Kelsall Genealogy

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Last revised: December 23, 2010

DNA Project

The Kelsall DNA Project has been established at Family Tree DNA, and it is ready for participants to join and order a test kit. Full details about testing methods and the scientific basis are at the Family Tree DNA web site.

The Kelsall Group Project website will include results as they become available.

The test we are using is the Y DNA which tells you about your direct male line, which would be your father, his father, and back in time. You must be male to take this test, and you should have the Kelsall surname or one of the variants such as Kelsell. If you believe there is another Kelsall variant in your direct male line, although you have a different surname, you are also welcome to participate. If you are female, you can perhaps find a direct line male to participate, to represent your tree.

We encourage males to order a Y DNA test for 37 markers. The current price for the Y-DNA 37 is $149 plus postage (149 US dollars). This is discounted price for someone who joins a surname group. A test kit can be ordered from anywhere in the world. The test is a harmless genealogy test of locations on the Y chromosome, called markers, which are passed from father to son, typically unchanged. The test result is a string of numbers, and contains no personal information. You will be an exact or close match to those men to whom you are related. By also testing a distant direct line male in your family tree, if possible, you will validate the family tree research to the common ancestor shared by both men who test. In addition, the test result will tell you about your distant origins. You can read more at Family Tree DNA.

The objective of the study is to try to establish if various Kelsall family trees are related. We may determine that most Kelsall lines trace to a common origin in Cheshire or we may establish there are multiple distinct lines. Testing may establish a connection between trees that is now only suspected. I am attaching a chart that shows some of the main trees that I have been looking at. This is a work in progress and I welcome any revisions or additions regardless of whether you join the DNA group.

Favorite Links

For general information on the village of Kelsall plus many links to Cheshire genealogy visit the Cheshire section of Genuki

For historical information for the village of Kelsall visit the Kelsall Village site and Don Dickson’s site

For reproductions of several articles of historical interest visit the site maintained by David Kelsall

For a forum of messages seeking information on Kelsall ancestors see The Kelsall Family Genealogy Forum

Origins of the Kelsall Name

The Kelsall name most obviously derives from the village of the same name in Cheshire. According to the Dictionary of Surnames (Hanks & Hodges) the name derives from “Kell’s nook or recess”.

As related in Barthomley.: In Letters From A Rector To His Eldest Son published in 1856 by The Rev. Hinchcliffe and Notes on the Family of Kelsall published by John Kelsall in 1916, the village is mentioned in the Domesday Book (1086) and the name Adam de Kelsall appears as early as 1277. William Kelsall was Sheriff of Chester in 1335 and Stephen de Kelsall was Mayor of Chester in 1350. (Much later, John Kelsall was Mayor of Chester in 1768 and his name appears on the Eastgate Arch below the famous clock, said to be the most photographed clock in the world after Big Ben. This John Kelsall is said to belong to the Kelsalls of Dodleston or Kinnerton.)

According to Lyson’s Magna Britannia (1810), the ancient branch of the Kelsall family from Tarvin (presumably the village of Kelsall) became extinct at an early period but a younger branch can be traced to Heathside and Bradshaw Hall in Cheadle.

Bardsley records the name Reginald de Keleshalle from 1273 in Cambridge and Johannes Kelesall from 1379 in Yorkshire. Reaney records Kelsale from 13th C Suffolk and Kelshall from 13th C Hertfordshire, both said to be “surviving as Kelsall”.

Distribution of Kelsall Families

Present-day Population

From telephone directory entries I estimate that there about 5000 people in the world with the name Kelsall. As shown in this table almost 70% are in the UK.

Country

Estimated Population

Percentage

United Kingdom

3200

68

United States

600

13

Australia

600

13

Canada

150

3

New Zealand

150

3

South Africa

20

.4

Other

10

.2

Total

4730

100

The numbers for the UK are estimated as follows: Population of Kelsalls = number on BT disc x total population/entries on disc

(=763 x 58,000,000/14,000,000).

Interestingly, almost the same answer is obtained by taking the proportion of Kelsalls in the total population in the 1881 census times the present population.

The numbers for the USA, Australia, Canada and New Zealand are obtained from the number of phonebook entries x 1.35 (allowance for unlisted numbers) x 2.5 people per household. The numbers for South Africa and “others” are guesses

Over half of all Kelsall households in the U.K. are in three counties, Staffordshire, Lancashire and Cheshire. In the USA, Kelsall is such a rare name that it is not found in the list of the 88,799 most common names found by the official Census.

If you have any information to add to these numbers please e-mail me at kelsall@q.com.

1881 British Census

The total population of Kelsall individuals in the 1881 British census was 1585. This includes 1515 Kelsall, 36 Kellsall, 19 Kelsal, 13 Kelsell and 2 Kelsale. Six individuals were in Scotland, the remainder in England & Wales. The most populous counties were as follows:

Summary

Lancashire

605

38.2%

38.2%

Staffordshire

433

27.3%

65.5%

Cheshire

280

17.7%

83.2%

Yorkshire

43

2.7%

85.9%

Shropshire

36

2.3%

88.1%

Nottinghamshire

32

2.0%

90.2%

Warwickshire

25

1.6%

91.7%

Derbyshire

20

1.3%

93.0%

Devon

18

1.1%

94.1%

Flintshire

17

1.1%

95.2%

London

17

1.1%

96.3%

Surrey

8

0.5%

96.8%

Cambridgeshire

6

0.4%

97.2%

Hampshire

6

0.4%

97.5%

Durham

5

0.3%

97.9%

Denbighshire

4

0.3%

98.1%

Edinburgh

4

0.3%

98.4%

Northumberland

4

0.3%

98.6%

Worcestershire

4

0.3%

98.9%

Cumberland

3

0.2%

99.1%

Lincolnshire

2

0.1%

99.2%

Oxford

2

0.1%

99.3%

Roxburgh

2

0.1%

99.4%

Somerset

2

0.1%

99.6%

Buckinghamshire

1

0.1%

99.6%

Leicester

1

0.1%

99.7%

Gloucester

1

0.1%

99.7%

Kent

2

0.1%

99.9%

Dorset

1

0.1%

99.9%

Essex

1

0.1%

100.0%

1585

100.0%

Kelsall Distribution in 1881 (without variants)

Drawn using Surname Atlas, Archer Software 2003

The total population of England & Wales recorded in the 1881 census was 25,974,436. There was, therefore, approximately one Kelsall for every 16,000 inhabitants.

