[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by katex

Feel like that George Kendall is part of me family now ... even looked at birth records for St. James's and, yes, had a son baptised there in 1824 .. that's how I knew he had an inn in Lower Fold. Trouble is the records stop at 1825 and don't pick up again until 1890 (on the internet). Will they have the in betweeny at the Library ? He was only about 24 then, so will probably have had a lot more children (as they did), when he lived at the inn on Blackburn Street. Thought it may have shown the address. tee hee.

In 1841 he as 40 years of age his wife Jane is shown as 45, two sons William (15) Apprentice Engraver, Matthew (15) Apprentice Butcher.
Ignore the age 15 for both they were not twins, in the 1841 census for some unknown reason ages of children were rounded up and down, so one could have been 16 and the other 14.

Think his wife may be a bit to old for any more, they could have had more children who died in infancy, the mortality rate in them days was high.
In 1851 George and Jane Kendall are living in Timber St, with a daughter Margaret age (34) he describes himself as Farmer of Cowman.
Theree is a Matthew Kendal age (27) living in Scaitcliffe St, he's a Railway Porter. No sign of William.

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