9th Child of Godfrey
and Lucy Litchfield
1834 Birth: Octavius Litchfield, son of Godfrey and
Lucy, was baptized 9 March 1834 in Belper, Derbyshire, England.
1841 Census: Octavius is eight years old,
living in Heage with parents and three brothers, Godfrey, Noah and George. He
is an agricultural laborer.
1851 Census: Octavius is sixteen, living in
Heage with parents and three brothers, Godfrey, Thomas and George. He is a scholar and his father is farming 65
acres.
1858 Marriage: Octavious
Litchfield married
Sarah Spendlove
on Dec 25, 1858 at the Parish Church in Duffield, Derbyshire, England.
·
Order birth
certificates for the children of Octavius
and Sarah Litchfield since I was unable to locate them in the parish
registers.
1860 Birth: Lucy Ellen Litchfield born in
Jun 1860 in Belper, Vol. 7b, page 442.
1861 Census: Octavius (24) is married to Sarah
and has an infant daughter named Lucy.
He is working as a farmer and lives on Swinney Lane. George Lichfield (23) is single and a visitor
and working as a carpenter.
1862 Birth: George Litchfield born in
March 1862, Belper, Derbyshire, Vol 7b, page 435.
1864 Birth: Godfrey Litchfield born March
1864, Belper, Derbyshire, Vol 7b, page 143.
1868 Birth: Lucy Litchfield born
1868. I have not been able to find a
birth or christening record for this Lucy.
I wonder if Lucy Ellen and Lucy are the same person? A thorough study of the census records for
the family might clear up the mystery.
1871 Census: Octavius (36) is married to Sarah
living on Lawn Nook in Belper, Derbyshire, England. Three children are living in the home, Lucy Ellen
(11), George (9), and Godfrey (7). His occupation is listed as a laborer.
1871 Birth: Octavius Litchfield born March
1871, Belper, Derbyshire, Vol 7b, page 475.
1873 Birth: Eliza Litchfield born
1873. No records found so far.
1875 Birth: William Litchfield born
March 1875, Belper, Derbyshire, Vol 7b, Page 8
1879 Birth: Noah Litchfield born 1879,
Belper, Derbyshire,
Register Office 392, Reference BB/29/068.
1880 Death: Sarah Spendlove
Litchfield, wife of Octavius, died at the age of 44.
She was buried 30 Oct 1880 at St. Peter’s
Church, Belper, Derbyshire, England.
1880 Marriage: Lucy Ellen
Litchfield marriage to
Reuben White
on Nov 1, 1880.
1881 Census: Octavius (45) is a
widower, still living on Lawn Nook and working as a farm laborer.
He has six children at home, George (18 a
wire maker), Godfrey (16, a bottle maker), Octavius (8, a scholar), William (5,
a scholar), Eliza (3, a scholar) and Noah who was just one.
Also living in the home was a 22 year old female,
Selina Bell who was working as a general servant.
1889 Marriage: Godfrey
Litchfield married
Lucy Ellen
Sanders on Dec 22, 1889 at St. Peter’s Church, Belper, Derbyshire, England.
1890 Marriage: George Litchfield
married
Hannah Green on May 17, 1890
in Belper, Derbyshire, England.
1891 Census: Three of Octavius’ younger children Eliza
(14), Noah (12) and Octavius (18) are living with their older sister Lucy Ellen
who was married to Reuben White.
1895 Marriage: Eliza Litchfield.
An Eliza Litchfield married Edward Langton on Dec 15, 1895 in Cheshire,
England.
This record needs to be researched to see if
it is the right family.
1899 Marriage: William
Litchfield married
Martha Power
Baker on Dec 26, 1899, England.
This record needs to be verified.
See
Recommendations Section.
1900 Marriage: Octavious
Litchfield married
Annie Yates
on Aug 18, 1900 in Crich, Derbyshire, England.
1901 Census: Octavius (65) is a widowed
pauper living The Union House.
Is
occupation is General Agricultural laborer.
1903 Death: George Litchfield
died at the age of 41 during the last quarter of 1903 in Belper, Derbyshire,
England.
Hannah Green Litchfield,
wife of George Litchfield. See
Recommendations section.
1911 Census: Octavius (77) is a patient
at the Workhouse in Belper.
