Atcherley articles and stories grouped by the topics they cover. Those stories which relate to more than one topic are included in both or all of the relevant categories . The images below all link to the stories in which they appear, where picture credits will be found.
- Mum
- Agricultural Atcherleys
- Trading aces
- An Education: Atcherley students and teachers
- Faith, hope and charity
- Law and disorder
- Atcherley actors, artists and authors
- Planes, trains, automobiles and Atcherleys
- Atcherleys at rest and play
- For richer, for poorer
- In sickness and in health
- Love and marriage – and other relationships
- Atcherleys abroad: The Old World: Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia | The New World: The Americas and the Caribbean | Down Under: Australia and New Zealand
- Conflicts of interest – Atcherleys in wartime: Pre-World War 1 | World War 1 | World War 2
- Atcherley genealogy: Atcherley origins | The descendants and kin of Thomas of Marton | The descendants and kin of Richard of Stanwardine | Branches rejoined, and other families researched | General research – house history, census and other records, transcription troubles and DNA | Setting (and sometimes achieving!) goals
- Showtime! Family history shows and events
Mum
Two stories relating to the woman whose Atcherley maiden name sparked my genealogical journey – my late mother.
- Remembering Mum. The family history themed tribute to Mum which I read at her funeral, published a year after her passing.
- Family, trees, and memories. Observations and recollections from a Bluebell Walk in memory of Mum.
Agricultural Atcherleys
Over the centuries many Atcherleys have belonged to farming families, working on land they owned or leased. The 1800s however saw the decline of Atcherleys who worked as farmers and the rise of Atcherleys who worked for farmers (as labourers or waggoners for example).
- Richard Atcherley, yeoman farmer of Wolverley.
- Samuel Atcherley’s true and perfect inventory – Part 1. – Part 2. – Part 3.
- The ups and downs of the last Atcherleys of Stanwardine.
- Atcherley ‘ag labs’ and illuminating inquests.
- The life of John Atcherley, waggoner of Kinnersley.
Trading aces
A favoured field of employment for some of those Atcherleys who did not farm, was making and/or selling clothing, other ‘dry goods’ or foodstuffs.
- Roger Acheley, Part 2 – Freeman of the Drapers’ Company.
- Thomas Atcherley and his Marton tannery.
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- John Atcherley and American Independence.
- Glover, mercer, drapers – Roger and Elizabeth Atcherley.
- Oliver and Atcherley: The men, the firm and its history – Part 1. – Part 2.
- Philip Roger Atcherley and his long drawn out bankruptcy.
- Philip Roger Atcherley: A Brit bounces back in the USA – Part 1. – Part 2.
- Paris, Texas: Charles Cureton Atcherley in the USA.
- Elders and Fyffes and Atcherley – Part 1. – Part 2.
An Education: Atcherley students and teachers
Not all Atcherleys received a formal education, but many did and some also went on to be teachers or even school masters. Researching these stories certainly taught me a lesson!
The Rev James Atcherley, Head Master of Shrewsbury – Part 1. – Part 2.- Henry Atcherley’s school days.
- Art/work: Samuel Atcherley and the designs for his future.
- An Atcherley and an almshouse.
- Hope and Hester Atcherley’s school days.
- Samuel Lawrence Atcherley Junior’s Hawaiian school days.
Faith, hope and charity
Historically, the Christian faith has played an important part in the lives of almost all members of the Atcherley family. Some pursued a career in the church, most were churchgoers, some were active in the church in other ways, and many contributed generously to charitable causes.
- The Rev James Atcherley, Head Master of Shrewsbury – Part 1. – Part 2.
- The Rev John Atcherley and his naval chaplaincy.
- The Curate of Wednesbury and His Vicar – Part 1. – Part 2.
- Chastity, Missionaries, and the Rev John Atcherley.
- An Atcherley in Albertland – Part 1.
- The Misses Atcherley and the wonders of the Victorian Crowdfunders.
- The Misses Atcherley and the Salop Penitentiary – Part 1. – Part 2.
- Charities, golf tees and Catherine Emma Grace Atcherley.
- Faith, hope and charity – Fanny Rose, nee Atcherley.
Law and disorder
Some Atcherleys some administered or enforced the law, some tried to make or change it, and others broke it!
