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The ASHFORD Families of C18th-C21st Aston & Birmingham
Origin of family name comes from a place "ash" + "ford", either of numerous local origins or one of several towns/villages of that name
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Distribution of the family
name in 1881The head of the tree appears to be Thomas ASHFORD (c1770), gun lock filer, & Elizabeth WALKER (c1775) who married 16.7.1793 at Aston Juxta. Thomas may be the son of one of the following:
- s/o James & Ann c. 23 Mar 1770, Aston Juxta Birmingham;
- s/o Joseph & Hannah c. 17 May 1773, Saint Phillips, Birmingham;
- s/o Edward & unknown c. 1770, Aston;
- s/o William & Lydia HORTON, c. 7 Dec 1765 St Mary, Handsworth;
Thomas & Elizabeth had 16 known children (at St Philips & St Martins), only 2 of the boys appear to have had extensive families in the Aston & Birmingham areas based on top down analysis of census data, however others lack data and are assumed to have died young or possibly emigrated. Based on baptism information, the family were in Henrietta Street in 1816, then Hospital Street in the period 1817-1822, the part of Aston immediately NNW of central Birmingham. Early C19th marriages were probably mostly within the area's gun trade. Due to many references, some facts cannot be truly verified. I am open to discussions.
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William ASHFORD (c. 30.9.1793 St P);
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Joseph ASHFORD (c. 6.4.1795 St P);
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Mary Ann ASHFORD (c1796, c. 31.7.1797 St M) who married gunmaker Joseph Alexander SANDERS on 5.12.1814, at Edgbaston, St Bartholomew. The Elizabeth ASHFORD who was a marriage witness is probably her mother, as her younger sister would not be of age.
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Mary Ann SANDERS nee
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Elizabeth ASHFORD (n. 14.2.1799, c. 14.4.1800 St M);
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Lydia ASHFORD (n. 3.9.1803, c. 26.5.1804 St M, d. 1841) = David PRESCOTT, gun polisher, on 31.12.1817 St P. Family in Soho (London), Middlesex by 1841 census;
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Charlotte ASHFORD (c. 3.10.1805 St M);
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Lucy ASHFORD (n. 3.11.1807, c. 18.4.1808 St M);
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Sarah ASHFORD (c. 22.5.1809 St M);
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Caroline ASHFORD (n. 13.11.1810, c. 26.8.1811 St M);
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Thomas ASHFORD (c. 30.9.1813 St M, presumably died young but refer to family below);
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Thomas William ASHFORD (n. 14.4.1814, c. 29.9.1814 St P), m. first wife Catherine before GR. In 1851 census wife is given as Caro (short for Caroline, his a second wife, Caroline SHAW (m. in 1850). It is also worth considering that this family belongs to Thomas (1813) and this Thomas was known as William (some census data, however there are several births within a short period):
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Sarah ASHFORD (1838), poss. m. 1858 Birmingham to William GRIFFITHS or John HOLDER;
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Emma ASHFORD (1839-91), m. Reuben ATHERLEY in 1860 Birmingham;
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Thomas ASHFORD (1840);
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John ASHFORD (1841), poss. m. Bessie (1891 census), possibly Elizabeth WELLS in 1871;
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Louisa ASHFORD (n. 12.11.1816, c. 26.12.1818 St P) = William GODWIN 11.6.1838 Aston St P&P;
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Henry ASHFORD (n. 21.11.1817, c. 26.12.1821 St P-1877), m. Sarah Ann RAWLEY in 1844 Aston. Children:
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Elizabeth ASHFORD (1845), poss. m. 1866 in Birmingham to Henry J BRAGG or Edmund S BEDFORD;
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Henry J ASHFORD (1847). Possibly died in Dec 1861;
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Sarah Ann ASHFORD (1848), poss. m. 1868 Birmingham to William DAY or John SMITH;
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Alfred ASHFORD (1850). Possibly died in Sep 1863;
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Clara ASHFORD (1854), m. in 1875 West Bromwich to William Herbert CLEMENT;
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Eliza ASHFORD (1856), poss. the 1876 marriage in Birmingham to Frances BINGHAM or John Henry LOWE. Note girl of almost same age (d/o George & Sarah);
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Emma ASHFORD (1858-1861 or 1865);
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George ASHFORD (n. 2.10.1818);
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Harriett ASHFORD (n. 19.3.1821);
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James ASHFORD (n. 9.6.1822, c. 3.9.1822 St P-1844) = Lucy CASHMORE in 1846 Birmingham. Children:
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Charles ASHFORD (1847) = Amanda HUDSON in 1870 Birmingham. Children:
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Edwin Arthur ASHFORD (1872), m. Lucretia HANSON in 1896 King's Norton;
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Albert E ASHFORD (1876), poss. m. in 1911 West Bromwich to Alice BINGHAM or Laura J BROUGHTON;
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Ada ASHFORD (1877), m. Herbert Arthur GREENWAY in 1901 King's Norton;
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Charles ASHFORD (1891);
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Louisa ASHFORD (1849), poss. m. in 1869 King's Norton to unknown;
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James ASHFORD (1850) = Amelia MILES in 1877 Birmingham. Children:
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Amelia ASHFORD (1879), m. 1901 in King's Norton or 1906 in Aston;
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Arthur ASHFORD (1882), m. Birmingham in 1904 or 1906;
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Selena ASHFORD (1856-1933), unmarried 45 y.o. living with married sister Emma SUTTON and family, including mother Lucy in 1901;
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Arthur ASHFORD (1858-69);
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Mary Ann ASHFORD (1861-1910), unmarried 40 y.o living with married sister Emma SUTTON in 1901;
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Emma ASHFORD (1863), m. William SUTTON in Sep 1892;
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Florence ASHFORD (1865), m. 1891 or 1899 Birmingham;
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Other C18th families in the
Central Birmingham area
Mary
Ann d/o Thomas
& Martha ASHFORD c.
