William Litchfield, 1st
child of Godfrey and Lucy
1815 Birth: William Litchfield was baptized on 16 July 1815 in the Parish
Church of Belper, Derbyshire, England.
The family was living in Belper and William’s father Godfrey was working
as a laborer.[1]
1840 Marriage: William married Ann Ward on 13 Jan 1840.[2]
1841 Census: William (25) was living
with his wife Ann (20) and brother Thomas (15) in Ripley, Derbyshire. William is a butcher.[3]
1844 Birth: Elizabeth Ann Litchfield, the
daughter of William and Ann. I was
able to locate a record for her in the FreeBMD index. Her birth was recorded July- Sept 1844 in
Belper, Derbyshire, England.[4]
1846 Birth: William Litchfield was the son
of William and Ann Litchfield. He
was baptized on 20 April 1846 in Denby, Derbyshire, England. The family was living at Toadmore, Heage,
Derbyshire, England where William Sr was working as a butcher.[5]
1847 Birth: Mary Litchfield, the daughter
of William and Ann Litchfield, was baptized 3 Dec 1847 in the Heage
Chapel. The family was living in
Toadmore , Heage, Derbyshire, England where Mary’s father William was working
as an Inn Keeper and a butcher.[6]
1847 Death: William’s wife Ann Ward died at the age of 28. She was buried on 3 Dec 1847 at St Peter’s
Church, Belper, Derbyshire, England.[7]
1851 Census: William (36) was living
with his three children, Elizabeth
(6), William (5) and Mary (3). His is working as an Inn Keeper and a
butcher. He is a widower. His sister-in-law, Elizabeth Ward is living there keeping house. Lydia Brocklehurst (15) is also living there
as a house servant and helping with the Inn.[8]
1854 Child Dies: William
Litchfield, son of William and Ann died in 1854 at the age of 8 ½ . He was buried on the 3rd of
December at St Peter’s Church in Belper, Derbyshire, England.[9]
1860 Marriage: William
married Elizabeth Ward (sister to
Ann) on 24 July 1860 in the Parrish Church of Duffield.[10]
1861 Census: William Litchfield is
living with his wife Elizabeth, his
two daughters Elizabeth (17) and Mary (13) and his Father-in-law,
William Ward (70). He is working as a
butcher and the family is living in Heage.[11]
1866 Marriage of Elizabeth:
Elizabeth Litchfield married her first cousin Herbert Hodgkinson on June 30, 1866 at Saint Edmunds in Allestree,
Derbyshire, England.[12]
1866 Death: William Litchfield died on
6 March 1866[13]
in Belper, Derbyshire, England.[14] Probate
29 Mar 1866[15]
1866 Marriage: Elizabeth Litchfield
married her first cousin Herbert Hodgkinson on June 30, 1866 at Saint Edmunds
in Allestree, Derbyshire, England.[16]
1868 Marriage: Mary Litchfield
married William Slater on 29 Dec
1868 in Duffield, Derby, England. [17]
This record needs to be verified to prove it is the correct family. See recommendations.
1870 Death: His second wife,
Elizabeth Ward died in early 1870[18]
just 4 years after her husband died.
Their two children were still quite young when they were orphaned, Ann
was nine and William was six. Probate 6 Feb
1870[19]
1871 Census: Elizabeth Litchfield Hodgkinson (26) and Herbert Hodgkinson (26) are living with
their son Fredrick (2) in
Heage. Herbert is working as a Cattle
Dealer.[20]
1871 Census: Mary Litchfield Slater (22) is living
with her husband William Slater (26)
and son James W Slater (1). They are living in Claycross, Derbyshire.[21]
1881 Census: Elizabeth
Litchfield Hodgkinson Freeman is
living with her 2nd husband, Thomas
Freeman and their two children Mary
Freeman (2) and George Freeman
(1) as well as her two children Fredrick
Hodgkinson (12) and Annie Hodgkinson
(6). The family is living on Ridgeway
Lane in Heage.[22]
1881 Census: Mary Litchfield
(33) is living with her husband William
Slater (35) and four children, Ernest
Slater (10), Walter Slater (8), Frances Slater (3) and Lillie Slater (1). They are living
on Park Street, in the hamlet of Derby Lane, in the town of Hasland,
Derbyshire, England. William is a
furnace laborer.[23]
1881 Census: William Litchfield,
son of William (17) living on Market Place, Belper, Derbyshire, England. He is working as an apprentice and living
with several unrelated people.[24]
1885 Marriage: Ann Ward
Litchfield married Charles Henry Keates on Dec 29 1885 in St. Peter’s
Church, Belper, Derbyshire, England.[25] This marriage certificate states Ann’s father
is William
(deceased) and the witness was William Ward Litchfield who is her
brother. It is the correct family.