He is listed
as a widower and formerly a farmer.
1911 Death: Octavius died at
the age of 78.
He was buried in Belper,
Derbyshire in 1911.
1914 Marriage: Noah Litchfield
married
Annie Walker on March 26,
1914 at St. Peter’s Church, Belper, Derbyshire, England.
1932 Death: Lucy Ellen
Litchfield White died in 1932 at
the age of 72 in Horsley, Derbyshire, England.
1935 Death: Godfrey Litchfield
died at the age of 70 during the first quarter of 1935 in Belper, Derbyshire,
England.
1941 Death: Noah Litchfield
died in March 1941 at the age of 61 in Belper, Derbyshire, England.
1945 Death: William Litchfield, died
Dec 1945 in Belper, Derbyshire, England.
1952 Death: Lucy Ellen Sanders
Litchfield, wife of Godfrey, died in 1952 at the age of 85 in Belper,
Derbyshire, England.
1954 Death: Octavius Litchfield died
in September 1954 at the age of 81 in Belper, Derbyshire, England.
Recommendations:
George Litchfield, son of
Octavius, grandson of Godfrey. I found an index for the marriage record of
George Litchfield and Hannah Green stating the marriage can be found in the
1890 Register 2 page 99.
I need to check FHL Film #208083 to find this
record.
Octavius Litchfield, son of
Octavius, grandson of Godfrey.
Locate Octavius’ marriage record to Annie Yates on FHL Film # 1751993.
Lucy Litchfield, daughter of
Octavius, granddaughter of Godfrey.
Locate Lucy’s marriage record to Reuben in the FHL Film # 1041434.
William Litchfield, son of
Octavius, grandson of Godfrey. I
have not been able to locate an index for this marriage. However I did find a christening record for a
John William Litchfield, son of William Litchfield and Martha Power. This child was christened at the Primitive
Methodist Church, Ripley Circuit, Derby, England. The Primitive Methodist Church records might
have a marriage record for this couple.
One possible record to check would be FHL Film #175222 items 1-3. This microfilm contains marriages 1874-1903.
Noah Litchfield, son of
Octavius, grandson of Godfrey.
Locate Noah’s marriage record by searching through Computer Printout of
the Heage Chapelry found on FHL Fiche 6905205.
Hannah Green Litchfield,
wife of George Litchfield and daughter-in-law of Octavius. I was unable to locate
a death record for a Hannah Litchfield in the Belper area. George died in 1903 at the age of 41. Perhaps Hannah remarried and had a different
last name at the time of her death or possibly she moved away. A thorough search of the census records might
shed some light on the subject.
Eliza Litchfield, daughter of
Octavius. I have not been able to
make positive identification yet as to whom Eliza married.
I believe it was Edward Langton.
I found several death records for Eliza Jane
Langton.
My distant cousin, Glenda
Wright has her born in 1878, married to Edward Fardon and dying in 1963.
I have been unable to find a marriage record in the area for an Eliza
Litchfield to and Edward Fardon however I did find a record for an Eliza
Litchfield to an Edward Langton.
Going
on the assumption that this record could be correct, I found a death record for
an Eliza Jane Langton who died 1841 at the age of 62 (making her birth date in
1879) in Belper.
The possible birth records I have found have her born in 1877.
So this death record is close.
I need to order a copy of the marriage record
first to verify the Eliza Litchfield married to Edward Langton really is the
correct one.
Sarah Lichfield
burial record, Church of England, Chapelry of Heage, (Derbyshire, England),
Burial Register 1880, Derbyshire County Record Office, Matlock, (FHL film #
2080805) Doc. #
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1881 England Census
[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. 1881
British Isles Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints;
1891 England Census
[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Original data: Census Returns of
England and Wales, 1891. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the
UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1891. Class: RG12; Piece: 2514; Folio: 50; Page: 18; GSU
roll: 6097624. Doc # Octavius 49
1901 England Census
[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original
data: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901. Kew, Surrey, England:
The National Archives, 1901. Class: RG13; Piece: 3228; Folio: 227; Page: 5.
Doc # Octavius 50
1911 England Census
[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.,
2011.Original data: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911. Kew,
Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA), 1911. Class: RG14; Piece: 20971; ; Page: 2.
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