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SHELLAKER STORIES

William & Sarah Shellaker

The warrant for the arrest of William & Sarah Shellaker is dated 30th June 1855 with their trial taking place the following week on the 4th of July.

Richard & Mary Shellaker

Of their four children, only one survives. The continuation of this Shellaker line is entirely reliant upon the survival of their 12 year old son, Richard.

Polly Shellaker

The man who walked into Finkin Street Chapel to marry Polly was not ‘Frank James Brown, Bachelor of Grantham’ but was actually, Francis Cable.

Emma Shellaker

The congregation were unaware, as choir mistress Emma entered the Chapel to marry Sam Geary she was, for a second occasion, pregnant.

Nellie Shellaker

As Dad turned to look at the cottage he saw the thatched roof was blazing! He shouted up the stairs “Get up. All of you, the house is on fire!”

Frank ‘Brown’ & The Cable Family

Enter the squalor and misery of Dickensian London to where one of Dicken’s most infamous characters, Bill Sikes, hangs himself after killing Nancy.

My Leedham Antecedents

My father, George Harry Leedham was born on Sunday 10th January 1897 in the City of Leicester but from an early age he was known as 'Harry'

My Curtis Ancestors of Norwich

The Curtis family moved from Norwich in Norfolk to the city of Leicester around the year 1860 to follow their trade in the Boot & Shoe industry.

FURTHER BACK IN TIME .......

Lyndon in Rutland c.1682 – 1843

The family name appears on 38 occasions within the parish records of Lyndon for baptisms, marriages and funerals - five generations of the Shellaker family.
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Loddington c.1600 – 1683

Around the time William Shakespeare died and before the Dodo became extinct, the Shellaker family were living in the east Leicestershire village of Loddington.
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Origins of the Shellaker Surname?

Where did our family name originate? Was the source an occupation, a personal characteristic, a feature of the landscape or possibly a settlement in the far North of England?

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