1889 Marriage: William Ward
Litchfield married Ellen “Nellie” Wheeldon on Oct 28 1889 in St. Peter’s
Church, Belper, Derbyshire, England.[26]
1891 Census: Elizabeth Litchfield Freeman (46) and Thomas Freeman (58) are living in Heage
with six children: Annie Freeman
(16), Mary Freeman (13), George Freeman
(11), Authur Freeman (10), Albert Freeman (7) and Minnie Freeman (6).[27]
1891 Census: Mary Litchfield Slater (43) is still
living on Park St in Hasland, Derbysire with William Slater and six children, Stephen Ernest Slater (19), John
Thomas Slater (18), Lily Slater
(11), Lizzie Slater (9), Fred Slater (6) and Charley
Slater (4).[28]
1891 Census: Ann Litchfield (29) is living with her
husband Charles Keates and daughter Annie Margaret Keates (4) in Congleton,
Cheshire, England.[29]
1891 Census: William Litchfield, son of William (29)
living on Market Place, Rugby,Warwickshire, England. He is working as a master grocer with his
wife Nellie Litchfield (31) and
infant son William Litchfield.[30]
1901 Census: Elizabeth
Litchfield Freeman (55), widowed, is living in Heage with three of her
children, George Freeman (21), Arthur Freeman (19) and Mimie Freeman (16).[31]
1901 Census: Mary Litchfield
Slater – Census record has not been located
Ann W Litchfield Keates (38)
is living with her husband Charles
Keates and daughter Annie Margaret
Keates (14) in Congleton, Cheshire, England.[32]
1901 Census: William Litchfield
(27) living on Buckland Terrace, Lymington, Hapshire, England. He is working as a farmer. Living with his
wife Nellie Litchfield (40) and five
children; William F Litchfield (10),
Louisa M Litchfield (8), Ellen M Litchfield (7), Elise Litchfield (2), and Albert W Litchfield (11 months). Alice Hewiit (24) domestic servant is also
living there.[33]
1911 Census: Mary Litchfield
Slater (63) is living with
husband William Slater, son Charles Slater and his wife Ellen Slater. Their address is 259 Derby Road,
Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England.[34]
1911 Census: Ann W Litchfield
Keates (49) is living with her husband Charles
Keates and daughter Annie Margaret
Keates (24) at 43 High St, Congleton, Cheshire, England.[35]
Death 1915: William Slater, Spouse
of Mary, died in late 1915 at the age of 70 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire,
England.[36]
Probate 24 July 1917, died 20 April 1917 in Chesterfield.[37]
Death 1917: Charles Henry
Keates, husband of Ann Ward Litchfield, died 1917 in Congleton, Cheshire,
England.[38]
Probate 8 Feb 1918, died 28 Aug 1917.[39]
Death 1922: Elizabeth Litchfield
Hodgkinson was 78 when she died. She
was buried in Sept 1922 in Belper, Derbyshire, England.[40]
Death 1929: Mary Ward Litchfield
Slater died in the 20 Jul of 1929 at the age of 81 in Chesterfield,
Derbyshire, England.[41]
Probate 1 Oct 1929[42]
Death 1935: Ann Ward Litchfield Keates
died on 3 Aug 1935 in Wolverhampton, England.[43]
Probate 9 Sep 1935.[44]
Death 1950: William Ward
Litchfield died at the age of 86 in early 1950.[45]
Ellen “Nellie” Wheeldon wife
of William Ward Litchfield. I have been
unable to locate a death record yet for Nellie Litchfield.
