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Hi,

I've hit a wall with my research into my Farrand Family Tree. The farthest I can trace back on my paternal line is to Francis Farrand b 1880. Census records indicate that he was born/ from Glapwell and I have a record from familysearch.org of a christening in the Bolsover parish records on 21st October 1780. There's no other information there, other than his Father's name (also Francis) and a Mothers first name of Anne. I can find a marriage in 1764 for Francis, marrying a Mary Hodgkinson on the 2nd March in 1764 also in Bolsover.

Would it be possible to do a look up on these records, and alternatively, do you happen to know if it's possible to get original images for these registers to see if I can do some transcribing, as there are very limited resources for this and the Scarsdale hundred online.

Many thanks in advance.

Sarah Farrand

Hi there,

I've been looking into the history of my Farrand family for some time now and have managed to trace this line of my ancestry back to the mid 18th century.

However, I've always been transfixed by a family mystery that I've uncovered, and wondered if anyone based in Nottingham/ Notts who might be able to help.

My great, great grandfather William Farrands died at the young age of 49 in 1869, and according to his death certificate was found in a privy pit. His death was of an unknown cause, which leads me to think of potential foul play.

Together with a brother in law, he created new technology for shawl manufacturing in Hucknall Torkard. Based on google street view of the home of his brother in law, there seems to be an indication that this new process made both families wealthy.

However, as far as I can tell, William died without registering a will, my GG Grandfather Edwin Hugh then relocated some 100 miles away in Marske, North Yorks.

Finally, after the death of William, the family all changed their name to Farrand. Anyone have any idea why this might have happened?

Hope this is of interest to someone!

Also, in 1882/ 83 Williams widow phoebe and her eldest son (my grandfather) were the defendants in an equity case brought by William G Cursham, who at that time was a Solicitor and a mine owner. I don't understand why he would be bringing a bankruptcy or other equity case against my ancestors.

So I was wondering if anyone could help me with any of the following:

Copy of the case details for this equity case held in the Notts Archive - Ref No CY/1/7/60 Jan 1882 - Jan 1883
If its possible to find the coroner's record of the death of William Farrands, and where I might have to look for it. I know that at the time inquests were normally held in public houses....
If there were any other probate information records I could look into to gain insight into why my GG Grandfather would chose to move so far away from home...