Town of Derby: Piggin Antecedents

Descendants of John Piggin publican of Derby (so identified in 1842 marriage record (below)
Thomas innkeeper of The Wellington, Litchurch (1861) *c. 1810, Derby ?married? Frances Hanson at Duffield, 14 July 1832; she died 1840c, Derby married Hannah Barnes (c. 1808-1884c) of Normanton, Derby, 1842/11/16 (his condition given as bachelor! Publican at ?Merledge? (=Litchurch?)) they lived in Parish of St. Peter, Derby + 1870c aged 60 at Derby	I. Frances ~ 7 July 1833, St Peter % Joseph Francis Rose 1853
	II. John ~ 8 February 1835, St Peter
	III. Emma ~ 30 December 1836, St Peter 1861 census: single, aged 22 % Thomas Osbourne, publican of Prestbury CHS, 1871
	IV. Mary Ann * 1840a, Derby ~ 25 February 1840, St Peter % --- ---, 1865b, Derby
	V. Thomas * 1843c, Derby + 1881d, Derby
	VI. Lydia * ? birth record not located ~ 27 August 1847, Derby St. Peter at 1861 census: "scholar", aged 13 * ?
	??? Frances birth record not located ~ 27 June 1852, Derby St Peter

Descendants of an as-yet unidentified Piggin from Shardlow village
I. Joseph Piggin, butcher * about 1864 in Shardlow % Eliza Hardy (c. 1865-?) on 1885/07/06 at Derby, said to have had ten daughters. lived at 26 Forester Street, Derby at 1891 census, also listed elsewhere as restaurant keeper at St. Peters Churchyard, Derby, subsequently moved to Manchester + ? At his marriage there is no mention of him having a father. Here are a couple of possible leads: Perhaps Joe was the 9-year-old boy in the Shardlow Union Workhouse (son of Hannah) at the 1871 census, maybe born 1862 in Derby and dying 1938 aged 74 at Barton (Lancashire?). Hannah may have been a daughter of Josiah Piggin of Elvaston. Perhaps he was another boy named Joe who was born 1859 in Shardlow, mother Mary, and died 1938 in Manchester South aged 78.	A. Alice * 1886c, Derby
	B. Agnes * 1887c, Derby % --- Turner, 1912, Prestwich
	C. Millicent Hardy * 1889c, Derby % --- 1909, Derby
	D. Hannah Eliza "Nancy" * 1890d, Derby % Norman Underwood, 1915, Derby
	E. Mabel * 1892d Derby % --- Bradley, 1915 Prestwich
	F. Joseph Hardy, butcher as were four of his sons * 1 May 1894, Derby % Dorothy Burgess 1915 Chorlton + 1976b Trafford (Manchester)
	G. Doris * 1898c, Derby
	H. Leonard Hardy * 1901/10/25 Derby emigrated to Australia adopted surname Hardy (see London Gazette 1945) % Irene A Fraser 1926 in Melbourne * 1981 Adelaide
	J. Gladys * 1904/08/29, Derby % Abe Serree, 1932 + 1995
	K. Grace *1905d, Derby % --- DaCosta Manchester 1929 % --- Culley 1933 + ?
	L. Phyllis I. * 1911b, Derby % --- Winson, 1933
II. Amelia Mawbey, spinster, certified teacher number 32996 * 1874c, Derby (her father Joseph had married Eliza Mawbey on 1873/11/06 at Derby Saint Werburgh) she lived 53 Crompton Street, Derby + 6 July 1921c, Derby Will £128 names Joseph, restaurant keeper, as executor

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