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Apparently others can't either so I wondered if you wonderful lot could help. I have her birth certificate
https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-30042-64493446/hannah-mirfin-in-england-births-christenings
Then she seems to completely disappear. There are no census records until 1841 but nothing seems to link. I've tried marriage and death certificates but can find nothing
So it's Hannah Mirfin born 24 Sep 1806 to Robert Mirfin and Sarah Heald
They are from Handworth, Yorkshire in the Ecclesall Bierlow district.
Thank you all so much. I know you love these challenges :-)

Sorry, but you can’t have a birth cert ;-) ;-)

How did you work back to this person?

And which websites have you used for searching?

Her baptism (which is probably what you already have as there were no birth certificates back then):-

First name(s) Hannah
Mother's first name(s) Sarah
Last name Mirfin
Residence Intake
Birth year 1806
County Yorkshire (West Riding)
Birth date 24 Sep 1806
Country England
Baptism year 1806
Record set Yorkshire Baptisms
Baptism date 02 Nov 1806
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Place Handsworth, St Mary
Subcategory Parish Baptisms
Father's first name(s) Robert
Collections from England, Great Britain

Looks like she died aged 6 months:- <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

First name(s) Hannah
Country England
Last name Mirfin
Archive Borthwick Institute for Archives
Birth year 1807
Record type Bishop's transcripts
Age 6M
Register type Baptisms, marriages & burials
Burial year 1807
Register year range 1765-1874
Burial date 03 Jun 1807
Record set Yorkshire Burials
Father's first name(s) Robt
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Mother's first name(s) Sarh
Subcategory Parish Burials
Burial place Handsworth
Collections from England, Great Britain

Handsworth is in the Sheffield Registration District - NOT Ecclesall Bierlow.

Kath. x

How did she surface in 1841?

This could possibly be Hannah's father's baptism:-

First name(s) Robert
Country England
Last name Mirfin
Archive Borthwick Institute for Archives
Birth year -
Record type Bishop's transcripts
Baptism year 1773
Register type Baptisms, marriages & burials
Baptism date 21 Feb 1773
Register year range 1765-1874
Father's first name(s) Robert
Record set Yorkshire Baptisms
Mother's first name(s) -
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Baptism place Handsworth
Subcategory Parish Baptisms
County Yorkshire (West Riding)
Collections from England, Great Britain
Transcription © DC Thomson Family History

and his burial:-

First name(s) Robert
Church Handsworth St Mary
Last name Mirfin
Denomination Anglican
Birth year 1773
County Yorkshire (West Riding)
Age 80
Country England
Death year 1853
Record set National Burial Index For England & Wales
Burial year 1853
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Burial date 01 Jan 1853
Subcategory Parish Burials
Place Sheffield
Collections from Great Britain, England

Kath. x

Shsirley - I don't think Deborah meant she was on the 1841 just that there wasn't a census to check before then.
Names

Namelessone

The are ladies of the same name on later census so wondered how the poster got back the the one she was enquiring about

For instance this one
1861 census
Name: Hannah Mirfin
Age: 53
Estimated Birth Year: 1808
Relation: Head
Gender: Female
Where Born: Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England
Civil Parish: Sheffield
Ecclesiastical parish: St James
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England
Street Address:
Occupation:
Condition as to marriage: widow !
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Registration District: Sheffield
Sub-registration District: West Sheffield
ED, institution, or vessel: 6
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Schedule Number: 16
Piece: 3477
Folio: 5
Page Number: 3
Household Members:
Name Age
Hannah Mirfin 53
Thomas Wild 26
Mary Ann Wild 21
Harriett Wild 9/12


Hannah Mirfin
in the 1871 England Census
Name: Hannah Mirfin
Age: 63
Estimated Birth Year: 1808
Relation: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Mansfield
Civil parish: Sheffield
Ecclesiastical parish: St James
Town: Sheffield
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England
Registration district: Sheffield
Sub-registration district: West Sheffield
ED, institution, or vessel: 6
Household schedule number: 11
Piece: 4676
Folio: 109
Page number: 2
Household Members Age Relationship
Hannah Mirfin 63 Head
Thomas Wild
38 Son-in-law
Mary Ann Wild
21 Daughter
George Wild
5 Grandson
Thomas Wild
4 Grandson
Harriett Wild
2
WILD, HARRIET MURFIN
GRO Reference: 1869 M Quarter in SHEFFIELD Volume 09C Page 348


However this one was a widow so not nee Mirfin but is it the name being searched for ?

Someone on Ancestry actually connected Deborah’s Hannah Mirfin to the widow Hannah Mirfin.

None of the other trees there seem to have moved past th3 birth in 1806.

The Hannah Mirfin in the 1861 census mentioned by Shirley is a widow so her maiden name wouldn't have been Mirfin.

I'm pretty sure that the one Deborah is looking for with the birth date she mentions is the one that dies in 1807. She has Robert and Sarah named as parents and where they lived is the same on the baptism record and the burial record. She would actually be a bit older than 6 months (about 9 months) but people weren't always precise in those days.

Kath. x

This looks like the Banns for Hannah's parents .........

First name(s) Robert
Last name Mirfin
Banns year 1796
Banns date 14 Feb 1796
Marriage year 1796
Place Handsworth, St Mary
Residence Hansworth
Spouse's first name(s) Sarah
Spouse's last name Heald
Spouse's residence Hansworth
County Yorkshire (West Riding)
Country England
Archive Sheffield Archives & Local Studies
Archive reference PR-158-3-1
Page 80
Record set Yorkshire Banns
Category Life Events (BDMs)
Subcategory Parish Marriages
Collections from England, Great Britain


and their Marriage

First name(s) Robert
Last name Mirfin
Birth year -
Residence Handsworth
Marriage year 1796
Marriage date 06 Mar 1796
Spouse's first name(s) Sarah
Spouse's last name Heald
Spouse's residence Handsworth
Marriage place Handsworth
County Yorkshire (West Riding)
Country England
Archive Borthwick Institute for Archives
Record type Bishop's transcripts
Register type Baptisms, marriages & burials
Register year range 1765-1874
Record set Yorkshire Marriages
Category Life Events (BDMs)
Subcategory Parish Marriages
Collections from England, Great Britain