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The content from this demo is taken from my pages The Baxter family and The Jarratt family. It is used here for purposes of illustration only.

Thomas Baxter, of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, was b. 1784-85 (aged 56 in 1841, 66 in 1851) in Nottinghamshire, and was still alive in 1851. He m. by 1807, Anne ____, b. 1790-91 (aged 50 in 1841, 60 in 1851) in Nottinghamshire, still alive in 1851. They are enumerated with their sons John, William, and Samuel in the 1841 census of Mansfield, in which Thomas is called a wood sawyer.1841 Census of England, Nottinghamshire, registration district: Mansfield, subdistrict: Mansfield, enumeration district 3, pp. 21-22; PRO HO107/859/2, folios 14v, 15r [Family History Library microfilm no. 438,905]). The entry reads: 
                                born in county?
Thomas Baxter 56  wood sawyer   y
=== (page-break) ===
Ann Baxter    50  ----          y
John    "     26  brush m [sic] y
William "     17  wood sawyer   y
Samuel  "     14  stone mason   y
They are enumerated with their son Samuel (and the latter’s wife and child) in the 1851 census, in which he is called a labourer, and it is mentioned that he was deaf, and blind in one eye.1851 Census of England, Nottingamshire, registration district: Mansfield, subdistrict: Mansfield, enumeration district 1j, p. 27; PRO HO107, piece 2124, folio 212 [Family History Library microfilm no. 87,754]. 
Thomas Baxter* head   66  labourer  Notts.: Mansfield
Ann Baxter     wife   60            Notts.: Mansfield
Samuel Baxter  son    24  labourer  Notts.: Mansfield
Mary Baxter    wife** 27            Notts.: Mansfield Woodham
Eliza Baxter   g.dau. 4mo.          Notts.: Ald... [illegible]
----
 * deaf; blind [in] 1 eye
** This should evidently read “son’s wife”
We have not found either of them in the 1861 or 1871 censuses. Thomas Baxter and his wife baptized the following children in the parish church of Mansfield (per IGI unless otherwise stated; the record of the eldest children is probably not complete):
  1. Mary Baxter, bapt. 6 Nov. 1807, d. by 1817, when another daughter was given the same name.
  2. Isaac Baxter, bapt. 5 Nov. 1811.Mansield parish register, Bishops’s transcripts, 1761-1812 [Family History Library microfilm no. 503,790].
  3. John Baxter, bapt. 24 May 1815, still living unmarried with his parents in 1841, when his occupation is given as “brush m____” (sic).
  4. Mary Baxter, bapt. 24 Aug. 1817. We presume her to have been the one of this name who m. 27 April 1835 in the Cathedral of SS Peter and Paul, Sheffield, following publication of banns (neither the ages of the parties, nor their fathers’ names, being stated in the record), John Jarratt, of Brightside, Ecclesall Bierlow (a suburb of Sheffield), in the West Riding of Yorkshire, b. probably in 1813, between April and November, at Birmingham, co. Warwick (now in the modern county of West Midlands), d. 2 Nov. 1885, aged 72 years, at Buckenham Street, Brightside, Ecclesall Bierlow, of “senile decay [and] paralysis, 14 days,”Death certificate; registered at Sheffield in 4th quarter, 1885, vol. 9c, p. 279. and buried 5 Nov. following in St. Thomas Anglican churchyard, Brightside, Sheffield.National Burial Index. At the time of their marriage they were evidently residing at Sheffield. Neither could write their name, and both made a mark in lieu of a signature in the register; the witnesses were George Smedley and Rebecca Smedley, who have not been further identified. This connection is at least chronologically likely, because the Mary Baxter who married John Jarratt was b. ca. 1817 (she was aged 35 in 1851, 43 in 1861, 63 in 1881, 73 in 1891, and 83 at her death and burial in 1900) at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire; this woman d. 20 Sept. 1900 at no. 4 Buckenham Street, East Brightside, of “senile decay,”Death certificate. and was buried 24 Sept. following in St. Thomas Anglican churchyard, Brightside, Sheffield.National Burial Index. See JARRATT for further details.
