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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Nottinghamshire => Topic started by: Newfloridian on Tuesday 27 February 18 18:44 GMT (UK)
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I received a birth certificate from the GRO this week recording the illegitimate birth of a baby boy in July 1871. The birth was registered by Workhouse Master William Dean. There is very little other detail on the registration - no father's name; no occupation; no place of origin.
I have not found a convincing entry for the mother in the UK 1881 census but believe she came from the South Normanton area of Derbyshire. There was a 63 year old widower collier of the same surname and from the same area in residence at the Workhouse in 1881 though - perhaps her grandfather.
I would appreciate any information about the records for the Workhouse around this time: admissions, discharges, medical and maternity records etc. My internet searches to date have led me to the Enquiry and Research Services of Nottinghamshore County Council which suggests that archive enquiries can be made by email. However clicking on the link to "Research Services" lead to a "Sorry that page doesn't exist" message.
Any thoughts or suggestions would be helpful.
Alan
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Same here........ You can email your enquiry to enquiries@nottscc.gov.uk
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Thank you. I will certainly give that a try!
Alan
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Have you checked for a baptism for the child?
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Yes - in both counties: but nothing found.
Alan
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Have you checked baptisms on NFHS? Sometimes it has a baptism that is not available on Free reg , Family Search or Ancestry. If you would like to give a name I can check for you. There are 5 single women in Basford who baptised children in 1871.
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Many thanks.
The boy's named was John (William) Darrington. His mother's name Hannah
Alan
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Already checked for you Alan after seeing your Derbyshire post. Nothing on the NFHS CD
Carol
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Many thanks.
The boy's named was John (William) Darrington. His mother's name Hannah
Alan
Alan, Where is he in 1881 :-\
Rosie
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Hi Rosie
Rather than repeat the whole posting, this is the link to the main thread in the Derbyshire forum:
Whoever was Hannah Darrington - giving birth in the Workhouse in 1871 (http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=788790.0)
Basically we started looking for John William Darrington Ball (the name given on the 1891 census for South Normanton). He was with the same family (Willaim Ball and Sarah Shawcroft) in 1881 but was labelled "lodger" and without the Ball. One of his descendants married another Ball in 1934 and we were interested to know whether they were related.
In an intriguing new twist, we have now found a twig of the Ball family in South Derbyshire aligned with a family called Carrington (with an earlier marriage in the Basford registration district). It seems the more I untangle one end of the thread, the other end gets tangled up again!!
Alan
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btw: I received a quote from Nottinghamnshire Archives today for a copy of the Guardians' meetings minutes, as follows:
SO/PU/B/1/1/18 - ‘Basford Poor Law Union Guardians’ meetings minutes, 5 Apr 1870 – 1 Oct 1872’ is a large volume consisting of 205 double-sided pages. Due to the large number of images, these would have to be supplied on CD.
Images on cd:
Cost of images = £410.00 (VAT inclusive)
Postage and handling = £3.00
Total = £413.00
Won't be taking that route any time soon!
As there is no guarantee that the Darringtons will actually be mentioned in the minutes, I'll see whether the Research Service could do a "read through" for me
Alan
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Thank you Alan ;D