Some of the Families of Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England


James L Downing-869 was born about 1803 in Yardley Hastings,Northamptonshire,England. He married Mary L-691.

CENSUS 1871 at Yardley Hastings (per favour Madge Brawn), district 2, page 17, schedul 108, age 67, a drover..

Mary L-691 was born about 1806 in Yardley Hastings,Northamptonshire,England. She married James L Downing-869.

CENSUS 1871 at Yardley Hastings (per favour Madge Brawn), district 2, page 17, schedul 106, age 64.


Jonathan Lack-1569 [Parents] was christened on 6 Nov 1826 in Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England. He married Ruth-1709.

BAPTISM from Yardley Hastings Parish Records, NRO ref 377p/4, no.271.

CENSUS 1851, in Yardley Hastings, PRO ref. HO107/1738, folio 7, pafe 6, schedule 24. aged 26 (uncxlear) an ag.lab.

CENSUS 1881 in Little Lane, Yardley Hastings, Northampton, England. PRO ref. RG11/1540, folio 6, page 5. Age 51, an ag.lab. Peter Wooding, aged 50 was a lodger.

CENSUS 1891 at Little Lane, Yardley Hastings, PRO ref. RG12/1191, folio 6, page 4, schedule 26. Age 62, a widower, an ag.lab. Head of house with son and daughterand grandchildren.

CENSUS 1901 at Yardley Hastings (west of the Brook) (details from Ken Hancocks Sep 2007), aged 74, a widower.

Ruth-1709 was born about 1832 in Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England. She married Jonathan Lack-1569.

CENSUS 1881 in Little Lane, Yardley Hastings, Northampton, England. PRO ref. RG11/1540, folio 6, page 5. Age 48, a lace maker.

They had the following children:

  M i James Lack-1619 was born about 1862 in Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England.

CENSUS 1881 in Little Lane, Yardley Hastings, Northampton, England. PRO ref. RG11/1540, folio 6, page 5. Age 18, an ag.lab.

CENSUS 1891 at Little Lane, Yardley Hastings, PRO ref. RG12/1191, folio 6, page 4, schedule 26. Age 26, an ag.lab.

CENSUS 1901 at Yardley Hastings (west of the Brook) (details from Ken Hancocks Sep 2007), aged 37, an ag.lab., living with his widowed father.
  F ii Mary Ann Lack-1614

James Downing-874 [Parents] was christened on 31 Jan 1779 in Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England. He was buried on 24 Nov 1812 in Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England. He married Sarah-875.

KNOWN from death of daughter.

BAPTISM from Yardley Hastings parish records, NRO ref. 377p/3.

BURIAL from Yardley Hastings Parish records, NRO ref. 377p/3, LDS film 6129506.

NOTE we cannot be sure that these two records fit with the husband of Sarah, but they make sense as Sarah's husband died before she did in 1814.

Sarah-875 was born about 1779 in , , England. She was buried on 3 Apr 1814 in Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England. She married James Downing-874.

KNOWN from death of child.

BIRTH from age at death.

BURIAL from Yardley Hastings Parish Records, NRO ref. 377p/12 (LDS 6129515), no. 15, aged 35, listed as wife of the late James Downing.

They had the following children:

  F i Rebecca Downing-876 was born about 1822 in , , England. She was buried on 20 Mar 1823 in Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England.

BIRTH from age at death.

BURIAL from Yardley Hastings Parish Records, NRO ref. 377p/12 (LDS 6129515), no. 151, aged 1 year, parents listed.

Benjamin Underwood-880 was born about 1750 in , , England. He married Mary-881.

KNOWN from death of wife, birth set from hers.

Mary-881 was born about 1756 in , , England. She was buried on 26 Nov 1828 in Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England. She married Benjamin Underwood-880.

BIRTH from age at death.

BURIAL from Yardley Hastings Parish Records, NRO ref. 377p/12 (LDS 6129515), no. 289, aged 72 listed as wife of Benjamin.


Edward Underwood-797 [Parents] was christened on 2 Mar 1834 in Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England. He married Sarah-882.

BAPTISM from Yardley Hastings Parish records, NRO ref. 377p/4, (LDS 6129507) no.468.

MARRIAGE link from baptism of Isaac, maybe not this Edward though.

Sarah-882 was born before 1846 in , , England. She married Edward Underwood-797.

KNOWN from baptism of son.

They had the following children:

  M i Isaac Underwood-883 was born on 17 Apr 1865 in Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England. He was christened on 8 Apr 1866 in Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England.

BIRTH and BAPTISM dates from Independent Chapel records as photographed by Sharee Facey (email Dec 2001).

