This is my first attempt to get beyond the standard census records available online. I am trying to trace my great great grandfather who according to census records was born in Woore in about 1828; his mother was Hannah Lightfoot b. 1796. By 1841 they had moved to Manchester which is where my family then stayed. I have no other record of Henry's father in 1841 (his mother was 45, so he may well have passed away by then) Where might I find parish records that may have records of his birth or his parents births/deaths. Henry's grave is in Manchester but I can find no record of Hannah being buried there. Interestingly Henry's place of birth is listed as Burslem Staffs in 1871 (but Woore in 1861 & 1881), definitely the same person. Can anyone help?
David
There is a death for a Hannah Lightfoot around the right age, death being registered in Staffs? Which may coincide with the 'discrepancies' you've found in the census records for Henry...
Woore is only a stones throw to the west of Stoke on Trent and just a simple search on Ancestry shows a very high number of Lightfoots in Staffordshire. She may have been living/staying with another family member? Worth looking into perhaps but don't want to throw you off...
| Name: | Hannah Lightfoot |
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| Estimated Birth Year: | abt 1799 |
| Date of Registration: | Jul-Aug-Sep 1866 |
| Age at Death: | 67 |
| Registration district: | Stoke upon Trent |
| Inferred County: | Staffordshire |
| Volume: | 6b |
| Page: | 108 (click to see others on page) |
further research reveals that Henry was christened at St Mary's Mucklestone Staff on 2 Sep 1827 although I believe he was born in Woore in Shropshire. Where might I find a birth certificate, Staffs or Shropshire?
Many thanks
Birth Certificates were introduced in 1837 I'm afraid,
With the help of the Staffs Record Office I have been able to progress a bit further; my great great great grandfather John Lightfoot was born in Madeley in 1792 and buried at Mucklestone in 1829. I visited the area a couple of months ago to find that all the older gravestones at Mucklestone are under grass now; does anyone know if there is a record of the old gravestones held? Thank you
Hello David
The Shropshire FHS have a copy of a transcript of the Monumental Inscriptions (MIs) of Mucklestone, Staffordshire which was compiled in 1910 and covers the period 1724-1905. If you want a copy see 'Shop' (top right) then Publications Catalogue and then click on the SFHS_Publications.pdf link.
There is also a list of some Memorial Inscriptions for Mucklestone, Staffordshire on the Internet at the Wishful Thinking web site.
Unfortunately neither of the above seem to include any LIGHTFOOT entries.
Mike
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Registers are at Shropshire Archives in Shrewsbury:
http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/archives.nsf/viewAttachments/LHUH-8WCC64/$file/parish-registers-updated-2012-01.pdf