  5. James Baxter, bapt. 25 April 1819, of whom no further record has been found.
  6. Sarah Baxter, bapt. 27 June 1821, of whom no further record has been found.
  7. Henry Baxter, bapt. 20 April 1823, of whom no further record has been found.
  8. William Baxter, bapt. 9 June 1824, living with his parents in 1841, when he was a wood sawyer like his father.
  9. Samuel Baxter, bapt. 20 Sept. 1826, living with his parents in 1841, when he was a stone mason (at the age of only 14!), and still living with them in 1851, when he was a labourer. He m. by 1851, Mary ____, b. 1823-24 (aged 27 in 1851) in Nottinghamshire. Only known child:
    1. Eliza Baxter, b. around Nov. 1850 (aged 4 months at the taking of the census on 30 March 1851) at Ald… (place-name illegible), Nottinghamshire.

John Jarratt, of Brightside, Ecclesall Bierlow (a suburb of Sheffield), in the West Riding of Yorkshire, b. probably in 1813, between April and November,The various reports of John Jaratt’s age we have found are consistent with one another, and taken together, imply a date of birth between April 1813 and Nov. 1813:

  1. Aged 37 years at taking of census in March 1851; hence b. March 1813 - March 1814;
  2. Aged 47 years at taking of census in April 1861; hence b. April 1813 - April 1814;
  3. Aged 57 years at taking of census in April 1871; hence b. April 1813 - April 1814;
  4. Aged 67 years at taking of census in April 1881; hence b. April 1813 - April 1814;
  5. Aged 72 years at his death in Nov. 1885; hence b. Nov. 1812 - Nov. 1813.
at Birmingham, co. Warwick (now in the modern county of West Midlands), d. 2 Nov. 1885, aged 72 years, at Buckenham Street, Brightside, Ecclesall Bierlow, of “senile decay [and] paralysis, 14 days,”Death certificate; registered at Sheffield in 4th quarter, 1885, vol. 9c, p. 279. and buried 5 Nov. following in St. Thomas Anglican churchyard, Brightside, Sheffield.National Burial Index. He m. 27 April 1835 in the Cathedral of SS Peter and Paul, Sheffield, following publication of banns (neither the ages of the parties, nor their fathers’ names, being stated in the record), Mary Baxter, b. ca. 1817 (aged 35 in 1851, 43 in 1861, 63 in 1881, 73 in 1891, and 83 at her death and burial in 1900) at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, d. 20 Sept. 1900 at no. 4 Buckenham Street, East Brightside, of “senile decay,”Death certificate. and buried 24 Sept. following in St. Thomas Anglican churchyard, Brightside, Sheffield.National Burial Index. whom we presume to be identical with the Mary Baxter bapt. 24 Aug. 1817 in Mansfield parish church, daughter of Thomas and Anne (____) Baxter, of Mansfield. At the time of their marriage they were evidently resident in Sheffield, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Neither could write their name, and both made a mark in lieu of a signature in the register; the witnesses were George Smedley and Rebecca Smedley, who have not been further identified. They were living at Hoyle Street, Sheffield, at the taking of the 1841 census, in which he is called a brickmaker.1841 Census of England, Yorkshire, registration district: Sheffield, subdistrict: Sheffield North, enumeration district 18, p. 180 HO107/1335/8/, folio 35. The entry reads: 
                                       born in county?
