William Ashbee was born c1803 in Hillsley, Gloucestershire, England,
and died 14 Jan 1870 at 2 York Cottages, Grosvenor Terrace, Cheltenham, of 'Disease of the heart'.
William was originally a baker and grocer but tried to get into publishing. In 1868, he fell foul of a copyright
case that proved to be important for later digital data and databases. This case bankrupted him and he died
shortly after.
Articles and mentions:
A Copyright Casualty — Part I
A Copyright Casualty — Part II
A Copyright Casualty — Part III
Ann, or "Annie", was born c1801 in Westonbirt, Gloucestershire, England,
and died 29 Nov 1869 at 30 Smith Terrace, Chelsea, of 'Asthma, disease of the heart, many years'.
Thomas Ashbee was born c1826 in Tetbury, Gloucestershire, and died 1891 in the same county. He was a tin worker and
this contributed to a dementia causing him to be described as an 'imbecile' in the 1891 census. He was married twice
during his life.
John Ashbee was born c1831 in Westonbirt, Tetbury, and died 22 Apr 1912 at 67 Ringford Road, Wansworth, London.
Emma Jane Ashbee (later Stanton) was born c1834 in Tetbury, Gloucestershire, and died 22 Apr 1924 (same date as her father) at 59
Norland Road, Nottingham.
William Stanton was born c1833 in Bishops Cleeve, Gloucestershire. Death uncertain. Possibly in Bicester, Oxfordshire, in 1924.
Mary Sandford was born c1834 in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, and died 1871 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
William Ashbee was born 29 Nov 1836 in Tetbury, Gloucestershire, and died 24 Jan 1907 at 48 Cannon Street, Glasshoughton, West Yorkshire.
Articles and mentions:
A Copyright Casualty — Part III
Mary Ann Hale was born c1844 in Middlesex, and died c1890 in Islington, London.
Annie Emma Isabel Stanton was born in 1873 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, and died 1956 in Nottingham.
William Henry Proctor was born 21 Apr 1870 in Nottingham, and died 12 Dec 1950 in Nottingham.
Helenor Gertrude Norton was born c1868 in Leeds, and died 7 Dec 1902 at 55 Pemberton Street, Shelford, Barton-upon-Irwell, Lancashire, aged 35,
of 'pulmonary tuberculosis 10 months, exhaustion'.
Articles and mentions:
More of a Life Revealed
William Henry Ashbee was born 1866 in St. Pancras, Middlesex, and died 1922 at St. David's Care Home, Ealing.
Articles and mentions:
More of a Life Revealed
Evelyn A. Graham, or "Eveline", was born c1884 in Leeds, and died 1918 in Wigan, Lancashire, aged 34.
Articles and mentions:
More of a Life Revealed
Mary Phyllis Ashbee was born 28 May 1905 in Bradford, Yorkshire, and died 13 Jun 1984 while on holiday in Switzerland. She never married.
Articles and mentions:
A Life Revealed
More of a Life Revealed
Evelyn Ashbee was 14 Mar 1909 in Chorlton, Lancashire, and died 1997 in Tower Hamlets, London.
Articles and mentions:
More of a Life Revealed
Patricia Ann Ashbee was born 26 Dec 1910 in Chorlton, Lancashire, and died 1973 in St Andrews, Fife, aged 63.
Articles and mentions:
More of a Life Revealed
Following the reading of the banns on 18 Jun 1825, William Ashbee married Ann Hayward in the parish of Westonbirt,
Gloucestershire, England.
William Stanton married Mary Sandford in c1856 in Cheltenham. They had three children.
After the death of his first wife, William Stanton married Emma Jane Ashbee on 21 Nov 1872 at Gloucester St. Catharine.
They had three children.
William Ashbee married Mary Ann Hale in Holborn, London, in c1866.
They had eight children.
William Henry Proctor married Annie Emma Isabel Stanton at Nottingham Emmanuel on 29 Nov 1891.
They had eleven children.
William Henry Ashbee married Helenor Gertrude Norton in Chorlton, Lancashire, in 1893. There were no children.
After the death of his first wife, William Henry Ashbee married Evelyn A. Graham at Sale St. Anne, Chester, on 1 Aug 1904.