Outline Family Origins - London

The origin of the J Sheekey Restaurant in central London is commonly quoted as -

“In 1896 Lord Salisbury (grandfather of the current Lord Cranbourne) granted Josef Sheekey permission to serve fish and seafood in his new building development in St Martin's Court on condition that he supplied meals to Lord Salisbury's after theatre dinner parties. Josef Sheekey had become known to the Earl through his seafood stall in Shepherd's Market.”

However I have never seen a family tree and the only clue is “It was probably most famous during the fifties and sixties under the ownership of the formidable Mrs Williams, granddaughter of Josef Sheekey” - so we know he had children.

My initial guess is that this Josef was the Joseph born in 1870 who married Emily Mary Cooper in 1889 and appears in the family tree below -

Descendants of Charles James Sheekey

• 1 Charles James Sheekey b: abt 1803 Dublin, Ireland d: Bef. 1881

• . +Matilda Kelly b: abt 1810 Dublin, Ireland m: 18 Aug 1827 St Patrick's Church, Westminster d: abt Feb 1891 Pancras, London

• ... 2 Matilda Sheekey b: abt 1834 London ?

• ...... +Jones or McKenna b: abt 1832 m: abt Aug 1857 St Giles, London

• ... 2 Eliza Sheekey b: abt 1835 St Giles, Middlesex ?

• ...... +Ryan or Sandy m: abt May 1857 St Giles, Middlesex

• ... 2 Charles Sheekey b: abt 1837 St Giles, Middlesex d: abt May 1888 St Saviour, Middlesex

• ...... +Emma Bavister b: abt 1836 St Giles, Middlesex m: abt Nov 1861 St Giles, Middlesex d: abt Feb 1907 Southwark

• ........ 3 Henry Sheekey b: abt 1858 St Giles, Middlesex d: Aft. 1901

• ........... +Ellen Redman b: abt 1864 Westminster, London m: abt May 1893 St George Hanover Square, London d: Aft. 1901

• ........ 3 Mary Sheekey b: abt 1860 Soho, Middlesex d: Aft. 1881

• ........ 3 Charles James Sheekey b: abt Nov 1862 St Giles, London d: abt Feb 1905 St George Hanover Square, London

• ........ 3 George Frederick Sheekey b: abt Aug 1865 St Martin, London

• ........... +Bufton or Gullen m: abt Nov 1894 Hendon, North London

• ........ 3 Robert Sheekey b: abt 1868 Westminister, Middlesex d: Aft. 1881

• ........ 3 Joseph Sheekey b: abt 1870 Soho / Westminster, Middlesex d: Aft. 1901

• ........... +Emily Mary Cooper b: abt 1872 Southwark, London m: abt Nov 1889 St Saviour, London d: Aft. 1901

• ............. 4 Emily Matilda Sheekey b: abt Aug 1891 St Saviour, London

• ........ 3 Emma Sheekey b: abt May 1872 St George Hanover Square, London

• ........... +Herbert Lunn b: abt 1872 m: abt Nov 1897 Fulham, London

• ............. 4 Charles Herbert Lunn b: 18 Feb 1898 Thane Mansions, Islington

• ........ 3 William Sheekey b: abt May 1874 Westminister, Middlesex d: Aft. 1881

• ........ 3 Sophia Sheekey b: abt Aug 1876 St George Hanover Square, London d: abt Feb 1893 Lambeth, London

• ........ 3 Eliza Sheekey b: abt 1879 Westminister, Middlesex d: Aft. 1901

• ........ 3 Matilda Sheekey b: abt May 1880 Westminster, Middlesex d: Aft. 1901

• ... 2 Amelia Sheekey aka: Amelia Shecky b: abt Nov 1838 St Giles / Bloomsbury, London d: Aft. 1881

• ...... +Robert Reeves Charlton b: abt 1838 Westminster, London ? m: 10 Apr 1861 St Anne Soho, Westminster, London d: Bef. 1881

• ........ 3 Robert Charlton b: abt 1865 Pancras, Middlesex d: Aft. 1881

• ........ 3 Arthur Charlton b: abt 1871 St Martins, Middlesex d: Aft. 1881

• ... 2 Catherine Sheekey b: abt May 1840 Bloomsbury, London

• ...... +James Charles Ridsdale b: 23 May 1841 Westminster, London m: 26 Jan 1862 St John the Evalgelist, Drury Lane, Westminster, London Father: Thomas Ridsdale Mother: Eliza x

