I decided to take a British family
history class at BYU in 2011. One of the first things that I did was to
find Joshua Stafford's family in the newly released 1911 census. That
census has a column where it asks how many children the family has had born and
how many are now living. Joshua marked that they had 16 children
born to them, 9 were now living and 7 had died.
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| 1911 Census with Joshua Stafford's signature |
I couldn't identify all of those
children. For my class project, I worked to find the many children that
had died young. I used a combination of the birth and death records from
freebmd.org.uk and from the Leeds BMD website to determine children who had
died between censuses. Then I looked up each of those deaths in the
cemetery registers. I was able to discover several more children for
Joshua and his second wife. I determined that the 16 children were Joshua's 16 children from his two wives, the numbers of living and deceased matched up that way. The report below is one I wrote for the
class.
The Descendants of
Joshua Stafford (1848-1913)
1.
JOSHUA STAFFORD, son of John Stafford
and Ann Eagers, was born in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England on 9
February 1848[1]
and died in Leeds, Yorkshire, England on 10 September 1913[2] and was buried in the Harehills Cemetery in
Leeds on 13 September 1913.[3] He married (1) at the parish church of St.
Thomas in Brampton, Derbyshire, England, 21 April 1867,[4]
ELIZA DENNIS, who was born in
Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire, England 3 March 1850[5]
and died in Leeds, Yorkshire, England on 8 February 1881[6]
and was buried in the Beckett Street Cemetery in Leeds,[7]
daughter of Robert Dennis and Matilda Freeman.[8] In the parish church of St. Saviour’s in
Leeds, Yorkshire, England on 22 March 1902, Joshua married (2) ELIZABETH SPENCER, who was born in
Leeds, Yorkshire, England about 1853-4, daughter of Robert Spencer.[9] She died 5 February 1919 in Leeds, Yorkshire,
England[10]
and was buried in the Harehills Cemetery in Leeds.[11]
Joshua Stafford worked as a pot turner in
Derbyshire. Sometime between May 1872
and December 1873, Joshua and his family moved to Leeds, Yorkshire,
England. They lived at 19 Accomodation
Square and then at 20 Accomodation Square. Around
1883, after the death of his first wife, Joshua Stafford fathered children by
Elizabeth Spencer, who was then married to George Wray. Between 1885 and 1887 the family moved to 7
Kippax Mount in Leeds. Elizabeth Wray
and her children by George Wray and by Joshua lived there, too. Joshua’s occupation is given as mechanic,
steam engine maker, and borer in the censuses.
Children of Joshua Stafford and his first
wife, Eliza Dennis:
i.
ANN
STAFFORD, b. in Walton, Derbyshire, England 27 April 1867;[12]
d. 4 May 1948 in St. George, Washington, Utah;[13]
m. (1) 24 February 1885 in St. George, Washington, Utah, ERASTUS BEAMAN SNOW,[14]
m. (2) in St. George, Washington, Utah, 29
Oct 1906, GEORGE CONDIE.[15]
ii.
MATILDA STAFFORD, b. in Chesterfield,
Derbyshire, England, 3 May 1868;[16]
d. in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, 4 August 1868.[17]
iii.
JOHN HENRY STAFFORD, b. in Chesterfield,
Derbyshire, England, 27 June 1869;[18]
d. 1917[19]
and was bur. in the Harehills Cemetery, Leeds, Yorkshire, England;[20]
m. in the parish of ChristChurch in Leeds, Yorkshire, England 23 September
1893, CATHERINE JUDGE.[21]
iv. WILLIAM STAFFORD, b. in Chesterfield,
Derbyshire, England, 18 August 1870;[22]
m. in the parish church of Leeds in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, 8 March 1890,
LILY BARKER.[23]
v.
STAFFORD [unnamed daughter], b. in Chesterfield,
Derbyshire, England, 1 May 1872.[24]
vi.
SARAH ANN STAFFORD, b. in Leeds, Yorkshire,
England, 12 December 1873;[25]
m. in St. Agnes parish church in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, 30 November 1891,
ARTHUR DENNIS.[26]
vii.
THOMAS STAFFORD, b in Leeds, Yorkshire, England,
9 June 1876;[27]
m. in St. Edmund’s parish church in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, 24 June 1899,
SARAH BROADLEY.[28]
viii.
FRED STAFFORD, b. in Leeds, Yorkshire, England,
2 June 1878;[29]
d. in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, 20 May 1881[30]
and is bur. in the Beckett Street Cemetery in Leeds.[31]
ix.
STAFFORD [unnamed male child], b. in Leeds,
Yorkshire, England, 7 February 1881; d. in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, 7
February 1881[32]
and is bur. in the Beckett Street Cemetery in Leeds.[33]
Children of Joshua Stafford and his
second wife, Elizabeth Spencer:
i.
JOSHUA STAFFORD WRAY, b. in Leeds, Yorkshire,
England, 27 January 1884;[34]
d. in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, in 1884[35]
and is bur. in the Beckett Street Cemetery in Leeds.[36]
ii.
ELIZA STAFFORD WRAY, b. in Leeds, Yorkshire,
England, 19 January 1885;[37]
m. in Leeds, Yorkshire, England in 1910, EDGAR HAYNES.[38]
iii.
ELIZABETH STAFFORD WRAY, b. in Leeds, Yorkshire,
England, 9 September 1887;[39]
d. in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, September 1887[40]
and bur. in the Beckett Street Cemetery in Leeds.[41]
iv.
