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Brentford Families - HenreyAuthorAnne Wallace from Cheshire writes 'Thomas Selby Henrey was a son of my great great grandfather (another) Rev. Thomas Henrey.'Henrey family notesI have only managed to trace the Henrey's back to Thomas Selby's father, he too was a Thomas and was born in Liverpool in 1823, but I cannot find any further information about his father or mother. I believe his father was named William and he was a wealthy merchant, but can find no paperwork to back that up.I have discovered that Thomas was ordained in 1849 by the Bishop of Chester, but the records have not survived. Shortly after his ordination he took his young son (William, my great grandfather) and his wife to Cape Town, South Africa only to return a year or two later in 1853 with a daughter. Upon his return he was vicar at Forest Chapel, Macclesfield. Sadly his wife, Charlotte died of peritonitis in 1853, she was only 29. TopThomas married Catherine Jane TAYLOR in West Derby (Liverpool) in 1856. They had three sons, Thomas Selby, Frederick William and Edward E.
I have established that Thomas Henrey had been incumbent at seven parishes, they were:
Do you have any idea where Robert and Madeleine's son may be? (see responses below). His name is Bobby Henrey and he was a child actor, his most famous role was in 1948 when he appeared in 'Fallen Idol' with Ralph Richardson. He would be approx 66 if he is still alive. I have managed to find a photograph of Bobby Henrey online, which was taken by Cecil Beaton and donated to the National Gallery! I also discovered that Robert, son of Thomas Selby, attended Eton, then went on to Magdaleine College, Oxford, but 'dropped out' before taking his exams. He is supposed to have met Madeleine Gal at the Savoy where she was a manicurist,and he was a customer! I do hope I manage to track Bobby down, as I am hoping that he may be able to provide me with additional information. I think that there was a family rift as William, who was a scholar in his youth, seemed to leave his family behind and became a boilermaker at Widnes Foundary. It did seem a very strange direction for him to take given the fact he seems to have come from a genteel, educated family! He had three children that survived, Maude May (a lovely genteel lady who dies aged 94), Charlotte, who died of complications following a broken leg aged 33, and Thomas, my grandfather who was a sapper in world war 1, and then an engineer at ICI in Widnes. He was a lovely, kind, gentle man, he died aged 84 (ish) in 1976. May and Charlotte were unmarried. Tom went on to have six children. Pauline, Eunice (died in 2007), Jean (my mother), Patricia, Brian (died aged 63 in 1994) and Anita. TopWhereabouts of Bobby Henrey, former child actorAnn Corkett made contact and added the following details:Apparently he lives in America, and a little while ago I came across a site (Avon Theatre Film Center) which referred to a talk he had given in May 2006 on his experiences as a child star: Special Guest Out of curiosity, after writing to you, I did some further searches for Bobby Henrey, and downloaded a recent interview with him about the film, and found a photo of him and his wife. Apparently he retired from a financial job with the well-known firm Coopers & Lybrand and retrained as a lay chaplain working with hospitals for his church. He lives in Greenwich, Connecticut. Mrs Henrey devoted a lot of one of her other books ("Green Leaves") to her mother-in-law. That might have some more about Brentford, certainly about the house. Henrey family treeWilliam HENREY (ca 1780/1800? - ): possibly a wealthy merchant in Liverpool
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