Jonathan Underwood-884 was born before 1846 in , , England. He married Caroline-885.

KNOWN from baptism of dhild.

Caroline-885 was born before 1746 in , , England. She married Jonathan Underwood-884.

KNOWN from baptism of child.

They had the following children:

  F i Avis Underwood-886 was christened on 8 Apr 1866 in Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England.

BIRTH and BAPTISM dates from Independent Chapel records as photographed by Sharee Facey (email Dec 2001). The last six children listed for this date as baptised in school room. The only one for whom a birth date is not given.

Anthony William Eyre-896 was born before 1798 in , , England.

KNOWN from "Biographical Index of South Australians 1836-1885".

He had the following children:

  F i Elizabeth Eyre-158

William Tomlinson Percival-898 was born on 18 Apr 1850 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. He died in 1913 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. He married Elizabeth Wooding-897 on 5 Mar 1874 in Kensington & Norwood, South Australia, Australia.

KNOWN from "Biographical Index of South Australians 1836-1885", entry on wife's father..

BIRTH and DEATH details from Cheryl Levick (email May 2007). He was 63 at death. His father was William Percival and Ann Bonython. They were married in the Wesleyan church.

Elizabeth Wooding-897 [Parents] was born on 2 Jul 1853 in Bowden, South Australia, Australia. She married William Tomlinson Percival-898 on 5 Mar 1874 in Kensington & Norwood, South Australia, Australia.

BIRTH & married name from "Biographical Index of South Australians 1836-1885", entry on father.. Exact date of birth from Cheryl Levick (email May 2007).

They had the following children:

  M i William Joseph Percival-1516 was born on 7 Dec 1874 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. He was christened on 9 Dec 1875 in North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

DATA from Cheryl Levick (email May 2007), baptised at Christ Church.
  F ii Agnes May Percival-1517 was born on 25 Sep 1875 in Burnside, South Australia, Australia.

DATA from Cheryl Levick (email May 2007), she quotes Burnside reference book 172 page 485.
  F iii Agnes Rose Percival-1518 was born on 13 Jul 1878 in Burnside, South Australia, Australia.

DATA from Cheryl Levick (email May 2007), she quotes Burnside reference book 203 page 458.
  M iv Frederick Thomas Robert Percival-1519 was born on 13 Nov 1901 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

DATA from Cheryl Levick (email May 2007), place of birth was Church bentham St.
  M v Benjamin Charles Percival-1520 was born on 7 Dec 1880 in Burnside, South Australia, Australia.

DATA from Cheryl Levick (email May 2007), she quotes Burnside reference book 2541 page 360.
  M vi Frank Hubert Percival-1521 was born on 28 Jan 1883 in Summertown, South Australia, Australia. He died on 27 Jan 1953.

DATA from Cheryl Levick (email May 2007) His middle name could be Herbert not Hubert, she quotes Summertown reference book 298 page 386.
  M vii George Duncan Percival-1522 was born on 31 Aug 1885 in Summertown, South Australia, Australia.

DATA from Cheryl Levick (email May 2007), she quotes Summertown reference book 359 page 187.
  M viii Sydney Howard Percival-1523 was born on 25 Apr 1888 in Summertown, South Australia, Australia.

DATA from Cheryl Levick (email May 2007), she quotes Summertown reference book 417 page 59.

Harry Cooling-899 [Parents] was born on 22 Nov 1861 in Middlebarton, Oxfordshire, England. He died on 29 Jan 1933 in Norwood, South Australia, Australia. He was buried in North Roade, South Australia, Australia. He married Ann Hannah Wooding-889 on 27 Jul 1887 in Sprinton, South Australia, Australia.

KNOWN from "Biographical Index of South Australians 1836-1885", entry on wife's father, and his own entry. He arrived in Sth Aust. on the Rodney in 1878, he was a farm labourer and a butcher and lived at Mt Pleasant, Northwood and St Peters, his religion was Church of England..

MARRIAGE from "Digger - South Australian Marriage Registrations 1842-1916" as researched by Josie de Moore (email July 2002). Book 152 page 299, age 21, single. They were married at St Mary Mission Church.

DEATH from Josie (email 31 July 2002) book 545, page 388 of SA death registrations.

Ann Hannah Wooding-889 [Parents] was born on 9 Sep 1865 in North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. She died on 30 Aug 1938 in Norwood, South Australia, Australia. She married Harry Cooling-899 on 27 Jul 1887 in Sprinton, South Australia, Australia.

BIRTH from "Digger - South Australian Births 1842-1906 (c) SAGHS" as researched by Josie de Moore. Book 33 page 409, parents listed.

