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1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Penny Farm, Birchwood Lane, Alfreton, Belper, Derbyshire, England

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Household Members
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Ralph Carrington Head Married Male 34 1847 Coal Miner Somercotes, Derbyshire, England
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Sarah Carrington Wife Married Female 33 1848 - Wessington, Derbyshire, England
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Joseph Williamson Carrington Son Single Male 12 1869 Scholar -
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Albert Carrington Son Single Male 7 1874 Scholar -
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Ann Elizabeth Carrington Daughter Single Female 5 1876 Scholar -
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James Carrington Son Single Male 3 1878 Scholar -
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Eliza Carrington Daughter Single Female 0 1881 - -
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Joseph Wilkinson Lodger Single Male 23 1858 Coal Miner Shirland, Derbyshire, England

Hi
I hope I have this right
So Elizabeth Charles born 1880 Derbyshire was
John Charles and Sarah Charles nee Cooper daughter

That's why Sarah Charles and Alfretta MO Handley are on the Darringtons 1911 Census
So Ann Cooper (Hill ) Darrington are related

I wonder when Eliabeth went to South Africa
I have tried the Webb Site for the S A National Archives to maybe find the Marriage but no luck
Thankyou so much the jigsaw goes on !!
Olive

1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Birchwood Lane, Alfreton, Belper, Derbyshire, England

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Household Members
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
William Darrington Head - Male 69 1802 - Derbyshire, England
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Ann Darrington Wife - Female 65 1806 - Derbyshire, England
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Lidia Leivers Daughter - Female 28 1843 - Derbyshire, England
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Pheby Darrington Granddaughter - Female 9 1862 - Derbyshire, England
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Ralph Darrington Son Lodger - Male 24 1847 - Derbyshire, England
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Sarah Darrington Wife - Female 2 1869 - Derbyshire, England
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Joseph Wm Darrington Son - Male 2 1869 - Derbyshire, England

ArgyllGran was correct - Elizabeth was born surname Charles:

From SA National Archives

DESCRIPTION O'HANDLEY, ELIZABETH ANN. BORN CHARLES.
STARTING 19330000
ENDING 19330000
REMARKS PREDECEASED SPOUSE STEPHEN O'HANDLEY.

http://www.national.archsrch.gov.za/sm300cv/smws/sm300dl

Hi
Just to say Thankyou for all your info
Yes we will have to send for the birth and marriage of Ann Cooper Hill born 1872/3
The info for Alfretta M O Handley is really interesting
My Son in Law needs to find out more re the Fammily !!
I wonder if you would look for Census s for Joseph William Darrington born 1870 Alferton Derbyshire Please
As the Local library is closed until June for repair
Thankyou
Olive

Hi
Just to say Thankyou for all your info
Yes we will have to send for the birth and marriage of Ann Cooper Hill born 1872/3
The info for Alfretta M O Handley is really interesting
My Son in Law needs to find out more re the Fammily !!
I wonder if you would look for Census s for Joseph William Darrington born 1870 Alferton Derbyshire Please
As the Local library is closed until June for repair
Thankyou
Olive

To find those details you would need to purchase the Certificates from below, £9.25 each.

https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/

Chris :)

(below looks to tie in, as said on my posting earlier)


1881 (Find My Past)
Peter Hill Head Married Male 44 1837 Coal Miner Tibshelf, Derbyshire, England
Sarah Hill Wife Married Female 47 1834 Coal Miner Wife Somercotes, Derbyshire, England
Annie Hill Daughter Single Female 8 1873 Scholar Birchwood, Derbyshire, England
Sam Hill Son Single Male 7 1874 Scholar Birchwood, Derbyshire, England
Eliza Hill Daughter Single Female 4 1877 Scholar Birchwood, Derbyshire, England
Sarah Andrews Mother In Law Widow Female 77 1804 Annuitant Gotham,Nottinghamshire, England
Street Birchwood Lane
Parish Alfreton
County Derbyshire
Registration district Belper
Archive reference RG11
Piece number 3416
Folio 124
Page 38