- Roger Acheley, Part 1 – Alderman, Sheriff, and Lord Mayor of London.
- The constitution, the monarchy, and Counsellor Roger Acherley.
- John Atcherley and the deterrence of felonies.
- The life and crimes of Thomas Atcherley.
- A fraudster Down Under: Robert Atcherley Taylor – Part 1. – Part 2. – Part 3. – Part 4. – Part 5. – Part 6. – Part 7.
- Before he was famous: When Mr Serjeant Atcherley was an Ensign.
- Mr Sergeant Atcherley and a sentence of death.
- James Rennell Atcherley and an Electoral Conspiracy.
- A policeman’s lot: Constable Thomas Cureton Atcherley (Part 1).
- Eleanor Frances Atcherley and the Wakefield Women’s Suffrage Society – Part 1. – Part 2.
- Major Llewellyn Atcherley and the elusive suffragette – Part 1. – Part 2.
- Llewellyn William Atcherley, Inspector of Constabulary.
- Llewellyn Atcherley and police efficiency.
- Mary Haaheo Atcherley and her Democratic candidacy.
Atcherley actors, artists and authors
Several members of the Atcherley family engaged in acting, singing, playing musical instruments, sculpting, painting, or writing. Some did so to earn a living or supplement their income, others for pleasure, and some performed to raise money for charitable causes.
- The stage career of Rowland Hill Atcherley: Act 1.
- Lucy Eleanor Louisa Atcherley: Her life and loves in the spotlight.
- Caroline Frances Amherst Atcherley and an opera by Donizetti.
- Henry Mount Langton Atcherley and the New Zealand Wars – Part 1. – Part 2.
- Art/work: Samuel Atcherley and the designs for his future.
- The Art and Soul of Ethel Atcherley.
- An Atcherley Bibliography.
- The constitution, the monarchy, and Counsellor Roger Acherley.
- Charlotte and Caroline, an Atcherley author and her sister.
Planes, trains, automobiles and Atcherleys
For centuries people travelled on foot, by horse, or on sailing vessels. Engines revolutionised transport, and for some members of the Atcherley family this opened up new horizons with regard to holiday destinations or 
employment.
- The Misses Atcherley and their seaside holidays – Part 1. – Part 2.
- Edward Richard Atcherley: A new start in New Swindon.
- John Roger Atcherley and railway accountancy – Part 1. – Part 2.
- Atcherley Anecdotes for #RAF100.
- A Day at the Air Races – Part 1. – Part 2.
- The disappearance of David Atcherley.
Atcherleys at rest and play
What the Atcherleys did with the time they had for holidays and recreation.
- Atcherleys of Christmas Past, Part 1. – Part 2.
- The Misses Atcherley and their seaside holidays – Part 1. – Part 2.
- William Baugh Atcherley and his Saturday half-holidays – Part 1. – Part 2.
- Charities, golf tees and Catherine Emma Grace Atcherley.
- Elders and Fyffes and Atcherley – Part 2.
- Athletic Atcherleys: Football in the family tree – Part 1.
- Samuel Lawrence Atcherley Junior’s Hawaiian school days.
For richer, for poorer
Following the Atcherley family’s financial fortunes and misfortunes.
- Christiana Atcherley in her own words – Part 1. – Part 2. – Part 3.
- 52 Atcherleys: John Atcherley and Elizabeth, née Meadows.
- Sarah and John Atcherley: From Waters Upton to the Workhouse.
- The ups and downs of the last Atcherleys of Stanwardine.
- Roger Atcherley and his one shilling legacies.
- The widowed Ann Atcherley and matters pecuniary.
- The Misses Atcherley and their income from property.
- Philip Roger Atcherley and his long drawn out bankruptcy.
- Philip Roger Atcherley: A Brit bounces back in the USA – Part 1. – Part 2.
In sickness and in health
An examination of the Atcherleys who dispensed or received medical treatment following illness of accident.
- Till he grew disordered in his mind.
- Lunacy and an Atcherley, Part 1.
- John Roger Atcherley and railway accountancy – Part 2.
- Water, fire and fever: The trials of Thomas Atcherley.
- Rowland Atcherley, M.D.
- Doctor Atcherley’s Casebook – Part 1.