The distribution of the Kelsall name is consistent with migration from its source in Cheshire to the neighbouring industrial counties of Staffordshire and Lancashire. In 1881 83% of all Kelsall families in the UK lived in these three counties. I think it is possible that most Kelsalls in Staffordshire are descended from James Kelsall of Audley.

Links to Kelsall Researchers

If you would like to be added to this list, or modify an entry, please e-mail Peter Kelsall.

Anne Kelsall has developed an interactive map in Google Maps showing locations of the Kelsall Researchers listed below.

	Researcher	Original UK County	Original UK Location	Interests	Other UK Locations	Other Overseas Locations
1	Kelsall, Peter	Staffordshire	Audley	James Kelsall, 1530	Buckley, Flintshire
2	Fox, Elizabeth	Staffordshire	Stoke	Frederick/Arthur, 1911
3	Galletly, Donald	Flintshire	Overton	Godfrey Kelsall, 1792/3	Wem, Shropshire; West Bromwich
4	Kelsall, Andrew	Staffordshire	Hanley	William Kelsall, 1781 m Clementina Clowes 1804 Whitmore	Stoke
5	Lawton, Greg	Staffordshire	Newcastle	Mary Elizabeth Kelsall, 1892
6	Powner, David	Staffordshire	Hanley
7	Smith, Colin	Cheshire	Wilmslow	Jonathon Kelsall b 1692	Ashton upon Mersey
8	Strong, Bill	Staffordshire	Hanley
9	Prokay, Janice	Cheshire	Stretford
10	McNamara, John	Staffordshire	Hanley	William Kelsall, 1781 m Clementina Clowes 1804 Whitmore
11	Harding, John	Cheshire	North Rode
12	Kelsall, Phil	Cheshire	Utkinton		Wyersdale
13	Wilson, Helen Louise; Wilson Cindy Sue	Lancashire	Childwall			Castlemaine, Australia; Reno Kansas
14	Charnley, Norman	Cheshire	Lymm	Henry
15	Higgins, Laura	Flintshire	Buckley
16	Taylor, Ken	Staffordshire	Hanley
17	Wilson, Kathleen	Staffordshire	Burslem	Richard Kelsall b 1831 connects to William Kelsall, 1781 m Clementina Clowes 1804
18	Kelsall, Gerald					Massachusetts
19	Kelsall, David; Pearson, Andrew	Staffordshire	Hanley, Wolstanton	Joseph Kelsall, 1839	Lancashire	New Zealand
20	Pollard, Roslyn	Staffordshire	Hanley	Charles Kelsall, b 1885
21	Buckley, Alan	Warwickshire	Birmingham	William George Kelsall b 1834, m Rosetta Lawley
22	Bowerman, Phil	Staffordshire	Burslem	Clement Kelsall, m Ann King 1888, father Clement Kelsall m Ann King
23	Bell, Bryant Kelsall			Walter Kelsall, father of Victor Albert Kelsall		New Zealand
24	Hexler, Cheryl					New York City
25	Jameson, Jackie	Cheshire	Hyde
26	Plowman, Heidi					Queensland
27	Patterson, Karen Eardley	Staffordshire	Whitmore
28	Bialis, Doris Kelsall	Warwickshire	Birmingham	John Kelsall m Susannah Hatman; William George Kelsall b 1834, m Rosetta Lawley	Flintshire
29	Carter, Jennifer	Cheshire	Northenden, Stockport
30	Kelsall, Dave	Cumberland	Workington
31	Ebsworth, Taylor	Lancashire	Manchester
32	Kelsall, David	Staffordshire	Audley	James Kelsall, 1530	Flintshire
33	Tarleton, Adam	Lancashire	Liverpool
34	Bryant, Gwyneth	Cheshire	Bowden
35	Smith, Jack	Lancashire	Ashton under Lyne
36	Kelsall, Donald S	Warwickshire	Birmingham
37	Kelsall, Donald R			Richard Kelsall m Edna May Clever, b c1883		Canada, Victoria
38	Kelsall, Angela					Western Australia
39	Kelsall, Paul	Lancashire	St. Helens
40	Lawrence, Karen	Lancashire	Stretford		Wilmslow
41	Emerson, Lorraine	Staffordshire	Hanley	Charles Kelsall m Ellen Bradbury 1813
42	Bolsover, Andrew	Cheshire	Wilmslow
43	Waudby, Irene	Staffordshire	Chesterton
44	Kelsall, Chris	Staffordshire	Audley	James Kelsall, 1530	Nottinghamshire
45	Burch, Carolyn	Cheshire	Wilmslow
46	Morakis, Patricia	Staffordshire	Wolstanton	William 1751 m Hannah Steele; parents of William b. 1773 m Dorothy Taylor 1794	Burslem, Talke Pits
47	Ward, Lawrence	Staffordshire	Burslem	Elias Kelsall b 1799 parents James & Sarah
48	Birks, Lisa	Staffordshire	Stoke	William Kelsall, 1781
49	Marker, Jim & Betty	Staffordshire	Hanley	Sarah Kelsall m William Rivers, 1835
50	Kelsall, Jeanne Marie					Hawaii
51	Kelsall, Fiona	Lancashire	Bleasedale
52	Mandel, Chris	Lancashire	Manchester	Richard & Grace Webster Kelsall, m 1799; Ida Mae Kelsall		New York
53	Kelly, Marion	Staffordshire	Hanley
54	Kelsall, Andy	Staffordshire	Burslem	Francis Robert Kelsall b 1935
55	Balcombe, Andrea	Warwickshire	Birmingham
56	Brown, Wendy	Staffordshire	Burslem	Thomas Kelsall b 1806; Eliza Kelsall m Elijah Finn	Wolstanton
57	Heath, Eugene					Nebraska
58	Kelsall, Samantha	Warwickshire
59	Tanner, Harold	Lancashire	Manchester	Ida Mae Kelsall, m. Alvin R. Johnson		New York
60	Kelsall, Gary	Staffordshire	Hanley, Penkhull
61	Kelsall, Terry	Lancashire	Wyresdale
62	Nelson, Annette	Lancashire	Wyresdale
63	Knowles, Stephen	Cheshire	Birkenhead			Australia, Melbourne
64	Kelsall, John & Lottie	Lancashire	Stretford
64	Kelsall, John William	Lancashire	Stretford
64	Kelsall, Allan James	Lancashire	Stretford
65	Kelsall, Becky					Canada, Edmonton
66	Kelsall, Peter	Staffordshire	Telford
67	Kelsall, Peter M	Lancashire				New South Wales
68	Kelsall, Steve	Cheshire	Hyde
69	Wyatt, Sue	Staffordshire	Burslem	Joseph Kelsall, 1831-1910, Bignall Hill Farm. Connects to William K b 1747 (Pat Morakis)
70	Low, Valda			Henry Kelsall,m Mary Eudoxia Lindses Dellas (aka. Dallas) in 1879		Australia or NZ
