Harriet Redfern 1807-1868
Born & married in Derbyshire. Settled in Stoke around 1845
1807. Harriet Redfern was baptised to William & Mary Redfern in Doveridge, Derbyshire on 17/5/1807 -Ancestry . Mother Mary 1877, b. Marchington, Staffs- a former laundress- this from 1861C below . Look for siblings on Ancestry
1826. Harriet Redfern married John Copestick on 6/3/1826 in Doveridge, Derbyshire - FS & Ancestry, no more details!
1841. Mary Hannah Copestack is born to parents John & Harriett
1841C. John Copestake, bricklayer's labourer, 35, is living High Street, Doveridge, Derbyshire,with his wife & 5 children . Doveridge just to the E of Uttoxeter.
| John | Copestake | Male | 35 | 1806 | Derbyshire, England | |
| Harriet | Copestake | Female | 30 | 1811 | Derbyshire, England | |
| John | Copestake | Male | 9 | 1832 | Derbyshire, England | |
| Henry | Copestake | Male | 7 | 1834 | Derbyshire, England | |
| Alvah | Copestake | Male | 5 | 1836 | Derbyshire, England | |
| James | Copestake | Male | 2 | 1839 | Derbyshire, England | |
| Mary | Copestake | Female | 0 | 1841 | Derbyshire, England |
1844-1846. The family move to Longton, Stoke, Staffs , 25-30 k to the NW of Doveridge
1851C. John Copestake ,48, provision dealer, is living New Street, Stoke with his wife & 9 children
| John | Copestake | Head | Married | Male | 48 | 1803 | Provision Dealer | Boylston Derbyshire, England |
| Harriet | Copestake | Wife | Married | Female | 44 | 1807 | - | Doveridge, Derbyshire, England |
| William | Copestake | Son | Unmarried | Male | 24 | 1827 | Cord Wainer | Doveridge, Derbyshire, England |
| John | Copestake | Son | Unmarried | Male | 19 | 1832 | Slip Maker Potworks | Doveridge, Derbyshire, England |
| Henry | Copestake | Son | Unmarried | Male | 17 | 1834 | Coal Miner | Doveridge, Derbyshire, England |
| Alvah | Copestake | Son | Unmarried | Male | 15 | 1836 | Coal Miner | Doveridge, Derbyshire, England |
| James | Copestake | Son | - | Male | 12 | 1839 | Scholar | Doveridge, Derbyshire, England |
| Mary Hannah | Copestake | Daughter | - | Female | 10 | 1841 | Scholar | Doveridge, Derbyshire, England |
| Sampson | Copestake | Son | - | Male | 7 | 1844 | Scholar | Doveridge, Derbyshire, England |
| Thomas | Copestake | Son | - | Male | 5 | 1846 | Scholar | Longton, Staffordshire, England |
| Edmund | Copestake | Son | - | Male | 2 | 1849 | Scholar | Longton, Staffordshire, England |
1861C. John Copestake [Glaring transcription error on FMP!!], 58, baker, is living at 100, New Street, Longton with his wife. 4 children & his mother in law[ actually a Mary Redfern!!- another transcription error]] and a boarder, Patrick Mahan, - his future son in law!
| John | Espenshade | Head | Married | Male | 58 | 1803 | Baker | Boulston, Derbyshire, England | |
| Harriet | Espenshade | Wife | Married | Female | 54 | 1807 | - | Doveridge, Derbyshire, England | |
| Mary H | Espenshade | Daughter | Unmarried | Female | 20 | 1841 | Porter | Doveridge, Derbyshire, England | |
| Samson | Espenshade | Son | Unmarried | Male | 17 | 1844 | Porter | Doveridge, Derbyshire, England | |
| Thomas | Espenshade | Son | - | Male | 15 | 1846 | Cordwainer | Longton, Staffordshire, England | |
| Edward | Espenshade | Son | - | Male | 12 | 1849 | Scholar | Longton, Staffordshire, England | |
| Mary | Hedefine | Mother In Law | Widow | Female | 84 | 1777 | Formerly Laundress | Marchington, Staffordshire, England | |
| Patrick | Mahan | Boarder | Unmarried | Male | 21 | 1840 | Porter | Ireland |
1868. Harriet Copestake dies Stoke Jun 1868, stated age 64 . Buried 26/4/1868 Longton St Johns -FMP
1841C Cannot find Harriet's mother Mary . There is one with a son Mathew in Ecton, but he was born Wetton in 1851C, and that a long way from Marchington & Doveridge - the latter 5 k SE of Doveridge
1851C. Harriet's mother Mary & brother James & 3 Pakemans- Frances Copestake 1817, sister of Harriet's husband John Copestake, married a Pakeman- these maybe her children - living Marsh Street Stoke
| James | Redfern | Head | Married | Male | 41 | 1810 | Carter | Doveridge, Derbyshire, England | |
| Fanny | Redfern | Wife | Married | Female | 33 | 1818 | - | Derbyshire, England | |
| James Jabez | Redfern | Son | - | Male | 0 | 1851 | - | Longton, Staffordshire, England | |
| Mary | Redfern | Mother | Widow | Female | 70 | 1781 | - | Draycott in Clay Staffordshire, England | |
| Fredrick | Redfern | Nephew | Unmarried | Male | 17 | 1834 | Labourer Odd Work | Rocester, Staffordshire, England | |
| William | Pakeman | Visitor | Widower | Male | 29 | 1822 | Carter | Marchington, Staffordshire, England | |
| Thomas | Pakeman | Visitor | - | Male | 5 | 1846 | - | Marchington, Staffordshire, England | |
| Sarah | Pakeman | Visitor | - | Female | 3 | 1848 | - | Marchington, Staf |