In addition to much information given about this man on his , James Yearsley was born on 17 May 1805 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, the eldest of the five children of Moses Yearsley and Jane Yearsley née Cowley. On 14 June 1805 he was baptised in St Mary de Crypt Church, Southgate Street, Gloucester, where in the baptismal register his date of birth is confirmed.
His four siblings were: John Yearsley (1806-1867); Jane Yearsley (1807-1880); Moses Yearsley (1811-1812) and Stephen Yearsley (1812-1877).
On 6 December 1828 he married Hannah Eliza Fletcher (1807-1879) in St Mary de Lode Church, 1 St Mary's Square, Gloucester, where in the marriage register he was shown as a bachelor residing in the parish of St Thomas the Apostle in London, whilst his wife was described as a spinster living in the parish of St Mary de Lode, Gloucester.
He was shown as a surgeon in the census that was undertaken on 6 June 1841 and was living in Sackville Street, Westminster, Middlesex (now Greater London), with his wife and their two children Frances Annie Yearsley (1837-1917) and Ralph Owen Yearsley (1841-1917), together with two female servants. Also residing there was William Tyler Smith (1815-1873) - a physician.
He was described as aged 48 years and a medical doctor in the census that was conducted on 30 March 1851. He was residing in a property in The Grove area of Kentish Town, Middlesex (now Greater London), with his wife and their three children: Frances Annie Yearsley; Ralph Owen Yearsley and James Fletcher Yearsley (1843-1932), together with a cook and a housemaid.
In the census that was compiled on 7 April 1861 he was shown as aged 55 years and an aural surgeon M.R.C.S. who was living at 15 Savile Row, Westminster, with his wife, two of their children: Ralph Owen Yearsley - a student at Cambridge University and James Fletcher Yearsley - a scholar, his nephew Ralph Warneford Cresswell Fletcher (1851-1928) - also a scholar, together with a cook, a housemaid and a coachman.
The 1865 edition of The Medical Book Directory confirms that he was still resident at 15 Savile Row, Westminster.
His death was registered as aged 64 years in the 3rd quarter of 1869 in the St James Westminster Registration District, Middlesex. Probate records confirm that he died on 9 July 1869 at his home at 15 Savile Row, Westminster. His Will, with a codicil, was proved on 14 August 1869 by his widow and his two sons: The Reverend Ralph Owen Yearsley - a clerk who was living at Sutton Bonnington, Nottinghamshire and James Fletcher Yearsley - a Barrister-at-Law at Inner Temple in the City of London. His effects were recorded as under £12,000.
Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.
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