71	Duffy, Claire	Cheshire	Wilmslow	Peter Hulme m Sarah Kelsall 1845, father William Kelsall possible relations Samuel, Pamela and Elijah Kelsall
72	Wilkinson, Wright	Lancashire		Hannah Kelsall, b 1872, d Fall River Mass 1932		Massachusetts
73	Young, Bob			John, 1722
74	Thomas, Keith	Yorkshire		[KELSHAW]
75	Van Der Poll, Sheila	Lancashire	Burtonwood	Isaac Kelsall 1785 & Elizabeth, Gt. Sankey
76	Wildig, Reg	Staffordshire	Audley	Elizabeth, 1813
77	Adamson, George; Adamson, Pete	Lancashire	Wyresdale
78	Collier, Alan Moss	Lancashire	Wyresdale	John		Utah
79	Curley, Pat	Cheshire	Congleton	Catherine, 1902
80	Kinsey, Richard	Cheshire	Wilmslow
81	Kelsall, Roger	Staffordshire	Hanley	William Kelsall, 1781 m Clementina Clowes 1804 Whitmore
82	Edwards, Peter	Shropshire	Dudleston	Anne, 1813
83	Benson, Clark			Anne Kelsall m to Fredrick Labram b 1880		Missourri
84	Kelsall, Stacey Dawn			William Kelsall, b c. 1812
85	Kelsall, Guy M.	Lancashire	Wyresdale	William Kelsall m Elizabeth Mason		Oregon, Texas, NM, BC
86	Kelsall, Nigel	Staffordshire	Hanley	Wilfred Charles Kelsall b 1900
87	Iliff, Barbara			Samual Kelsall arrived Boston 1873 aged 29. Hannah Kelsall, b 1872, d Fall River Mass 1932		Massachusetts
88	Kelsall, Will	Devon	Westward Ho!	John Kelsall, 1766 m Lucretia Moultrie; Conrad Moultrie Kelsall & Piera Migliorini		Rosedale, California; Deeral, Queensland
89	Kelsall, Stephen			John Oswald Wright Kelsall b 1830s
90	Scargill, Anthony	Cheshire	Smallwood near Astbury, Northenden, Cheadle	John Kelsall (bap. 27.08.1721) and Sarah Arrowsmith (m. 29.12.1744).
91	Kelsall, Tom	Lancashire	Wyresdale
92	Meaney, Olive Jean	Lancashire	Warrington	William Kelsall b ~ 1831; Francis William Kelsall, b 1882		New Zealand
93	Kelsall, Chris			Richard Butler Kelsall m Edna May Clever, b c1883
94	Wooldridge, Margaret	Staffordshire	Burslem	Sarah Kelsall m Joseph Turner 1838. Parents Michael Kelsall & Sarah Reeves. Connects to William K b 1747	Wolstanton
95	Kelsall, David Albert	Staffordshire	Stoke	Albert Kelsall b 1931
95	Kelsall, David Albert	Nottinghamshire		William Leslie Kelsall born Nottingham 1909
96	Robertshaw, Lorraine	Flintshire	Overton	Mary Kelsall m James Wainwright, 1860's
97	Sickles, Ted	Warwickshire	Birmingham	William George Kelsall b 1834, m Rosetta Lawley
98	Kelsall, Michelle	Staffordshire	Stoke	Harold Kelsall b c1810
99	Speakman, Nicky	Staffordshire	Hanley	Elizabeth Kelsall m Isaac Fern, 1857
100	Rodger, June	Staffordshire	Burslem	Elias Kelsall b 1799 parents James & Sarah
101	Aldridge, Kay	Staffordshire	Bucknall	Ernest Kelsall d 1941
102	Kelsall, Peter	Lancashire	Salford	John Kelsall m Margaret Ellen Gilmore
103	McKenzie, Natalia	Cheshire	Bowdon	Sarah Kelsall m Thomas Pimlott, 1755
104	Harris, Ann	Cheshire	Bowdon	Martha Kelsall bapt 1 March 1742, father James Kelsall b ~ 1710 Carrington, m Elizabeth Owen 1738. Martha m William Garner, 1769
105	Richardson, Colin	Lancashire	Quernmore	Mary Elizabeth Kelsall, b 1848, m William Richardson 1868; John Kelsall b c 1593	Cockerham Eaton, Cheshire
106	Kelsall, Lee-Ann	Staffordshire	Hanley	Joseph Henry Kelsall b 1907, parents William John Kelsall and Olive ?	Durham
107	Kelsall, Russ Adam	Staffordshire	Stoke	Paul Raymond Kelsall	Birmingham, Scotland
108	Kelsall, Rachel	Staffordshire	Burslem	David John Kelsall b 1938, mother Kathleen Kelsall
109	Kelsall, Keith Terence
110	Hall, Joan	Lancashire	Ashton on Mersey	Mathew KELSALL married Elizabeth GEE 1737/8
111	Lloyd, Carol	Lancashire	West Derby	Jonas Wilson Kelsall & Richard Kelsall Hindley
112	Turner, Susan	Cheshire	Sale	James Kelsall, Smith field Market	Manchester
113	Kelsall, Kim	Cheshire		Edward William Kelsall b c.1808 Hilsea Hampshire; father Joseph Kelsall b 1750s Cheshire	Hampshire
114	Kelsall, James	Staffordshire	Longton	William Henry Kelsall b 1871
115	Cummings, Martha Ann Kelsall					Louisville, KY
116	Eade, Rosemary	Cheshire	Ashton on Mersey	James Kelsall m Jane Hale 1818	Birmingham
117	Christie, Patrice	Staffordshire	Audley	Agnes Kelsall m Sykes Idle 1890	Flintshire, Gomersal W. Yorks
118	Hargreaves, Bunny	Cheshire	Kelsall	Peter Kelsall
119	Dunning, Ron	Hampshire		Thomas Moultrie Kelsall m Kathleen Leah Purvis 1867 Kensington: Theophilus Kelsall, Northam 1881	Hampshire, Devon
120	Kelsall, Anne			Joseph KELSALL (c1753-1841) and Rachael HICKSON (c1766-1828)		Australia, Cork Ireland, India
121	Christie, Andy	Cheshire	Warrington	John Kelsall m Rebecca ? 1750	Gt Sankey
122	Baker, Lindsey	Staffordshire	Hanley, Burslem	Lily Kelsall b 1865, father Alfred, mother Dinah; also Elias Kelsall b 1799
123	Finegan, Florence			father James V. Kelsall
124	Wellwood, Linda			William Robert Kelsall b 1851, Collingwood, Victoria
125	Ellis, Patricia			Joseph KELSALL (c1753-1841) and Rachael HICKSON (c1766-1828)		Australia, Cork Ireland, India
126	Groves, Jill	Cheshire	Ashton on Mersey	George Kelsall of Ashton 1634, Richard Kelsall of Hale 1609	Sale, Bowdon, Chorlton
127	Broome, Nicky	Staffordshire	Hanley	William Kelsall, 1781
128	Muller, Julie		Doldellau	John Kelsall (1683-1743) Quaker of Dolgellau, spouse (Susannah Davies). John Kelsall of Exuma, Speaker of the Assembly (Bahamas?) 1784
