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Hi alli,

Thanks very much.  I actually did find that record when Ancestry.com released the 1841 census, but I really appreciate you locating and transcribing it.

I've found a bit more on this family, if anybody needs it.  Elizabeth's maiden name was Needham and I think I've found her at the Strutt's girls school:

Name: Needham Eliza/th
Age: 12
Residence: Heage
Father's trade: -
Admission on: Mar 19
Left on: Jun 1821
Observations, reason for leaving: To the Mill
Source: Belper British Girls School, Strutt School Admission records
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DBY/Belper/StruttGirlsN.html

I also found mention of Humphry, Elizabeth, and their children in the Wirkswirth Parish Board of Guardians 1837-51:

Belper 1841 - "Heage --- Humphrey MARSHALL 48, wife 34 Mary 11, John 9, James 8, Martha 6, Joseph 3, Harriett 6m he is a coke burner wife has fever."
Belper 1841 - "Heage --- Humphrey MARSHALL 36 wife 32 five children John 9, died last week."
http://www.wirksworth.org.uk/Board-3.htm

I haven't found Elizabeth's parents yet, though there is a 20 year old William Needham living two doors down from Humphry and Elizabeth in the 1841 census.  Maybe a relative.

Best wishes.

That's them.  Wow!  That's the whole family, or the younger children at least.  I didn't know Abel's parents names.

Interesting about the visitor Isabella Cantrell.  She must have made quite an impression on them.  Abel and his wife Ann named their eldest daughter Isabella.

Thank you so much, Peter.

Thanks anyway, Sue.  I greatly appreciate your effort. 

Hello there,

Have you a death certificate for Rosanna, with last address, this may narrow down the search area, as there is no name index for the 1841 index.  Did they have children?  If so where were they born?

Sue   

I don't have the death certificate.  I learned that she died in Burton upon Trent district from FreeBMD (actually the Ancestry.com England and Wales Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983).  I only know of one child they had, my great great grandfather John Simpson who was christened on 22 Oct 1826 in Heage.  I have a marriage date for them 26 Mar 1826 from Duffield parish.  Hmm.. you know, that's not quite 9 months.  I never noticed that before.  I hope I have my facts right.

I'm looking for Aaron Simpson and/or Rosanna Simpson.  I know that Rosanna was alive in 1841, but I'm not so sure about Aaron.  They were married in Duffield parish in 1826.  Rosanna died in Burton upon Trent district in 1847.  Aaron would have been about 36, Rosanna about 33 in 1841.

I've asked about Aaron before, and I apologize for asking again, but I think I was looking in the wrong place last time.

Thank you!