- Quackery and an Atcherley.
- A tragic fatality: the deaths of May and Amy Atcherley.
- James Rennell Atcherley: A life and death with horses – Part 1. – Part 2.
Love and marriage – and other relationships
A look at the families in the Atcherley family tree, the result of love and marriage. Along with cohabitation, children born outside wedlock, absent fathers, and divorce. Plus those who (by choice or otherwise) lived the single life.
- Thomas and Jane Atcherley: Evidence of matrimony in a case at Chancery.
- Love and Marriage (Settlement): Thomas Atcherley and Hannah Cureton.
- Bride and Joy: Celebrating an Atcherley marriage.
- Camille Casimir Breton and Ann Compton Atcherley: The French connection.
- Mary Atcherley, née Rennell: Putting the geographer’s daughter on the map. – A Eurasian in England. – Wife, mother, and widow.
- The six sons of Sarah Atcherley.
- Christiana Atcherley in her own words – Part 1. – Part 2. – Part 3.
- The lives of Henry Atcherley, his wives, and their families – Part 1.
- The marital histories of Ann and Eleonora Atcherley.
- Rose Atcherley and her marital difficulties – Part 1. – Part 2. – Part 3.
- Lucy Eleanor Louisa Atcherley: Her life and loves in the spotlight.
- Constant companions? The Misses Mary Cureton Atcherley,
Atcherleys abroad
The Atcherley family might be small in number, but it has certainly managed to get around! These stories look at the lives of Atcherleys who emigrated from – and a few Atcherley marriage partners who immigrated to – Britain.
The Old World: Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia
- An Atcherley in Germany.
- The Anglo-French ancestry of Ann Compton Atcherley.
- Camille Casimir Breton and Ann Compton Atcherley: The French connection
. - Richard Atcherley in pre-WW2 Germany – Part 1. – Part 2.
- Elders and Fyffes and Atcherley – Part 1. – Part 2.
- The disappearance of David Atcherley.
- Muriel Hope Atcherley: In and Out of Africa – Part 1. – Part 2.
- Mary Atcherley, née Rennell: Putting the geographer’s daughter on the map. – A Eurasian in England.
The New World: The Americas and the Caribbean
- Philip Roger Atcherley: A Brit bounces back in the USA – Part 1. – Part 2.
- James Roger Atcherley’s American Civil War – Part 1. – Part 2. – Part 3. – Part 4.
- Paris, Texas: Charles Cureton Atcherley in the USA.
- Rose Atcherley and her marital difficulties – Part 1. – Part 2. – Part 3.
- Mary Haaheo Atcherley and her Democratic candidacy.
- Samuel Lawrence Atcherley Junior’s Hawaiian school days.
- A Day at the Air Races – Part 1. – Part 2.
- Royalty in Vancouver: Victoria Elizabeth Kaiulani Atcherley.
- An Atcherley family’s World War One: The Canadian Home Front.
- An Atcherley in Canada – Part 1. – Part 2.
- Sugar, slaves and the dry bellyache: Edward Atcherley in Jamaica.
Down Under: Australia and New Zealand
A fraudster Down Under: Robert Atcherley Taylor – Part 1. – Part 2. – Part 3. – Part 4. – Part 5. – Part 6. – Part 7.- Was Margaret Atcherley’s son transported to Australia?
- An Atcherley in Australia.
- Henry Mount Langton Atcherley and the New Zealand Wars – Part 1. – Part 2.
- An Atcherley in Albertland – Part 1.
- Lunacy and an Atcherley, Part 1.
Conflicts of interest – Atcherleys in wartime
There are few if any families who have not been touched by war at some time in history. Here are my stories about Atcherleys who went to war, and those who were active on the home front.
Pre-World War 1
- An Atcherley family’s English Civil War – Part 1.
- John Atcherley and American Independence.
- An Atcherley at the Crimea – Part 1.
- The Rev John Atcherley and his naval chaplaincy.
- An Officer and a Gentleman: Roger (or Rowland) Atcherley.
- Robert Atcherley and the ‘Rutlandshire Cavalry’.
- An Atcherley at Trafalgar.
- The mystery of the missing Militia man.
- Before he was famous: When Mr Serjeant Atcherley was an Ensign.