129	Wilson, Terry	Lancashire	Manchester	1850 Jackson Co., IA, William Kelsall parents, Edmond and Anna. Siblings George W., Edmond, Mary, Samuel, William. William's father a tailor birthplace England.		Sioux Falls, SD
130	Glass, Annie			Thomas KELSALL born 1830 New York. By 1880 farmer in Lincoln, Polk, Iowa. Married to Elisabeth WILSON born 1832 Vermont		Iowa
131	Kelsall, Alan	Lancashire	Oldham	Charles Hall Kelsall, Oldham won the MC in WW1
132	Jeanne	Warwickshire	Birmingham	William George Kelsall b 1834 m Rosetta Lawley		USA
133	Karen Kelsall	Lancashire		Joseph Kelsall, farm manager for Coop
134	Fielder, Jane	Staffordshire	Birmingham	John Kelsall born Burslem 1797 brother of Elias Kelsall born 1799	Fenton
135	Gill, Dee	Lancashire	Salford	Alfred Kelsall born in 1861
136	Kelsall, Derek	Flintshire	Bettisfield	John Kelsall
137	Kelsall, Gerrard	Lancashire	St. Helens	Augustine Kelsall b 1896
138	Cavanagh, Kay	Flintshire	Buckley	Ann Kelsall m John Lamb, 1806
139	Chase, Blanche	Flintshire	Buckley	John Kelsall m Sarah Jones, 1851		Pennsylvania, Niagara Falls
140	Reid, Aaron	Flintshire	Buckley	Sarah Kelsall m Nathan Bird, 1835	Liverpool
141	Ramsey, Louise	Staffordshire	Burslem	Sarah Kelsall b Burslem, 1850 m Frederick Harrison	Manchester
142	Kelsall, Peter & Julie			Joseph Edward Kelsall m Frances (Fanny) Louisa Appleyard Victoria 1869		Australia
143	Kelsall, Charlotte	Lancashire		Frank Kelsall b Lancashire, , son of Alfred Kelsall
144	Williams, Ken	Staffordshire	Hanley	William Kelsall, 1781 m Clementina Clowes 1804 Whitmore		South Africa
145	Wallbank, Ian	Staffordshire	Burslem	James b. abt 1767; Elias bapt. 1799; Stephen bapt. 1832; Susan bapt. 1872 m. Charles Ashley
146	Stacy, Ann	Staffordshire	Stone	Clifford Percy Kelsall b 1925 Stone
147	Thomson, Brendon			Agnes Kelsall b c 1800, possibly London
148	Ebsworth, Ashleu	Lancashire	Manchester	Frances Kelsall b c 1883
149	Bourne, Linda			Mary Frances Burt Kelsall Philadelphia, PA, USA, m Richard Knight Croskey, 18 Nov 1808
150	Kelsall, Tom	Lancashire		Thomas Kelsall b1744 m Dorothy Jackson) and John Kelsall b1650 m Elizabeth Cragg
151	Gregory, Marjorie		Derbyshire	Sarah Ann Kelsall b 1850
152	Kelsall, Bobbie	Staffordshire	Burslem	John Kelsall b 1844 m Margaret Dawson
153	Wilkinson, Sheila	Cheshire	Barthomley	Ann Kelsall m James Hancock 1741
154	Ellis, Linda	Lancashire	Pendleton	Thomas Kelsall an iron turner in Pendleton b 1820 married Johanna Longden
155	Hollingworth, Debbie	Cheshire	Ashton on Mersey	Percy Kelsall of Church Lane, Ashton-on-Mersey (around 1910
156	Jackson, Lynne	Cheshire	Stockport	Hannah Kelsall b 1801 Stockport, m William Brown 1820
157	Browning, Denise	Lancashire	Wyresdale	John Kelsall b1650 m Elizabeth Cragg 1682
158	Whittaker, Joanne	Lancashire	Wyresdale	John Kelsall b1650 m Elizabeth Cragg 1682
159	Kelsall, David Norman	Staffordshire	Hanley	Thomas Kelsall
160	Kelsall, Richard	Staffordshire	Burslem	Richard Kelsall b approx 1861 m Rhoda Simpson
161	MacWhirter, Laurette	Lancashire	Manchester	Thomas Seddon Kelsall (1798-1868) m Harriette Elizabeth Richardson
162	Turvey, Janis	Cheshire	Stockport	Susannah Kelsall b 1848, m John Shannon	London	India, Samoa
163	Greenheld, Beverley	Lancashire	Rusholme	Clara Alice Kelsall b 1892, father William Kelsall m Alice		Canada
165	Kelsall, Paula	Lancashire	Manchester	George KELSALL 1822c-1888. Tin Plate Worker/Gas Fitter. mar Mary Ann WATSFORD 1822-1889
166	Collins, Delma	Lancashire	Manchester	Robert Robinson Kelsall 1849 ? married Elizabeth Wright
167	Cooper, Shirley	Cheshire	Ashton on Mersey	George Kelsall b abt 1841 father John, mother Mary m Eliza Mills
168	Kelsall, Adam	Lancashire	Preston	James Kelsall m Lilly Kelsall
169	Musso, Donna	Lancashire	Pendleton	Frederick Kelsall, living at Enys street, Pendleton, 1901, m Eliza Davenport
170	Lovett, Sue	Staffordshire	Burslem	William bn 1747 and Hannah Steele
171	Kelsall, Vincent	Staffordshire	Burslem	William Kelsell (sic) m. Ann Rowbotham . Wm's father Michael
172	Taylor, Val	Lancashire	Didsbury	Jemima KELSALL c 10 Feb 1805, St. James, Didsbury. m Thomas GOODIER. Thomas KELSALL, c 4 March 1739, St. James, Didsbury m Martha MOORS
173	Coppins, Cherie	Lancashire	Oldham	Thomas Kelsall m Nancy Wrigley; Saddleworth, St. Chad, Oldham, 1845		immigrated to S Australia 1840s
174	Parkes, Lily	Staffordshire	Hanley	Clementina Hodson nee Kelsall b 1853 to Richard and Eliza Kelsall
175	Smith, Robert	Cheshire	Ashton on Mersey	James Kelsall born about 1795 Ashton upon Mersey married Jane Hale
176	Toulis, Sue			Emma Minnie Bamford Kelsall born in New Zealand 1862. sister Ellen Beatrice England Kelsall		New Zealand
177	Kettlewell, Paul	Cheshire	Mottram in Longdendale	Hannah Kelsall b 1810 Mottram, m William Kettlewell, traces to Henry Kelsall
178	Scott, Edward	Staffordshire	Audley	John K b 1644 Audley, vicar of Audley, later Vicar of Cheswardine
179	Harvey, Nicola	Staffordshire	Newcastle under Lyme	Ralph Kelsall, 1820s
180	Jackson, Gilbert	Lancashire	Quernmore	Joseph Jackson(1733-1813)
181	Gray, Paul	Lancashire	Quernmore	Charles Kelsall b.1869 a direct descendant of John Kelsall b.1650

