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Searching for Kenyon cousins

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Unknown

Unknown Report 20 Aug 2014 08:41

Looking for my mother's cousins, Jack and Eric Kenyon, or their descendants. No contact since the 1950s when my mother and her family emigrated to Australia. Last known residence was the Chadderton / Manchester area.

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 20 Aug 2014 08:58

Welcome to the boards

Find their births on freebmd. They may have middle initials. Then see if the same site gives their possible marriages.

Use the search all members tree on this site to see if any one has them listed, then send a message to the tree owner.

Jacqueline

Jacqueline Report 20 Aug 2014 09:12

Have you any idea of when they were born? Where they were born is also important.

have you been able to do anything about looking for info yourself?

Was Jack the registered name?

Jacqueline

Jacqueline Report 20 Aug 2014 09:15

Eric has a tree on here........you could send him a message, and hope that he still has the e-mail he registered with the site

Jack was born in 1933

Jacqueline

Jacqueline Report 20 Aug 2014 09:23


Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1932
Surname Forename(s) Surname Forename(s) Church / Register Office Registers At Reference
KENYON Frederick WALLACE Clara M Salford St Luke Salford C33/9/240
Total records matching : 1

Jacqueline

Jacqueline Report 20 Aug 2014 09:25

Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1908
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference
WALLACE Clara M Salford Regent Road Salford RR/285/35

Confirmation of second name

Births Jun 1908 (>99%)
Wallace Clara May Salford 8d 190

Jacqueline

Jacqueline Report 20 Aug 2014 09:28

Clara seems to have re-married

First name(s) CLARA M
Last name KENYON
Marriage quarter 2
Marriage year 1960
Registration month -
MarriageFinderâ„¢ CLARA M KENYON married
GLYN GRIFFITHS
Spouse's last name GRIFFITHS
District MIDDLETON
District number -
County Lancashire
Country England
Volume 10E
Page 842

This is her death

First name(s) CLARA MAY
Last name GRIFFITHS
Gender Female
Birth day 18
Birth month 5
Birth year 1908
Age -
Death quarter 3
Death year 1973
District OLDHAM
County Lancashire
Volume 10F
Page 185
Country England

Jacqueline

Jacqueline Report 20 Aug 2014 09:30

This may possibly be the death of the boys' father

The age would be about right, and the location matches Clara's second marriage

Deaths Dec 1959 (>99%)
KENYON Frederick 55 Middleton 10e 454

Jacqueline

Jacqueline Report 20 Aug 2014 14:34

The LancsBMD record of the second marriage

Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1960
Surname Forename(s) Surname Forename(s) Church / Register Office Registers At Reference
KENYON Clara M GRIFFITHS Glyn Middleton Register Office or Registrar Attended Oldham MIDD_RM/24/174

It's a very useful resource if you are looking for info in Lancashire

Jacqueline

Jacqueline Report 20 Aug 2014 14:59

Is this their father's baptism?

Baptism: 25 Sep 1904 St Clement, Salford, Lancashire, England
Frederick Kenyon - [Child] of William Kenyon & Elizabeth
Born: 14 Sep 1904
Abode: 9 Stone St.
Occupation: Reeler
Baptised by: John E. MacRae
Register: Baptisms 1903 - 1910, Entry 477
Source: LDS Film 1786423

Jacqueline

Jacqueline Report 20 Aug 2014 15:01


1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
23 Talbot St Salford, Salford, Lancashire, England

Print household transcription Household Members
First name(s) Last name Relationship to household head Marital condition Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
William Kenyon Head Married Male 31 1880 Paper Reeler Derbyshire Derby Image Transcription
Elizabeth Kenyon Wife Married Female 33 1878 - Lancashire Manchester Image Transcription
William Kenyon Son - Male 8 1903 School Lancashire Salford Image Transcription
Frederick Kenyon Son - Male 6 1905 School Lancashire Salford Image Transcription
William Lightfoot Boarder Single Male 29 1882 Iron Plater Lancashire Salford Image Transcription

Unknown

Unknown Report 22 Aug 2014 10:54

Thank you for all the messages.
Jack Kenyon was born Feb 1933 Salford. Eric was born 1936 Oldham. Their parents were Fred and Clara (known as May). The last known address for Fred and May was Chadderton 1957. Do not know anything about deaths or re-marriages. The baptism and 1911 census you attached are correct. His brother William is my grandfather (b.1902).

Jacqueline

Jacqueline Report 22 Aug 2014 11:05

Eric was actually born in 1935.......see LancsBMD....and the entry in his tree on GR

Are you likely to try to contact him?

I realised you didn't know about deaths etc.....that's why I posted the info for you

I didn't post any baptism info.