Susan Caley (born Laflin) 1837-1892.
Susan was the daughter of Abraham Laflin and his first wife Elizabeth Proctor and was baptised on 29th March 1846 along with her brother and sister.
|-Laura Caley 1861-?
|-Mary Ann Elizabeth Caley 1864-? mar 1888 William Mount
|-William Caley 1867-?
Susan Laflin 1837-1892 |-Rosa Kate Caley 1870-? mar 1897
mar 1861 -----------------|-Minnie Arthurleen Caley 1873-? mar 1891 Alfred Thorpe
John Caley c1836-1916 |-Arthur Herbert Caley 1876-?
|-Ellen Margaret Caley 1877-? mar 1896 Martin G. Marriot
In 1841, Susannah Laflin, aged 4 was living in Ringshall with
her parents - this suggests she was born in 1837 and this is confirmed by the age
given in her marriage entry.
By 1851, her father was widowed and Susan Laflin, aged 14, was living at home with
him and her siblings.
On 24th February 1861, she married John Caley from Bricett. She was a domestic
servant aged 24 and the daughter of Abraham Laflin while John Caley, a labourer
from Bricett was a year older.
In 1871, John and Susan Caley were living in Great Bricett and John was working
as a farm labourer. Their four children, all born in Bricett, were living with
them. They were Laura (aged 9), Mary Agnes (aged 7), William (aged 4) and Ada
Kate (aged 1).
In 1881, John Caley junior and his wife Susannah were living in Bricett and John was
working as a farm Labourer. Their son William was living with them and also working
as a farm labourer. Also there were Rosa (aged 11), Minnie (aged 8) and Arthur (aged 5)
who were all at school, while Ellen (aged 3) was at home.
Laura Caley (aged 19) was living in High Street, Barking, in the household of Edward
Garrard (aged 66, a ham and bacon curer)and working as ageneral domestic servant.
Her sister Mary (aged 16) was living at 29 Northcote Road, Walthamstow, Essex,in the
household of John Garrard (a general merchant aged 30) and working as a servant.
Mary Elizabeth Caley married William Mount inthe last quarter of 1888.
By 1891 all the children had left home and John and Susan Caley were boarders in the
household of Henry E. Moore, a farmer in Bildeston Road, Great Bricett. John (now 65)
was working as a farm labourer while Susan (aged 64) was working as a domestic servant.
Meanwhile their daughter Rose Caley (a dressmaker aged 21) was visiting William and Mary
Mount in Creeting St Mary.
Minnie Arthurleen Caley married Alfred Thorpe in the last quarter of 1891 and Susan
Caley died at the end of 1892, apparently aged 55. Ellen Margaret Caley married Martin
George Marriott in the last quarter of 1896 and Rosa Kate Caley was married in Ipswich
in the third quarter of 1897.
In 1901, John Caley, widower, was lodging in Duke Street, Bildeston in the household of
Ann Maria Gosling, a widow. He died at the end of 1916, aged 81.
Sources for this section.
Parish registers for Ringshall - available in Ipswich Record Office.
Civil Registration Indexes available online from FreeBMD
Civil Registration Indexes and Census Data available online from Findmypast
Page maintained by Susan Laflin. Last updated in January 2008.