My Genealogy

My KELSALL family is from Buckley in Flintshire, North Wales. Eight generations of Kelsalls have lived in Buckley from the mid 1700s to the present. Most of the Kelsall men have been coal miners, although the last mine closed in Buckley in the 1930s. My father, Charlie, played professional football for Wrexham.

I grew up in Buckley and attended Lane End Infants, Buckley County Primary (the “Board School”), Mold Alun Grammar, and Imperial College, London. I am currently living in Highlands Ranch, a suburb of Denver, Colorado.

Our Kelsall family can be traced with reasonable certainty to James Kelsall and Johanna Short who were married in Audley, Staffordshire in 1563. James moved to Audley from Cheadle in Cheshire sometime before 1539 and died in Audley in 1583. James’ son, William was Vicar of Audley at the time of the English Civil War. From James to my children, we can trace 14 generations of the Kelsall name. An article, The Kelsall Family of Audley, has been published in the Audley Historian, Number 5.

The Kelsall history in Buckley, Flintshire is traced back to the late 1700s through family records, the Hawarden parish registers, and the 1841 to 1881 censuses. It appears that the family originated in Buckley with Richard Kelsall and Mary BERKS who moved with their children from Staffordshire to Buckley most probably between 1750 and 1755. Richard Kelsall was involved with coal in Audley and it is likely that the family moved when new coal mines were opening in the Buckley area.

I am also interested in these other names:

IREDALE: My grandfather, John Iredale was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire in 1881. I have traced his family to William Iredale, born about 1775.

SHONE: My grandmother, Lily Shone was born in Buckley, Flintshire in 1879. I have traced her family to John Shone, born about 1740.

BLOOR: My great-great-grandmother, Esther Bloor was born in 1821 in Hanley, Staffordshire. Her parents were Enoch Bloor and Elizabeth Pool. She married Samuel Shone on December 15, 1839 in Hanley. Additional information on the Bloor name can be found at the Bloor Society web site.

EVANS: My grandmother, Margaret Evans was born in Buckley in 1886.

BECKETT: My great-grandmother, Hannah Beckett was born in 1857 in Great Mollington, Cheshire.

FENNAH: My great-great grandmother, Mary Fennah was born in Buckley in 1827.

Also in Buckley: MADDOCK, THORNTON, PETERS, ELLIS, ASTON, LAMB.

Also in Huddersfield: ANELEY, BURLEY

Also in Longton/Fenton: SHUFFELBOTHAM, POOL

Also from my wife’s family: WITTBECKER, SCOVILL and MOHR (Freeport, Illinois), ROITZ and BUTLER (Pueblo, Colorado). The SCOVILL line traces to the 1600s in Dorset.

The Kelsall Family of Audley

The following is extracted from The Kelsall Family of Audley published in the Audley Historian, Number 5. A price list for publications of the Audley & District Family History Society may be obtained from:

Joan Dobson,

C’est La Vie,

Scot Hay Road,

Alsagers Bank,

Stoke on Trent, Staffs.

England

Acknowledgements

The connection to Audley was originally obtained from the family history of Richard Kelsall found in the LDS Ancestral File submitted by John McNamara of Queensland, Australia. John kindly sent me copies of materials he had obtained from Stella Meaton of Crewe, including George Kelsall’s petition and pedigree charts.

I am especially indebted to Pat Spode, Robert Speake and Stan Brassington of the Audley & District Family History Society for obtaining and translating wills from Lichfield and for translating additional wills I had obtained from Chester. I have also obtained assistance from many others including: Helen Kelsall Wilson, Margaret Pember, Ian Bailey, Robert Mayer, Ian Bloor, Joan Dobson, and David Kelsall. Last, but certainly not least, I am of course indebted to my parents, Charles and Joan Kelsall of Buckley.

Full references are provided in the original article.

The Kelsall family tree in Audley prior to about 1720 is largely derived from the “ Kelsall Pedigrees”, a manuscript held by the Staffordshire Record Office. Information on later generations is obtained from a set of pedigrees used by George Kelsall in 1833 in connection with his claim for the estate of his grandfather, Richard Kelsall and from the history of Audley published by Richard Parrott in 1733.