Recommendations
·
Verify Lucy
Boamer’s (wife of Godfrey) baptism in the parish register of Pentrich,
(Derbyshire). The Pentrich records are
currently unavailable at the FHL library because the library is in the process
of digitizing these records.
·
Search for the christening records for Williams two wives, Ann and Elizabeth Ward. They were sisters and most likely came from
the county of Straffordshire.
·
Order the birth record for Elizabeth Litchfield, daughter of William Litchfield born 1844, in
Belper, Derby, England, found in volume 19, page 432.[46]
·
William
Litchfield. I need to order the
marriage certificate for William and his first wife Ann through the General
Registar Office. This record can be
located in the Jan-March 1840, Belper, group in Volume 19 on page 323.[47]
·
Elizabeth
Litchfield, daughter of William, granddaughter of Godfrey. Review FHL film #1041426 for the marriage
of Elizabeth and Herbert Hodgkinson, son
of Lucy, Grandson of Godfrey. If
that film is not available order the marriage certificate for Elizabeth and
Herbert through the General Registar Office.
This record can be found in the Registration District of Belper, County
of Derbyshire, year 1866 Apr-Jun Volume 7B, page 752.[48]
·
William
Litchfield, son of William, grandson of Godfrey. Before ordering the certificates to clarify
this William’s identity I want to research through the census records and death
records. Since William senior remarried
and had another son named William, I am suspicious that his first son named
William passed away. This marriage
occurred the same year the second William was born. It is possible he died the year he was
married and his little brother was named after him. Or he died earlier and this record refers to
another William Litchfield.
·
Mary
Litchfield, daughter of William, granddaughter of Godfrey. Locate
the marriage record of Mary Litchfield and William Slater in FHL film # 1041433
to verify this is the correct Marry Litchfield.
If necessary I can order the marriage certificate through the General
Registar Office Registration District:Belper, County:Derbyshire, year: 1868,
Vol 7B, page 823.[49]
·
Ann
Litchfield, daughter of William, granddaughter of Godfrey. According to the marriage record found at
new.familysearch.org and England marriage Index at familySearch.org, Ann is
married to a James Hatton.[50] I will have to locate this marriage
certificate to prove or disprove this marriage relationship. It can be found on
FHL microfilm 1,279,181[51] According to the index the marriage
certificate lists William as the father of this Ann Litchfield. Hopefully the witnesses will shed a light on
the correct family. A search of census
records for Bedford and Derbyshire could also prove the existence of two Ann
Litchfields. Another possibility is Ann
married James first then Charles. I do
not think this is correct since the bride of Charles still had the last name of
Litchfield not Hatton and was a spinster not a widow. The record in
new.familysearch.org may need to be corrected depending on what I find.
[1] Church of England, Parish Church of
Duffield (Derbyshire). Parish Register of Baptisms, Volume 3, page 57, FHL
British microfilm 2,080,800 Doc# William 23
[2] BMD Index, Registration District:
Belper, County: Derbyshire. Year 1840, Quarter: Jan-Mar, Volume 19, page
323. Findmypast.com, Doc# William 9
[3] 1841 England
Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc, 2010. Original data: Census Returns of England and Wales,
1841. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public
Record Office (PRO), 1841. Class: HO107; Piece: 180; Book: 13; Civil
Parish: Duffield; County: Derbyshire; Enumeration
District: 15; Folio: 31; Page: 18; Line: 25; GSU
roll: 241287. Doc # William 44
[4] FreeBMD. England & Wales,
FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. (Doc William #33)
[5] Church of England, Parish Church of
Denby (Derbyshire). Bishops Transcipts
for Denby , Baptisms 1845-1847, FHL British microfilm 498,059 (No picture of
this record)
[6] Church of England, Parish of
Duffield, (Derbyshire). Chapelry of Heage,
Baptisms 1819-1894, FHL British microfilm 1,041,436 (Doc William #20)
[7] Ann Lichfield
burial record, Church of England, Chapelry of Heage, (Derbyshire, England),
Burial Register 1847, Derbyshire County Record Office, Matlock, (FHL film #
2080805) Doc. #
William 26
Original data: Census Returns of
England and Wales, 1851. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the
UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1851. Class: HO107; Piece: 2145;
Folio: 70; Page: 28; GSU roll: 87776-87777.
