EDGOOSE:
In search of Ancestry
SPAFFORD, Harriet
1844 - 1894 (50 years) Has 2 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1804 - 1876 (72 years)-
Name SPAFFORD, Harriet Birth 1844 Langford, Nottinghamshire, England 
Christening 10 Nov 1844 Langford, Nottinghamshire, England Gender Female Death 1894 Nottingham Registration District, Nottinghamshire Person ID I3853 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father SPAFFORD, John, b. 1804, Beckingham, Lincolnshire, England d. 1876, Newark Registration District, Nottinghamshire (Age 72 years) Relationship natural Mother JOHNSON, Elizabeth, b. 1808, Beckingham, Lincolnshire, England d. 1891, Newark Registration District, Nottinghamshire (Age 83 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1832 Harmston, Lincolnshire, England Family ID F1709 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family PARLBY, Edward, b. 1844, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England d. 1932, Nottingham Registration District, Nottinghamshire (Age 88 years) Marriage 1866 Newark Registration District, Nottinghamshire Family ID F1774 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
-
Notes
HARRIET SPAFFORD 1844-1894
The birth of Harriet SPAFFORD was registered in 1844.
(GRO September 1844 Newark 15 543)
Harriet, daughter of John Spafford and Elizabeth of Langford, Nottinghamshire, was baptised at St. Bartholomew, Langford, on 10 October 1844.
(FindMyPast)
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)
The marriage between Edward PARLBY and Harriet SHAFFORD [sic] was registered in 1866.
(GRO December Q 1866 Newark 7b 572a)
From the 1871 census of Lovers Lane, Providence Place, Newark, Nottinghamshire:
Edward PARLBY, head, aged 27, foreman in brewery, Newark, Nottinghamshire;
*Harriet PARLBY, wife, aged 26, born at Langford, Nottinghamshire;
Ernest E. PARLBY, son, aged 3, born at Newark, Nottinghamshire.
(RG10/3542/76/24)
The 1881 census of 3, St. Leonard's Road, Neark, Nottinghamshire:
Edward PARLBY, head, aged 37, foreman at brewery, born at Newrk, Nottinghamshire;
*Harriett [sic] PARLBY, wife, aged 36, born at Langford, Nottinghamshire;
Ernest E. PARLBY, son, aged 13, scholar, born at Newark, Nottinghamshire;
Emily S. PARLBY, daughter, aged 5, scholar, born at Newark, Nottinghamshire;
May S. PARLBY, daughter, aged 2, born at Newark, Nottinghamshire;
Elizabeth SPAFFORD, mother-in-law, aged 72, widow, formerly laundress, born at Beckingham, Nottinghamshire;
Emma WILSON, servant, aged 15, general domestic servant, born at Newark, Nottinghamshire.
(RG11/3377/21/36)
The 1891 census of 11 Westgate Street, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire:
Edward PARLBY, head, aged 46, maltster, born at Newark, Nottinghamshire;
*Harriett [sic] PARLBY, wife, aged 45, born at Langford, Nottinghamshire;
Emily S. PARLBY, daughter, aged 15, cigar maker, born at Newark, Nottinghamshire;
May PARLBY, daughter, aged 12, born at Newark, Nottinghamshire;
Agnes PARLBY, daughter, aged 9, born at Newark, Nottinghamshire;
John PARLBY, son, aged 6, born at Newark, Nottinghamshire.
(RG12/2697/101/48)
The death of a Harriet PARLBY aged 49 was registered in 1894.
(GRO September Q 1894 Nottingham 7b 152)
NOTES & QUERIES:
1861 census: Untraced.
(revised 31.05.2017)