930 – 20 Feb 2014) m. Patricia Loader (abt 1940 – )
      11. 11. George (Marcus) Moore (31 May 1901 – 8 Jun 1901)
    2. 2. Sarah Hill (21 Aug 1862 – 12 Mar 1864)
    3. 3. Elizabeth (Mary) Hill (13 Aug 1864 – 27 Apr 1918)
    4. 4. Elizabeth Hill (13 Aug 1864 – 9 May 1892)
    5. 5. Samuel Hill (14 Sep 1866 – 6 Nov 1935)
    6. 6. John Hill (5 Nov 1870 – 4 Dec 1874)
    7. 7. John Hill (1875 – 1955)
    8. 8. Sampson Hill (6 Oct 1877 – 28 May 1944)
    9. 9. Mary Hill (13 Aug 1879 – 25 Aug 1928)
    10. 10. Jane Hill (7 Oct 1883 – 8 Mar 1886)
    11. 11. James Hill (24 Dec 1886 – 25 Mar 1951)
    12. 12. Stella (Agnes) Hill (27 Sep 1887 – 23 Jul 1889)

William Day's Timeline

2 Records

1818
Jan 1818
Birth of William Joseph Day in Oundle, Northamptonshire, England
Oundle, Northamptonshire, England
1894
3 Jul 1894
Age 76
Death of William Joseph Day in Heywood, Victoria, Australia
Heywood, Victoria, Australia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Jan 1818
    Event Place: Oundle, Northamptonshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 Jul 1894
    Event Place: Heywood, Victoria, Australia
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