Nurthen Families originating in England


William Cotton-697 was born before 1790 in , , England. He married Ann Galton-698 on 15 Feb 1810 in Northwood, London, England.

MARRIAGE from Palot's index.

Ann Galton-698 was born before 1790 in , , England. She married William Cotton-697 on 15 Feb 1810 in Northwood, London, England.

MARRIAGE from Palot's index.


William Samuel Lamford-719 [Parents] was born on 23 Dec 1876 in Shoreditch, London, England. He died in 1913. He married Elizabeth Rose Nurthen-1 on 26 May 1900 in St Pauls, Finsbury, London, England.

BIRTH Civil Birth registration (1a 48 1877-1). Full address was 13 South Street Shoreditch.

CENSUS 1881 living at 25 Finsbury Markets, thought to be the same house as his birthplace, age 4.

CENSUS 1891 living at same address, age 14, occupation Saddle, listed as employed, but since his father was a saddler and an employer he may have been working at home. His older sisters had no occupation listed, so the family may have been well off.

MARRIAGE from civil certificate (2nd qu. 1900 1b 1272). Occupation listed as Sadler, but address now 25 L.Dufferin Street.

DEATH from St. Catherine's index 1913 4th quarter, London C. 1c 9.

Elizabeth Rose Nurthen-1 [Parents] [image] was born on 9 Jan 1879 in Tottenham, Middlesex, England. She died on 20 Feb 1960 in Watford, Hertfordshire, England. She was buried on 25 Feb 1960 in Nth Watford Cemetery, Hertfordshire, England. She married William Samuel Lamford-719 on 26 May 1900 in St Pauls, Finsbury, London, England.

BIRTH from certificate (1879 Qu1 - 3a 242), born 4 Roper Place, Tottenham.

NOTE according to her grand-daughter Dorothy Rose Toussirot, her mother died while she was still young and her father re-married.

CENSUS 1881 from LDS CD 23 Barclay St,St Pancras, London, Middlesex, England. Source:FHL Film 1341045 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 0204 Folio 35 Page 12. aged 2.

CENSUS 1891RG12-242, enumerator 4, folio 67, page 17, schedule 154. 6 Clifton Place, Shoreditch, Moorfields, Hoxton. aged unreadable, birthplace given as Clerkenwell. Named as Rose. A scholar.

MARRIAGE to W S Lamford from civil records (2nd qu. 1900 1b 1272).

NOTE Left London during 1st World War to avoid Zepplin raids. Went to Rushden, Northants. She had a relative (thought to be named Mackness) of some sort in the area. She was a widow by then.

MARRIAGE to Edward Gibbs in 1919 (3rd qu 1919 Wellingborough 3b 426).

DEATH from registry copy no. 263 Watford.

BURIAL details from funeral invoice.

NOTE she was called Rose by family members, I have a letter from her daughter in law who called her that. Jacky Webster (nee Lamford) says she was known as Carrie Rose).

NOTE see Tew family file for relatives.

They had the following children:

  F i Dorothy Rose Lamford-699 [image] was born on 7 Jul 1901 in Finsbury, London, England. She died in Nov 1978 in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England.

BIRTH certificate of registry of birth shows entry as no.11.

MARRIAGE certificate is entry no. 35 in registry of Wood St. Chapel, Barnet. Her address is Heathfield, Granville Rd, Barnet (probably where she was "in service" as a house maid). Her father's occupation is shown as a saddler (deceased). The witnesses were James A. G. Farlie and Ethel Brackenbury.

DEATH took place at home, 26 Alford Street. She was cremated and the ashes buried in Grantham.
  M ii William Leonard Lamford-730 was born in 1903 in , , England. He died in 1987.
  M iii Horace Lamford-731 was born in 1906 in <, London>. He died about 1988.

DEATH: date from Flossie Lamford.

NOTE hs had to leave Rushden under a cloud. He married in London in ther 1950s or 1960s according to Dorothy Toussirot.
  M iv Norman Francis [Frank] Lamford-732 [image] was born in 1909 in , London, England. He died in 1992.

NOTE date and place of marriage from Michelle Howard.
  F v Lilly Lamford-733 was born in 1911 in <, London>. She died in 1911.

