A bit of advice please?

[Tids54]

I have an ancestor quoted on a census that place of birth was Shordles, Derbys. The only birth index that COULD match him is in Basford. Please could anyone tell me if they are near to each other?

Thanks

[Jane Eden]

Hi

Can you give the census reference, as I have never heard of Shordles, as I would like to check it and give you the correct name. Basford district covers Notts and some parts of Derbyshire. These parts of Derbyshire have come under different districts at different times eg. Ilkeston, so may lead to confusion when looking up other dates. To add to the confusion there is a place called Basford in Notts which does not come under Basford registration district but comes under Nottingham itself as it is in the City and not the County!

Jane

[Tids54]

Thanks for your reply. Its the 1891 census for Handsworth, Staffs. His name is Francis Clayton. The only reference I have is RG12/2259 - is that any help? (new to this)

[Jane Eden]

Hi

I know it looks like shordles on the census but I can only think of Shardlow that is similar. Basford covered Codnor & Loscoe, Codnor Park, Heanor, Ilkeston and Shipley. Shardlow is a registration district of its own from 1837 to 1930. I will look for a birth in Shardlow for you.

Jane

[alcrighton]

Hi,

Have you noticed that your ancestor records his place of birth as Peak Forest rather than Shordles in all the other censuses (1861, 1871, 1881 & 1901)?  Peak Forest came under the registration disrict of Chapel en le Frith.

Regards,

Allan

[Jane Eden]

Hi

I cannot find the birth on the internet. You said that the only birth that could match is in Basford. You could be right but there may be the correct birth that you haven't found yet.

My advice is to go to the Derbyshire Look Up board and ask for a Birth look up for Francis/Frances Clayton, 1845-1847, Derbyshire. You could narrow it down to Shardlow or Basford or leave it open for all of Derbyshire.

The people doing the look ups have far more resources than the ones available on the internet, eg Family History Society CDs, IGI. You may be lucky and find it.

Good luck

Jane

[alcrighton]

Hi again,

I think this could be the birth you're looking for:

September Quarter 1847

CLAYTON, Francis  Chapel en le Frith XIX 411

Regards,

Allan

Scrub that!  This is a different Francis CLAYTON (also born Derbyshire c1847) as is the person I found in the censuses above.  This other Francis, born Peak Forest also appears in the 1891 census 

Sorry,

Allan

[Tids54]

Thank you so much for your efforts Jane - truly appreciated.

Allan.....why do you think that might be? Where is Chapel thingy?

Thank you also Allan 

[Hackstaple]

Genuki for Peak Forest has a number of lists from cemeteries, marriages etc, Kellys Directory etc. Every one has a Clayton on it somewhere - even though the population in one census was only 534 souls.
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DBY/PeakForest/