Forum: Derbyshire county-wide forum

Hi I would be grateful for some advice as to which newspaper is likely to have reported the arrest for bigamy in mid 1917 the trial took place at Derby assizes in November 1917 where he was sentenced to 4 months in prison and sent to Birmingham goal. He returned to his army unit in February...

The first written mention of my 3xgreat-grandfather, William Hudson, that I can find is his marriage in October 1795. He was married in the parish of Swarkeston, in the county of Derbyshire where presumably his wife was working (she wasn't born there), and the register says that he is of the parish...

Over on the Nottinghamshire forum I've been trying to find the marriage of Jacob James and Jane Renshaw in about 1821-23 with little success. As I expected to find them in Mansfield I've also searched Philmore marriages for Derbyshire and the IGI. From the 1841 Mansfield census, Jane and their...

Hi all If anyone has access to the Ault Hucknall parish registers I would appreciate a look up for Coope children born to a John and Ann Coope/Coupe/Coop/etc from 1711 onwards please Thank you very much Cezza x

Hi, I am trying to find two ancestors who are both missing from the 1841 census, and both from Ilkeston. They are: Thomas Hufton, born 1821 and married to Ann John Hufton, born 1818 and married to Charlotte. If anyone has any information, particularly wives' maiden names (I don't have...

Hello :) I was wondering if anyone might be able to help? I've traced my tree back to a John Labin Kirk b.1811 d.1867, married to an Emma (who also had the name Labin Kirk, rather than just Labin) All of Johns Children have Labin in the middle. Does the name have any importance? Could...

On the 1881 census there is the following family .... Bakewell RG11/3451 Folio 47 Page 5 Francis Taylor Head M 28 Mason Cromford DYsh Ellen do Wife M 34 Cromford DYsh Mary do Daur 8 Scholar Starkholmes DYsh Matlock Ann do Daur 6 Scholar Starkholmes DYsh Matlock Robert do Son 6 Scholar...

On the IGI, I have located some possible ancestors in Uttoxeter Staffordshire. As it is so close to the county border, some of the people may have been from Derbyshire. Is anyone researching the names CROSS, ALLPORT (spelled many ways), SHIPLEY or SHERLOCK in Derbyshire in the 1700s? --Jane

greetings from Canada, we are currently researching our family tree,this limb starting with Abraham Fairbrother who married a Sarah Stevenson.Abraham was born in Castle Donnington, Leicestershire, in 1848. He and Sarah married and lived in Derbyshire where they had several kids, including my Gr...

I am searching for a Malay(this ethnicity may not be correct) woman who married a British soldier in Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, in the 1950's. I believe they went to live in Bakewell. She had worked for a British family (our family) in Malaya who left K.L. in 1956, She was married before that date. If...

Hi there I'm new to this site, and was wondering if there was anyone else researching in Whitwell or Creswell? Or Breaston? (my Plackett's are a nightmare :eek: ) I also have family popping up in Alfreton, Stanton-le-Dale, Sandiacre, Brimington and Barbadoes!

IGI Catherine Billings b 28 June 1695, Gibley, Derby d/o William & Millissent If this is the "unknown daughter of William Billing" (Billing/Billings???) who married John Phillipps and became the mother of Catherine Phillipps who in turn married Henry Reynolds then she must have married at a very...

Has anyone any records of a Thomas Beighton who came from Ednaston in Derbyshire and was born around 1730/1750|5cups||5cups|

Does anyone by any chance have access to the death/burial records for Belper or know where I can access them, apart from buying a copy of the death certificate, please. I'm trying to find out more about a death in Dec 1/4 1851 for a Doshaw Smith. Many thanks BG :)

I have an ancestor, Sarah Ann West, born 1st Qtr of 1882 in Derbyshire. I was looking up the BMD and the only one that seems to fit was born in Blything. Does anyone know if there was a place called Blything in Derbyshire in 1882?

I've noticed 3 places with the names Topley Head Farm, Topley Pike and Topley Pike Quarry. Does anyone know the Topley surname these places may have been named after? I've noticed they are near the immediate area of Calton Farm, Churn Hole and King Sterndale. I have traced my ancestors to...

Hi all :) Just wondering if anyone has the parish records for this area to check a marriage for me??? I assume it would be St Mary's and All Saints but I could be wrong. Thomas Hardwick and Esther Watkinson mar 10 Jun 1689, Chesterfield. Wondering if there is any mention of what parishes they...

Can any one help me please. I have hit a huge brick wall and cannot seem to get any breaks. I am looking for Francis Davis born c 1820 in Shipley. I know from his marriage certificate that his father's name was William and he was born in Shipley but that is all I know/ I am really trying to...