March-field

[Kiwiham]

Ancestor of mine has, as the only piece of information I have, the place name where he came from, which is March-field or Marchfield. Tried to find this with Google but found no reference. However, I suspect the name may have changed over the years or possibly it is not a place name but a parish or similar?

Has anyone ever heard of March-field?

[CaroleW]

Hi

as the only piece of information I have, the place name where he came from

You also have his name and presumably some idea of when he was born

If you can post the info - we may be able to find the answer for you

There is/was a Marchfield in Gloucestershire and one in Cheshire

There is/was a Marshfield in Gloucester

[nigelp]

There is a Marshfield in South Gloucestershire and also one near Newport. Marshfield Bridge and Marshfield Bank are in Cheshire. Don't know of any Marchfield in England or Wales.

Marchfield is a fairly common road, street etc name in Scotland.

Nigel

[Kiwiham]

Hi

as the only piece of information I have, the place name where he came from

You also have his name and presumably some idea of when he was born

If you can post the info - we may be able to find the answer for you

There is/was a Marchfield in Gloucestershire and one in Cheshire

There is/was a Marshfield in Gloucester

No, I am afraid I don't. The reference came about through some notes I found on his daughter. She died in New Zealand but I do not know where she was born (although I know when, 1855). Her father was described as "Mr. Jeffries from March-field". Because of the settlement pattern in N.Z. I assume her father came from the England but even that is just a guess. I suspect he would have been born about 1835. I really need some where to start and first thing I need is where to look and for that I need to know where March-field is.

[stanmapstone]

There are;
MARCHFIELD SPA     MIDLOTHIAN     a mineral spring
MARKFIELD    LEICESTERSHIRE    a village and a parish
MARSHFIELD     MONMOUTHSHIRE     parish and village with railway station 
MARSHFIELD    GLOUCESTERSHIRE    market town and parish    
MARSHFIELD    LANCASHIRE    an extra-parochial tract
MARSHFIELD    GLOUCESTERSHIRE    a small town, a parish, and a subdistrict
MARSHFIELD    MONMOUTHSHIRE    a village and a parish
WOKINGHAM       BERKSHIRE       Marchfield House, of Mrs. Laws. Both the head living and that of St. Paul are rectories in the diocese of Oxford

www.visionofbritain.org.uk

Stan

[nigelp]

No, I am afraid I don't. The reference came about through some notes I found on his daughter. She died in New Zealand but I do not know where she was born (although I know when, 1855). Her father was described as "Mr. Jeffries from March-field". Because of the settlement pattern in N.Z. I assume her father came from the England but even that is just a guess. I suspect he would have been born about 1835. I really need some where to start and first thing I need is where to look and for that I need to know where March-field is.


Can you provide us with the name of the daughter? Did she have any brothers/sisters? If so, whom? Did she marry in England? If so, do you know where and when?

With some further information we may be able to work out the relevant place.

Nigel

[CaroleW]

Her father was described as "Mr. Jeffries from March-field"

So we at least have his surname!

[Kiwiham]

Her name was Esther Baker (nee Jeffries). There are no siblings.

I have ordered the marriage certificate. That may show the parents name(s). It will take about two weeks to arrive so I had better put this on hold for now.

Thanks for all your help.

[nigelp]

There are no Esther Jeffries in the GRO birth index for 1855. Is this perhaps the correct birth entry for Esther?

JEFFRIES Esther Maria     Birmingham  6d 200 Mar 1854 qtr

If you can tell us more about Esther (ie where and when she married and/or, for example, whether she had any other names) we may be able to work back and provide an answer. You must have, at least, some of this information to order the marriage certificate.

There are, of course, several possible alternative spellings for JEFFRIES which we may need to consider.

Nigel