ROBERT STAFFORD WRAY, b. in Leeds, Yorkshire,
England, 6 December 1889;[42]
bur. 19 August 1914 in Harehills Cemetery, Leeds, Yorkshire, England.[43]
v.
ESTHER STAFFORD WRAY, b. in Leeds, Yorkshire,
England, 19 April 1892;[44]
d. in Leeds, Yorkshire, England in 1892[45]
and bur. 27 November 1892 in the Beckett Street Cemetery.[46]
vi. JOSHUA STAFFORD WRAY, b. in Leeds, Yorkshire,
England, 12 June 1894;[47]
bur 28 January 1946 in Harehills Cemetery, Leeds, Yorkshire, England.[48]
vii. FREDERICK STAFFORD WRAY, b. in Leeds, Yorkshire,
England, 6 October 1896.[49]
[1]
FreeBMD Index: 1837-1983, Births March 1848, Melton Mowbray district, volume
15, page 196.
[2]
England Civil Registration Certificate, Deaths Sept 1913, Leeds district, volume
9b, page 364.
[3]
Leeds Harehills Cemetery Registers, 1908-1987, FHL Film #2214965.
[4]
England Civil Registration Certificate, Marriages June 1867, Chesterfield
district, volume 7b, page 843.
[5]
England Civil Registration Certificate, Births June 1850, Southwell district,
volume 15, page 721.
[6]
England Civil Registration Certificate, Deaths March 1881, Leeds district,
volume 9b, page 309.
[7]
Leeds Beckett Street Cemetery Registers, FHL Film #2232048.
[8]
England Civil Registration Certificate, Births June 1850, Southwell district,
volume 15, page 721.
[9]
England Civil Registration Certificate, Marriages March 1902, Leeds district,
volume 9b, page 711.
[10]
England Civil Registration Certificate, Deaths March 1919, Leeds district,
volume 9b, page 635.
[11]
Leeds Harehills Cemetery Registers, 1908-1987, FHL Film #2214965.
[12]
England Civil Registration Certificate, Births June 1867, Chesterfield
district, volume 7b, page 554.
[13]
Utah Death Certificate.
[14]
BYU Idaho Western States Marriage Index.
[15]
LDS Temple Index Bureau Card.
[16]
Free BMD Index, 1837-1983, Births June 1868, Chesterfield district, volume 7b,
page 545.
[17]
England Civil Registration Certificate, Deaths Sept 1868, Chesterfield
district, volume 7b, page 403.
[18]
Free BMD Index, 1837 – 1983, Births Sept 1869, Chesterfield district, volume
7b, page 525.
[19]
Free BMD Index, 1837 – 1983, Deaths Sept 1917, Leeds district, volume 9b, page
469.
[20]
Leeds & District Burials, FHL CD #4874.
[21]
England Civil Registration Certificate, Marriage Sept 1893, Leeds district,
volume 9b, page 720.
[22]
Free BMD Index, 1837 – 1983, Births Sept 1870, Chesterfield district, volume
7b, page 541.
[23]
England Civil Registration Certificate, Marriage March 1890, Leeds district,
volume 9b, page 485.
[24]
England Civil Registration Certificate, Birth June 1872, Chesterfield district,
volume 7b, page 578.
[25]
Free BMD Index, 1837 – 1983, Births December 1873, Leeds district, volume 9b,
page 491.
[26]
England Civil Registration Certificate, Marriages October 1891, Leeds district,
volume 9b, page 629.
[27]
England Civil Registration Certificate, Births Sept 1876, Leeds district,
volume 9b, page 475.
[28]
England Civil Registration Certificate, Marriages June 1899, Leeds district,
volume 9b, page 872.
[29]
England Civil Registration Certificate, Births September 1878, Leeds district,
volume 9b, page 500.
[30]
England Civil Registration Certificate, Births June 1881, Leeds district,
volume 9b, page 274.
[31]
Leeds Beckett Street Cemetery Registers, FHL #2232047.
[32]
England Civil Registration Certificate, Deaths January 1881, Leeds district,
volume 9b, page 309.
[33]
Leeds Beckett Street Cemetery Registers, FHL Film #2232048.
[34]
England Civil Registration Certificate, Births March 1884, Leeds district,
volume 9b, page 457.
[35]
Free BMD Index, 1837 – 1983, Deaths June 1884, Leeds district, volume 9b, page
289.
[36]
Leeds & District Burials, FHL CD #4874.
[37]
England Civil Registration Certificate, Births March 1885, Leeds district,
volume 9b, page 470.
[38]
Free BMD Index, 1837 – 1983, Marriages Dec 1910, Leeds, volume 9b, page 866.
[39]
England Civil Registration Certificate, Births December 1887, Leeds district,
volume 9b, page 384.
[40]
Free BMD Index, 1837- 1983, Deaths September 1887, Leeds district, volume 9b,
page 282.
[41]
Leeds Beckett Street Cemetery Registers, FHL Film #2214651.
[42]
England Civil Registration Certificate, Births March 1890, Leeds district,
volume 9b, page 405.
[43]
Leeds & District Burials, FHL CD #4874.
[44]
England Civil Registration Certificate, Births June 1892, Leeds district,
volume 9b, page 439.
[45]
Free BMD Index, 1837-1983, Deaths December 1892, Leeds district, volume 9b,
page 267.
[46]
Leeds Beckett Street Cemetery, FHL Film #2232048.
[47]
England Civil Registration Certificate, Births September 1894, Leeds district,
volume 9b, page 401.
[48]
Leeds & District Burials, FHL CD #4874.
[49]
England Civil Registration Certificate, Births December 1896, Leeds district,
volume 9b, page 418.
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