• ... 2 Charlotte Sheekey b: abt Nov 1843 Bloomsbury, London

• ... 2 Harriet Sheekey b: abt Nov 1846 St Giles, London

• ...... +George Scott b: abt 1844 London ? m: abt Nov 1871 Westminster, London

• ... 2 Mary Sheekey b: abt Aug 1849 St Giles, London

• ... 2 Robert Sheekey b: abt May 1852 St Giles, London

• ... 2 Frederick Sheekey b: 14 Nov 1854 South St Giles, Bloomsbury, London d: abt 1939

• ...... +Jane Gooch b: abt 1857 Strand, Middlesex m: abt Nov 1875 Marylebone, London d: Aft. 1901

• ........ 3 Frederick Sheekey b: abt Nov 1876 Pancras, London

• ........... +Annie Maud White b: abt 1878 Pancras, London ? m: abt Nov 1899 Pancras, London

• ............. 4 Frederick William Sheekey b: abt Nov 1900 Edmonton, London

• ................ +Winifred Ethel Finn b: abt 1898 Edmonton, London ? m: abt May 1921 Edmonton, London d: abt 1983

• .................. 5 Raymond Arthur Sheekey b: 16 Oct 1923

• ..................... +Barbara Betty Blackman

• .................. 5 Kenneth Frederick Sheekey

• ............. 4 Arthur Robert Sheekey b: abt Feb 1902 Edmonton, London

• ............. 4 Annie Maud Sheekey b: abt Feb 1904 Edmonton, London

• ............. 4 Beatrice Evelyn Sheekey b: abt May 1906 Edmonton, London d: abt May 1911 Edmonton, London

• ............. 4 John Francis Sheekey b: abt May 1910 Edmonton, London

• ............. 4 William H Sheekey b: abt Nov 1913 Edmonton, London

• ............. 4 Lilian D Sheekey b: abt Aug 1919 Edmonton, London

• ........ 3 Charles Sheekey b: abt 1879 Paddington, Middlesex d: Aft. 1901

• ........ 3 Jane Sheekey b: abt 1880 Paddington, Middlesex d: abt Aug 1881 Strand, London

• ........ 3 Robert Sheekey b: 28 Feb 1882 St Pancras, London d: Toronto, Ontario, Canada ?

• ........... +Mary Anne x b: abt 1882 d: Toronto, Ontario, Canada ?

• ........ 3 Clara Sheekey aka: Clara Sheeky b: abt Aug 1885 Lambeth, London d: Aft. 1901

• ........ 3 Matilda Sheekey b: abt 1888 Westminster, London d: Aft. 1901

• ........... +Ernest G Cordingley m: abt Aug 1919 Woolwich, Kent

• ........ 3 Eleanor Elsie Sheekey b: abt 1890 Notting Hill / Kensington, London

• ........... +John Anthony Hickman b: abt 1888 Islington, London m: abt Nov 1912 Chelmsford, Essex Father: Charles Richard Hickman Mother: Martha Barnes

• ............. 4 Aubrey Hickman d: abt 1983

• ............. 4 John F R Hickman b: abt Aug 1914 Islington, London

• ........ 3 Arthur Sheekey b: abt Nov 1891 St Pancras, London d: Aft. 1901

• ........ 3 Thomas Sheekey b: 14 Apr 1894 Shacklewell, West Hackney, London d: Aft. 1901

• ........ 3 William Sheekey b: abt Nov 1895 Hackney / Stoke Newington, London

• ........... +Sophia Matilda Templeman b: abt Nov 1894 Strand, London m: abt Feb 1918 Southwark, London Father: William George Templeman Mother: Zaradah Heath

• ............. 4 William R Sheekey b: abt Aug 1920 Pancras, London

• ............. 4 Victor James Sheekey b: abt 1922 Chelmsford, Essex

• ................ +x

• .................. 5 Linda Sheekey b: abt 1950 Chelmsford, Essex

• ........ 3 James Sheekey b: abt Nov 1898 St Pancras, London d: Aft. 1901

• ... 2 Elizabeth Mary Sheeky b: abt Aug 1855 St Giles, London

Descendants of James Sheekey

• 1 James Sheekey b: abt 1810 Southwark, London ?

