John LAVENDER, born in Ireland in 1822, married Sarah TURNER, born in 1826 at Tuxford, Nottinghamshire. The ceremony was held at the Parish Church in Chesterfield on the 12th of April 1847.

John's father was Peter LAVENDER, a shepherd, born in 1787, possibly in Sligo, Ireland. Peter died on 11 August 1864 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire.

Sarah's father was Aaron Turner. John and Sarah had at least seven children.