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Shelvock Location
Geography & Geomorphology

Origins of the Family Name
Earliest origins of the family names

Where & When?
Occurrence of the family names from the C16th - present day

A History of Shelvock Manor
The place and local environs providing the family name as well as some other associated families

The SHELVOKEs
The story of engineering prowess and how a family name will become extinct in modern times

The SHELVOCKs
The story of one couple's destiny to preserve the original family name from extinction

A Brief History of Halesowen
The town that became the centre for the modern family name of SHILVOCK

Demography and Statistics
What the data is telling us

Noted People
An offbeat listing of anyone with a notable recorded history

Commonwealth War Graves, Memorials
The names of those who served in the armed forces, those who sacrificed their lives and other stories

Researchers and Family Contacts
Names and email addresses from around the World

Data Bank
Birth, Death & Marriage Indices, census information and other public domain data from around the World.

SHELVOCK One Name Study:Family Trees (1581-present day)

SHILVOCK One Name Study:Family Trees (1639-present day)

"Most Wanted"
Enquiries still seeking an answer - maybe you can help?

SHELVOCK - The Music
6 sets of instrumental music inspired by the place and history.
Composed and played by the Webauthor

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- DEMOGRAPHY & STATISTICS -

A preliminary analysis based on an early data set and is illustrative.

LDS (IGI 1992) References

• Shropshire - 118

• Warwickshire - 66

• Staffordshire - 23

• Middlesex/London - 20

• Gloucestershire - 2

• Lancashire - 2

• Surrey

• Cheshire - 1

• Herefordshire - 1

• Kent -1

C19th STATISTICS

a. SHILVOCK First Name Patterns

Of the 420 individuals registered between mid 1837 & the end of 1890, 217 (51.7%) were males & 203 (48.3%) were females. The top ten boys names represented over 57% of the total, while for girls just under 50%, indicating more female name variation as is normal.

Top Names (Male/Female):

• 1. William / Mary

• 2. Alfred / Ellen, Emily

• 3. John / Ann, Elizabeth, Sarah, Florence

• 4. Joseph, Thomas / Alice, Eliza

Births, marriages and deaths are an excellent guide to the size of families and distribution of the name, particularly the pattern of dispersal as travel became more commonplace. It must be noted that apart from emigration, significant dispersal of the names any distance from the core areas, even in the C20th/C21st, is rare. Most registrations are still Stourbridge and the West Midlands area.

b. SHILVOCK Births

The number of annual registered births (SHILVOCK only) increased from an average of less than 2 by 1840, to less than 4 by 1850, and more than 7 by 1900. By the Second World War there were between 5 & 10 registered births each year (all variants). By the end of 1900, 481 individuals were registered and by 1945 926 (all variants). SHELVOCK births average no more than 1 per year.

Geographically, outside of the immediate Stourbridge / Black Country / Greater Birmingham area, few families existed. Occasional births are seen in South Warks (from 1839), South Worcs. (from 1842), Herefordshire & Welsh Borders (from 1850), North Staffs. (from 1862), and Greater London (from 1864). It is interesting to note that births are geographically more restricted and closer to the core area than deaths & marriages, but dispersal was becoming more commonplace.

c. SHILVOCK Marriages

The number of annual registered marriages (SHILVOCK only) increased from an average of less than 1 by 1840, to 2 by 1850, and to just over 3 by 1890. 179 individuals were registered. By the Second World War there were between 5 & 10 registered marriages each year (all variants). By the end of 1945, 500 registrations (all variants) had occurred. SHELVOCK marriages remained very rare.

Geographically, outside of the immediate Stourbridge / Black Country / Greater Birmingham area, the first marriages "abroad" took place in S. Worcs. (1843), Winchester, Hants (1846), Salop (1850), Greater London, Herefordshire & Welsh Borders (1856), N. Warks. (1860), Lancaster (1868), S. Wales & N. Wales (1870), Newcastle on Tyne (1883), Kent (1884) and E. Anglia (1889).

d. SHILVOCK Deaths

The number of annual registered deaths (SHILVOCK only) increased from an average of less than 1 by 1840, to 2 by 1850, and to just over 3 by 1905. By the Second World War up to 8 deaths per year (all variants) were being recorded. 239 individuals were registered by 1905. Geographically, outside of the immediate Stourbridge / Black Country / Greater Birmingham area, the first deaths "abroad" took place in S. Worcs. (1854), S. Warks (1855), N. Warks (1857), Herefordshire & Welsh Borders (1858), Greater London (1860), N. Staffs (1866), Sheffield (1892), S. Wales (1896) & Newcastle on Tyne (1899).

e. 1881 Census for SHELVOCK & SHILVOCK

The 1881 census, the first UK census to be indexed, had most individuals are located in the areas expected. The census has only 10 individuals correctly named SHELVOCK (1 family group plus one female unmarried head of family) with Salopian origins. 171 individuals (34 heads of family, including one misnamed family in each of SHELVOCK, SHILVACK & SHILVICK) on the census demonstrates the SHILVOCK name to be dominant and relatively thriving in the West Midlands area. The rural area in which the SHELVOCKs lived appeared to mean that many expected family members were missed (including a few SHELVOCKs) on the evidence of several more families from Birth & Marriage records.