Doc # William 45
[9] William Litchfield
burial record, Church of England, Chapelry of Heage, (Derbyshire, England),
Burial Register 1854, Derbyshire County Record Office, Matlock, (FHL film #
2080805) Doc. #
William 25
[10] Church of England, parish Church of
Duffield (Derbyshire). Derbyshire Record
Office, Matlock, FHL microfilm #1,041,433 Family History Library, Salt Lake
City, UT Doc# William 21
Original data: Census Returns of
England and Wales, 1861. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the
UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1861. Class: RG 9; Piece: 2513;
Folio: 55; Page: 19; GSU roll: 542982.
Doc # William 46
[12] Printout of Allestree, St. Edmunds,
Derby, England. Family History Library,
Salt Lake City, UT Doc# William28
[13] Pedigree Resource File for William
Litchfield, Information from Norma Smith of Raymond, Alberta, Canada - March
1996 WILL: Probated 29 Mar 1866, FamilySearch.org Doc #
William 37
[14] Birth, Marriage,
and Death Index, Registration District: Belper, County: Derbyshire, Year 1866,
Quarter: Jan-Mar, Volume 7b, page 351.
www.FreeBMD.org.uk, Doc # William 34
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Wills and Administrations), 1861-1941
[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Original
data: Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and
Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of
Justice in England. Doc # William 62
[16] Printout of Allestree, St. Edmunds,
Derby, England. Family History Library,
Salt Lake City, UT (Doc William #28)
[17] Index English Marriages, 1538-1973
for William Slater and Mary Lichfield, FamilySearch.org (Doc William 29)
[18] Elizabeth Litchfield death index,
General Register Office, England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London,
England: General Register Office, Free BMD Index: 1837-1915, Belper, Vol. 7b,
page 368, Ancestry.com, Doc # William 38
[19] England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of
Wills and Administrations), 1861-1941
[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Original
data: Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and
Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of
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[20] 1871 England Census
[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: Census Returns of England
and Wales, 1871. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK
(TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1871. Class: RG10;
Piece: 3588; Folio: 66; Page: 10; GSU
roll: 839774. Doc # William 47
[21] 1871 England Census
[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original
data: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871. Kew, Surrey, England:
The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1871.
Class: RG10; Piece: 3606; Folio: 48; Page: 34; GSU
roll: 839780. Doc # William 51
[22] Original data: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881.
Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record
Office (PRO), 1881. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints. 1881 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
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Class: RG11; Piece: 3415; Folio: 110; Page: 20; GSU
roll: 1341817. Doc # William 48
[24] 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 Original data: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881. Kew,
Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office
(PRO), 1881. Class: RG11; Piece: 3413; Folio: 60; Page: 3; GSU
roll: 1341816. Doc # William 58
[25] Church of England, Chapelry of
Belper (Derbyshire), County Record Office at Matlock, Derbyshire, Parish
marriage register for St. Peter’s
1847-1908 (1889), FHL microfilm #2,080,803 (Doc William 24)
[26] Church of England, Chapelry of
Belper (Derbyshire), County Record Office at Matlock, Derbyshire, Parish
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1847-1908 (1889), FHL microfilm #2,080,803 (Doc William 27)
[27] 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: 2747; Folio: 56; Page: 8; GSU
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[28] 1891 England Census
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data: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891. Kew, Surrey, England:
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[29] 1891 England Census
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data: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891. Kew, Surrey, England:
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[30] 1891 England Census
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[31] 1901 England Census
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[32] 1901 England Census
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[33] 1901 England Census
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[34] 1911 England Census
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[36] William Slater, England & Wales
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[38] Charles Henry Keates, England &
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[40] Elizabeth
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[41] Mary Ward Litchfield Slater, England
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[42] England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of
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[43] Ann W. Litchfield Keates, Will
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[45] William W Litchfield, England &
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[46] Church of England, Parish Church of
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[50] New.familysearch.org marriage record
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[51] Index English Marriages, 1538-1973
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