1871 (Find My Past)
Sarah Cooper Head - Female (Widow) 37 1834 - Derbyshire, England
Elizabeth Cooper Daughter - Female 12 1859 - Derbyshire, England
Sarah Cooper Daughter - Female 10 1861 - Derbyshire, England
John Cooper Son - Male 8 1863 - Derbyshire, England
John Cooper Father-In-Law - Male 78 1793 - Derbyshire, England
Street Birchwood, Lower South Side
Parish Alfreton
County Derbyshire
Registration district Belper
Archive reference RG10
Piece number 3591
Folio 39
Page 23


1861 (Find My Past)
John Cooper Head Married Male 33 1828 Labourer Somercotes, Derbyshire, England
Sarah Cooper Wife Married Female 25 1836 - Somercotes, Derbyshire, England
Elizabeth Cooper Daughter Unmarried Female 3 1858 - Somercotes, Derbyshire, England
Sarah Cooper Daughter - Female 1 1860 - Somercotes, Derbyshire, England
William Horseybrush Lodger Unmarried Male 47 1814 Brick Maker Selston, Nottinghamshire, England
Hamlet Somercotes
Ecclesiastical district Riddings
Registration district Belper
Enumeration district 5
Archive reference RG09
Piece number 2515
Folio number 25
Page number 3


(and from Newspaper article posted, here is Sister Elizabeth, George also occ. Miner)


Marriages Jun 1873 (>99%)
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Cooper Elizabeth Belper 7b 975
Ellis George Belper 7b 975

Hi again
I just wondered if on the. Birth and Marriage of Ann Cooper Hill
Born 1872. Derbyshire
Marriage 1889 Derbyshire

It would tell you the Mother and Father

Thankyou
Olive

HI
Thankyou for all your info
Olive

It occurs to me that Sarah Charles had a daughter Elizabeth Ann, born 1881.

I wonder if Sarah was Alfretta's grandmother?

Yes, the parents of Alfretta in England in 1911 are Stephen & Elizabeth.

I don't see their marriage - it may have been in South Africa.
Can't see Stephen travelling to or from SA at any time.

Don't know Elizabeth's maiden name to search for her before marriage.
Can't see her travelling as O'handley.

My guess would be that Alfretta travelled with Sarah Charles, as we know Sarah was in SA in 1906 - but I can't see any travel record for Sarah either.

I can't see Ann Cooper Hill definitively before her marriage to Joseph Dorrington.
(Wondered if she had a sister Elizabeth Ann.)

Hi
I have printed off the Birth of Alfretta M O,Handley
Olive

Hi
So could the Mother and Father of Alfretta M O Handley born 1906 South Africa be
Stephen and Elizabeth O,Handley
If so who did she enter England with to be entered on 1911 Census

Thankyou for Ambrose Yeomans info
Thankyou
Olive

Good find, Choccy!
So the O in Alfretta's name isn't the initial of a middle name, it's part of O'Handley.

It looks as if Gertrude and Henry Handley are a couple of red herrings.


You were asking about the other person on the 1911 census, Olive Jean.

He's Ambrose Yoemans (as transcribed on Ancestry, and it does look like that on the image), a mineral water carter.
It's a mis-spelling of Yeomans. He's probably not any relation - just a boarder.

He's also boarding with the Dorringtons in 1901:

Ambrose Yeomans
in the 1901 England Census
Name: Ambrose Yeomans
Age: 23
Estimated birth year: abt 1878
Relation to Head: Boarder
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Hollaway, Derbyshire, England
Civil Parish: Eastwood
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mary
County/Island: Nottinghamshire
Country: England
Street address:
Registration district: Basford
Sub-registration district: Greasley
ED, institution, or vessel: 8
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 3144
Folio: 144
Page Number: 51
Household schedule number: 307
Household Members:
Name Age
John W Dorrington 31
Ann Dorrington 28
Ada S Dorrington 4
Harry Dorrington 7
James Dorrington 24
Ambrose Yeomans 23
Ernest Truman 23



Here he is in 1881:

