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SPAFFORD, William

SPAFFORD, William

Male 1839 - 1907  (68 years)   Has 2 ancestors and 10 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name SPAFFORD, William 
    Birth 1839  Langford, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1907  Newark Registration District, Nottinghamshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3850  Edgoose
    Last Modified 31 Jan 2026 

    Father SPAFFORD, John,   b. 1804, Beckingham, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1876, Newark Registration District, Nottinghamshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Mother JOHNSON, Elizabeth,   b. 1808, Beckingham, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1891, Newark Registration District, Nottinghamshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 1832  Harmston, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1709  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family FIRTH, Jane,   b. 1844, Repton, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Feb 1921, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Marriage 1863  Burton On Trent Registration District, Staffordshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. SPAFFORD, John William,   b. 1868, Newhall, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1913, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years)
     2. SPAFFORD, Gertrude Emma,   b. 1870, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. UNKNOWN  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. SPAFFORD, George Henry,   b. 1872   d. USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. SPAFFORD, Ernest Albert,   b. 1874   d. 1944 (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. SPAFFORD, Thomas,   b. 1875   d. UNKNOWN, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. SPAFFORD, Walter Edward,   b. 1877   d. 1947 (Age 70 years)
     7. SPAFFORD, Richard Palmer,   b. 1879   d. 16 Oct 1942, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
     8. SPAFFORD, Horace,   b. 1883   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. SPAFFORD, Frederick,   b. 1884   d. Yes, date unknown
     10. SPAFFORD, Alice,   b. 1887, Newark Registration District, Nottinghamshire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1887, Langford, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F1772  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 

  • Notes 

    • WILLIAM SPAFFORD 1839-1907

      From the 1851 census of Langford, Nottinghamshire:
      John SPAFFORD, head, aged 46, shoeing smith, born at Beckingham, Lincolnshire;
      Elizabeth SPAFFORD, wife, aged 42, born at Beckingham, Lincolnshire;
      Robert SPAFFORD, son, aged 12, harness boy, born at Langford, Nottinghamshire;
      *William SPAFFORD, son, aged 11, harness boy, born at Langford, Nottinghamshire;
      John SPAFFORD, son, aged 9, scholar, born at Langford, Nottinghamshire;
      George SPAFFORD, son, aged 7, scholar, born at Langford, Nottinghamshire;
      Harriet SPAFFORD, daughter, aged 6, born at Langford, Nottinghamshire;
      Emily SPAFFORD, daughter, aged 4, born at Langford, Nottinghamshire.
      (HO107/2136/11/14)

      From the 1861 census of Langford, Nottinghamshire:
      John SPAFFORD, head, aged 54, blacksmith, born at Beckingham, Nottinghamshire [sic];
      Elizabeth SPAFFORD, wife, aged 51, born at Beckingham, Nottinghamshire [sic];
      *William SPAFFORD, son, aged 21, born at Langford, Nottinghamshire;
      Elizebeth SPAFFORD, daughter, aged 26, born at Langford, Nottinghamshire;
      Emiley SPAFFORD, daughter, aged 14, born at Langford, Nottinghamshire.
      (RG9/2476/14/3)

      No registration of a marriage between a William SPAFFORD and a Jane FIRTH has been found, but a William STAFFORD [sic] married a Jane FEARN [sic] in Burton-on-Trent Registration District [which included Repton] in 1863.
      (GRO September Q 1863 Burton 6b 415.
      NB: Note the presence of a John FEARN in the 1871 census below.

      From the 1871 census of C Canes Row, Newark, Nottinghamshire:
      *William Spafford, head, aged 31, blacksmith, born at Langford, Nottinhamshire;
      Jane SPAFFORD, wife age 37, born at Repton, Derbyshire;
      John W. SPAFFORD, son, aged 3, born at Newhall, Derbyshire;
      Gertrude E. SPAFFORD, daughter, aged 6 months, born at Newark, Nottinghamshire;
      John FEARN, boarder, unmarried, aged 23, painter, born at Repton, Derbyshire;
      C. H. PALMER, boarder, aged 17, unmarried, clerk, born at Derby, Derbyshire.
      (RG10/3541/24/5)

      The death of WILLIAM SPAFFORD was registered in 1907.
      (GRO March Q 1907 Newark 7b 342)

      (revised 06.10.2012)



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