Saturday, July 7, 2012

Hannah Litchfield and John Power Family


Hannah Litchfield, 3rd child of Godfrey and Lucy:

1818 Birth: John Moore Power, Hannah’s husband, was baptized 4 May 1818 in Pentrich, Derbyshire England.[1] The parish record of his birth still needs to be located.  Library British Film 883781 Item 4 contains Parish Register Printouts for Pentrich which hopefully would contain his record. 
1820 Birth: Hannah Litchfield was baptized on 6 Feb 1820 in Heage, Derbyshire, England.[2]
1841 Census:   Hannah Litchfield (20) is living in Matlock, Derbyshire and working as a “F.S.”Her neighbors are an elderly couple by the name of Smedley.[3]
1846 Marriage: Hannah Litchfield married John Moore Power on 7 Dec 1846 in Duffield, Derbyshire, England. John is a butcher.  Both fathers are listed as farmers.[4]
1848 Birth: Martha Power, daughter of Hannah and John was baptized on 20 Feb 1848.  The family was living in Pentrich, Derbyshire, England where Martha’s father John was working as a Butcher.[5]
1851 Census: Hannah Litchfield Power (32) is living in Pentrich with her husband John Power and daughter Martha Power (4) as well as her father-in-law, Charles Powers.  Charles is farming 7 ½ acres and John is a Butcher.[6]
1856 Birth: Eliza Power, daughter of Hannah and John was baptized on 6 Jan 1856.  This is eight years after her sister.  At this time the family is still living in Pentrich where John worked as a Butcher.[7]
1861 Census: Hannah Litchfield Power (40) is living in Pentrich with her husband John Power and daughters Martha Power (13) and Eliza Power (5) as well as her father-in-law, Charles Powers.  Charles is farming 8 acres and John is a Butcher.[8]
1871 Census: Hannah Litchfield Power (52) and her husband, John Power (53) are living in Pentrich next door to the Smedley Family.  They have a 36 year old, Scottish boarder living with them.  John’s occupation is farmer and butcher.[9]
1876 Marriage:  Eliza Powers marries John James Barker during the 3rd quarter of the year.[10]
1881 Census: Hannah Litchfield Power (61) and her husband, John Power (61) are living in Pentrich.  Neal MacSwan, a Scottish boarder is still living with them.  John is farming 7 acres.[11]
1881 Census: Eliza Power Barker (25) is living with her husband John James Barker (30) on Dakins yard in South Normanton, Derbyshire, England. Daughters, Martha Power Barker (3) and Hannah E Barker (2) are also there.  John is a cord wainer with an apprentice by the name of Edwin Halam (16).  A 14 year old girl is living with the family working as a general domestic servant.[12]
1891 Census: Hannah Litchfield Power (71) and John (75) are living in Pentrich.  Their grand-daughter Martha P Barker (15) is there.  John is a farmer.  This Census was extracted incorrectly listing Hannah at the age of 41 instead of 71.[13]
1891 Census: Eliza Power Barker (35) and John Barker (40) are living on High St in South Normanton, Derbyshire, England with four children; Hannah Barker (12), Mary Barker (9) , John Barker (5) and Frank Barker (2).   William Lichfield (16) is there working as a servant as well as a Harriet Renshaw (17) who is a “General Servant, Domestic”.[14]  This William Litchfield could be the son Octavius.  He is not living with his siblings with their older sister Lucy White in the 1891 Census.  There is another William Litchfield born in 1875 in Heage to John and Ann Litchfield.[15]
1891 Death: John Moore Power died at the age of 73, September 1891, in Belper, Derbyshire, England.[16] Probate 28 Aug 1892, died 27 Jul 1891[17]
1895 Death:  Hannah Litchfield Power died at the age of 74, March 1895, in Belper, Derbyshire, England.[18]  
1901 Census: Eliza Power Barker (45) and John Barker (51) are living on Market Place in South Normanton, Derbyshire with six children; Hannah Barker (22), Mary Emily Barker (19) , John Herbert Barker (15) and Frank P Barker (12), Harriet Gertrude Barker (7) and Dora Brumhead Barker (4).  John is working on his own account as a shoe maker.[19]
1911 Census: Eliza Power Barker (55) and John Barker (60) are living at 43 High Street, South Normanton, Derbyshire with four of their eight Children; John H Barker (25) and Frank P Barker (22), Harriett G Barker (17) and Dora B Barker (14).  John is a self employed boot maker and dealer.[20]

