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FIRTH, Jane
1844 - 1921 (77 years) Has no ancestors but 10 descendants in this family tree.
1839 - 1907 (68 years)-
Name FIRTH, Jane Birth 1844 Repton, Derbyshire, England 
Gender Female Death 22 Feb 1921 Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England Person ID I3855 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family SPAFFORD, William, b. 1839, Langford, Nottinghamshire, England d. 1907, Newark Registration District, Nottinghamshire (Age 68 years) Marriage 1863 Burton On Trent Registration District, Staffordshire Children 1. SPAFFORD, John William, b. 1868, Newhall, Derbyshire, England d. 1913, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England (Age 45 years)2. SPAFFORD, Gertrude Emma, b. 1870, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England d. UNKNOWN [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. SPAFFORD, George Henry, b. 1872 d. USA 4. SPAFFORD, Ernest Albert, b. 1874 d. 1944 (Age 70 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] 5. SPAFFORD, Thomas, b. 1875 d. UNKNOWN, USA [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 (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 d. 1887, Langford, Nottinghamshire, England (Age 0 years)Family ID F1772 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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JANE SPAFFORD née FEARN 1844-1921
Birth of a Jane FEARN were registered Burton-on-Trent in 1844 (2) and 1849 (1).
(GRO September Q 1863 Burton 6b 415)
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 Jane SPAFFORD aged 76 was registered in 1921.
(GRO March Q 1921 Southwell [which includes Weston, Nottinghamshire] 7b 530.
SPAFFORD Jane of Weston Nottinghamshire widow died 22 February 1921 Probate Nottingham 26 July to Walter Edward SPAFFORD blacksmith.
Effects £122 17s. 11d.
(National Probate Calendar 1922)
(revised 06.10.2012)