The original Kelsall Pedigrees includes hundreds of family trees and this introduction. “An alphabetical genealogy of all the persons which are in any whitt a near neighbour unto me as far I know or can get information of.”. The original manuscript is delicate and not available for open inspection, but the Staffordshire Record Office is in the process of preparing a complete transcript. The Audley Family History Society holds hand-drawn copies of some of the pedigrees relating to Audley Parish, but their holdings do not include any Kelsall families. The author commissioned a transcript of the sections relating to the Kelsall name in 1999. According to Parrott , William Kelsall of Hall o’ Wood compiled the Kelsall Pedigrees between 1680 and 1690. In the Kelsall sections the latest dates written in the original hand are from 1711 while dates starting in 1714 appear in a different hand. William Kelsall died in 1720.

James Kelsall of Audley, Staffordshire (died 1583)

The Kelsall family in Audley was established by James Kelsall who “came forth of Cheshire”. According to Lysons’ Magna Britannia James was related to the Kelsall family of Bradshaw Hall in Cheadle.

The earliest mention of James Kelsall is his place on the Muster Roll of 1539. The Muster Roll was a list of 95 men who could be called to arms to help suppress a rising in the reign of Henry VIII. James is listed as possessing “a bill and a peir of splentes” (i.e. a 5 or 6-foot staff topped with a hook and spear head, and splints for tying broken bones).

According to the Kelsall Pedigrees “James came to Audley and married Agnes and had by her Ellen who married John Smith of Park Lane…Then he buried Agnes his wife November 20 and married Joan Short he being 87 years old February 27 both 1563…” Continuing from the pedigrees, “James was buried at Audley, August 29, 1583 being 107 years old”. To the present author this longevity is not credible. At 107, James would surely have been one of the oldest people alive anywhere on earth; moreover he would been 93 when his son John was born in 1569!

The Audley registers show two sons born to James, William (1565) identified as Vicar of Audley and John (1569). John’s will made in 1630 identifies him as a “nealer” (nail maker) and makes bequests to children, James, John, Anne and Joanne. John’s descendants may be traced through the wills of James and John and via the pedigrees and Audley registers.

William Kelsall (1565-1649), Vicar of Audley

Inscriptions at Audley Church show that William Kelsall was Vicar of Audley from 1592 (when he succeeded his father-in-law, Andrew Beech) to 1619, and in 1646 when he was ejected by the Parliamentary Committee together with his son, John, who was also his curate. The following entry appears in the Audley registers at the bottom of the page for baptisms in 1646:

“Here William Kelsall and his curare John Kelsall were sequestrated and ejected for adhering to the King Charles I and King Charles II returning to his throne John Kelsall returned to his vicarage August 9^th, 1660”

William’s baptism (January 11, 1565), and marriage to Ann (September 21, 1592), daughter of Andrew Beech (clericus, Audley) are recorded in the Audley registers. The following note also appears in the Audley registers: “April 3, 1646 - ends the handwriting of William Kelsall...He died in exile and was buried at Audley 1653”. William’s will was prepared on June 8, 1649 and the inventory refers to “William Kelsall, vicar of Audley, late deceased, taken August 16, 1649”.

William Kelsall’s will identifies three sons, William, John and Richard, and a daughter Margery who married Gabriell Smith. The inventory amounts to almost £21, the largest items being £5 for two young cows, £4 for his clothes, £2 for bedsteads, £2 for vessels of brass and £1 for one large swine. William’s son, John, succeeded his father as Vicar of Audley after the Civil War. John’s 1668 will refers to his two deceased wives (Margaret Brook and Elizabeth Haworth), and children John and Mary (who married Thomas Vernon). His inventory, not including property, amounted to £424, equivalent to over £30,000 in today’s terms; this included £160 in books, worth over £11,000 today.

Richard Kelsall of Balterley (1606-1683) and Dorothy Booth

William’s younger surviving son, Richard, was born in 1606 and married Dorothy Beech on June 10, 1628. Richard was a shoemaker. Most of what is known of Richard and his son Richard concerns the Hall o’ Wood estate. This estate included a splendid Elizabethan manor house which has been restored and still stands near Balterley about 2 miles west of Audley near the A52 Audley to Nantwich road. According to a brochure prepared recently for sale of the property, the house was built in 1557 for Judge George Wood of Chester. From Speake’s history of Betley, we see from the Hearth Tax of 1666 that Hall o’ Wood was occupied by Mrs. Wood and was charged for six hearths. Richard Kelsall occupied another house at Balterley also with six hearths. It appears that Richard Kelsall became the first Kelsall to own Hall o’ Wood sometime between 1666 and 1681 when he prepared his will. After Richard Kelsall (1606-1683), Hall o’Wood passed down off the author’s direct line, first to William (1641-1720) the compiler of the Kelsall Pedigrees. The interesting history of Hall o’ Wood culminated in a lawsuit in the 1830’s.

Richard and Dorothy Kelsall’s deaths are recorded on reasonably well preserved gravestones set in the path in Audley churchyard. The inscriptions read:

“Here lyeth the body of Richard Kelsall of Hallmerend who dyed the 29^th day of April 1683”

“Here lyeth the body of Dorothy Kelsall of Halmerend who dyed 24 Jan and buryed the 27th 1687”

Richard Kelsall’s will was prepared in 1681 two years before his death. The will leaves “the Hall of Wood and all lands, tenements…. appertaining with ..” to his son William, and makes bequests to his wife Dorothy, son Richard, and grandchildren Smith, Mary, Ann and Sarah Childe, and Elizabeth Poole. The value of the inventory, not including any property, was £158.15s.

Dorothy Kelsall’s will was prepared November 17, 1686 a little over two months before her death. Her bequests were to her older son, William, younger son, Richard and grandchildren Sarah Kelsall, Ann Kelsall, Elizabeth Pool, Mary___, Smith Child, William Kelsall and Richard Kelsall. (John Kelsall on the author’s direct line was not born until 1688.) Dorothy’s will includes the following: “My will and mind is that the chest in the higher parlour shall be an heireloom to them that shall enjoy Halmerend House, and if any goods in the house are unbequeathed my will and mind is my son Richard shall have them.” The house itself is not included in the will, presumably because it would have passed automatically to son Richard. Dorothy’s estate was inventoried at £206.10s, of which £165 was in bills bonds and obligations. Each grandchild was given between £10 and £30.

