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Looking for John Pierpoint Pennington

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Ann

Ann Report 6 Nov 2016 14:22

Hi having trouble finding the above person
John Pierpoint Pennington b:13/02/1874 Aspull nr Wigan Lancashire son of Elizabeth Pennington

I have baptism information All Saints Wigan 20/03/1874 child of Elizabeth Pennington

Many thanks

Researching:
Walker , Thornley and Hunt from Westhoughton area Lancashire also Cooper, James, Roscow, Scowcroft from Horwich and Bolton area of Lancashire and James from Westmorland

safc

safc Report 6 Nov 2016 14:25

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1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
24, Resorvoir Street, Aspull, Wigan, Lancashire, England

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Household Members
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
George Hampson Head Married Male 22 1859 Coal Miner Aspull, Lancashire, England
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Elizabeth Hampson Wife Married Female 27 1854 Domestic Work Servant Aspull, Lancashire, England
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John P Pennington Son Single Male 7 1874 Scholar Aspull, Lancashire, England
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Margaret Hampson Daughter Single Female 3 1878 - Aspull, Lancashire, England
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Catherine Hampson Daughter Single Female 0 1881 - Aspull, Lancashire, England

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Abby says please do not send messages to safc, always reply on your thread, as Abby is just a paying member of genes reunited. helping other members. thank you.

Ann

Ann Report 6 Nov 2016 14:28

Many thanks safc :-)

Researching:
Walker , Thornley and Hunt from Westhoughton area Lancashire also Cooper, James, Roscow, Scowcroft from Horwich and Bolton area of Lancashire and James from Westmorland

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safc

safc Report 6 Nov 2016 14:30

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1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
22, Resorvoir Street, Aspull, Wigan, Lancashire, England

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Household Members
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Henry Pennington Head Married Male 25 1856 Wheelwright Aspull, Lancashire, England
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Mary L Pennington Wife Married Female 25 1856 Domestic Work Servant Leigh, Lancashire, England
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Margaret Pennington Daughter Single Female 4 1877 - Leigh, Lancashire, England
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John Pennington Son Single Male 0 1881 - Aspull, Lancashire, England

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safc

safc Report 6 Nov 2016 14:32

Marriages Jun 1877 (>99%)
HAMPSON George Wigan 8c 20
PENNINGTON Elizabeth Wigan 8c 20

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safc

safc Report 6 Nov 2016 14:34

Marriage: 20 Jun 1877 St David, Haigh, Lancashire, England
George Hampson - 19, Collier, Bachelor, Aspull
Elizabeth Pennington - 23, Spinster, Aspull
Groom's Father: John Hampson, (deceased), Collier
Bride's Father: John Pennington, Shopkeeper
Witness: Henry Hewitt; Ellen Kay
Married by Banns by: Jeffery E. Orlebar Asst. Curate
Register: Marriages 1875 - 1892, Page 34, Entry 67
Source: Original register at Wigan Archives

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Abby says please do not send messages to safc, always reply on your thread, as Abby is just a paying member of genes reunited. helping other members. thank you.

Ann

Ann Report 6 Nov 2016 14:35

Henry Pennington is his Uncle

Researching:
Walker , Thornley and Hunt from Westhoughton area Lancashire also Cooper, James, Roscow, Scowcroft from Horwich and Bolton area of Lancashire and James from Westmorland

Gee

Gee Report 6 Nov 2016 14:35



1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
61, John Street, Bolton, Lancashire, England

Rachel Crook Head Widow Female 55 1846 - Chorley, Lancashire, England

John Vernon Boarder Married Male 28 1873 Police Constable Chesterton, Staffordshire, England

John P Pennington Boarder Single Male 27 1874 Police Constable Aspull, Lancashire, England

Peter Kenedy Boarder Single Male 26 1875 Railway Labourer Ireland

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Ann

Ann Report 6 Nov 2016 14:40

Thank you safc and Gins :-)

Researching:
Walker , Thornley and Hunt from Westhoughton area Lancashire also Cooper, James, Roscow, Scowcroft from Horwich and Bolton area of Lancashire and James from Westmorland

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safc

safc Report 6 Nov 2016 14:41

Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1874
Surname Forename(s) Mother's Maiden Name Sub-District Registers At Reference
PENNINGTON John Pierpoint PENNINGTON Aspull Wigan & Leigh ASPL/26/312

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safc

safc Report 6 Nov 2016 14:51

????


