Frances (Allsop) Redfern (1806 - abt. 1882)

Born 27 Jun 1806 in Fenny Bentley, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom

Wife of Thomas Redfern — married 12 Feb 1850 in Fenny Bentley, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom

Died about Jan 1882 at about age 75 in Fenny Bentley, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Frances (Fanny) was the daughter of Thomas Allsop (1757-1839) and Frances (Fanny) Bridden (1776-1849). She was born June 27, 1806, and baptised June 29, in Fenny Bentley, Derbyshire. She had a sister named Jane, born 1823, who married Samuel Wright.

Before she married Thomas Redfern in 1850, the fecund Frances had given birth to the following children: William Allsop ( b.1847, who possibly m. Emma Mead - there was another Wm Redfern of the same age from the region who was the son of John Redfern as noted on the marriage record); Rachel (1827-1883 m. Samuel Allen); Henry (b. 1836, possibly died in 1861); Emma (1835-1895 m. Thomas Jenkinson); Hannah (1846-1861).

When Frances married Thomas Redfern, she was listed as a spinster.

Frances and Thomas Redfern had one child together: Francis (Frank) Redfern (1851-1903 m. Sarah Ann ? and had several children).

In 1841, three of Frances's children, Rachel, Emma, and Henry, can be seen staying with her widowed mother (pauper) in Fenny Bentley. On the same page at a different household is a Francis Alsop, age 30, and her 7 months daughter Agnes whose father was evidently a Richard Alsop. It's difficult to say whether this is the same Frances. Perhaps someday DNA matches will help sort out the father(s) of Fanny's children. When daughter Rachel married Samuel Allen, records appear which say her father was William Fletcher. Could this William Fletcher be somehow related to the first wife of Fanny's husband Thomas Redfern who married Elizabeth Fletcher? However, when daughter Emma married, she indicated Thomas Redfern as her father, which he was, in a sense, but likely not her birth father.

In 1861 son William Allsop was staying with William and Mary Frost. Also present was 4 year old William Allen. This record was a little gold mine for family information because it turns out Mary Frost was another one of Fanny's sisters. William Allen was actually a great nephew and the son of Fanny's daughter who married Samuel Allen.

*Fact: Residence (1841) Fenny Bentley, Derbyshire, England:

Frances Allsop (30) b 1811; Agness Allsop (7 Mos.) Nearby in a separate household but on the same page: Frances Allsop (65); Rachel (13); Emma (7); Henry (4) Bothams can also be seen on this page and by 1851 some young Bothams were living with Thomas and Fanny and their large family.

• Fact: Residence (1851) Fenny Bentley, Derbyshire, England:

Thomas Redfern (48) Ag Lab; Frances (42); Francis (3 weeks); Rachel Allsop (23); Emma Allsop (16); Henry Allsop (14); Hannah Allsop (5); William Allsop (4); Thomas Botham (10) Boarder and Scholar; William Botham (3) (They were the children of Charlotte Botham, 1817-1897

• Fact: Residence (1861) Fenny Bentley, Derbyshire, England:

Thomas Redfern (57) Ag Lab; Fanny (52); Hannah Allsop (15); Frank Redfern (10) Scholar; Thomas Jenkinson, lodger (22) Ag Lab; Emma Jenkinson (26); Fanny Jenkinson (1 month) Mary Walton Lodger (22) Cotton Dubler

N.B. Emma Jenkinson was Fanny's daughter.

• Fact: Residence (1871) Fenny Bentley, Derbyshire, England:

Thomas Redfern (62) Laborer; Frances (62); Hannah Hersencroft lodger (21) Mill Hand.

Frances Allsop Redfern died in Fenny Bentley and was buried there on January 7, 1882.

Sources

• "Public Member Trees", database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/2050310/person/182023229359/facts : accessed 15 December 2018), profile for Frances Alsop.

Name: Frances Allsop Gender: Female Event Type: Baptism Birth Date: 27 Jun Baptism Date: 29 Jun 1806 Baptism Place: Fenny Bentley, Derbyshire, England Father: Thomas Allsop Mother: Frances Allsop Source Citation Derbyshire Record Office; Matlock, Derbyshire, England; Derbyshire Church of England Parish Registers; Diocese: Diocese of Derby Source Information Ancestry.com. Derbyshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017. Original data: Derbyshire Church of England Parish Registers, Derbyshire Record Office, Matlock, Derbyshire, England.

Name: Fanny Alsop Gender: Female Marriage Age: 41 Birth Date: abt 1809 Marriage Date: 12 Feb 1850 Marriage Place: Fenny Bentley, Derbyshire, England Father: Thomas Alsop Spouse: Thomas Redfern Source Citation Derbyshire Record Office; Matlock, Derbyshire, England; Diocese: Diocese of Derby Source Information Ancestry.com. Derbyshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017. Original data: Derbyshire Church of England Parish Registers, Derbyshire Record Office, Matlock, Derbyshire, England.

Name: Fanny Redfern Age: 73 Birth Year: 1809 Burial Date: 7 Jan 1882 Burial Place: Fenny Bentley, Derbyshire, England Source Citation Derbyshire Record Office; Matlock, Derbyshire, England; Diocese: Diocese of Derby; Reference Number: D 651 5/1 Source Information Ancestry.com. Derbyshire, England, Church of England Burials, 1813-1991 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017. Original data: Derbyshire Church of England Parish Registers, Derbyshire Record Office, Matlock, Derbyshire, England.