Hello All,
My Ilsleys also came from Berkshire/Oxfordshire (the boundaries changed at some stage). Thomas Ilsley and Jane Hyde were married October 28, 1818 in Reading, Berkshire and had 4 children Thomas, Charles, Emma and Albert. Albert married Caroline Clark in Caversham, Oxfordshire on November 26, 1850 and had 2 sons Edwin Albert and Joseph Henry. Joseph moved to Australia (via New Zealand in 1872) in approximately 1877. After 6 years in New South Wales he moved to Camperdown in Victoria, where he married Charlotte Fuller on January 11, 1887 and had 10 children, one of whom was my maternal grandfather, Henry Reginald Ilsley.
I'd love to hear from anyone who thinks our rellies might be connected.
Regards and good hunting.
Cathy