NOTE She only lived for one week. There was a back problem at birth, possible Spina Bifida.
  M vi Norman Lamford-734 [image] was born in 1913 in Finsbury Markets, London, England. He died in 1992 in , Sussex, England.

NOTE: A letter he sent to Gerry Lamford says "My father died in 1913 just a few weeks before I was born."

Robert Lamford-700 was born about 1766 in London, England. He married Sarah Wright-787 on 23 Oct 1791 in St Anne Soho, Westminster, London, England.

Other marriages:
Lockley, Elizabeth

MARRIAGE 1791 - The marriage to Sarah Wright is from the IGI, but it is not sure that it was this Robert. Also in Palot's Index.

MARRIAGE 1794 - Batch #: M062364, Source Call #: 918596 Also in Palot's Index.

NOTE He may be identical with Robert Lamford Rin 65, but this is not sure. In view of the fact that there were other Lamfords recorded in the IGI in London for 100 years before this, the linkage is now thought less likely.

Sarah Wright-787 was born in 1770 in London, England. She married Robert Lamford-700 on 23 Oct 1791 in St Anne Soho, Westminster, London, England.

MARRIAGE: from IGI. Also in Palot's Index.


Robert Lamford-700 was born about 1766 in London, England. He married Elizabeth Lockley-701 on 25 Dec 1794 in Saint Anne Soho, Westminster, London, England.

Other marriages:
Wright, Sarah

MARRIAGE 1791 - The marriage to Sarah Wright is from the IGI, but it is not sure that it was this Robert. Also in Palot's Index.

MARRIAGE 1794 - Batch #: M062364, Source Call #: 918596 Also in Palot's Index.

NOTE He may be identical with Robert Lamford Rin 65, but this is not sure. In view of the fact that there were other Lamfords recorded in the IGI in London for 100 years before this, the linkage is now thought less likely.

Elizabeth Lockley-701 was born about 1760/1765 in <Saint Anne Soho, Westminster, London, England>. She married Robert Lamford-700 on 25 Dec 1794 in Saint Anne Soho, Westminster, London, England.

MARRIAGE in Palot's Index.

They had the following children:

  M i William Lamford-705

William Lamford-704 was born about 1725 in , , England. He married Elizabeth Hunt-703 on 20 May 1765 in All Saints, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England.

KNOWN only from record of son's baptism.

Elizabeth Hunt-703 was born in 1744 in , , England. She married William Lamford-704 on 20 May 1765 in All Saints, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England.

KNOWN only from record of son's baptism.

They had the following children:

  M i Robert Lamford-702 was christened on 27 Jul 1766 in All Saints, Stamford, Lincoln, England.

BAPTISM from IGI record extract from parish records from LDS filmll #: 505742

NOTE May be identical with Robert Lamford Rin 63, though probably not. Othere records in Stamford after this date do not mention this Robert, though no check has been made for his death at Stamford.

William Lamford-705 [Parents] was born on 18 Nov 1797 in Greenhill Rents, London. He was christened on 28 Dec 1797 in St Sepulchre, Holborn. He died before 1858. He married Charlotte Morris-706 on 24 Sep 1832 in St Leonard's, Shoreditch, London.

MARRIAGE in Palot's Index.

NOTE he would have been 34 at the time of his marriage, his bride under 15(see her notes)! This information must have come from Gerry Lamford as it is now shown on the marriage record, which states that he was a batchelor of the parish.

DEATH DATE - he was alive in May 1847 when his som William Morris Lamford was born, but died before daughter Ann Elizabeth's wedding in 1858, by which time his widow had remarried.

Charlotte Morris-706 was born about 1817/1819 in Somerstown, London, Middlesex, England. She died after 1891. She married William Lamford-705 on 24 Sep 1832 in St Leonard's, Shoreditch, London.

Other marriages:
Bell, Samuel

BIRTH date based on ages in census, but was probably before this..

MARRIAGE information from Gerry Lamford, who points out that if the census ages are near correct, she was between 13 and 15 at the time. The marriage certificate states that she was a spinster of the parish. One of the witnesses was John Morris, the other Geo Yarrow. She did not sign but made her mark. The certificate (no.305 in the parish register) says by banns, and "with consent of" is deleted so she must have been of full age. Also in Palot's Index.

CENSUS 1861 - 13 South Street, Shoreditch. Age 42, named Charlotte Bell. born London.