Ambrose Yeoman
in the 1881 England Census
Name: Ambrose Yeoman
Age: 3
Estimated birth year: abt 1878
Relationship to Head: Son in Law (probably means grandson)
Gender: Male
Where born: Holloway, Derbyshire, England
Civil Parish: Holloway
County/Island: Derbyshire
Country: England
Street address: Common
Registration district: Belper
ED, institution, or vessel: 14
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 3420
Folio: 88
Page Number: 10
Household Members:
Name Age
Mary Marsh 74
Jacob Yeoman 41 - son-in-law
Hanh. Yeoman 41 - daughter
Fred Yeoman 8 - son-in-law (grandson?)
Albert Yeoman 5 - ditto
Ambrose Yeoman 3 - ditto

Sarah Charles has popped up again - she was one of the sponsors at the above baptism along with John Murray and Julia Amelia Richard.

Dea x

http://tinyurl.com/j865sp2


Alfretta Morgan

South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers

Name Alfretta Morgan
Event Type Baptism
Event Date 25 Nov 1906
Event Place St Mary the Less, Jeppestown, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Parent Name Stephen O'Handley
Parent 2 Name Elizabeth Ann O'Handley
Page 23
Entry Number 111

(did wonder about the Cooper bit, seeing below?)

Marriages Sep 1889 (>99%)
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Darrington Joseph William Belper 7b 823
Hill Ann Cooper Belper 7b 823


Births Jun 1872 (>99%)
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COOPER Ann Hill Belper 7b 509

Derbyshire Registrars Birth Index Transcription (Find My Past)

First name(s) ANN HILL
Last name COOPER
Birth year 1872
Place ALFRETON
Reference AB/27/097
Register office Amber Valley (Ripley)
Subdistrict Alfreton
County Derbyshire

(there is another also 1872, Chapel En Le Frith, her Death 1872)


(there is below, Sarah Cooper (Widow) who has a Sarah Cooper with her 1871, and an Annie Hill 1881, both Census Alfreton)


Marriages Dec 1872 (>99%)
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Cooper Sarah Belper 7b 1088
HILL Peter Belper 7b 1088

edits

22 September 1877 - Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald - Chesterfield

Marriage
Charles - Cooper - Sept. 17th, at Birchwood Chapel, by the Registrar, Mr. John Charles, miner, to Sarah, daughter the late Mr. John Cooper, both of Birchwood

(her Mother Sarah Cooper is with John, 1861 Alfreton)


(and Sister Elizabeth below)


28 June 1873 - Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald - Chesterfield

Marriage
Ellis—Cooper—June 24, at Birchwood Chapel, by the Registrar, Mr. George Ellis, miner, to Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. John Cooper, both of Birchwood.


(sorts out who Sarah is on 1911 then!)

Looks like Sarah Charles in 1891:


Sarah Charles
in the 1891 England Census
Name: Sarah Charles
Age: 31
Estimated birth year: abt 1860
Relation: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Somercotes, Derbyshire, England
Civil Parish: Alfreton
Ecclesiastical parish: Riddings
Town: Birchwood
County/Island: Derbyshire
Country: England
Registration district: Belper
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 2748
Folio: 113
Page Number: 20
Household Members:
Name Age
Sarah Charles 31 - married
Richard Charles 11
Elizabeth Charles 10



and 1881:

Sarah Charles
in the 1881 England Census
Name: Sarah Charles
Age: 20
Estimated birth year: abt 1861
Relationship to Head: Wife
Spouse: John Charles
Gender: Female
Where born: Somercotes, Derbyshire, England
Civil Parish: Pinxton
County/Island: Nottinghamshire
Country: England
Street address: Birchwood Lane
Marital Status: Married
Registration district: Mansfield
ED, institution, or vessel: 9
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 3314
Folio: 103
Page Number: 47
Household Members:
Name Age
John Charles 27 - Palleg, Brecknock, Wales
Sarah Charles 20
Richard Charles 1
Elizth.A. Charles


Probably her marriage:

Marriages Sep 1877 (>99%)
Charles John Belper 7b 804
Cooper Sarah Belper 7b 804

Hi
Sorry but I just can not make out the other persons name as the 1911 Census isn't clear
??Boarder 34 Single Matlock
Olive

Thank you
I just wondered if they were related
As I am unable to open the In Coming Passengers on Ancestry
Olive