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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Leicestershire => Topic started by: supersan on Saturday 28 May 05 18:48 BST (UK)
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could anyone look up thomas Stevenson b. c. 1778 Leicester for me. He married Sarah hardy 15 Feb 1808 kegworth Leicester, would love some information on his parents or siblings, thanks, Sandra
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Hi Sandra I know your post is a bit on the old side now , but, I just thought that I would let you know that I have the surname Hardy from Shardlow in my tree. The hardy's I have are John b1833 who married Sarah Ann (Richardson I think - just waiting for the certificate to arrive!) in 1862. They had two girls Ellen b1864 who (confusingly) married a George Morris in 1889, & Harriet (my Gt Grandmother) b1868 who married Francis Downing Jones in St Asaph, Rhyl in 1890. John was a Basket Maker, so was George Morris. At some time between 1881 Harriet, at least, must have moved to Rhyl as she has an address in that area on Harriet & Francis' marriage certificate, John was still a Basket Maker then. I know that water was a big part of life in Shardlow as there are many boatmen from that area & the address given was in an area in Rhyl called 'morfenbach' which I was told meant 'back of the marsh'. I have no occupation for Harriet, but, maybe she was involved in the basket making as well. In 1901 John & Sarah are still living at the family's old address in Barroon, Castle Doningtonso I don't know why Harriet ended up in Rhyl. I haven't gone any further back than John yet, but, should be able to once I get the marriage cert so I'll let you know if there's anything else that may interest you. Regards Mo
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Hi Again Sandra I should have said that my Hardy's also have connections with Kegworth! I think Shardlow is the Parish. John Pollard, Ellen Hardy's Uncle, is noted as being born in Kegworth on the 1881 census although they lived in Nottinghamshire by then. I haven't worked out how the Pollards were related to the Hardy's yet as i don't think Ann, John's wife, had hardy as her maiden name. Sorry to have confused you! Mo
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Hello Sandra
I thought you might be interested to hear that I have Thomas Stevenson in my family tree although I have not yet found his baptism
Marg