Questions tagged [staffordshire]
For questions about the county of Staffordshire in the West Midlands of England, commonly abbreviated "Staffs."
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Where is "Perthall"?
In looking at this source for Edward Dickinson, it states he is from Perthall (presumably in the UK). I don't find such a place on the map.
Where would it be?
https://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/...
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Monumental Inscriptions - Churchyard of St Mary & St Chad in Brewood, Staffordshire
Is anyone aware of an online-accessable index/list of the MI's for this churchyard?
I cannot find such on the CD of Staffordshire MI's published by BMSGH (Midland-Ancestors) nor within the ...
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Dating entry in Collections for a history of Staffordshire
In Collections for a history of Staffordshire (1903), via the Internet Archive, I have found an entry that may or may not relate to a direct ancestor of mine named William Fletcher:
Staff". John ...
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Finding source of father's first name on 1713 Staffordshire baptism from FamilySearch index?
William Fletcher, who I believe to have been my 6th great grandfather was baptised on 27 Sep 1713 at St Mary, Brewood, Staffordshire, England.
The image of that baptism, from FindMyPast's ...
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Verifying facts and relationships given in 16th century visitations?
Owing to the fortuitous survival of various parish registers and wills I have managed to trace, with good certainty, one of my lines of ancestry back to one Margaret Bowyer who was born in ...
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Grandmother as spinster? (Staffordshire, 1736)
In her 1736 Staffordshire will, a woman named Mary Simpson named her grandson (John Bourne) executor. Bourne requested a proxy (George Hand), and in the proxy request, officials referred to Simpson ...
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At what age did girls leave home in 1880s England?
Ellen Sutton (born to Harriet and John Sutton 1868 in Wolverhampton) appears in the 1871 Census, but not the 1881 Census, even though her siblings do. The death index shows that a 4-year-old Ellen ...
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If widow remarries, do English records ca 1820 show maiden name?
In England, if a widow remarries, is the marriage record more likely to show her maiden name, or the married name from her previous marriage (circa 1820)?. From what I understand, in Scotland, a widow ...
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Tracking 1836 removal from Brewood to Tipton, Staffordshire?
The image below comes from Ancestry.com's England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1970 (Piece 2932: Brewood (Independent), 1810-1837) for Joseph Anslow and it appears to ...
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Where was Joseph Brown Lever for 1841 England Census?
In a self-deleted answer to Tracing Hitchcox migration Liverpool-Adelaide in 1854 on ships Constance and Antelope? user @GinnyButler mentioned that:
On the 1841 census we find Joseph Brown Lever is ...
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Interpreting 29 Feb 1797 (non-leap year) for baptism of Thomas Hitchcox in Lapley, Staffordshire, England?
The baptism record of my 3rd great grandfather Thomas Hitchcox (son of Thomas and Hannah) at Lapley, Staffordshire, England, appears to clearly state the date of that event as being 29 Feb 1797 (see ...
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Locating Manorial Records of 1843-9 Copyhold by William Hitchcox in Wheaton Aston, Staffordshire, England?
In 1837-1839 and 1842, my 3rd great grandfather Thomas Hitchcox was listed as a voter living at Wheaton Aston in the Parish of Lapley, Staffordshire, England and was qualified to vote by owning ...
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