Timothy SYPHUS

Birth:
1818
Leafield, Oxford, England
Marriage:
12 Apr 1841
Leafield, Oxford, England
Notes:
                   Family Group Sheet in archives of church.  Married to Harriett...........no date listed.

London archvie records show him married to Harriett Pratley on 12 Apr 1841, of Leafield, Oxfordshire, England.

1841 Census of Oxfordshire, England
Philip Sierford, age 25, farm laboror
Wife: Harriett, age 20
Brother: Thimethy, age 20, farm laboror.
Brother Thimethy's wife: Harriett , age 15. all born Leafield, Ox.

1851 Census of Oxfordshire, England
Timothy Siford, age 33, a wood laboror, born Leafield, Ox.
Harriett, age 30, born Leafield, a gloveress.
Alfred, age 9, a scholar, born Leafield.
James, age 7, a scholar, born Leafield.
Caroline, age 5, a gloveress, born Leafield.
Timothy, age 3, born Leafield
Charles, age 7 months, born Leafield.

Leafield Parish Records show is age as 33 in 1851.

1861 Census of Charlesbury Township, Ox., England Film 542720.
Timothy Siford, age 42 lives on Witney Land, is a woodman.
Harriett, age 39.
Alfred, age 20, a woodman.
James, age 17, a farm laboror.
Caroline, age 15
Timothy, age 13, a plough boy
Charles, age 12, a scholar
Harriett, age 10, a granddaughter ? or goddaughter
Leah, age 8, a granddaughter ? or goddaughter.
Luke, age 3
Mark, age 2 months.

(Merged data also had his birth in 1821 which matching to the census date would be incorrect.)
Harriet PRATLEY
Birth:
Abt 1826
of Leafield, Oxford, England
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
                   Luke Syphus Temple Book shows her baptized, 14 May 1878 in the St. George Temple.  Her work was done by Thirza Long Syphus Ipson.  No endowment was listed nor sealing to her husband or parents.

London, England archives shows Harriet Pratley married to Timothy Siford 12 April 1841. Seems to be very young.

1841 census shows her married to Thimethy Sierford and she is age 15, but the Family Group Sheet of Effie Syphus does not show him married.
Children
Marriage
1
James SIFORD
Birth:
1843
Charlesbury, Oxford, England
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   1851 and 1861 Census of Leafield, Oxfordshire, England
2
Alfred SIFORD
Birth:
1841
Leafield, Charlesbury, Oxford, England
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   1861 Census of Charlesbury Township, Ox., England.
3
Caroline SIFORD
Birth:
1846
Leafield, Charlesbury, Oxford, England
Death:
 
Marr:
 
4
Timothy SIFORD
Birth:
1848
Leafield, Charlesbury, Oxford, England
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   1851 and 1861 Census of Leafield, Charlesbury, Oxfordshire, England
5
Charles SIFORD
Birth:
1849
Leafield, Charlesbury, Oxford, England
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   1851 and 1861 Census of Leafield, Charlesbury, Oxfordshire, England
6
Harriet SIFORD
Birth:
1851
Charlesbury, Oxford, England
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Census of Charlesbury, Oxfordshire, England.  May be a god-daughter to Timothy.
7
Leah SIFORD
Birth:
1853
Charlesbury, Oxford, England
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   1861 Census of Charlesbury, Oxfordshire, England.  May be a god-daughter to Timothy.
8
Luke SIFORD
Birth:
1858
Charlesbury, Oxford, England
Death:
Australia
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   1861 Census of Charlesbury Township, Ox., England.

Letter dated June 13, 1997 from:
Mrs. Kerry Phillips
23 Douglas Street
Mackay Queensland  4740
Australia
      "My Great Grandfather was Luke Siford, son of Timothy Syphus and Harriet Pratley, born in 1858 Leafield, Oxfordshire, England.  I had obtained his Marriage Certificate from Western Australia where his surname had been recorded as SEAFORD. So I been looking for the wrong name.  I had all his children's names and they had been registered as SIFORD and that puzzled me for some time and I knew the years they were born".
     "I knew very little about Luke until I started doing family history only that my Grandmothers name before she was married happened to be SIFORD which my father pronounced as SEAFORD.  After going through the 1861 Census for Leafield I now know why my G Grandfather was a timber worker too.  They live in a town called Jarrahdale and I think it supplied timber for the building of Perth.  I remembe going there as a teenager and what fascinated me at the time was they had lived in a little workers cottage and when they put the main road through, it was put around the cottage instead of pulling it down and going straight through.  For many years it had been one of the few remaining cottages left of what had been thriving community in it's day".

She stated in her letter she would send me a copy of her records.
9
Mark SIFORD
Birth:
1861
Charlesbury, Oxford, England
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   1861 Census of Charlesbury Township, Oxfordshire, England
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Timothy Syphus - Harriet Pratley

Timothy Syphus was born at Leafield, Oxford, England 1818. His parents were James Syphus and Elizabeth Clifton.

He married Harriet Pratley 12 Apr 1841 at Leafield, Oxford, England . Harriet Pratley was born at of Leafield, Oxford, England Abt 1826 .

They were the parents of 9 children:
James Siford born 1843.
Alfred Siford born 1841.
Caroline Siford born 1846.
Timothy Siford born 1848.
Charles Siford born 1849.
Harriet Siford born 1851.
Leah Siford born 1853.
Luke Siford born 1858.
Mark Siford born 1861.