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
Hi Dave, Your missing a bride..... Ann Eyre. Do you have the Cd's from SDFHS for Cathedral Baptisms & Marriages I can't remember if you do or dont. Elaine in Ottawa. -----Original Message----- From: Dave Hinde Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 10:36 PM To: ENG-SHEFFIELD@rootsweb.com 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.864 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3247 - Release Date: 11/09/10 14:34:00