Nat Gould

Francis John Redfern 1854-1893

Mootlow Farm

Francis John Redfern was born in 1854 at Mootlow Farm in Newton Grange parish near Alsop-en-le-Dale in Derbyshire, the son of Joseph Redfern (born at Tissington in 1825) and his wife nee Rachel Mould (born in Milldale in 1819).

His mother Rachael Bailey died in 1863 aged only 44 years, and his father Joseph Redfern married Hannah Austin in 1864.

Francis John Redfern married Ellen Bailey in 1887 at Alstonefield Wesleyan Chapel. She was born at Endon in Staffordshire in 1864, the daughter of James Bailey and his first wife nee Mary Moss 1840-1864.

Francis John and Ellen Redfern had the following children:

Ethel Redfern. She was born in 1888.
Frank Redfern. He was born in 1892.

When the 1891 Census was taken, her husband was farming at Mootlow, but Ellen (with their young daughter Ethel) was visiting her brother John Bailey and his family, farming at Fir Trees, Primrose Hill, Rushton Spencer near Leek in Staffordshire.

Francis John Redfern died in 1893 aged 39, and Ellen Redfern was married to Joseph Gould in 1895. He was born on 9 December 1874 at Grindon in Staffordshire, the son of William Smith Gould and his wife née Rachel Smith. He died in 1941 aged 66 years.

Joseph and Ellen Gould had seven children. Their mother Ellen Gould died in 1926 aged 61 years.