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Initial query.
The persons 1-5 appear to be siblings, could someone please check on the census for me? I believe there were 8 of them originally.
Their parents are Samuel Pennington 1806-1867 and Sarah Dixon 1807-1866

I have an Estate Account from Mum's papers.

The estate of Mary Pennington deceased DOD 15 July 1954

I have not been able to find out where Mary fits in with the family.
As this appears to be from Letters of Admin, the standard beneficiary rules will apply

Shared between:-

1. Grandchildren of Thomas Pennington deceased 1844-1931
(These are the children of his son Samuel 1877-1927
Thomas Meres Pennington (now dec)
Frances Marian (Pennington) (Mum, now dec)
Elizabeth Pennington (now dec)

2. Children of Samuel Pennington dec (b 1841)
Lily Cookson (b 1893 m Thomas Cookson 1913)
William Pennington (b c 1872, m Alice, son Alfred)
May Richardson (b c1890 m Samuel Richardson 1926)

3. Issue of John Pennington dec (b c 1831)
Annie Sumner (dau) (b c 1870, m Robert Sumner 1910)
John Broughton (g son)
Edna Highley (g dau)

4.Children of Annie Elizabeth Smith dec (b 1850 )
Elizabeth Annie McMinn (b c 1900, m Joseph McMinn 1924)
Sarah Jane Croucher (b c1898 m Percy Croucher 1918)

5. Grandchildren of Sarah Annie Gibson dec (b 1836 m John Gibson)
Nellie Nuttall Hemsworth )
Elizabeth Nuttall Shand ) daughters of Sarah's son John Gibson
Executors of Wilfred Dudson dec (1898-1954)
John Thomas Dudson (b 1903)

I thought I had managed to make a tree out of them, but it doesn't add up, or match with records.

Could a fresh pair of eyes have a go please? The Penningtons came from Ulverston/Dalton/Barrow in Furness area.

Is the Samuel in item 2 not the same as the one mentioned in item 1 ?

Right family for reference ?

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Household: 1881

Thomas PENNINGTON Head M Male 36 Stanley, Lancashire, England Railway Platelayer
Elizabeth PENNINGTON Wife M Female 42 Rusland, Lancashire, England
William PENNINGTON Son Male 6 Barrow, Lancashire, England Scholar
Samuel PENNINGTON Son Male 4 Barrow, Lancashire, England

Dwelling Queen Terrace
Census Place Dalton In Furness, Lancashire, England

No, Samuel in 1 just had the 3 children.

So were there two Samuels?? That's how it reads

So who is Samuel number 2 ?

Don't know, maybe he's a son of another of Mary's brothers.

Yes that is the correct family in the census, Thomas had 2 sons, William died age 20ish, unmarried I think. Samuel was Mum's father.

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Births Mar 1912
Pennington Thomas M - Deacon Lancaster 8e 1322

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Births Mar 1915
Pennington Frances M - Deacon Lancaster 8e 1271

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Births Dec 1917
Pennington Elizabeth - Deacon Lancaster 8e 819

Marriages Mar 1911

Deacon Harriet J - Lancaster 8e 1059
Pennington Samuel - Lancaster 8e 1059

Births Sep 1893
Pennington Lily - Ulverston 8e 799





Marriages Jun 1913 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Cookson Thomas - Pennington - Preston 8e 1165
Pennington Lily - Cookson - Preston 8e 1165

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Marriages Dec 1926
Pennington May - Richardson - Preston 8e 938
Richardson Samuel -Pennington - Preston 8e 938

I may be going over ground you already have.

What are you looking to solve ?

This is very helpful Mike.

I have Mum's direct family, item 1, but can't work out where these other folk fit in. I assume they are related! I've not managed to find them all together on any census. I sort of assumed that each of the 'item's' were a sibling of the deceased Mary Pennington.

So who is Mary Pennington ?

Is she Mrs Pennington ? if so who did she marry ?

How old was she when she died?

Don't know any of that, we've only got this Estate Account, nothing more.

Sounds as though she's willed her estate to her siblings, all of whom have died, and the estate is divided between their descendants. The document does give percentages. The 'itemised' folk get 1 fifth each.

The only Edna Highley I can see but the area is a lot different
and mother's maiden name is Brown

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Births Dec 1916
Highley Edna D - Brown- Wokingham 2c 653



EDIT :
Highley might be her married name though.

Not seeing a death for Sept Quarter of 1954

Posting this in case it comes in handy .... but then Pennington may have been her married name


Household: 1881

Walter POMFRET Head M Male 26 Preston, Lancashire, England Rag & Paper Merchant
Emma POMFRET Wife M Female 27 Preston, Lancashire, England
Elizabeth A. POMFRET Daur U Female 4 Preston, Lancashire, England
Ada POMFRET Daur U Female 2 Preston, Lancashire, England
Margaret POMFRET Daur U Female 11 m Preston, Lancashire, England
>>>>>>>>>>Mary A. PENNINGTON Serv U Female 16 Ulverston, Lancashire, England Domestic Servant

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Dwelling 27 St Ignatius Sq
Census Place Preston, Lancashire, England

Many thanks for looking mike, that's cleared up a couple of bits for me.

Elizabeth Nuttall Gibson - married name Shand - mmn Nuttall

Cumbria Birth indexes for the years: 1902
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference
GIBSON Elizabeth Nuttall Barrow Barrow NUTTALL B/94/237

marriage of john Gibson & Jane Nuttall

Cumbria Marriage indexes for the years: 1900
Surname Forename(s) Surname Forename(s) Church / Register Office Registers At Reference
GIBSON John S NUTTALL Jane E St Mark, Barrow in Furness Barrow C6/2/223

birth of John S Gibson mmn = pennington

Cumbria Birth indexes for the years: 1876
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference
GIBSON John Samuel Dalton Barrow PENNINGTON D/51/252