Parrott contains the following passage describing Richard Kelsall’s interest in coal mining.

“The next house on the south Halmerend Lane that is free land, did formerly belonge to one Mr. Cooke of Drayton, and about 70 years since [i.e. c. 1663] one John Viggers (nicknamed Thumper Viggers) bought it of Mr. Cooke. Viggers came out of Shropshire, from Rockardine.) He was a

ground collier and became partner with one Richard Kelsall his neighbour in coalworkes under the Bretts in a piece of land called Scothay, where he got his money.”

Also, from the will of John Viggars of Halmerend (1594 - 1666/7), dated September 1, 1666:

“And I give and bequeath unto John Viggars and Nicholas Viggars, my kinsmen, all tithe, chyme and interest in the coal mine or coal mines which Richard Kelsall, Edward Stubbs and I hold from the Mr. William Sneyd and Mr. Edward Brett the Younger”

Thus, the Kelsall family was involved in coal mining from before 1666. The Richard named in the will is presumed to be Richard (1606 - 1683) since his son Richard would have been only 16 in 1666. Richard Kelsall of Halmerend (1650-1717) and Catherine Sherratt (1648-1723). As related by Parrott, this Richard inherited Halmerend while his brother William inherited Hall o’ Wood. Richard married Catherine Sherratt and had 3 sons, Richard, William and John, at least one daughter, Anne (who married William Moore), and possibly another daughter Mary.

Richard’s epitaph appears on the same flagstone at Audley Church as that of his father:

“Richard son of the above written Richard Kelsall was also interred Feb 17^th Ano Dom 1718 ano etat 68”

The will of “Richard Kelsall of Halmerend, Yeoman” was prepared on the 14^th January 1718. His bequests were to his sons, Richard, William and John, his daughter Anne Moore, John’s sons Richard and William, and his wife Catherine. Richard’s inventory taken 18^th February 1718 amounted to £100. 9s, including £85 in money and bonds. Possessions are listed for the following rooms: the parlour, buttery, chamber over the parlour, and the shoppe. (One of the witnesses to the will was Joseph Berks. Richard’s grandson, Richard would marry Mary Birks.)

Catherine’s epitaph is also on the flagstone at Audley Church:

“Catherine wife of the above lait Richard Kelsall was likewise interred April the 18th Ano Dom 1723 ano etat 74”

Catherine’s will was prepared in 1722. Her bequests were to her sons, John and William, and daughter Anne Moores. The only grandchild mentioned is William “the son of my deceased son, Richard”. Her inventory taken April 17^th 1723 amounted to £32.12s. 9d, and included £17 in money.

John Kelsall of Halmerend (1688-1746)

John Kelsall was occupying Halmerend in 1733 at the time of Parrott’s survey. The Kelsall Pedigrees show John Kelsall married Hannah Machin while his brother Richard married Hannah Henbury.

The burials of both John and Hannah are recorded on inscriptions at Audley Church:

“Here lyeth the body of John Kelsall of Hallmerend who was interred April 29^th 1746 aged 58”

“Hannah the wife of John Kelsall was here interred Dec 1 1764 a.63”

John’s will was prepared April 6^th 1746. He makes bequests to his wife Hannah, sons John, William and Richard, and daughters Sarah Kelsall and Hannah Green. The will makes cash bequests totaling £135 but Richard receives only a long table, cupboard and “flying Gun”. By comparison, John and Sarah as joint executors received £40 and £60 respectively. As the eldest son Richard would have inherited the house automatically.

The Move to Flintshire; Richard Kelsall (1713-1780) and Mary Birks

Richard Kelsall was born in 1713 in Audley, Staffordshire and was buried at Hawarden Parish Church in Flintshire on February 14, 1780. Mary Birks was born in Newcastle under Lyme and died in 1791 in Pentrobin (Buckley), Hawarden Parish. Richard and Mary were married at Newcastle under Lyme January 19, 1734.

Richard and Mary had 11 children, Richard, William, Mary, John, Joseph, George, Nancy, Sarah, Hannah, Ann and Robert born between 1736 and 1762. The first 7 children up to and including Nancy in 1750 were apparently born in Audley, and the last three in Mold Parish, Flintshire, probably in Bistre in present-day Buckley. The Mold Parish registers list three Kelsall baptisms from the period, all with father and mother Richard and Mary: Hannah baptised May 19, 1755; Robert, July 1, 1758; and Sarah, April 25, 1762. This would mean that the family must have moved between 1750 and 1755. In 1758 Richard Kelsall was occupying land “by Sandycroft” at Burntwood in Buckley.

Most of the children are known to have died in Hawarden parish, but some connections with Staffordshire were retained.

Richard, the oldest child born in 1736, married Sarah Shore in Madeley, Staffordshire in 1755. According to one of George Kelsall’s pedigrees, Richard died in Neston in 1764. One of his children, Thomas married Mary Edwards in Stoke in 1778 and had several children in Stoke.

Joseph born in 1746 stayed in Staffordshire (or returned) and married Sarah Mountford at Wolstanton in 1772. Joseph and Sarah have many descendants in Hanley.

Richard and Mary’s ninth child, Robert Kelsall was baptised at Bistre July 1,1758 and died in May 1820. He is described in the Hawarden registers as a machine man collier. Mary Jones was born in Hawarden parish in about 1765 and was still alive at the time of the 1851 census aged 86. The Hawarden registers include 7 children of Robert and Mary, and examination of later census records suggests two more. The history of the Kelsall family in Buckley will be the subject of another article.

World War I Debt of Honour

An index of British and Commonwealth soldiers who died in World War I.

