Hi Dave In answer to your above brick wall: There are two deaths registered in Sheffield for a Timothy Millington Sep Q 1849 and Dec Q 1852 Also a death registered for Thomas Henry Millington in Mar Q 1858 Could this be Charlotte Ann living in Leeds in 1851? Prince David Head Married M 28 1823 Bricklayers Labourer b. Seacroft Yorkshire Prince Elenor Wife Married F 26 1825 b. Knaresborough Yorkshire Millington Charlotte Ann Lodger Unmarried F 16 1835 Flax Spinner b. Sheffield Yorkshire RGHO107 Piece 22320 Folio 845 Page 18 No sign of Mary Ann or Roger, though, on the 1851 Census, after trying all possible variations, etc. I notice they are mistranscribed as Willington on the 1861 Census! Hope the above helps. Christine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Hinde" <dwh123@charter.net> To: <ENG-SHEFFIELD@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 3:36 AM Subject: [SHEFF] MILLINGTON 1851 Brick Wall? > Hi All: > > I dunno if this is a Brick Wall, a heavily-reinforced Concrete Wall, > or just a tiny obstacle that my feeble efforts can't seem to get > around, but I'm hoping that fresh eyes (and fresh brains!) may be > able to find the solution... > > Here's my problem: Timothy MILLINGTON Jr was born and baptised in > Sheffield in 1802, son of Timothy (a Hatter, b abt 1772 Dore, DBY, d > Nov 1839 Sheffield) and Sarah (nee SAMPSON, b abt 1770 YKS, d. 1843 > Sheffield) Millington. In 1827 he married Charlotte HURNING in > Bolsover, Derbyshire, and their union produced at least 4 children, > all baptised at the old Sheffield Parish Church - Timothy William, b > Jan 1829, Thomas Henry, b Dec 1830, James Frederick, b 1832, and > Charlotte Ann, b 1834. > > Then the genealogical fog, akin to Sheffield's accumulating > industrial smoke of the era, begins to settle on this family... > > A Roger MILLINGTON, b 28 Apr 1839, bapt 5 Jun 1839 in Sheffield, son > of Ann & Timothy Millington, Hatter shows up (the birth cert is on > order, but not yet here) on the Parish Church PR, and wife Charlotte > disappears from sight - no death or burial for her has yet been > discovered. A portion of the family can be found in 1841 > (mistranscribed as RUTTINGHE, on Ancestry) at Haymarket, Sheffield: > Timothy, 39, Hatter; Timothy William, 10: Charlotte, 8; and Mare > (sic) Ann GOLDEN, 25. Please note: no Roger, age 1 or 2 - but wait... > > Another birth (cert in hand) shows up in Sep 1843 - Mary Ann GOULDEN, > daughter of Mary Ann MILLINGTON, formerly GOULDEN, and Timothy > MILLINGTON, Hatter, Father, at 21 Haymarket, Sheffield. And in Apr > 1844, in Leeds (cert in hand) the knot is formally tied: Timothy M, > widower, Hatter, married Mary Ann G, spinster. (Subsequent research > shows that mother Mary Ann was the daughter of John & Mary Ann > Goulden, bapt 31 Jan 1813, Sheffield Parish Church). > > My latest sighting of Timothy the Hatter is in Slater's 1846 > directory of Sheffield, when he's at 21 Pond St. When Charlotte Ann > (remember her? 8 on the 1841 census.) married John Wesley RIGBY in > Sheff in 1860, her father Timothy is shown as dead. Yet I find no > death registration for him in the West Riding 1846-1861. > > So my Big Question is, where is this family in 1851? From subsequent > census returns, I know that Charlotte, mother Mary Ann, and Roger > were definitively alive in 1851. (Daughter Mary Ann, b 1843, may > have died Sep 1/4 1847 in Sheff, but I haven't pursued that > yet.) Mary Ann should be 37 or so (based on 1861 & 1871 returns), > Charlotte Ann 17 or 18, and Roger 11 or 12. And father Timothy, who > I think was still alive then - Mary Ann had another child, another > Timothy William, in 1853 - should be 48 or 49. > > Any questions, comments, or SOLUTIONS would be welcome. > > Thanks for reading, > > Dave > in northern Illinois > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-SHEFFIELD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message