CENSUS 1871 - same address age 53.

CENSUS 1881 - 25 Finsbury Market (probably the same the earlier 13 South Street due to renaming). Age 62 widow birth place given as Somers Town Middx. (Somerstown is in the Paddington area). There were two male boarders, both horse collar makers, and one Irish remale who was a mantle maker..

CENSUS 1891 - 25 Finsbury Market. Age 74 living with her son, but shown as a lodger, with an occupation of saddle sewer.

NOTE Remarried before March 1858, as she and her new husband were then witnesses at the marriage of Ann Elizabeth.

NOTE the birth place of her first(?) daughter was at 1 John Street, in 1838. Three years later at the 1841 census there were Morrises living there, so it may have been her family home, though the age of the head of the house would make him a older brother not her father, unless he were only 13 when she was born.

NOTE: There are a couple of IGI entries for baptisms of a Charlotte Morris, 1814 at St Sepulchre and 1818 at Sta Saviour,Southwark. Parents are known in these cases, but there is no way of matching these with her, as her parents are not known..

They had the following children:

  F i Ann Elizabeth Lamford-707
  F ii Charlotte Catherine Lamford-708 was born in Oct 1844 in Shoreditch, London, England. She died on 11 May 1845 in Shoreditch, London, England.

BIRTH: at 10 Mulbery Court.

DEATH: she died of Tabes Mesenterica (probably TB) in the house in which she was born.
  M iii William Morris Lamford-709

Samuel Bell-710 was born about 1810 in Brightside, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. He died before 1881. He married Charlotte Morris-706 before 13 Mar 1858.

BIRTH date based on ages in censuses.

CENSUS 1861 - 13 South Street Shoreditch - occupation boot maker, birth place Sheffield, Yorks. age 49.

CENSUS 1871 - same address age 60 same occupation, though Brightside is given as birthplace in Yorkshire.

DEATH date from his wife as a widow in 1881 census.

Charlotte Morris-706 was born about 1817/1819 in Somerstown, London, Middlesex, England. She died after 1891. She married Samuel Bell-710 before 13 Mar 1858.

Other marriages:
Lamford, William

BIRTH date based on ages in census, but was probably before this..

MARRIAGE information from Gerry Lamford, who points out that if the census ages are near correct, she was between 13 and 15 at the time. The marriage certificate states that she was a spinster of the parish. One of the witnesses was John Morris, the other Geo Yarrow. She did not sign but made her mark. The certificate (no.305 in the parish register) says by banns, and "with consent of" is deleted so she must have been of full age. Also in Palot's Index.

CENSUS 1861 - 13 South Street, Shoreditch. Age 42, named Charlotte Bell. born London.

CENSUS 1871 - same address age 53.

CENSUS 1881 - 25 Finsbury Market (probably the same the earlier 13 South Street due to renaming). Age 62 widow birth place given as Somers Town Middx. (Somerstown is in the Paddington area). There were two male boarders, both horse collar makers, and one Irish remale who was a mantle maker..

CENSUS 1891 - 25 Finsbury Market. Age 74 living with her son, but shown as a lodger, with an occupation of saddle sewer.

NOTE Remarried before March 1858, as she and her new husband were then witnesses at the marriage of Ann Elizabeth.

NOTE the birth place of her first(?) daughter was at 1 John Street, in 1838. Three years later at the 1841 census there were Morrises living there, so it may have been her family home, though the age of the head of the house would make him a older brother not her father, unless he were only 13 when she was born.

NOTE: There are a couple of IGI entries for baptisms of a Charlotte Morris, 1814 at St Sepulchre and 1818 at Sta Saviour,Southwark. Parents are known in these cases, but there is no way of matching these with her, as her parents are not known..


Joseph Richard Taylor-735 was born in 1834 in <Southwark, London, England>. He married Ann Elizabeth Lamford-707 on 13 Mar 1858 in St James, Shoreditch, London, England.

He was a turner

Ann Elizabeth Lamford-707 [Parents] was born on 20 May 1838 in Southwark, London, England. She married Joseph Richard Taylor-735 on 13 Mar 1858 in St James, Shoreditch, London, England.

BORN: at 1 John Street, in the parish of Saint George the Martyr (on the south side of the Thames near London Bridge).

MARRIED 13 March 1858, her mother was a witness with her second husband Samuel Bell.


