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Old 05-08-11, 20:19
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Name - "official" name and what they were known as George Kenyon
Date and place of birth About 1798 Accrington, Lancashire
Names of parents Robert Kenyon and Mary nee Hargreaves
Date and place of baptism - if applicable 17 Feb 1799 at St Mary and All Saints, Goodshaw, Lancashire
Details of each of his or her marriages - if any 3 Apr 1820 St James, Accrington, Lancashire, to Ann Crook.
Occupation(s) - if any Print Works Labourer
Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on (if s/he lived in census times!).
1841 - Swan St, Accrington
1851 - Laund, New Accrington

Date, place and cause of death 1860 Accrington, not got cause
Date and place of burial. 8 Aug 1860 Accrington
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable Will proved 6 Oct 1860 by son Robert and nephew William Kenyon
Memorial inscription - if any Not found

Son: James Kenyon
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Old 05-08-11, 20:26
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I've found two possibles for his baptism on Lancs OPC, both at St Mary and All Saints, Goodshaw - 2 Dec 1798, son of John and Alice, abode Accrington, and 17 Feb 1799, son of Robert and Mally, abode Height Accrington.

My George had sons named Ashworth, John, James, George, Robert, Hargreaves, and William, and daughters named Mary (of which Mally is a variant), Ann and Betty, with Ashworth coming from his wife's mother's maiden name. No Alice that I know of but anyway, the names aren't really conclusive one way or the other. I'll have to see what I can find to work out which of the two baptisms might be my George.
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Kate,
Have you found where the Hargreaves (one of his sons) came from? Perhaps it was his mother's maiden name?
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Old 07-08-11, 23:32
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Thanks for the suggestion, Tom. I've been trying to find a Hargreaves connection but not managed it so far. There are loads of Hargreaves / Kenyon marriages! Both very common names up there. My gut feeling is that my George is the son of Robert and Mally, because there is a Robert Kenyon living in a close household to George's son James on the 1851 and 1861 censuses, born about 1804-5 Accrington, and there is a Robert Kenyon, son of Robert and Mary, baptised 30 Mar 1805 at St James Haslingden, who could be George's brother, but I haven't found definite proof yet.
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Old 08-08-11, 20:53
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Did the Robert Kenyon, living near James in 1851 and 1861, ever marry? If he didn't it could be likely that James or one of his family registered the death and might help tie it all up?

You'll have already thought of all this I'm sure
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Old 08-08-11, 22:46
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He was married to a Catharine Gash, 31 Mar 1834 at St James Accrington, witnesses George Sellars and John Hall. Robert and Catharine don't seem to have had any children of their own but they have a niece with them on the censuses (not one of George's children) so I would think she's more likely to have registered one or other death.
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Hi Kite. Just stumbled onto this site and was interested in your research into the Kenyons. I also have a George Kenyon C1800 Accrington. Also trying to narrow down his parents. Mine married Ann Kenyon 1823 in accrington. I presume she is a cousin and trying to find a common grandfather for them.
As for your George, I had a contact descended from him and they said his parents were John and Ellen Hargreaves and John was born in blackburn 1766 although she could't confirm it.
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Thanks, Dave, I'll have to look into that. I'll let you know if I find anything on your George and Ann.
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Still trying to figure them out! I've found a National Probate Calendar entry which fits with the burial I have down for him:

1860
KENYON George Effects under £300.
6 October. The Will with a Codicil of George Kenyon late of Collier's Row near Accrington in the County of Lancaster Bleacher deceased who died 3 August 1860 at Collier's Row aforesaid was proved at the Principal Registry by the oaths of Robert Kenyon of Collier's Row aforesaid Engine Stoker the Son and William Kenyon of Green Haworth near Accrington aforesaid schoolmaster the Nephew the Executors.

My George and son Robert are labourers at print works on the censuses but could have specialised in bleaching and engine stoking, I suppose? I need to find this nephew William and see whether his uncle George fits with my George! Also Collier's Row is not the address on the 1861 census for my family - they are at Haslingden Road, but Googling for Colliers Row Accrington, it seems to have been one of those blocks of houses within a street, so it could be the same family. Collier's Row is the address on the burial that I have as a possible for George's widow Ann. (Colliers Row is mentioned in the description of enumeration district for that 1861 census entry).
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Found the nephew William on the 1861 census and he is the one who married Mary Bond 5 Aug 1838 at St James, Accrington, a minor, father James Kenyon, bleacher. There is a likely baptism for William 31 May 1818, parents James and Betty, abode Baxenden, father's occupation labourer, and a possible marriage for his parents 2 Nov 1817 - James Kenyon / Betty Hargreaves. No witnesses' names available for this marriage. I have found a James Kenyon, bleacher, age 45 on the 1841 census with a Betty, at Rothwell Mill, New Accrington, likely to be William's parents. The George who was the son of Robert and Mary had a brother James born 1796 so this all fits together nicely. I suppose I'd better order a copy of that will...
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