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Kennedy

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Keown

Keown Report 27 May 2017 23:47

Hello,

I'm looking for the mother of a Samuel Kennedy, son of George, husband of Winifred Harding, born in 1926 in the North East region of England.

Any help is appreciated.

Gee

Gee Report 28 May 2017 06:31

Looking at the dates this is more likely him.

Samuel Kennedy

Mother's Maiden Surname:Shepherd

Date of Registration:Jul-Aug-Sep 1920

Registration district:South Shields
Inferred County:Durham

Volume Number: 10a
Page Number 1997
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Marriages Dec 1912

Kennedy George R F W Shepherd S. Shields 10a 1441 to
Shepherd Margaret A F Kennedy S.Shields 10a 1441
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The above in 1939

Household
Jarrow M.B., Durham, England

Margaret A F Kennedy 1894
George R Kennedy is also on this record
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And the death of Margaret

Margaret Alice F Kennedy

Birth Date:24 Sep 1894

Date of Registration:Dec 1969

Age at Death:75

Registration district:Durham North eastern
Inferred County:Durham

Volume:1a
Page:1218




ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 28 May 2017 09:07

SHEPHERD, MARGARET ALICE FLORENCE mms LAPTON
GRO Reference: 1894 D Quarter in SOUTH SHIELDS Volume 10A Page 826



Margt Alice Florence Shepherd
in the 1911 England Census
Name: Margt Alice Florence Shepherd
Age in 1911: 16
Estimated birth year: abt 1895
Relation to Head: Daughter
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Jarrow, Durham, England
Civil Parish: Jarrow
County/Island: Durham
Country: England
Street address: 15 Duke St
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Stearn Wherryman [that's her faather's occupation !]
Registration district: South Shields
Registration District Number: 556
Sub-registration district: Jarrow
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Piece: 30350
Household Members:
Name Age
John Shepherd 38 - steam wherryman, born Hexham
Sarah Jane Shepherd 38 - North Shields
Margt Alice Florence Shepherd 16
John Wm Flearsy Shepherd 12 - Jarrow
Jane Elizabeth Shepherd 8 - Jarrow
Edith Mand Shepherd 5 - Jarrow
Sarah May Shepherd 1 - Jarrow


And this must be her in 1901, though listed as Mary Frances:

Mary Trancis Shephard
in the 1901 England Census

Name: Mary Trancis Shephard
Age: 6
Estimated birth year: abt 1895
Relation to Head: Daughter
Gender: Female
Father: John Shephard
Mother: Sarah Shephard
Birth Place: Jarrow, Durham, England
Civil Parish: Jarrow
Ecclesiastical parish: Jarrow on Tyne St Peter
County/Island: Durham
Country: England
Street address: 67 South Street
:Registration district: South Shields
Sub-registration district: Jarrow
ED, institution, or vessel: 12
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 4741
Folio: 74
Page Number: 25
Household schedule number: 151
Household Members:
Name Age
John Shephard 29 - labourer in shipyard, born Hexham
Sarah Shephard 29 - North shields
Mary Trancis Shephard 6 - Jarrow
John Willie Shephard 2 - Jarrow

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 28 May 2017 09:15

1911 says John and Sarah had had 8 children. Three had died.

Married 20 years:

Marriages Mar 1891 (>99%)
Lupton Sarah Jane S. Shields 10a 959
Shepherd John S. Shields 10a 959


ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 28 May 2017 09:21

Possible deceased child ??

Birth:
SHEPHERD, JANE ANNIE mms LIPTON
GRO Reference: 1893 S Quarter in SOUTH SHIELDS Volume 10A Page 822

Deaths Jun 1896 (>99%)
Shepherd Jane 2 S. Shields 10a 410

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 28 May 2017 12:32

Possibly another one ??

SHEPHERD, JOHN WILLIAM mms LUMPTON
GRO Reference: 1891 J Quarter in SOUTH SHIELDS Volume 10A Page 909


Deaths Jun 1891 (>99%)
Shepherd John William 0 S. Shields 10a 516


I can't see an eighth Shepherd / Lupton child. (Or other spelling)

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 28 May 2017 12:48

Margaret's parents in 1891:

John Shepherd
in the 1891 England Census

Name: John Shepherd
Age: 18
Estimated birth year: abt 1873
Relation: Son
Spouse's Name: Sarah Shepherd
Father's name: John Shepherd
Mother's name: Jane Shepherd
Gender: Male
Where born: Heckam, Northumberland, England
Civil Parish: Hedworth Monkton and Jarrow
Ecclesiastical parish: St Pauls
Town: Jarrow
County/Island: Durham
Country: England
Registration district: South Shields
ED, institution, or vessel: 15
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 4166
Folio: 16
Page Number: 25
Household Members:
Name Age
John Shepherd 47
Jane Shepherd 38
John Shepherd 18 - son, striker
Sarah Shepherd 18 - daughter-in-law, North Shields
William J Shepherd 16
Christina Shepherd 12
Mary J Shepherd 10
Agnes Shepherd 7
Margaret Shepherd 3
Thomas H Shepherd 1/12

malyon

malyon Report 30 May 2017 11:47

Marriages Mar 1944   (>99%)
HARDING
 Winifred F
 Kennedy
 Durham N.E.
 10a
1397
  
KENNEDY
 Samuel
 Harding
 Durham N.E.
 10a
1397