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Janice

Janice Report 20 Oct 2009 20:50

The 1894 marriage to Thomas fits in with what it says on the census about being married for 17 years. A birth cert for one of the children would confirm it.

lancashireAnn

lancashireAnn Report 20 Oct 2009 20:22

Hi Elaine
have you confirmed now that George's father is Thomas not Herbert

Elaine

Elaine Report 20 Oct 2009 19:56

Hi Janice, thanks for message, I appreciate your time + help, this info is great, I am going to try and get marriage cert to find out thomas father, my great great grandad. I will let you know how I get on. Thanks again.

Janice

Janice Report 20 Oct 2009 19:40

Hi Elaine,
Had a look at the full 1911 image at Kew for you.
It's as Ozibird has posted plus address: 29 Sackmills Street, Salford. 5 rooms in house.
Married 17 years - husband not at home on census night.
Thomas is a hawker(fruit) with own account
John is an errand boy
Walter is a scholar
8 children born alive and 8 still living.
Janice

lancashireAnn

lancashireAnn Report 20 Oct 2009 13:20

Ozi

I wasn't ignoring the marriage you put up for Salford.
Just trying to show that care needed to be taken as there are 2 Thomas & Elizabeth marriages, your one in Salford & one in Adlington to Elizabeth Watkins. Both with a son named Peter.

Elaine says Thomas was a gardener & farmer which matches the one in Adlington, as does the place of birth of Ireland, but she is not sure if George's father is Thomas or Herbert.

lancashireAnn

lancashireAnn Report 20 Oct 2009 13:16

From Elaine
my grandparents were george kennedy + olive rennie married in july 1938 in salford manchester

from this Elaine it sounds like you have the details of the marriage. What was George's father's name on the certificate please/

Ozibird

Ozibird Report 19 Oct 2009 23:50

Elaine, you have to pay to look at 1911 census, but I think it would be worthwhile. I found her by putting the marriage date into the search.

I'm trying to find them in 1901 with no luck. Perhaps they went over to Ireland to show off the grandkids!!

Ozi

Ozibird

Ozibird Report 19 Oct 2009 23:10

Is everyone ignoring this marriage and the 1911 findings?

Marriages Mar 1894
CUMMINS Elizabeth Manchester 8d 388
Kennedy Thomas Manchester 8d 388

Although I agree that certs must be bought. What's found on the census is only a starting place.

Elaine has answered by pm. I guess she's done that to everyone.

lancashireAnn

lancashireAnn Report 19 Oct 2009 23:03

as you are not sure of if he is Thomas or herbert it would be worth getting the marriage certificate of your granparents to prove his name and occupation

lancashireAnn

lancashireAnn Report 19 Oct 2009 22:55

the 1901 census of Sylvia's does not fit

this is the birth of Peter (I think as everything fits)

Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1900
KENNEDY Peter
Adlington
mmn = WATKINS

and the corresponding marriage

Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1899
KENNEDY Thomas
WATKINS Elizabeth
Chorley Register Office or Registrar Attended

Ozibird

Ozibird Report 19 Oct 2009 22:46

??????????????
Be careful, for especially in the elder boys, there are other births about the same time. However, these fit the dates best.

Births Dec 1894
Kennedy Peter Manchester 8d 238

Births Jun 1900
Kennedy John Manchester 8d 301

Births Dec 1897
Kennedy Thomas Manchester 8d 301

Births Mar 1902
Kennedy Walter Manchester 8d 277

Births Mar 1903
Kennedy Francis Manchester 8d 200
Births Dec 1903
Kennedy Francis Manchester 8d 255

Births Sep 1906
Kennedy Stephen Manchester 8d 270

Births Dec 1907
KENNEDY Albert Manchester 8d 281

No Herbert in Manchester, but ...
Births Jun 1909
KENNEDY Herbert Salford 8d 107
Births Jun 1910
KENNEDY Herbert Salford 8d 100

Ozibird

Ozibird Report 19 Oct 2009 22:27

With George, this would be 9 boys. Doesn't seem to be an elder Thomas. Eldest son fits in with marriage date.