1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
19, Liverpool Road, Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan, Lancashire, England

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Household Members
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
John B Pierpoint Head Married Male 29 1852 House Decorator Lancashire, England
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Mary Alice B Pierpoint Wife Married Female 26 1855 Housekeeper Patricroft, Lancashire, England
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Mable J Pierpoint Daughter Single Female 3 1878 - Lancashire, England
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Harry W Pierpoint Son Single Male 1 1880 - Lancashire, England

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Abby says please do not send messages to safc, always reply on your thread, as Abby is just a paying member of genes reunited. helping other members. thank you.

safc

safc Report 6 Nov 2016 14:52

Marriages Sep 1877 (>99%)
BARNES Mary Ellen Wigan 8c 87
KENYON Mary Alice Wigan 8c 87
Pierpoint John Brown Wigan 8c 87
Speakman James Wigan 8c 87

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Ann

Ann Report 6 Nov 2016 15:04

Thanks safc for possibly a marriage Pierpoint John Brown? or the Census info not sure if there is a connection

Researching:
Walker , Thornley and Hunt from Westhoughton area Lancashire also Cooper, James, Roscow, Scowcroft from Horwich and Bolton area of Lancashire and James from Westmorland

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 6 Nov 2016 15:11

??? There are several John Pennington (born c1874) deaths in Lancashire, but as he was in Bolton in 1901, maybe this is him?

John Pennington
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915
Name: John Pennington
Estimated birth year: abt 1874
Registration Year: 1906
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Age at Death: 32
Registration district: Bolton
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 179

Researching:
Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.

Ann

Ann Report 6 Nov 2016 15:19

I will have to do a bit more research I think as John Pennington is a common name thank you ArgyllGran

Researching:
Walker , Thornley and Hunt from Westhoughton area Lancashire also Cooper, James, Roscow, Scowcroft from Horwich and Bolton area of Lancashire and James from Westmorland

AustinQ

AustinQ Report 6 Nov 2016 16:27

He went to New Zealand

Marriage:
Name: John Pierpoint Pennington
Gender: Male
Marriage Year: 1912
Relation: Bridegroom
Spouse: Eva Elena Sargeant
Folio Number: 3280

First wife died in Feb 1933

Possible 2nd Marriage:

Name: John Pierpoint Pennington
Gender: Male
Marriage Year: 1933
Relation: Bridegroom
Spouse: Isabel Mary Edgar Harvey
Folio Number: 9178

Possible Death:
Name: John Pierpoint Pennington
Death Date: Oct-Nov-Dec 1950
Registration Place: Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand
Folio Number: 4323

AustinQ

AustinQ Report 6 Nov 2016 16:28

He left in 1910:

Passenger Lists leaving UK 1890-1960 Transcription

First name(s) J P
Last name PENNINGTON
Title MR
Gender Male
Marital status S
Occupation FARMER
Departure date: 1st Sept 1910
Departure port LONDON
Destination port WELLINGTON
Destination WELLINGTON
Country NEW ZEALAND
Destination country NEW ZEALAND
Ship name RUAHINE

AustinQ

AustinQ Report 6 Nov 2016 16:34

John Pierpoint Pennington
New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records

Name John Pierpoint Pennington
Event Type Probate
Event Date 1950
Event Place New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
Residence Place Hawera
Occupation Retired
Agency ABAJ
Accession W4079
Series Number 21954
Series Name New Plymouth probate files, 1867-1981

Probate records on Familysearch.org for John Pierpoint Pennington (dated 1946)- death 1950 state his widow was Elizabeth Annie:

Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 6 Nov 2016 17:13

https://public.stdc.govt.nz/cemeteries/

(his Burial on above, Elizabeth Ann 1956) (Retired Sawmiller, for his occ.)

Chris :)

http://tinyurl.com/jd9z6qx

(Find A Grave. Eva Elena Pennington)

Ann

Ann Report 6 Nov 2016 19:37

Thanks ever so much, he had Aunts and Uncles in the Provincial District of Taranaki New Zealand

Researching:
Walker , Thornley and Hunt from Westhoughton area Lancashire also Cooper, James, Roscow, Scowcroft from Horwich and Bolton area of Lancashire and James from Westmorland