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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Derbyshire => England => Derbyshire Lookup Requests => Topic started by: DavoDavo on Friday 18 April 14 13:19 BST (UK)
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Seeking information on William Webster, b1828 Eckington. Died 22/2/1895 Eckington. Married Jane Littlewood 21/6/1852, Ridgeway. They had 9 children.
William lived in or around Eckington all his life and was mostly a labourer/agricultural labourer.
His father was listed on his marriage certificate as William Rotherham, occupation butcher.
The brick wall is - who was his mother?
Can someone please help?
I am in Australia so do not have access to Parish Registers so would appreciate any help anyone could give in cracking this mystery.
thanks
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who were witnesses at the marriage?
Any named Webster or Rotherham??
Suz
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Hi
Do you know about this site
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ridgeway/Parish%20registers.htm
Carol
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On The Yesterday Journey site there is a bastardy paper for Sarah Webster of Eckington dated 1822 Wm Rotherham is named
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~spire/Yesterday/index.htm
Carol
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Suz, the marriage witnesses were James Littlewood (bride's side) and Ann Rippon?. Unfortunately no Webster or Rotherham.
Carol, thanks for the info on those other sites, didn't have that info, a great help. Can you tell me, how do I go about getting the full content of the bastardy paper to see if I'm on the right track there?
thanks
Davo
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Hi Davo
You could try getting in touch with the Derbyshire Records Office to order a copy of the paper. I think that is where they are kept. You used to be able to order them from the Yesterday's Journey site, but I have heard he doesn't do it anymore.
http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/record_office/default.asp
Carol