Recommendations

·        John Moore Power, Hannah’s husband, was baptized 4 May 1818 in Pentrich, Derbyshire England. The parish record of his birth still needs to be located.  Library British Film 883781 Item 4 contains Parish Register Printouts for Pentrich which hopefully would contain his record. 
·        Martha Power, daughter of Hannah and John.  I have been unable to locate a marriage record for Martha.  I found a couple of possibilities in the BMD Index at findmypast.co.uk.  One is for a Martha Power to either Newton Athow or Roger Sherrington in 1865 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England. [21] I located another marriage record for Martha Power to William McKinless, married in 1866 in Lancashire.[22]   I searched the census records for a family with these husbands hoping the birth place of Martha would help me narrow down the search but was unable to find a census record match for any of them in England.  It is possible she died before marrying.  I found a death record in the Freebmd index for a Martha Power, dying at age 17 in 1865.[23]   She was christened in 1848 so this could be the right record but it needs to be requested to verify.  
·        Eliza Power, daughter of Hannah.  Eliza married John James Barker.  She was living in South Normanton, Nottinghamshire with her husband from a tleast 1881- 1911. I found two possible death records for Eliza in Nottinghamshire.  An Elizabeth Barker died in 1919 and an Eliza A Barker died in 1930.[24]  Both these records require further research to see if one of them is the Eliza Power Barker in this family.
·        John James Barker, Hannah’s spouse, a John James Barker died in 1922 at the age of 73 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England.[25]  This is a possibility for Eliza’s husband and needs to be verified.



[1] Familysearch.org, Indexing Project for England Births and Christening, 1538-1975; Source film 498114; Church of England, Pentrick, Derby, England.  Doc# Hannah 2  June 10, 2011
[2] Church of England, Chapelry of Belper (Derbyshire), Bishops Transcripts Christening Records, Derby Book 1819 FHL British microfilm 497,383, item 1 Doc# Hannah 12
[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: 198; Book: 5; Civil Parish: Matlock; County: Derbyshire;  Enumeration District: 14; Folio: 29; Page: 18; Line: 8; GSU roll: 241299. Doc# Hannah 22   May 1, 2012
[4] Church of England, Parish Church of Duffield (Derbyshire).  Derbyshire Record Office, Matlock, Marriage Registers  1842-`854 (1846), Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT Doc # Hannah 11
[5] Church of England, Parish Church of Pentrich (Derbyshire),  Baptism Register, #1271, FHL British microfilm 498,114 item 2 Doc# Hannah 11
[6] 1851 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. 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: 193; Page: 16; GSU roll: 87776-87777. Doc# Hannah 23   May 1, 2012
[7] Church of England, Parish Church of Pentrich (Derbyshire),  Baptism Register, FHL British microfilm 498,114 item 2
[8] 1861 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com  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: 63; Page: 1; GSU roll: 542982. Doc # Hannah 24  May 1, 2012
[9] 1871 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com 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: 3589;  Folio: 16; Page: 24; GSU roll: 839775. Doc # Hannah 25 May 1, 2012
[10] Birth Marriage and Death Indexes for England & Wales; database online, Findymypast.co.uk, Doc # Hannah 16,  Feb 23 2012
[11] 1881 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com  1881 British Isles Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints  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: 3415;  Folio: 123; Page: 2; GSU roll: 1341817. Doc # Hannah 26  May 1, 2012
[12] 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: 3314;  Folio: 18;  Page: 31;  GSU roll: 1341790. Doc # Hannah 28  May 4, 2012
[13] 1891 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com 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: 74; Page: 5; GSU roll: 6097857. Doc # Hannah 27  May 1, 2012
[14] 1891 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. 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: 2650; Folio: 128; Page: 32; GSU roll: 6097760. Doc # Hannah 29  May 4, 2012
[15] Church of England, Baptism Registry book 1875; Family History Library film # 1041436  Doc # Lichfield 28
[16] John Moore Power, Death Index, England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes, London, England: General Register Office, England & Wales FreeBMD Index 1837-1919, (1891), Belper, Vol. 7b, p. 294, www.Freebmd.org.uk  Doc # Hannah 18  Feb 23, 2012
[17] 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 Justice in England. Doc # Hannah 32  May  9, 2012
[18] Hannah Power, Death index, England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes, London, England: General Register Office, England &  Wales, FreeBMD Index: 1837-1919 (1895), Belper, Volume 7b, p 437, www.Freebmd.org.uk, Doc # Hannah 17 May  15, 2012
[19] 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: 3136; Folio: 42; Page: 21. Doc # Hannah 30  May 4, 2012
[20] 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: 20307Doc # Hannah 31  May 4, 2012
[21] Birth, marriage and death Indexes for England and Wales for Martha Power, District Liverpool, County: Lancashire, Year: 1865, quarter: Apr-May-Jun, Vol 8B, page 372 at Findmypast.com Doc # Hannah 14  Feb 23, 2012
[22] Birth, Marriage and Death Index for England and Wales for Martha Power, Findmypast.co.uk  Doc # Hannah 15 Feb 23, 2012
[23] Martha Power, Death index, England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes, London, England: General Register Office, England & Wales, FreeBMD Index: 1837-1919 (1865), Belper, Volume 7b, p 294, Freebmd.org.uk, Doc # Hannah 19  Feb 23, 2012
[24] Eliza Barker death index, General Register Office, England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office, England& Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005 (database on-line) Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Vol. 7b, page 274, Doc # Hannah 21   April 14, 2012
[25] John Barker death index, General Register Office, England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office, England& Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005 (database on-line) Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Vol. 7b, page 341, Doc # Hannah 20  April 14, 2012

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St Peter's Church, Belper, Derbyshire, England

St Peter's Church, Belper, Derbyshire, England
Godfrey Litchfield and Dorothy Jennison were married in this church on 16 March 1853