William Morris Lamford-709 [Parents] was born on 21 May 1847 in Shoreditch, London, England. He married Elizabeth Chapple-714 on 12 Oct 1868 in St James, Shoreditch.

BIRTH: was at 10 Mulbery Court,Whitecross Place.

CENSUS 1861 at 13 South Street, Shoreditch. Age 13 but listed as William Bell after the surname of his step-father. There were 5 families 16 individuals in the house.

CENSUS 1871 at same address and still listed as Bell, but now married and wifeand daughter in family, still living with his mother and step-father. Age 23, occupation Chaise Saddler. There were 17 individuals in the house.

CENSUS 1881 at 25 Finsbury Markets (possibly the same place) age 33, listed as Black Saddler, birthplace Shoreditch. His mother is listed as head of house. 12 people in the house.

CENSUS 1891 at same address age 44, occupation Saddler, he is listed as an employer, his mother is listed as a lodger and his wife's mother as his mother. There were 7 children in the family, plus the two grandmothers and five unrelated individuals in the house.

NOTE from son's birth certificate occupation was "Black Saddler".

Elizabeth Chapple-714 [Parents] was born on 2 Oct 1846 in Shoreditch, London, England. She married William Morris Lamford-709 on 12 Oct 1868 in St James, Shoreditch.

BIRTH at 23 Union Buildings, Shoreditch in the parish of St Leonards.

CENSUS 1871 living 13 South Street, age 24, birthplace London.

CENSUS 1881 living 25 Finsbury Market (maybe same place), age 34, birthplace Shoreditch.

CENSUS 1891 at same address age 43.

NOTE information from Gerry Lamford lists her as a Bridle-front sticher. She was blind in her old age, presumed to be as a result of Glaucoma.

They had the following children:

  F i Elizabeth Lamford-715
  F ii Charlotte Lamford-716
  F iii Caroline Sarah Lamford-717 was born in 1873 in Shoreditch, London, Middlesex, England.

CENSUS 1881 living 25 Finsbury Market, age 7, birthplace Shoreditch.

CENSUS 1891 living same place, named as Carrie, age 17.

Had a son named Martyn Dunne, who was a saddler
  F iv Ann Elizabeth Lamford-718 was born in 1875 in Shoreditch, London, Middlesex, England.

CENSUS 1881 living 25 Finsbury Market, age 4, birthplace Shoreditch.

CENSUS 1891 living same place, named only Ann, age 15.
  M v William Samuel Lamford-719
  F vi Alice Maud Lamford-720 was born about Jan 1881 in Shoreditch, London, Middlesex, England. She died in 1883.

CENSUS 1881 age 3 months.

DEATH from Gerry Lamford.
  F vii Ada Lamford-721 was born in 1883 in Shoreditch, London, Middlesex, England.

CENSUS 1891 at home, age 8, listed as a scholar.

MARRIED Charles Augustus Banter with no issue, information from Gerry Lamford.
  M viii Randolf Harry Lamford-722
  M ix Albert Lamford-723

George Robert Chapple-712 was born about 1815 in London, Middlesex, England. He died before 1891. He married Caroline Garland-713.

CENSUS 1881 from LDS CD, at 14 Union St, Shoreditch, London, Middlesex, England. Source:FHL Film 1341083 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 0385 Folio 68 Page 12. Aged 65, a tailor.

NOTE Gerry Lamford gave his birth as 1813, but I have taked the age in 1881 until other evidence comes to light.

DEATH from his wife a widow in 1891 census.

Caroline Garland-713 was born about 1817 in London, Middlesex, England. She died after 1891. She married George Robert Chapple-712.

BIRTH date from census information.

CENSUS 1881 from LDS CD, at 14 Union St, Shoreditch, London, Middlesex, England. Source:FHL Film 1341083 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 0385 Folio 68 Page 12. age 65, no occupation. Living with husband only. Birthplace here listed as London, London, Middlesex,England.

CENSUS 1891 living with her daughter Elizabeth at 25 Finsbury Market. Age 74, birthplace "Borough"

NOTE in the 1881 census in Islington, there is a Thomas Garland with a wife Caroline of about her age. He was a driver for a water service. Their son Thomas (born abt 1843), was living with them with his wife and children.

They had the following children:

  F i Elizabeth Chapple-714

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