1911
KENNEDY ELIZABETH F 1875 36 Salford Lancashire
KENNEDY PETER M 1895 16 Salford Lancashire
KENNEDY THOMAS M 1897 14 Salford Lancashire
KENNEDY JOHN M 1900 11 Salford Lancashire
KENNEDY WALTER M 1902 9 Salford Lancashire
KENNEDY FRANCIS M 1904 7 Salford Lancashire
KENNEDY STEPHEN M 1907 4 Salford Lancashire
KENNEDY ALBERT M 1908 3 Salford Lancashire
KENNEDY HERBERT M 1910 1 Salford Lancashire

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 19 Oct 2009 22:12

I wonder if this is Elizabeth in 1891???

Rhyll is in Denbighshire, Wales


1891 Census

Name: Elizabeth Cummings
Age: 18
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1873
Relation: Servant
Gender: Female
Where born: Rhyll, Wales

Civil parish: Sutton
Ecclesiastical parish: St Nicholas
Town: St Helens
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Registration district: Prescot
Sub-registration district: St Helens

James Goodban 47 Gardener
Esther Goodban 35
Thomas Goodban 16
Albert Goodban 15
Arthur Goodban 14
John Goodban 10
Charles Goodban 8
Elizabeth Goodban 7
Annie Goodban 5
George Goodban 5
John W Henshaw 9 Stepson
Elizabeth Goodban 11 Stepdaughter
Ralph Henshaw 4 Stepson
Ada Goodban 10/12
Elizabeth Cummings 18 General Servant

Address:- 89 Norman Road



sylvia

Janice

Janice Report 19 Oct 2009 22:12

Do you know the names of the other boys? I can look at the 1911 tomorrow at Kew and see if I can find the family.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 19 Oct 2009 22:04

Is this him in 1901???


1901 Census

Name: Thomas Kennedy
Age: 32
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1869
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth
Gender: Male
Where born: Ireland

Civil parish: Adlington
Ecclesiastical parish: Adlington St Paul with Chirstchurch
Town: Adlington
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Registration district: Chorley
Sub-registration district: Rivington

Thomas Kennedy 32 Farmer and Gardener
Elizabeth Kennedy 28 b.ca 1873, Silla, Breconshire, Wales
Peter Kennedy 10 months b.ca 1900, Adlington, Lancashire

Address:- 180 Chorley Road



he cannot have been born in 1889 as you put in your header message, but 1869 is a possible.

I'm just surprised there is only one child showing on the 1901 Census



sylvia

Ozibird

Ozibird Report 19 Oct 2009 22:03

This him?

Births Sep 1912
KENNEDY George E Cummings Salford 8d 188

???
Births Sep 1913
Kennedy Elizabeth Cummings Salford 8d 230
Kennedy Vincent Cummings Salford 8d 230

Deaths Sep 1913
Kennedy Elizabeth 0 Salford 8d 145
Kennedy Vincent 0 Salford 8d 149

Janice

Janice Report 19 Oct 2009 21:56

Message from Elaine

Hi Janice thanks for your help earlier today, regarding my relatives Thomas Kennedy + Elizabeth Cummings.
I don't have much info. He was a gardener, farmer and pet shop owner; his place of birth was Ireland and place of death Salford, Manchester. His marriage was January 1894. I am not a hundred percent sure he is a Thomas, he could be Herbert?
He had 9 children, all boys: george was the youngest and married olive rennie - my grand parents.
I hope this can help you a bit more, thanks again I really appreciated it.
Elaine

Janice

Janice Report 19 Oct 2009 12:36

Can you tell us who your grandparents were on this side of the family, and when/where they were born so that we can tie the family into a census.

Barbara

Barbara Report 19 Oct 2009 12:24

Hi Elaine
Have you got the correct birth date for Thomas
this is the only marriage for a Thomas Kennedy and a Elizabeth Cumming on BMD
Surname First name(s) District Vol Page

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Marriages Mar 1894 (>99%)
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CUMMINS Elizabeth Manchester 8d 388
Kennedy Thomas Manchester 8d 388

Janice

Janice Report 19 Oct 2009 12:16

Can't find a marriage for those names. Where have they come from? Do you have a birth cert for your grandparent?