LISTED in "Biographical Index of South Australians 1836-1885" as child of Charles and Jane. Married name and years of birth and death also given. More detail from Husband's entry.

MARRIAGE from "Digger - South Australian Marriage Registrations 1842-1916" as researched by Josie de Moore (email July 2002). Book 152 page 299, age 25, single. They were married at St Mary Mission Church. She was named as Annie Hannah.

DEATH from Josie (email 31 July 2002) book 605, page 3792 of SA death registrations.

They had the following children:

  M i Harry Percival Cooling-915 was born on 11 May 1888 in Mount Pleasant, South Australia, Australia.

BIRTH from Digger - South Australian Births 1842-1906 (c) SAGHS as researched by Josie de Moor. District code Tal, Book , Page , Birth Place/Residence listed as Mount Pleasant.
  M ii George Harold Cooling-916 was born on 18 Jul 1889 in Mount Pleasant, South Australia, Australia. He died in 1954.

BIRTH from Digger - South Australian Births 1842-1906 (c) SAGHS as researched by Josie de Moor. District code Tal, Book 442, Page 466, Birth Place/Residence listed as Mount Pleasant.

DEATH from "Biographical Index of South Australians 1836-1885" father's entry.
  M iii Charles Maurice Cooling-917 was born on 10 Dec 1891 in Mount Pleasant, South Australia, Australia.

BIRTH from Digger - South Australian Births 1842-1906 (c) SAGHS as researched by Josie de Moor. District code Tal, Book 492, Page 93, Birth Place/Residence listed as Mount Pleasant.
  F iv Elva Gladys Cooling-1051 was born on 13 Aug 1894 in Mount Pleasant, South Australia, Australia.

BIRTH from Digger - South Australian Births 1842-1906 (c) SAGHS as researched by Josie de Moor. District code Tal, Book 549, Page 156, Birth Place/Residence listed as Mount Pleasant.
  F v Linda Rose Cooling-918 was born on 2 Aug 1899 in Mount Pleasant, South Australia, Australia.

BIRTH from Digger - South Australian Births 1842-1906 (c) SAGHS as researched by Josie de Moor. District code Tal, Book 645, Page 147, Birth Place/Residence listed as Mount Pleasant.
  M vi Hilford Harper Cooling-919 was born on 16 Apr 1901 in Mount Pleasant, South Australia, Australia. He died in 1970.

BIRTH from Digger - South Australian Births 1842-1906 (c) SAGHS as researched by Josie de Moor. District code Tal, Book 676, Page 150, Birth Place/Residence listed as Mount Pleasant.

DEATH from "Biographical Index of South Australians 1836-1885" father's entry.
  M vii Leslie Lawrence Cooling-1050 was born on 7 May 1893 in Mount Pleasant, South Australia, Australia.

BIRTH from Digger - South Australian Births 1842-1906 (c) SAGHS as researched by Josie de Moor. District code Tal, Book 521, Page 364, Birth Place/Residence listed as Mount Pleasant.

Joseph Wooding-160 [Parents] was born about 1842 in Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England. He was christened on 16 Jul 1843 in Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England. He died on 8 Sep 1917. He was buried in North Roade, South Australia, Australia. He married Eliza-900.

BAPTISM: parish records 377P/4, no. 666, parents are Joseph (a labourer) and Elisabeth.

CENSUS 1851 at Yardley Hastings, Ref HO 107/1738, enumerator 1b, folio 27, page 10, schedule 37, age 8 a scholar.. Born YH.

EMIGRATION: See records of the ship Oregon, (SA shipping 51/12) left Plymouth 13 July and arrived in Adelaide 2 Nov 1851. Aged 8. (Listed as an Agricultural Labourer by Dianne Jeffree email 20 Feb 2000 but I did not see this)

WIFE & chuildren from "Biographical Index of South Australians 1836-1885". Occupation in Sth Aust. a storeman in North Adelaide. Religion Congregationalist.

DEATH and place of burial from "Biographical Index of South Australians 1836-1885".

Eliza-900 was born about 1845. She married Joseph Wooding-160.

KNOWN from "Biographical Index of South Australians 1836-1885". Birth date my estimate.

They had the following children:

  M i Albert Henry Wooding-901 was born in 1866.

BIRTH from "Biographical Index of South Australians 1836-1885".
  F ii Alice Mary Wooding-902 was born in 1869.

BIRTH from "Biographical Index of South Australians 1836-1885".
  F iii Florence Lydia Wooding-903 was born in 1878.

BIRTH from "Biographical Index of South Australians 1836-1885".

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