Garrtt* John    25[-29]   Brick Maker  Yes    
Garrtt  Mary    20[-24]   ----         Yes        
Garrtt  James    4        ----         Yes       
Garrtt  William  2        ----         Yes
----------
* sic
They were living at Railway Terrace, Sheffield, at the taking of the 1851 census, in which he is again called a brickmaker; at the time, his widowed mother, Mary Flemming, was living with them.1851 Census of Yorkshire, registration district: Sheffield, subdistrict: Brightside, enumeration district 14, p. 4; HO107/2342, folio 356 [FHL microfilm nos. 87598-87600]. The entry reads: 
John Jarratt  head mar.    37  brickmaker Warwick — Birmingham
Mary      "   wife mar.    35             Notts. — Mansfield
James     "   son  ---     14             Yorkshire — Sheffield
William   "   son  ---     12  scholar    "
Ann       "   dau. ---      9  scholar    "
Mary      "   dau. ---      6  scholar    "
Martha E. "   dau. ---      1  ----       "
Mary Flemming mother widow 56  ----       Lancashire — St. Ellens
They are found at Carlisle Street East, Railway Terrace, in the 1861 census of Brightside, Sheffield, in which he is called a brickmaker; living in his household at the time was a “relative,” Ann Jarratt, aged 73 years.1861 Census of England, Yorkshire, registration district: Sheffield, subdistrict: Brightside, enumeration district 28, p. 11; RG9/3499, folio 68 [Family History Library microfilm number 543,142]. The entry reads: 
John   Jarratt head      mar. 47 brickmaker  Warwick — Birmingham
Mary         " wife      mar. 43 ----        Notts. — Mansfield
Ann          " dau.      ---  19 dressmaker  Yorks. — Sheffield
Mary         " dau.      ---  16 ----        "
Martha Ellen " dau.      ---  11 scholar     "
Elizabeth    " dau.      ---   4 ----        "
Ann          " relative widow 73 ----        Derbyshire — Crich
In 1868 “Mary Jarratt … [of] 146 Grimesthorpe Road, Brightside Bierlow,” witnessed (with a mark in lieu of a signature) the death of Mary (____) (Jarratt) Flemming, who died in her presence in her house. By 1870 they were living at no. 3 Ditchingham Street, Brightside, which is given as the address of their daughter Martha at her marriage in 1870, and where they appear in the 1871 census, which gives John’s occupation as “brick manufacturer.” At this time their married daughter Martha and the latter’s husband were still living with them, as well as their unmarried daughter Elizabeth.1871 census of England, Yorkshire, registration district: Sheffield, subdistrict: Brightside, enumeration district 30, p. 14; RG10/4694, folio 99 [Family History Library film no. 847,237]. This source erroneously calls Martha Ellen “Mary Ellen,” but she is recognizable nonetheless. The entry reads: 
John Jarratt    head       mar. 57 brick        Warwick: Birmingham
                                   manufacturer
Mary      "     wife       mar. 54 ----         Notts.: Mansfield
Elizabeth "     dau.       ---  14 scholar      Yorks.: Sheffield
John    Blythe  son in law mar. 23 forgeman     Yorks.: Low Moor
Mary Ellen "    dau.       mar. 21 ----         Yorks.: Sheffield
This extract was originally obtained for me by my friend George W. Glenn, a professional genealogist. They were enumerated at no. 4 Buckenham Street in the 1881 census, in which John is called a retired brick manufacturer; living with them was their granddaughter, Elizabeth Purcell (daughter of their daughter Mary).1881 Census of England, Yorkshire, registration district: Sheffield, subdistrict: Brightside, enumeration district 35, p. 1; PRO RG11/4661, folio 94. In the LDS and Ancestry.com’s transcriptions the name is misread as “Jarrerd.” At the time, their son James Jarratt was living at most two houses away, at no. 8 on the same street. John’s death certificate calls him a “brick manufacturer” (although he was perhaps retired by then), and names the informant as “Benjamin Sockett, son-in-law, 24 Verdon Street, Brightside Bierlow.” His widow, then described as “living on her own means,” was still residing at no. 4 Buckenham Street, with her grandchildren Henry and Annie Blythe, children of her daughter Martha (Jarratt) Blythe, in 1891.1891 Census of England, Yorkshire, Brightside Bierlow, parish of All Saints, Enumeration District 40, piece RG12/3833, folio 50, p. 11. At the time, John and Martha (Jarratt) Blythe were living at no. 8 on the same street.1891 Census of England, Yorkshire, Brightside Bierlow, parish of All Saints, Enumeration District 40, piece RG12/3833, folio 50, p. 12. In the certificate of her death, which was reported by “Anne Sockett, daughter, present at death” she is called “Mary Jarratt, widow of John Jarratt, brick manufacturer.”