- Henry Mount Langton Atcherley and the New Zealand Wars – Part 1. – Part 2.
- James Roger Atcherley’s American Civil War – Part 1. – Part 2. – Part 3. – Part 4.
- Eleanor Frances Atcherley and the Boer War.
World War 1
- Atcherley family stories from World War One.
- Henry Atcherley’s World War One.
- Douglas Atcherley’s World War One.
- Samuel Atcherley’s World War One.
- Jack Rowland Atcherley’s World War One.
- Llewellyn Atcherley’s World War One.
- Brothers in Arms: Four Atcherley siblings in World War One – Part 1.
- War wounds: John Atcherley’s World War One.
- An Atcherley in Canada – Part 1.
- Dr John Atcherley’s World War One.
- An Atcherley family’s World War One: The Canadian Home Front.
- Ethel Mary Atcherley’s World War One.
- Hope and Hester Atcherley’s World War One – Part 1. – Part 2.
- Roy Atcherley Vosper’s World War One.
- Atcherley descendants who fell in World War One.
World War 2
- Richard Atcherley in pre-WW2 Germany – Part 1. – Part 2.
- Atcherleys on the eve of World War Two – the 1939 Register.
- An Atcherley in Canada – Part 2.
- David Atcherley’s World War Two – Part 1.
- Richard Atcherley’s World War Two – Shot down in a Spitfire.
- Tony Atcherley’s World War Two: D-Day.
- Moving Half the Mountain.
- Kathleen Atcherley’s World War Two.
- Hope and Hester Atcherley’s World War Two.
Atcherley genealogy
Stories and articles focussing on my work to untangle the sometimes twisted, sometimes well-buried roots of the Atcherley family tree and to reveal the growth of some of its branches.
Atcherley origins
The descendants and kin of Thomas of Marton
- Untangling the family tree of Thomas of Marton and Wolverley – Part 1. – Part 2.
- Edge of the tree no longer: Thomas Atcherley, alias Edge.
- The rebirth of the Atcherleys of Stanwardine.
- The marital mystery of Sarah Atcherley.
- Richard Atcherley and his hopes for posterity.
- The forgotten brother of David Francis Atcherley.
The descendants and kin of Richard of Stanwardine
- Judith Kynaston … and connections with Royalty?
Thomas and Jane Atcherley: Evidence of matrimony in a case at Chancery.- The Atcherley family of Edgerley in Kinnerley – Part 1.
- – Part 2.
- The mothers of the Moortown Atcherleys.
- Kissing cousins.
- Kate’s fate: Kate Atcherley and her family’s story.
Branches rejoined, and other families researched
- Atcherleys Reunited.
- Love Atchley: Finds in the family tree of the Atchleys of England.
- The Atcherley-Symes story – Part 1. – Part 2. – Part 3.
- The Atcherleys who weren’t.
General research – house history, census and other records, transcription troubles and DNA
- If halls could talk: Marton Hall and its Atcherleys.
- Census and sensibility.
- Shropshire parish registers go online.
- Atcherleys on the eve of World War Two – the 1939 Register.
- A matter of life and death (certificates) – Part 1.
- Lost in transcription.
- Putting the genes into genealogy – Part 1. – Part 2. – Part 3.
Setting (and sometimes achieving!) goals
- 10 Genealogy Goals for 2015.
- 10 Genealogy Goals for 2015 – an update.
- 8 Genealogy Goals for 2016.
- Genealogy Goals 2016 – 2017.
- Genealogy achievements in 2017 and goals for 2018.
Showtime! Family history shows and events
My experiences at family history shows and events (so far, the dearly departed Who Do You Think You Are? Live! Show).
- Echoes of the past. My first WDYTYA? Live, in 2011.
- Who Do You Think You Are? Live, 2015 – Part 1. When WDYTYA? Live came to Birmingham.
- What’s past is prologue – WDYTYA Live, 2015 / 2016. Part 2 of my report on the 2015 show was a bit overdue!
- Who Do You Think You Are? Live: 2016 – Part 1. – Part 2. “All the fun of the family history fair, on the grandest scale”.
- Who Do You Think You Are? Live – 2017. In which I commented on things which did “not bode well for the future of WDYTYA? Live.”