Demographic studies suggest European population growth to be 106% in C19th, 56% in C18th, & 13% in the C17th. This estimated the number of individuals in England to be approximately 2 million in 1500. If this was applied to the SHILVOCK clan, as an example, for every 200 UK wide individuals in 1881 this would represent approximately 97 individuals in 1800, 62 individuals in 1700, & 55 individuals in 1600. The latter probably represents less than 10 family groups, if this model is to be believed. Certainly LDS records do not show there to be more around this time (generally as SHELVOCK in the C16th/C17th). This would tie in with the likely small number of families around at the end of the C16th that were most likely connected to (as servants or tenant farmers), or less likely were descendants/junior lines of the owners of the Manor of Shelvock (the THORNES of Shelvock family).

C20th STATISTICS

From 171 (all individuals registered) in 1881, the SHILVOCK name has expanded to more than 320 adults at 180 addresses within the UK in 1998, based on the Electoral Register. Not everyone chooses to register to vote, and children under the age of 18 are not registered. Therefore an estimate of a further SHILVOCK 80 name-bearers would provide today's living total in excess of 400. Even though the number of name-bearers has more than doubled in almost 120 years it maintains a rarity.

The recent released 1901 Census shows the following number of individuals, including known transcription errors:

• SHILVOCK - 154

• SHELVOCK - 20

• SHELVOKE - 9

• SHILVOCK recorded as SHELOOCK - 3

• SHILVOCK recorded as SHILLOCK - 3

• SHILVOCK recorded as SHILOOCK - 5

• SHILCOCK recorded as SHILOOCH - 9

• SHILVOCK recorded as SHILVACK - 4

• at least 1 SHELCOCK is a SHELVOCK

• 10 of 18 SHELLCOCK may be SHILVOCK

• at least 46 of 249 SHILCOCK are SHILVOCK

• a number of 119 SHILLCOCK may be SHILVOCK

The recent Electoral Registers are revealing in that the majority of addresses are still within the core clan area west of Birmingham. In 1998 it shows that 89% of SHILVOCKs are still living in the same area (in some cases in the same street) as their ancestors did 117 years previously. The Electoral Roll also confirmed that the one address in the telephone book as SHILLOCK has a SHILVOCK registered, and is therefore a typo. The table below shows where SHILVOCKs live today:

INTO THE C21st

The study continues, including the variant of SHELVOKE. Sources include the UK 192.com 2000 Electoral Roll that has the following statistics:

• SHELVOKE: 1 person of voting age recorded. The name may not have survived to the C21st except as part of three firms or company names registered in Birmingham, London & Cannock.

• SHELVOCK: 25 people of voting age at only 13 addresses (2 in Derby, 2 in Scotland, 1 in Leicester, 1 in Leeds, 1 in Middlesex & 6 in the Shrewsbury home area). No firms or company names registered with the name.

• SHILVOCK: (incomplete data - only first 200 entries) - 200+ people of voting age at 112 addresses.
  Only 11 addresses (<10%) are outside the home area (1 in Rugby & 1 in Coventry (both Warks.), 2 in Derbys., 1 in Durham and 6 in the Burton-On-Trent area of Staffs), with some other known addresses, such as in Wales, missing in this sample.

Of the 101 addresses in the home area; 40 are in Halesowen (35.7%), 32 in Stourbridge (28.6%), 6 in Brierley Hill, 4 each in Kidderminster & Birmingham, 3 in Dudley, 2 each in Cradley Hill, Rowley Regis, Smethwick, Oldbury & Stourport-on-Severn, and 1 each in Sutton Coldfield & Kingswinford. Only one firm or company name registered with the name.

In September 2002 Website for the UK Office of National Statistics has the following number of holders for each surname:

SHELOCK 26 holders
SHELLOCK 31 holders
SHILVOCK 393 holders, ranking 13581

SHELVOCK 33 holders, ranking 65961

SHELVOKE count=0 (but may be<5)

© Mark Grace - September 2008 updated

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