Fletchers of North/South Leverton Nottinghamshire

[delabane]

Ben,
From FindMyPast files regarding William 1794

Mike

Aye, that's the dead end record, which I had fear it would be. Until we found the below:

Children of above
1815 08 20      William JR   
1819 04 18      Sarah   
1821 09 16      John   
1824 07 18      Samuel SR     (my ancestor who married Jane Spowage)
1830 11 11      Charles      FLETCHER   Elizabeth (nee Fenton?)      Widow   

Which means William Fletcher SR died between 1824-1827. The only record for a burial for a William Fletcher around this time is:

South Leverton All Saints
William FLETCHER  age 63 born in 1764???
Burial date   18 Mar 1827
abode   South Leverton

Which means it can't be the 1794 William Fletcher baptism with Eliz Fletcher as this William Fletcher would be 33 and there are no further burials for a William Fletcher after 1827 (if the above is OUR William).

Its a complete mess really.

Many thanks

[fletch001]

Ben,
found this death, possibly the correct one for William Fletcher in Soth Leverton, PSA
Mike

[fletch001]

Ben,
Looking at that one again, it will be wrong, puts him at 17 yrs old before he got married. Still searching
Mike

[fletch001]

Ben,
looking at FindMyPast, there is only 8 other deaths which may be that of William, these are between 1839 and 1865, they are all in East Retford.
Mike

[delabane]

Ben,
Looking at that one again, it will be wrong, puts him at 17 yrs old before he got married. Still searching
Mike

Many thanks Mike, I don't know if you local but North Leverton, South Leverton and Sturton le Steeple all have churches and are all within less then a hours walking distance from each other. So its possible marriages, births and deaths could be at any of the 3, although it mostly seem to be South Leverton. My great great grandfather Samuel Fletcher JR (1872-1939) is buried in North Leverton. I don't know where his father Samuel Fletcher SR (1824-1905) is buried though. Been mostly been trying to find Williams details and who his parent(s) are.

[fletch001]

Ben,
Im originally from North Yorkshire, just above Whitby, i now live in Scotland
Mike

[delabane]

Ben,
looking at FindMyPast, there is only 8 other deaths which may be that of William, these are between 1839 and 1865, they are all in East Retford.
Mike

Hmm, on Samuel Fletcher SR's (1824-1905) marriage his father is listed as a Labourer so I would have assumed he would have remained local. That said Retford would have been thier nearest town, 6 miles away and Gainsborough is 7.5.

This is why I have been stuck for the last 2 years!

[delabane]

Ben,
Im originally from North Yorkshire, just above Whitby, i now live in Scotland
Mike

Nice Place Whitby, we used to go to the Goth Music Festival a decade ago. Too busy now

I am in South Wales now but grew up in Gloucestershire and Bristol. Born in Yorkshire and all my remaining family (just aunts, uncles and cousins now) live in Doncaster. My great grandfather Clarence Fletcher left Nottinghamshire for the railways. I don't think any of them live in the Retford area now. I had always assumed my main line was Yorkshire not Nottinghamshire. Not a country I know to well. I did visit the Levertons about a year ago and typically all the churches were locked!

[fletch001]

We try and visit every year to see the relatives. My Aunty Ida moved to Doncaster many moons ago her husband was Thomas Hutchinson, i think he worked on the railways.

What we have so far is that William 1794 was born to Elizabeth Fletcher born Jan 1780 to William Fletcher and Sarah in East Retford, she was 14 yrs old when she gave birth to William. Her possible death can only be two which is for East Retford, either 1843 or 1855.

William Fletcher married Sarah Couzens on 1st Jan 1778 in Hayton with Tilne. giving the best wider search has possible, there was only one William Fletcher that had a DoB of Nov 1752 in Clarborough, Nottinghamshire, England, his father was Joseph Fletcher and his mother was Ann.
Mike