Forum: Derbyshire county-wide forum

I am looking for any info on Thomas burn (family name bourne) his name was mis-spelt on documents. He lived in boylestone derbyshire and married an ursilah. i have no dates of birth or marriage dates for them.

I have just found out that one of my 3 x G Grandparent's children - Elliss Steel - appears on the 1851 Census, Chesterfield Reg. District. age 8, born abt 1843 in Handley. He is shown as nephew. I already have his mother(widowed) and siblings for 1851, and I know that Ellis/Elliss died in 1853,...

Hi all, Could someone do a lookup for me please? My 2xGt-GF was one George Bingham, from Norton, Derbyshire, born about 1811. He married a Susanna Gillmer (b. about 1818, from Sussex) and they ended up in South Africa where they both died in Harrismith, 1867 and 1889 respectively. Their son, John...

Santa brought me a CD of the Ashover Parish Registers - what a nice man he is! Unfortunately, I can't find the marriage of John Margerison and Hannah Hoyland on 28 June 1836. I got this information from "Pallot's Marriage Index" and "Derby All Saints' Marriages 1813-1837" (both on Ancestry). ...

Just a general query. Where would I go for Derbyshire records? Would Derbyshire wills be held at Litchfield or elsewhere?

Good Afternoon I have a copy birth certificate from 1857 it is from registration District Derby Sub District Saint Peter Derby, in the column for when and where born it gives the date sixth March 1857 Ct 2 Abbey Road. then the father name, sex of child etc in the signature, description...

I have a John ELLIOT (?miner) chr 5 July 1752 and married to Elizabeth HALLAM/UM on 11 May 1775 in Wirksworth (she was chr. 18 Mar 1747 in Wirksworth). Would love - any death/burial dates or records - are there any more details on marriage record (witnesses...?) ...

Hi, I'm trying to locate various ancestors who lived in both Coton in the Elms and in nearby Lullington, however on all the census the address given is either Church Street, or just "in the village". I would like to try to find out the actual houses they lived in. Can anyone suggest ways to find...

This list has been misfiled by Ancestry. It is tucked at the end of the 1734 "Poll Books & Electoral Registers 1538-1893 collection". It can be found on images 787 to 801. Helpfully it has also been mistranscribed regarding names. The first names & surnames are transposed when doing a search!...

Does anyone know what the distance is between Bonsall and Stanley in Derbyshire? Thanks, Lynn

I am looking for my mum's family - her name is Joyce May Blood, born 1923 in Chesterfield, her father was Elijah her mother was Florence (Rodgers). They divorced when my mum was about 9 and her mother moved south with Curly Shawcroft (to the Kent coalfield). She doesn't know what happened to her...

Hi Friends I check 'new postings' at least once daily and note a lack of Derbyshire postings, (excluding Brett), whereas I note a general interest in many other counties and other topics. Likewise for the county of Nottinghamshire. Hence my question in the subject heading: "Derbyshire -...

Could anyone please help. I have a John Banton born in 1682 in Ticknall. He married (I think) Mary Siddon in 1706. They had 2 children Mary and John around 1707. Now this is what I'm really not sure of. John married Martha Clarke in 1730 in Ticknall. Now I've seen on one web-site that John...

I am trying to find information with regard to my fathers' burial or cremation site and wondered if anyone could help please. His name was John (Jack) Robert Phillips. Lived in Nether Heage. I believe he was a manager at Brettles hosiery factory in Belper prior to his death, and believe he...

See Killamarsh.org. looking for stories and photographs, etc relating to this village, it's people over the centuries. Connections to historical events, places, people, etc. Examples that have a Killamarsh connection Battle of Waterloo, Boer War, Titanic, Victoria Cross, WW1 and WW2, U.S. Army,...

Eliza Farmer died 1922, aged 85, Ashby de la Z and was living Woodville, 1901 and 1911 census. Spouse William Farmer died 1902, aged 65, Ashby de la Z, living Woodville 1891 and 1901. These two may have been Wesleyan, a lot of mine seem to be, and are causing me grief. I have looked for their...

Thomas and Ann Maria Guy moved from Madeley in Shropshire to Chesterfield after 1907 and before the 1911 census. The children were: William b c1888 Shropshire, Beatrice b 1889 Shropshire, Thomas b c1892 Shropshire, Emma b c1894 Shropshire, John b c1895 Shropshire, James b c1896 Shropshire, Sarah...

Hi, im new so i apologise now if im asking stupid questions. Im looking into the Oakes Family. They appear to of originated in Derby then moved to Riddings near Alfreton, They had their own buisness called James Oakes & Co and were very big in mining and ironworks, i have found lots of information...

Looking for information on William Henry Jarvis born Derbyshire/Nottingham son of John William Jarvis and Elizabeth Annie Ellis. Other children of John and Elizabeth were:-Mabel, Ivy, Francis Harold, Joseph Oswald, Winnifred, John William and Bernard Percival. Family lived in Chellaston...