MELLARD/MELLERD/MELLOR Yorkshire

[Emmi]

Has anyone got the name Mellard (or a variation of the name) in their family tree?

All these three spellings appear for the same family on mine!

I have this branch of the family in Denby Dale and Wath-upon-Dearne

[marsha11]

Hello Emmi,
I see you have mentioned Varah Mellard on another thread.  Although I'm not descended from Varah and Francis Elizabeth Tonkinson, I would like to find out how he is connected to the Mellard's of West Melton and Brampton Bierlow.  I know that William Mellard (Brampton 1809) and Mary Ann (Wath) married and moved to Denby Dale. I know that Varah was born in Denby Dale and moved to West Melton but I cannot identify his parents or William's parents.  Can you help?

[Emmi]

Hello Marsha'
Varah can be found on the 1851 census Denby Dale age 7 month with his parents James and Martha. His father James was born in Wath-upon-Dearne, and is the son of William and Ann. 
The 1871 Census of Brampton Bierlow and West Melton shows Vara boarding with John and Sarah Mellard.
Are you connected to the family at all?  Varah Mellard was my Grt Grt Grandfather.
Regards, Emmi

[marsha11]

Thanks Emmi.  John Mellard, who Varah was lodging with in 1871, was the brother of my 2xGrt Grandfather Samuel (sons of Samuel Mellard and Mary Cooper).  I don't know how William was related.  Do you know when William and Ann married and who their parents were?

[Emmi]

Hello Marsha,
I haven't as yet found William and Ann's marriage but I'm still looking!  Their first two Children were baptized at Wath-upon-Dearne, the rest at Denby Dale.
William's parents were Thomas and Rachel (NE Wilkinson) They married 13th Feb 1804 Halifax.
My branch of Mellard's seem to have constantly wandered between South and West Yorkshire and are taking some unraveling!
Regards, Emmi.

[marsha11]

Hello Emmi,
I'm trying to identify a William Mellard that was a witness to my 3xGrt Grandfather Samuel's first wedding (25/8/1808).  It certainly wasn't his father William as he died in 1793.  William signed the Register and I want to see if he was a witness for William and Ann and if so compare signatures. I was working along the lines that the wedding witness William may have been the father of the William born in Brampton about 1809 but your findings have thrown a spanner in the works!   If I find the wedding record of William and Ann then I'll let you know.
Regards Marshall

[Emmi]

Thanks Marshall,
Good luck with your search, and I too will let you know if I find anything new.  Hope to hear from you soon,
Regards, Emmi

[marsha11]

Hello Emmi,

I know you said William's parent were Thomas and Rachel (married in Halifax) but I can't see how this can be so, given that William was from Brampton.

I think William was the son of Samuel (my 3xgrt grandfather) and Ann Burgin.  They had Sarah (bapt. Greasbrough 1/11/1807), William (bapt. Greasbrough 4/2/1810) and Mary (bapt. Wath 3/10/1813, died 22/5/1817).  The family would have moved to West Melton (part of Brampton at that time) by the time William was 3 years old as Mary was born there.  Samuel was widowed in 1814 and re-married in 1815. Children from this marriage were Samuel, Mary Ann, John and Elizabeth.  It was this John Mellard that Varah was boarding with in 1871, his father's half uncle.

William's grandmother, Sarah (nee Norton) was baptised at Netherton, which may explain the connection with this area of the West Riding.

[Dancing Master]

There are Three Ridings in Yorkshire,

North Riding,  West Riding and East Riding.

Don't know how people started referring to South Yorkshire, maybe when the 1974 Administration areas came into being.

It can  cause confusion.

A lot of Mellors in Lancashire especially in the Oldham/Saddleworth areas which overlap into the West Riding.