• . +Charlotte x b: abt 1810 m: abt 1832 d: abt 1845 St Giles possibly ?

• ... 2 Rebecca Sheekey b: abt Apr 1834 Southwark, London

• ... 2 James Nicholas Sheekey b: abt 1837 Southwark, Surrey d: abt Feb 1895 Mile End, London

• ...... +Mary Ann Harris b: abt 1841 Southwark, Surrey m: abt May 1866 Lambeth, London d: Aft. 1901

• ........ 3 Mary Charlotte E Sheekey b: abt Nov 1867 Mile End, London

• ........ 3 John Sheekey b: abt 1869 Shoreditch / Mile End, London d: Bef. 1901

• ........... +Rachel Sheldrake b: abt 1872 Shadwell, London m: abt Nov 1890 Poplar, London d: Aft. 1901

• ............. 4 David Alfred Sheekey b: abt Aug 1898 Mile End, London d: Aft. 1901

• ............. 4 John Edward Sheekey b: abt Nov 1893 Mile End, London

• ................ +Mary A Waddington b: abt 1894 m: abt Aug 1914 Mile End, London

• .................. 5 John C Sheekey b: abt Feb 1915 Mile End, London

• .................. 5 Charles Alfred Sheekey b: 24 Jan 1916 Mile End, London d: Apr 1999 London

• .................. 5 Alfred R Sheekey b: abt Feb 1918 Mile End, London

• .................. 5 Dorothy M Sheekey b: abt Feb 1920 Stepney, London

• ............. 4 Mary Eliza Sheekey b: abt May 1891 Bethnal Green, London

• ................ +William F Chambers b: abt 1889 m: abt Aug 1914 Poplar, London

• .................. 5 William E Chambers b: abt Feb 1915 Poplar, London

• .................. 5 Irene D Chambers b: abt Feb 1921 Mile End, London

• .................. 5 Arthur H Chambers b: abt Nov 1924 Mile End, London

• ........ 3 William James Sheekey b: abt May 1871 Mile End, London d: Aft. 1901

• ........... +Emily Logan b: abt 1877 Bromley By Bow, London m: abt Nov 1897 Mile End, London

• ............. 4 William Sheekey b: abt Nov 1898 Mile End, London

• ............. 4 Emily Sheekey b: abt 1901 Mile End, London

• ........ 3 James Alfred Sheekey b: abt Aug 1872 Mile End, London

• ........... +Rosina Emma Godfrey b: abt May 1875 Limehouse, London m: abt Nov 1894 Stepney, London Father: Alfred James Godfrey Mother: Sarah Ann Allen

• ............. 4 James Alfred Sheekey b: abt May 1895 Bow / Poplar, London

• ................ +Margaret Bray b: abt 1898 m: abt Nov 1921 West Ham

• ............. 4 William Sheekey b: abt May 1896 Mile End, London d: Aft. 1901

• ............. 4 Rosina Sheekey b: abt Feb 1898 Mile End, London

• ................ +George Pammen b: abt Nov 1898 Stratford, Essex m: abt Feb 1917 West Ham, London Father: Joseph Pammen Mother: Frances Clara x

• .................. 5 Francis Pammen b: abt Aug 1920 West Ham, London

• ............. 4 Mary A Sheekey b: abt Feb 1912 West Ham

• ........ 3 Fanny Sheekey b: abt Mar 1874 Mile End, London

• ........... +William Bluck b: abt 1871 St Georges East, London m: abt May 1900 Stepney, London

• ............. 4 Lilian Bluck b: abt Mar 1901 Limehouse, London

• ........ 3 Nicholas Sheekey b: abt May 1876 Mile End, London d: abt May 1876 Mile End, London

• ........ 3 Eliza Sheekey b: abt Feb 1879 Mile End, London

• ........... +Brown or Bussey b: abt 1877 m: abt May 1902 Stepney, London

• ........ 3 Arthur Sheekey b: abt Feb 1881 Mile End, London d: Aft. 1901

• ... 2 John Edward Sheekey b: abt Nov 1838 St George Southwark, London d: Bet. 1891 - 1901

• ...... +Eliza Harris b: abt 1842 Southwark, Surrey m: abt Nov 1860 Lambeth, London d: Aft. 1901

• ... 2 Mary Sheekey b: abt Feb 1842 St George Southwark, London

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