Forum: Leicestershire county-wide forum

(1) William Frank Watchorn Marr. Laura Edna Hicking -1901 Ironville Parish Derbyshire (2) William Watchorn Marr. Sara Elizabeth Eburah -1870 St. Martins Parish Leicestershire (3) Thomas Watchorn Marr. dorothy Frisby -1834 Branston Leicestershire Any info regarding...

Good evening everyone I' m checking out a branch of the Neal family i have them in east london in 1861 RG9/164 John Neal 1822 railway porter from leicestershire Disport or Disfort Caroline Neal wife from somerset Elizabeth a for (annie)Neal John E for(England)Neal Caroline (ann) Neal at 14...

Im looking for a birth of Jane Sarah Quilter born Leicester C1847, I can find a few Sarah Jane around the right date on Ancestry but not Jane Sarah, she married William Lee born London C1846 sometime before 1870, their first child son Reginald Robinson Lee (of Titanic Fame) was baptised in...

Hi Friends Please, help and suggestions welcome. My two questions are : (1) Why can I not find Thomas (Tom) Hardy on the 1851 and 1861 census nor his parents and (2) Where are the Prim. Meths. Circuit records for the area covering Burbage? In a copy of a HARDY family register in my...

I'm hoping someone can find a young Henry MACKLEY for me. He claims to have been born about 1832 to parents William and Elizabeth. I have found a likely family on the IGI christening a Henry at Croxton Kerrial in 1833. Henry married in South Australia in 1857, so he may be still in...

Can anyone please help me with which parish church could have been the nearest to Bolton Street, Leicester in 1911? ellyjane

Hello - I am trying to locate Upper Conduit Street in Leicester. My G GF, along with his mother and two sibs, are listed as living at 163 on the '71 census. By using information in deskhermit's posts, I think I have the general vicinity ( somewhere on near Maidstone, north of Sparkenhoe and...

The above two married Lockington, near Diseworth, 1809. No further details in Leicestershire marriage index I'm told. Does anyone have a copy of the register that they would be generous enough to look up which will hopefully say James ..... of Diseworth. If not, would the LRO actually extract...

Clipstone St was in the Highfields district but in 1966 the whole area was demolished to make way for new housing estates. Parts of these estates were themselves refurbished in the 80s. My problem is I cannot relate the old maps of the area to the latest maps on Google. The only maps I can find at...

Am researching Thomas Boulter, born 1795 in the Leicester area -- christened in Thrussington. Sometime before 1823 he emigrated to New Brunswick, Canada, where he married Sarah Davis/Davies, from Wales. He was serving in His Majesty's 74th Regiment in Fredericton at the time of his marriage. ...

Zilpah Massey (widow of John Massey) died 25 November 1884, Griffydam, Worthington, Leicestershire. Possibly Weslyan or C of E. I would love for someone to give me possible cemeteries in this area where she may be buried and how to go about getting the burial records. With many thanks ... LizzieB

Hi I'm looking for a marriage for John Hawes and Sarah? abt 1744. John was born in Stoke Albany but i think he married in Leicestershire.

Oooops just found another one to go with Zilpah Massey and just in case someone has access to the burial records of the cemeteries.......Thomas Richards died 3 June 1869 Griffydam, Worthington, Leicestershire. Think that's it thank you. LizzieB

Trying to trace Samuel Pegg from Leicester.

my g grandfather was David Storer born 1851 (just before the census) in Earl Shilton (parents Henry & Sarah). He married Ann Green born Cadeby 1850 (parents John & Sarah). Any information on parents, siblings or other descendents welcome.

Hi All Bought a parish records cd today from LRFHS and I can't open it! I am using Windows 7 64 bit and have tried everything I can think of. Has anyone else had the same problem, and what did you do? Thanks

:ack2: Looks like we have quite a few break-ups/ common law erlationships/ name changes going on here so if anyone has any advice or information to share I'd be most grateful. Thomas Pick B: 1835 in Scalford married Dorothy Smith B: 1837 Ibstock Thomas' parents were john Pick of Scalford and...

l am looking for a link to Breedon on the Hill Leicestershire for John Litherland born about 1600 I have no information about him or his parents, except that he was married to Elinor Pratt (born 1601) in 1618 at Breedon on the Hill. His children Humphrey b 1620 Nicholas b1623 Mary b1624 are...