The elusive LENNON family

[Tina]

Hi Tony
Everyone's blood pressure will have shot up when they see your post at the top of the list!
If you go to Ricky's post "free trial old newspapers" page 3 there's a link to snippets....click on this and go to "men who absconded from their families"
Gues wot?
Fair dinkum... there's a Lennon listed.
Tina

[Dominex]

Did they have women too?

Sue

[simone]

Yikes Teen nearly died then my morning's been bad enough, having opened the car door straight into my mouth got a lip that looks like I've had 100 rounds of botox don't need a headache to go with it

Simone x

funny name ' Scotland Edward Lennon'

[Patch]

Tony I have Lennon family that lived in Liverpool back in the early 1800's.
William Lennon married Rose??
Known children:
1. Matthew married Sarah Ann Davies 1834 Manchester.
2. William James married Frances Elizabeth Wilkinson-Phillips (Widow) 1839 Sydney Australia.
3. Mary came to Australia 1838 with brother, Matthew and sister-in-law.

[tonyhennessey1]

Hi Patch
welcome to the board.
I'm afraid we have different Lennons. Mine didn't arrive in Liverpool until the mid 1840s. None of your names are used in my family either so probably the two families are not closely related.

If there is anything you need to know to take your family on further give us a shout - there are lots of folk on here who regularly help and advise.

Good Luck

Tony

I hope this hasn't given any of our old contributors a heart attack.

[simone]

Hi Patch, welcome to the forum. If anything, the crew like a challenge on here

Yes Tony, saw it in my mailbox first thing this morning... nearly had to phone in sick


Simone x

[Katie]

Hi all.
Another family member (Tom Lennon) first made the following request for help over a year ago. Having found a little more additional information, I am once again posting this in the hope that you detectives out there may pick up the challenge once again (Hello Simone, Collette and Carole) .
I am trying to find members of my Lennon family who appear to be missing or even non-existent on census records in Liverpool.

What I have got is the following :-

1846 Marriage certificate
Thomas Lemon - