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The ASHFORD Families of C18th-C21st Aston & Birmingham, Warwickshire


Origin of family name comes from a place "ash" + "ford", either of numerous local origins or one of several towns/villages of that name.
This pedigree refers to the Birmingham area family.

Distribution of the family name in 1881
showing a concentration of the name around the Birmingham area,
perhaps indicating a local place name in Warwickshire.


- This Pedigree was reviewed and updated in April 2011 -

The head of this tree appears to be Thomas ASHFORD (c1770-1836, although age at death suggesting a YOB of 1779 may not necessarily be correct), gun lock filer, & Elizabeth WALKER (c1775-1833) who married 16.7.1793 at Aston Juxta. Thomas may be the son of one of the following:

  • s/o James & Ann c. 23 Mar 1770, Aston Juxta Birmingham;

  • s/o Joseph & Hannah c. 17 May 1773, Saint Phillips, Birmingham;

  • s/o Edward & unknown c. 1770, Aston;

  • s/o William & Lydia HORTON, c. 7 Dec 1765 St Mary, Handsworth;

Thomas & Elizabeth had 16 known children (at St Philips & St Martins, Birmingham), and any of the boys appearing to have extensive families in the Aston & Birmingham areas are based on top down analysis of census data, however others lack data and are assumed to have died young or possibly emigrated. The family were part of the Birmingham gun trade.

As a number of ASHFORD families were present in the area with similar names, caution about assumptions is advised as other researchers may interpret the data differently, however church record that include “of Thomas & Elizabeth” and “father Thomas ASHFORD” for children of the correct age are the basis of any assumptions in this pedigree.

In general, the Birmingham area is serviced by multiple registration districts situated at the junction of 3 major counties (Birmingham & Aston in Warwickshire and Kings Norton (part of Worcestershire and including outlying villages of Harborne & Edgbaston, etc.) and Handsworth (part of Staffordshire and included in the West Bromwich RD). Several weddings took place in these neighbouring areas which are now part of Greater Birmingham.

Based on baptismal information, the family were in Henrietta Street in 1816, then Hospital Street in the period 1817-1822, the part of Aston immediately NNW of central Birmingham. Early C19th marriages were probably mostly within the area's gun trade. Due to many references, some facts cannot be truly verified. I am open to alternative data that can prove otherwise.

  • William ASHFORD (c. 30.9.1793 St P). Family detail not known after the 1841 census (trade not readable), but he married (not found, but sometime after 1815) Phoebe (c1801- ). Children:

    • Eli ASHFORD (1830-70). Not found in 1861 but died in Kings Norton RD;

    • George ASHFORD (1833- ). No record after 1841;

  • Joseph ASHFORD (c. 6.4.1795 St P – 1859), French Plater, married (marriage not found, but about 1813) Elizabeth (c1792-1859).Children:

    • Sarah ASHFORD, who married BOTT (not found), based on her presence on the 1841 family census and her son John BOTT as a grandchild on both 1841 & 1851 census. No further history known;

    • Harriet ASHFORD (1821-38);

    • Joseph ASHFORD (1824-27, confirmed by burial record);

    • Thomas ASHFORD (1833- ), Nail Cutter m. Eliza RUSHTON (1832-88) in 1854 Kings Norton. Children:

      • Jane Ann ASHFORD (1854-1939) m. Harry WEET in 1889 Aston;

      • Henry ASHFORD (1857- ), Nail Cutter m. Emma HUGHES (1858) in 1876 Aston. Children:

        • Albert ASHFORD, Tack Maker (1877-1953). Although recorded on his own in 1901 (probably place of work), the 1911 census confirms his earlier marriage to Nellie Selina HOLMES in 1895. In 1901 Nellie and son Harry were visiting her in-laws Henry & Emma who had moved to Deptford, London. Their Handsworth born children:

          • Gladys Nellie ASHFORD (1896-1994), m. Albert Ernest G MARLOW in 1923 Aston;

          • Millicent Rose ASHFORD (1897) m. Robert W LAWRENCE in 1920;

          • Albert Harry ASHFORD (1900). History unknown;

          • Kate Elizabeth ASHFORD (1901) m. Frank G HEWINS in 1929;

          • Leslie Victor ASHFORD (1902-75);

          • Dorothy Irene ASHFORD (1906-87) m. Ernest J HARRIS in 1930 ;

          • Gilbert Hughes ASHFORD (1908-82) m. Mabel A C NORRIS in 1936 Surrey;

        • Henry ASHFORD (1879-80);

        • Rosina ASHFORD (1888), probably m. 1909 in either Islington or Greenwich, London;

      • George ASHFORD (1859), Machinists Engineer, m. Eliza Sarah ANSELL in 1879. Children:

        • George Henry ASHFORD (1881);

        • Eliza Jane ASHFORD (1882);

        • Howard ASHFORD (1898-1975);

      • Albert ASHFORD (1859), unmarried in 1891, Stamper. Later history unknown;

      • William Edwin ASHFORD (1861-1914), m. Theresa M GLASBY (1857-1940) in 1881. Children;

        • Theresa Catherine ASHFORD (1882-1936) m. Richard HIPKISS in 1907;

        • Ada Emily ASHFORD (1887-1977) m. Henry DARWIN in 1906;

        • Amy Ellen ASHFORD (1888-1964) m. Ernest COOKSEY (1881-1956) in 1909;

        • Elsie May ASHFORD (1894-1972), unmarried;

      • Albert John ASHFORD; (1868, c. 26.1.1869). Last recorded in 1881 aged 13:

      • Arthur John ASHFORD (1871) m. Eliza Jane HARTWELL in 1893. Couple not found on further records, so presumed to have emigrated;.

    • Elizabeth ASHFORD (1836-36)

  • Mary Ann ASHFORD (c1796, c. 31.7.1797 St M) who married gunmaker Joseph Alexander SANDERS on 5.12.1814, at Edgbaston, St Bartholomew. The Elizabeth ASHFORD who was a marriage witness is probably her mother, as her younger sister would not be of age.

Mary Ann SANDERS nee ASHFORD
(taken at Leicester
sometime before her death in 1853).

  • Elizabeth ASHFORD (n. 14.2.1799, c. 14.4.1800 St M). No further records;

  • Lydia ASHFORD (n. 3.9.1803, c. 26.5.1804 St M, d. Oct 1841 Westminster, London) m. at age 14 to David PRESCOTT, gun polisher, on 31.12.1817 St P. Family in Soho (London), Middlesex by 1841 census;

  • Charlotte ASHFORD (c. 3.10.1805 St M-1886, Woolwich, Kent) m. Charles PORTLOCK (1806-79) in 1825 Handsworth. The PORTLOCK family were part of the London gun trade. Census records provide the family connections;

  • Lucy ASHFORD (n. 3.11.1807, c. 18.4.1808 St M) married John GREATOREX in 1827 Aston. No further history known;

  • Sarah ASHFORD (c. 22.5.1809 St M). No further records;

  • Caroline ASHFORD (n. 13.11.1810, c. 26.8.1811 St M). No further records;

  • Thomas ASHFORD (n. 1813, c. 30.9.1813 St M, presumably died young but refer to family below);

  • Thomas William ASHFORD (n. 14.4.1814, c. 29.9.1814 St P), m. Catherine HOLLOWAY in Apr 1837. In 1851 census his wife is given as “Caro” which has caused some confusion. After exhaustive research it is assumed to be “Cath” or “Cate” or similar, since there is no record of a second marriage to a Caroline. The family may have emigrated after 1851 due to lack of records for all except for one son. Recorded children:

    • Betsy ASHFORD (1838-38, c. Feb 1838);

    • Sarah ASHFORD (1838, c. Feb 1838), poss. m. 1858 Birmingham to William GRIFFITHS but no father mentioned in index. Nothing conclusive after 1851 census as there are 2 possible Sarah's born 1836 in the area in 1861;

    • Emma Amelia ASHFORD (1839-91), m. William TALBOT in 1858. The couple are not recorded after 1861 census and may have emigrated;

    • Thomas Matthew ASHFORD (1841-c94), Brewer, m. widow of John BIRCH, Rebecca BIRCH (formerly Rebecca MILLS) in 1882. Children:

      • Thomas John ASHFORD (1883-1961), m. Amy TONKS in 1908. Children:

        • Thomas John ASHFORD (1909-72), m. Emily CLARKE in 1934. Children:

          • Frederick W ASHFORD (1934);

          • Leslie ASHFORD (1935);

          • Joan M ASHFORD (1936);

          • Jean D ASHFORD (1939);

          • Dorothy A ASHFORD (1945);

        • James William ASHFORD (1920-80);

      • John Edward ASHFORD (1885-1949), m. Catherine JACKSON in 1906. Children:

        • Alfred Thomas ASHFORD (1906);

        • John Lewis ASHFORD (1911-95) m. Dorothy Sallie BEADLES in 1939. Child:

          • Peter John W ASHFORD (1943-2009) who married Cynthia D KNOWLES (1945) in 1966 and Carole A DAVIS (1952) in 1978 in Cheltenham, GLS. 2 children from each marriage:

            • Simon Alexis ASHFORD (1967);

            • Zoe Rachel ASHFORD (1969);

            • David John W ASHFORD (1980);

            • Mary Hannah ASHFORD (1982);

      • Rebecca Catherine ASHFORD (1887) m. Charles NEWEY (1883-1947) in 1904;

      • James ASHFORD (1889). No records after 1901;

      • Matthew Albert ASHFORD (1891-1901);

      • Robert Frederick ASHFORD (1893-94);

    • John Edward ASHFORD (1841), poss. m. Bessie (1891 census), possibly Elizabeth WELLS in 1871. No clear records after 1851;

  • Louisa ASHFORD (n. 12.11.1816, c. 26.12.1818 St P) = William GODWIN 11.6.1838 Aston St P&P. No further records, so may have emigrated;

  • Henry ASHFORD (n. 21.11.1817, c. 26.12.1821 St P-1877), m. Sarah Ann RAWLEY (1821-99) in 1844 Aston. Children:

    • Elizabeth ASHFORD (1845-97), m. 1866 in Birmingham to Edmund Smith BEDFORD (1842-1917);

    • Henry Thomas ASHFORD (1848). Possibly died in Dec 1861. Possibly a twin with Sarah Ann;

    • Sarah Ann ASHFORD (1848), possible a twin with Henry above. In 1871 was an unmarried Dressmaker with 3 y.o. daughter Lily ASHFORD (1868);

    • Alfred ASHFORD (1850-90). Gunsmith in 1871, is not recorded in 1881 and could match the Q1 1890 death;

    • Clara ASHFORD (1854-1923), m. in 1882 to William BRYANT (1858);

    • Eliza ASHFORD (1856). Nothing certain after 1881 when she was a servant in Islington, London;

    • Emma ASHFORD (1858-1861 or 1865);

  • George ASHFORD (n. 2.10.1818), Gun Finisher. Nothing known after 1841, when he was single and living with his brother Joseph and wife Elizabeth in Birmingham. May have moved to other gun trade centres or emigrated. A couple of possible marriages occur before 1851;

  • James ASHFORD (n. 9.6.1822, c. 3.9.1822 St P-1844) = Lucy CASHMORE (1825-1901) in 1846 Birmingham. Children:

    • Charles ASHFORD (1847) = Amanda HUDSON (1848-1907) in 1870 Birmingham. Children:

      • Edwin Arthur ASHFORD (1872), m. Lucretia HANSON in 1896 King's Norton. Child:

        • Dorothy Emily ASHFORD (1903-89), unmarried;

      • Albert E ASHFORD (1876), poss. m. in 1911 West Bromwich to Alice BINGHAM or Laura J BROUGHTON. In 1901, he was a Leather Stitcher living with his brother & wife;

      • Ada ASHFORD (1877), m. Herbert Arthur GREENWAY in 1901 King's Norton;

      • Charles ASHFORD (1891). Nothing known after 1901;

    • Louisa ASHFORD (1849), m. in 1869 King's Norton to Henry SHIRLEY. Couple presumably emigrated as are not found on subsequent records;

    • James ASHFORD (1850-1929), Photographic Cabinet Maker = Amelia MILES in 1877 Birmingham. Children:

      • Howard ASHFORD (1878-78);

      • Amelia ASHFORD (1879), m. 906 in Aston, Reginald Harold READ;

      • Arthur ASHFORD (1882), Photographic Cabinet Maker, single and at home in 1911;

    • Selena ASHFORD (1856-1933), unmarried 45 y.o. living with married sister Emma SUTTON and family, including mother Lucy in 1901;

    • Arthur ASHFORD (1858-69);

    • Mary Ann ASHFORD (1861-1910), unmarried 40 y.o living with married sister Emma SUTTON in 1901;

    • Emma ASHFORD (1863), m. William SUTTON in Sep 1892;

    • Florence ASHFORD (1865), m. 1891 to Hubert FOWLER;

  • Charles ASHFORD (1826-60), Cabinet & Box Maker married Mary (possibly Mary CROSS in 1844). Children include:

    • Ann ASHFORD (1848). In 1861, she was living with her widowed mother with James & Lucy. No further history known;

  • William ASHFORD (1828), a Coach maker in 1841 living with two older cabinet making brothers (James & Charles) in Hospital Street. No further history known. May have been one of the Williams (s/o Thomas) who m. Emma BUTCHER (d/o Paul) in 1848 St P or Emma HODGETTS (d/o Thomas) in 1850 Harborne. On1851 census 3 Williams of correct age are married to an Emma, Hannah & Mary (but not the same trade as 1841);

The outline above is indicative only and not necessarily fully correct or complete.

