Thomas William Handford & Eliza Octavia Thornton

Thomas William Handford
Thomas was born in September 1839 in Leicester.² 

• Birth Notes
  • Name: Thomas William Handford
    Year of Registration: 1839
    Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
    District: Leicester (1837-1974)
    County: Leicestershire
    Volume: 15
    Page: 77 
    
    

Eliza Octavia Thornton
Eliza was born on August 25th, 1839 in Royston and her christening took place there on September 24th, 1839.^2 3 

• Birth Notes
  • Name: Eliza A Handford
    Where born: Royston, Yorkshire, England
    
    Name: Eliza Octavia Thornton
    Year of Registration: 1839
    Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
    District: Ecclesfield (To 1850)
    County: Yorkshire - West Riding
    Volume: 22
    Page: 179
    
    Ecclesfield is about 8 to 10 miles south of Barnsley, and 6 miles north of Sheffield.  Royston is 3 or 4 miles North of Barnsley, so Eliza probably was born at Royston (perhaps at a hospital there), but the birth registered at Ecclesfield, probably nearer to where the family lived.
    
    
    ELIZA OCTAVIA THORNTON
    Event(s):
    Birth: 
    Christening:  24 SEP 1839   Royston, Yorkshire, England
    Parents:
      Father:  WILLIAM THORNTON
      Mother:  MARY