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Found it!!

Enumeration District 14 (Last one - typical  )

Listed as:

Main Street, on the north side, from Mr Shield's shops to Ivy Parade, Beaconsfield Street, Wood Street, Highfield House, Schofield Street, Catherine Street, Flowitt Street, Wilson Street, Alfred Place,  Simpson's Place, Red House and Lower Dolcliffe Road from Mrs Boyes House to Messrs. Bendelow and Bennett's.

So.....nowhere near Henry Place then!!   

Sally

Hi James,

I have had a look on the 1901 census for Mexborough. 

I have found details of Hallgate, Crossgate, Herbert Street, Henry Place, George Place, Tyas Place, Harlington Road etc in Enumeration District 9 of Mexborough.

Sound like it might have been around this area - some of these streets still exist today (Hallgate, Crossgate, Harlington Road) but not George or Henry Place.

Hope this helps,

Sally

Wow, Tomkin, it obviously proved to be very popular, didn't it?

While we're on the subject, have you seen this site:

http://www.cmhrc.co.uk/site/disasters/

If you scroll down the first page, there's a list of ages of those who were either injured or died in pit accidents.  Every age from 1 to 95 is represented. 

Now that's scary......

Sort of connected.....I've recently read a book loaned to me called "Black Diamonds" by Catherine Bailey.  It is primarily about the Fitzwilliam's of Wentworth - great reading in itself - but there is plenty of information about the surrounding area - and it's coalmines.

I've lived locally all my life and am ashamed to say I knew very little about the Fitzwilliams or their influence as mine and land owners etc.  Perhaps now I'm stuck with several of my family history lines, it's time to start looking into local history until I can chip away a bit further!

Regards,

Sally 

Hello again Di,

Sorry for delay in getting back – life, it just gets in the way sometimes!!

Well, I can’t say I’m much further forward with the Shepherd family – so I decided to try and corroborate the tree from Ancestry, but I’m finding it inconclusive. 

This tree lists Robert as William and Sarah’s first child, and I can find an extracted entry on the IGI for him, born 24 March 1794, baptised 31 March 1794, parents William Shepherd and Sarah Furnace, but the location is Sherburn In Elmet.  I know it’s not that far away, but seems a little odd, unless the actual records give a bit more info than the indexes.  Certainly, the Brotherton indexes don’t give Sarah’s surname at all.  Having said that I can’t find a marriage for William Shepherd and Sarah Furnace in Brotherton, either (or Pontefract, which was more usual) so maybe they did migrate in.

Why, oh why, weren’t there proper censuses in those days – much easier to confirm movement etc………

I wonder how the Ancestry tree owner came to this conclusion, especially as I tend to agree with their version of the next 6 children, up to one of the Mary’s, though it’s difficult to decide which one with their births being so close together.  Even the occupations of the 2 William’s (waterman and labourer) don’t seem to help much in this case, either.

No….I think I’m stumped, just going round in circles.  Perhaps I’ll have to have a trip up to see the actual records, to see if anything else can be gleaned from them, though when that might be I’m not sure.

Well, more pondering to do.....

Sally 

I've favoured this one as mine
William (Shephard)          14 April 1811        (born 13 Jan)

If the Ancestry tree is correct, one of mine would be the other William F...but who knows.... I need to see it for myself!!

Sally