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Other C18th families in the Central Birmingham area

Mary Ann d/o Thomas & Martha ASHFORD         c. 20.4.1802 St Philip

Mary Ann d/o Richard & Mary ASHFORD            c. 6.6.1805 St Philip

Mary d/o Joseph & Elizabeth ASHFORD             c. 18.9.1792 Meeting Ho., Moor Street Unitarian

Mary d/o Joseph & Sarah ASHFORD                  c. 11.6.1792 St Philip

Mary d/o Thomas & Mary ASHFORD                  c. 13.1.1791 St Philip

Mary d/o Richard & Ann ASHFORD                    c. 30.9.1789 St Philip



St Bartholomew's PC, Edgbaston 1790-1819. No ASHFORD baptisms, or late baptisms 1838-50.

At St Mary's, Whittall Street, in 1794 only entry for 18th August, Edwin s/o William & Mary ASHFORD.

St Philip's Birmingham, Register of Marriages 1715-1800 inclusive:

29.12.1717         Francis LEATON & Sarah ASHFORD 

25.12.1718         John ASHFORD & Elizabeth BUCKLEY

18.2.1719           Thomas ASHFORD & Mary ASHFORD

15.11.1722         John WOODCOCK & Hannah ASHFORD

26.1.1722/23      Thomas HOWE & Mary ASHFORD

31.1.1722/23      James ARCH (of Solihull) & Eleanor ASHFORD (of Tanworth)

22.9.1723           Humphrey ASHFORD & Mary NICHOLLS

16.11.1724         William BATE & Mary ASHFORD

31.12.1724         Thomas HORTON & Mary ASHFORD

2.7.1727             Abraham ASHFORD & Mary BATE

1.7.1731             John ASHFORD & Ann NEWEY

28.7.1732           Humphrey ASHFORD & Ann HODGETTS

20.7.1733           David ASHFORD & Mary BIRD

11.11.1736         Thomas MADELEY & Mary ASHFORD

12.6.1743           Helham BRITTLE & Ann ASHFORD

22.7.1745           Thomas ASHFORD & Prudence MOOR

2.10.1745           Joseph WOODWARD & Ann ASHFORD

2.4.1746             James HALLOMAN & Susanna ASHFORD

1.5.1746             Thomas BINGHAM & Mary ASHFORD

25.8.1746           Thomas ASHFORD & Sarah HATTON

22.4.1747           William ASHFORD & Mary COOK

26.12.1747         Joseph ASHFORD & Mary SMITH

31.1.1757           Abraham ASHFORD & Mary INSULL

4.12.1758           William ASHFORD & Catherine WATWOOD

2.5.1761             Richard ASHFORD & Ann WARD

12.10.1761         Thomas HARRISON & Esther ASHFORD

29.9.1763           Joseph ASHFORD & Ann SMALLWOOD

3.10.1763           Richard ASHFORD & Frances GETLIFF

3.12.1764           Edward CHISWELL & Ann ASHFORD

30.6.1765           Isaac ASHFORD & Mary STARTIN

29.6.1767           Thomas TOMPSON & Kittey ASHFORD

21.7.1767           Thomas THOMPSON & Catherine ASHFORD

22.8.1768           Samuel STANIER & Mary ASHFORD

13.7.1772           Antony PRIEST & Ann ASHFORD

5.9.1773             William COLECLOUGH & Susanna ASHFORD

17.4.1775           James ASHFORD & Ann TONKS

8.1.1776             Morris ASHFORD & Hannah CLAY

25.2.1781           John ASHFORD & Mary PAYTON

19.6.1782           Thomas ATTWOOD and Hannah ASHFORD

25.12.1782         Thomas ASHFORD & Mary SMITH

1.8.1786             Charles ASHFORD & Elizabeth MALIN

13.4.1795           Stephen ELWELL & Ann ASHFORD

24.10.1796         George WARD & Mary ASHFORD



St. Martin’s burials:

John ASHFORD s/o William & Elizabeth ASHFORD of Deritend 9.12.1824 (3 ½)

Charles ASHFORD of Deritend 20.4.1830 (31)

Elizabeth ASHFORD d/o Joseph & Ann ASHFORD of Deritend 16.2.1834 (14 months)

Mary ASHFORD w/o William ASHFORD of Deritend 6.10.1834 (33)

Samuel ASHFORD of Deritend 1.1.1835 (43)

Henry ASHFORD s/o Samuel & Catherine ASHFORD of Deritend 25.11.1835 (6)

Catherine ASHFORD of Deritend 5.11.1837 (45)

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