Lucy DARBY

[charby]

Hi I am looking for any darby's who came from barrow on soar leics, If anyone would of known a Lucy Darby who married John Benjamin selby,they had 3 children in england MABEL,DORIS AND JOHN CYRIL,I know My grandfather John cyril was born in loughborough leics in 1911. Lucy came to canada around 1912 following her husband (my great grandfather) John Benjamin selby wh o came to canada in 1911.

[charby]

I have found the family I was looking for.

John darby b abt  1856 in barrow upon soar married Sarah ann hall. she was born about 1859 in barrow upon soar  leics.

Children are:

Teresa b abt 1877
Caroline b abt 1880
bertha b abt 1882
edith b abt 1883
alice b abt 1884
lucy b about 1884-85
ambrose b about 1888
george b abt 1891
mary e b abt 1894
John c b abt 1896

all born in barrow upon soar , leics


I heard that ambrose married a woman named emily and had 4 boys who all died in accidents.(this is what i heard)
ambrose was a cowboy on a farm and the older girls worked as hosiery hands. got this from the 1891 and 1901 census.

[charby]

I have a small correction to make, Ambrose darby married a woman named Alice,I think Alice Gertrude redfern(not 100% sure) they had 5 children.

Also another part of the darby family I have is this.

JOHN DARBY  head.mar.33 lime quarry lab. b abt 1828
ANN CHAPMAN wife 28 household work,b mountsorrel b abt 1833

WILLIAM   son  9 scholar b abt 1852
JOHN DARBY son  6 scholar b barrow upon soar b abt 1855
TOM DARBY son scholar  b b.u.s b abt 1858
SAMUEL DARBY son 8 months  b abt 1861

This is from the 1861 census in barrow upon soar

[charby]

I have more information on the family I have been writing about. here it is. With a few corrections.

John Darby b abt 1856 barrow upon soar , worked as a Lime quarry man,in 1891 was a foreman and in 1901 was an engine driver,stationary. He married SARAH ANN HALL  june qtr 1876, she was born  abt 1858 in barrow upon soar.

children were. ALL BORN IN BARROW UPON SOAR.

THERESA ANNIE DARBY  b abt 1877 june qtr,   married  BENJAMIN GEORGE WAITE  in 1898 dec qtr. he was b abt 1879 in quorn and was an ELASTIC WEB WEAVER.

CAROLINE DARBY   b abt 1879  dec qtr, married LUCIAN BRIGGS  in 1903 dec qtr. He was b in  barrow upon soar.CAROLINE BRIGGS (NEE DARBY)  died in quorn at the age of 28 the 2 july 1907. and is buried in the Barrow upon soar cemetery .

BERTHA DARBY b abt 1882 march qtr  married GEORGE HENRY HALLAM sept qtr 1903. in barrow upon soar.

EDITH DARBY b abt 1883

ALICE EDITH DARBY b abt 1884 march qtr, married JOHN SMART june qtr 1904

LUCY DARBY b abt 1885-86  dec qtr(I believe in october) married John Benjamin selby  15 july 1907 in the roman catholic church in barrow upon soar. JOHN BENJAMIN SELBY was born the 21 sept, 1884 in nottingham. They both died in Canada.

AMBROSE DARBY  b abt 1887  dec qtr married ALICE GERTRUDE REDFERN march qtr ?? in Barrow upon soar . ALICE  died the 18 february 1968 and was buried  the 22 feb, 1968 at the age of 75. She was a housewife and  she  was buried in barrow upon soar cemetery. AMBROSE  died  the 13 January 1973  and buried the 18 of Jan, 1973  at the age of 85  in loughborough, and is buried in the Barrow upon soar cemetery .

GEORGE HENRY DARBY b abt june qtr 1891 married CHARLOTTE W LOVETTE  dec qtr 1912 in barrow upon soar. GEORGE HENRY DARBY  died the 12 june 1931 and buried the same day at the age of 40. He died at the SILEBY BRICK WORKS  in mountsorrel  and he was a brick maker.

MARY ELLEN DARBY  b sept qtr 1893 married   a WARD  june qtr 1920 in barrow upon soar .She died the 4 dec, 1967 and buried the 7 dec, 1967 age 74.


JOHN CYRIL DARBY  b abt march qtr 1896  married sept qtr 1918 to a HALL . John died the 30 may 1923 and buried the same day at the age of 27.


If anyone can add anything I would appreciate it.

[charby]

I have found another Darby family and was wondering if this could be related to the ones above.

WILLIAM DARBY b abt 1821  barrow upon soar

ANN DARBY (RICHARDS) b abt 1825 bobbers mills notts

WILLIAM RICHARDS b abt 1822 bobbers mills notts (brother to ann)

JOHN T DARBY  b abt 1863 barrow upon soar  (son)

GEORGE H DARBY b abt 1864   same  (son)

JOSEPH R DARBY  b abt  1867    same   (son)







I have I think the family of JOSEPH R DARBY  as well

JOSEPH R DARBY  b abt 1867  barrow upon soar

EMMA DARBY b abt 1874           same

EMMA DARBY b abt 1891            same

ELSIE  M DARBY  b abt  1895       same

GEORGE W DARBY  b abt 1896    same

WILFRED H DARBY   b abt 1897     same

GRACE DARBY    b abt 1899        same


Can anyone tell me if they are related to the above families.

[charby]

I forgot to add a member to the JOHN DARBY and ANN CHAPMAN. They also had a daughter named LUCY DARBY b abt 1870.One of LUCY'S brothers TOM DARBY  had a daughter named LUCY DARBY b abt 1884-85.

This is what I have;

JOHN DARBY b abt 1830 barrow upon soar
ANN CHAPMAN b abt 1833  mountsorrel leics
WILLIAM DARBY b 1 aug, 1852 barrow upon soar
JOHN DARBY b abt 1856   same
TOM DARBY b abt 1859    same
SARAH DARBY  b abt 1859    same
SAMUEL DARBY b abt 1860   same
LUCY DARBY b abt 1870   same

I don't know if they had any between 1860 or 1870

JOHN DARBY and  ANN CHAPMAN I have already put on here so i won't repeat myself.


TOM DARBY b abt 1859 in barrow upon soar married  SARAH   SARAH was b abt 1859  barrow upon soar

LUCY DARBY b abt 1884-85 barrow upon soar
MARY ROSSIL , NIECE  b abt  1877 loughborough

[charby]

CORRECTION  I meant to write JOHN DARBY and SARAH ANN HALL .I had already posted about them so didn't want to repeat myself, sorry!

[Sparkle26]

Hi charby

I found a marriage for you hope it helps

Tom Darby Dec qtr 1879 Loughborough 7a 296
Sarah Chapman

I also found a death for

Sarah Darby 36 years old june qtr 1894 7a 66 Leicestershire 

she was alive in the 1891 census but by 1901 census Tom was a widow living with his daughter Lucy who was Single

Claire   

[charby]

Thank you claire , could by any chance  ann chapman and sarah chapman be related??