Compiled from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register

Data in [ ] added from the “Soldiers Died in the Great War” CD

	Name	Rank	Father	Mother	Spouse	Address	Regiment	Date of Death
1	Kelsall, Arthur	Private	Richard	Rhoda		23 Wood St., Burslem	North Staffordshire Regiment	10th Jun 1917
2	Kelsall, A[lfred]	Lance Corporal			Nellie	28 Ann St., Reddish, Stockport	Cheshire Regiment	27th Aug 1916
3	Kelsall, Alexander Ernest	Lance Corporal				[Trent Vale, Staffs]	North Staffordshire Regiment	29th Aug 1915
4	Kelsall, Albert Edward	Private				[Manchester]	Manchester Regiment	2nd Aug 1917
5	Kelsall, Alfred John	Gunner	John	Rosean		Brooklyn Farm, Copthorne Rd., Shrewsbury	Royal Field Artillery	28th Mar 1918
6	Kelsall, Alfred Joseph	Private				[Blundellsands, Lancs	The King's (Liverpool Regiment)	1st Jul 1916
7	Kelsall, Alfred Norman	Private	Leonard	Lydia		Hanley	Royal Warwickshire Regiment	5th Sep 1918
8	[Kelsall, Charles]	Private				Longsight, Manchester	Manchester Regiment	7^th Oct 1916
9	Kelsall, Clifford	Private	William			3 Amfield Lane, Tintwhistle, Manchester	Royal Welsh Fusiliers	6th Jul 1916
10	Kelsall, Clarence Edward	Private	James	Esther		Newport, Salop	Manchester Regiment	10th Jul 1916
11	Kelsall, Charles Henry	Third Engineer	James Edward	Clara	Zillah Adeline	53 Wright St., Hull (born Bolton)	Mercantile Marine	31st Oct 1917
12	Kelsall, Cyril Jeffrey	Lance Corporal		Alice E		Onehunga, Auckland	N.Z. Rifle Brigade	25th Nov 1918
13	Kelsall, Charles Proctor	Lieutenant	Charles Proctor	Elizabeth Jane	Dorothy	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	Australian Infantry, A.I.F	14th May 1918
14	Kelsall, Daniel	Private				[Audley, Staffs]	Norfolk Regiment	18th Sep 1918
15	Kelsall, Eric	Private	Thomas	Grace		91 Wellington St., Oakes, Lindley, Huddersfield	Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regt.)	28th Jul 1916
16	Kelsall, Ernest	Private				[Fenton, Staffs]	North Staffordshire Regiment	7th Sep 1916
17	Kelsall, Ernest	Private	Henry	Sarah		2 Tunnicliffe’s Old Row, Leigh	Machine Gun Corps	3rd Jun 1918
18	Kelsall, Edward Henry	Private				[Shrewsbury; see Alfred John]	South Lancashire Regiment	22nd Mar 1918
19	Kelsall, Frederick	Serjeant				Liscard, Cheshire	Manchester Regiment	22nd Mar 1918
20	Kelsall, F[rederick] A[lfred]	Private				St Johns, Workington, Cumberland	Border Regiment	21st Jun 1916
21	Kelsall, Frederic William James	Private	Frederic	Mary		98 Victoria St., Newark, Notts	Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regt.)	17th Aug 1918
22	Kelsall, G[eorge]	Private	[Joshua]	[Catherine]		[Preston]	The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment	7th Mar 1917
23	Kelsall, George Ernest	Private	James	Alice		70 Doncaster, Leicester	Coldstream Guards	11th Aug 1915
24	Kelsall, George Henry	Private					Auckland Regiment, N.Z.E.F.	30th Mar 1918
25	Kelsall, H[arry]	Private	John	Lucy		4 Swiss Villas, Chuch Lane, Ashton-on-Mersey	Welsh Regiment	30th Aug 1918
26	Kelsall, H[erbert]	Private	Frederic	Margaret		104 Higher Parr St., St Helens	Tank Corps	14th Apr 1918
27	Kelsall, Harry	Private				Hanley, Staffs	Northumberland Fusiliers	26th Oct 1917
28	Kelsall, Herbert	Private	James	Hannah		95 Geoffrey St., Chorley	Lancashire Fusiliers	1st Sep 1918
29	[Kelsall, James William]	Private				Longsight, Manchester	Manchester Regiment	1^st July 1916
30	Kelsall, John	Trooper	Edward	Elizabeth		Hornby, Lancs	Australian Light Horse	4th Nov 1917
31	Kelsall, J[oseph]	Private		Elizabeth		52 Ivan St., Belfast [b. Oldham]	Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers	17th Mar 1915
32	Kelsall, J[ohn]	Private				[Bettisfield, Salop]	East Surrey Regiment	14th Dec 1917
33	Kelsall, John	Gunner					Canadian Garrison Artillery	4th Mar 1918
34	Kelsall, Joseph	Private					Australian Infantry, A.I.F	15th Jul 1916
35	Kelsall, J	Private					The King's (Liverpool Regiment)	9th Feb 1920
36	Kelsall, John [Ralph]	Lance Corporal				[Manchester]	The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment	23rd Jul 1916
37	Kelsall, John Henry	Sapper				[Widnes, Lancs]	Royal Engineers	6th Jun 1915
38	Kelsall, J J	Air Mechanic 1st Class					Royal Air Force	31st Jan 1920
39	Kelsall, John Lindsay	Captain	Henry	Mary		Moss Side Estate, Rochdale	Royal Field Artillery	28th Aug 1917
40	Kelsall, John Pedder	Private	Joseph	Jane	Ruth	Garstang, Lancs	King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regt.)	3rd Apr 1917
41	Kelsall, John Slater	Private	Thomas	Mary Jane	Bertha	18 Park Rd., Wilmslow, Cheshire	Royal Welsh Fusiliers	2nd May 1918
42	Kelsall, John William	Private			Ada Ann	36 Wilks St., Tunstall, Stoke	East Lancashire Regiment	19th Sep 1917
43	Kelsall, James William	Lance Corporal	James	Esther		39 Granville Rd., Fallowfield, Manchester	Manchester Regiment	1st Jul 1916
44	Kelsall, M	Rifleman	Matthew Henry	Mary Ann		26 Berkley St., Attercliffe, Sheffield	King's Royal Rifle Corps	14th Nov 1914
45	Kelsall, Percy	Serjeant	William	Alice		Halmer End Hall, Halmer End, Stoke	North Staffordshire Regiment	29th Sep 1918
46	Kelsall, R[alph]	Private				[Newcastle, Staffs]	North Staffordshire Regiment	6th Jun 1915
47	Kelsall, Richard	Private			Fanny	44 Wellington St., Hanley, Stoke	Royal Fusiliers	31st Jul 1917
48	Kelsall, Richard	Gunner	Richard	Rhoda		23 Wood St., Burslem, Stoke	Royal Field Artillery	4th Sep 1917
49	Kelsall, Richard George	Lance Corporal				[Pendleton, Manchester]	Royal Fusiliers	20th Jul 1916
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