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SPAFFORD, Robert
1838 - Aft 1901 (> 64 years) Has 2 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1808 - 1891 (83 years)-
Name SPAFFORD, Robert Birth 1838 Langford, Nottinghamshire, England 
Gender Male Death Aft 1901 Person ID I3849 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father SPAFFORD, John, b. 1804, Beckingham, Lincolnshire, England d. 1876, Newark Registration District, Nottinghamshire (Age 72 years) Relationship natural Mother JOHNSON, Elizabeth, b. 1808, Beckingham, Lincolnshire, England d. 1891, Newark Registration District, Nottinghamshire (Age 83 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1832 Harmston, Lincolnshire, England Family ID F1709 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family BERRIDGE, Jane, b. Between 1842 and 1843, Leadenham, Lincolnshire, England d. 1876, Newark Registration District, Nottinghamshire (Age 34 years) Family ID F1771 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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ROBERT SPAFFORD 1838-
From the 1851 census of Langford, Nottinghamshire:
John SPAFFORD, head, aged 46, shoeing smith, born at Beckingham, Lincolnshire;
Elizabeth SPAFFORD, wife, aged 42, born at Beckingham, Lincolnshire;
*Robert SPAFFORD, son, aged 12, harness boy, born at Langford, Nottinghamshire;
William SPAFFORD, son, aged 11, harness boy, born at Langford, Nottinghamshire;
John SPAFFORD, son, aged 9, scholar, born at Langford, Nottinghamshire;
George SPAFFORD, son, aged 7, scholar, born at Langford, Nottinghamshire;
Harriet SPAFFORD, daughter, aged 6, born at Langford, Nottinghamshire;
Emily SPAFFORD, daughter, aged 4, born at Langford, Nottinghamshire.
(HO107/2136/11/14)
From the 1861 census of Leadenham, Lincolnshire:
*Robert SPAFFORD, servant, aged 22, groom, born at Langford, Nottinghamshire.
He was working for Benjamin H. BROWN and his sister.
(RG9/2344/14/5)
The marriage between Robert SPAFFORD and Jane BERRIDGE was registered in 1867.
(GRO June Q 1867 Sleaford 7a 791)
The 1871 census of 10 Robson Street, Leeds, Yorkshire:
*Robert SPAFFORD, head, aged 32, provision dealer, born at Langford, Nottinghamshire;
Jane SPAFFORD, wife, aged 28, born at Leadenham, Lincolnshire;
Edith M. SPAFFORD, daughter, aged 3, born at Seacroft, Yorkshire;
Leonard M. (W.?) SPAFFORD, son, aged 1, born at Seacroft, Yorkshire.
(RG10/4557/98/1)
Jane Spafford died aged 33 in 1876.
(GRO September Q 1876 Newark 7b 217)
From the 1881 census of Carlton, Wharfedale, Yorkshire:
*Robert SPAFFORD, head, aged 41, widower, servant (coachman), born at Langford, Nottinghamshire.
(RG11/4340/4/8)
From the 1891 census of 2 Wortley Road, Masborough, Kimberworth, Yorkshire:
*Robert SPAFFORD, head, aged 54 [sic], fish dealer and draper, born at Langford, Nottinghamshire;
Mary SPAFFORD, wife, aged 32, born at Wortley, Yorkshire;
Herbert SPAFFORD, son, aged 19, iron turner, born at Leeds, Yorkshire;
Emily SPAFFORD, daughter, aged 11 [born March Q 1880], scholar, born at Leeds, Yorkshire;
William SPAFFORD, son, aged 8, sholar, born at Leeds, Yorkshire;
Mary SPAFFORD, daughter, aged 5, born at Armley, Yorkshire;
Earnest SPAFFORD, son, aged 9 months, born at Masbrough, Yorkshire.
(RG12/3849/87/8)
The 1901 census of No. 6, Tummon Street, Rotherham, Yorkshire:
*Robert SPAFFORD, head, aged 62, widower, traveller in sewing machines,, born at Langford, Nottinghamshire;
Herbert SPAFFORD, son, aged 23 [sic], turner gun works, born at Leeds, Yorkshire;
Mary SPAFFORD, daughter, aged 16, general domestic servant, born at Leeds, Yorkshire;
William SPAFFORD, son, aged 19, turner gun works, born at Leeds, Yorkshire;
Ernest SPAFFORD, son, aged 10, born at Masborough, Yorkshire;
Hetty SPAFFORD, daughter, aged 9, born at Masborough, Yorkshire.
(RG13/4396/168/10)
Untraced after 1901 census of England+Wales.
NOTES & QUERIES:
A marriage between Robert SPAFFORD and Mary has not been found.
(revised 03.10.2012)