Hi, Grove and Moorhouse are two villages in Notts about 10 miles apart, each a few miles from Tuxford. regards pete On 7 October 2013 17:56, Marcia Green <mwverde@gmail.com> wrote: > In an effort to figure out which Francis Nelson was the father of > James Nelson, born 1792, supposedly in Lowdham, I am > doing a study on any Francis Nelson in Nottinghamshire or Derbyshire, > from 1760 to whenever each particular Francis died. > It is tough going. I have used findmypast, ancestry and familysearch. > > These are the areas where I have found a Francis: Worksop in N., > Sutton-cum-duckmanton in D, possibly Nottingham city. > So far I am not venturing into Lincolnshire or Yorkshire. > > 1. A Francis Nelson was born in 1732 and there is a death record > for him in Sutton cum Duckmanton, 1806. I don't tie him to anyone yet. > BUT this area seems to have had several Francises. A prime > candidate married Ann West in 1787, had two children. Then, what? > > 2. There is a Francis getting married in Newark Upon Trent in > 1808. Could be a brother to James, time-wise. > > 3. There is a Francs who was a minor when his father died in > 1763. This father, John Nelson, was a soap maker and left a > will. Grove Moorhouse. > > Does anyone know WHY there are so few records of marriage and death > for Lambley online? And WHERE/HOW they might be > accessed? > > And if a researcher names a parish as being Grove Moorhouse, where is > that place today?? > > I will appreciate any suggestions. > > > > Notts Surname List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NOTTSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >