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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Derbyshire => Topic started by: Mike Baldock on Sunday 27 November 11 12:47 GMT (UK)
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After years of having a brick wall in the person of James Fletcher, born c1881 I think I have found his family from Workhouse records indicating that they came from Heanor in Derbyshire.
I have since been able to trace the family back through the censuses but have come to a halt with James' grandfather John Fletcher who appears to have been born in Heanor c1788. He marries (hopefully) a Eliza X sometime around 1838 (child Elizabeth seems to have been born in 1839).
However, they seem to have been specialists at not featuring in BDM records...
can anyone help? I think John and eliza's marriage may have been in smalley as she came from that parish...
Regards
Mike
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Had you considered (FreeBMD)
John Fletcher married an Eliza Kerrey, Dec 1837, Basford, 15 835
John Fletcher, Mar 1839, Belper, 19 277. On the same page is an Elizabeth Taylor.
Basford includes Heanor while Belper includes Smalley
regards
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Many thanks hanes - that Elizabeth Taylor marriage has had me going round in circles trying to see if it could match up and I was going nowhere!
Oddly the 1837 marriage doesn't show up on Ancestry - they suggest it was to either a Maria Shaw or a Sarah Simms!
I shall investigate the former Ms Kerrey further!
;D
Edit - I see my mistake was to limit the search to Leicestershire!!! :-[ :-[ :-[