20.4.1802 St Philip
Mary
Ann d/o Richard
& Mary ASHFORD
c. 6.6.1805 St Philip
Mary d/o Joseph & Elizabeth ASHFORD c. 18.9.1792 Meeting Ho., Moor Street Unitarian
Mary
d/o Joseph
& Sarah ASHFORD
c. 11.6.1792 St Philip
Mary
d/o Thomas
& Mary ASHFORD
c. 13.1.1791 St
Philip
Mary
d/o Richard
& Ann ASHFORD
c.
30.9.1789 St Philip
St Bartholomew's PC, Edgbaston 1790-1819. No ASHFORD baptisms,
or late baptisms 1838-50.
At St Mary's, Whittall Street, in 1794 only entry for 18th
August, Edwin s/o William & Mary ASHFORD.
St Philip's Birmingham, Register of Marriages 1715-1800 inclusive:
29.12.1717
Francis LEATON & Sarah ASHFORD
25.12.1718
John ASHFORD & Elizabeth BUCKLEY
18.2.1719
Thomas ASHFORD & Mary ASHFORD
15.11.1722
John WOODCOCK & Hannah
26.1.1722/23
Thomas HOWE & Mary
31.1.1722/23
James ARCH (of Solihull) & Eleanor ASHFORD (of Tanworth)
22.9.1723
Humphrey ASHFORD & Mary NICHOLLS
16.11.1724
William BATE & Mary ASHFORD
31.12.1724
Thomas HORTON & Mary
2.7.1727
Abraham ASHFORD & Mary BATE
1.7.1731
John ASHFORD & Ann NEWEY
28.7.1732
Humphrey ASHFORD & Ann HODGETTS
20.7.1733
David ASHFORD & Mary BIRD
11.11.1736
Thomas MADELEY & Mary
12.6.1743
Helham BRITTLE & Ann
22.7.1745
Thomas ASHFORD & Prudence MOOR
2.10.1745
Joseph WOODWARD & Ann
2.4.1746
James HALLOMAN & Susanna
1.5.1746
Thomas BINGHAM & Mary
25.8.1746
Thomas ASHFORD & Sarah HATTON
22.4.1747
William ASHFORD & Mary COOK
26.12.1747
Joseph ASHFORD & Mary SMITH
31.1.1757
Abraham ASHFORD & Mary INSULL
4.12.1758
William ASHFORD & Catherine WATWOOD
2.5.1761
Richard ASHFORD & Ann WARD
12.10.1761
Thomas HARRISON & Esther
29.9.1763
Joseph ASHFORD & Ann SMALLWOOD
3.10.1763
Richard ASHFORD & Frances GETLIFF
3.12.1764
Edward CHISWELL & Ann
30.6.1765
Isaac ASHFORD & Mary STARTIN
29.6.1767
Thomas TOMPSON & Kittey
21.7.1767
Thomas THOMPSON & Catherine
22.8.1768
Samuel STANIER & Mary
13.7.1772
Antony PRIEST & Ann
5.9.1773
William COLECLOUGH & Susanna
17.4.1775
James ASHFORD & Ann TONKS
8.1.1776
Morris ASHFORD & Hannah CLAY
25.2.1781
John ASHFORD & Mary PAYTON
19.6.1782
Thomas ATTWOOD and Hannah
25.12.1782
Thomas ASHFORD & Mary SMITH
1.8.1786
Charles ASHFORD & Elizabeth MALIN
13.4.1795
Stephen ELWELL & Ann
24.10.1796 George WARD & Mary ASHFORD
St.
Martin’s burials:
John
ASHFORD s/o William & Elizabeth ASHFORD of Deritend 9.12.1824 (3 ½)
Charles
ASHFORD of Deritend 20.4.1830 (31)
Elizabeth
ASHFORD d/o Joseph & Ann ASHFORD of Deritend 16.2.1834 (14 months)
Mary
ASHFORD w/o William ASHFORD of Deritend 6.10.1834 (33)
Samuel
ASHFORD of Deritend 1.1.1835 (43)
Henry
ASHFORD s/o Samuel & Catherine ASHFORD of Deritend 25.11.1835 (6)
Catherine ASHFORD of Deritend 5.11.1837 (45)
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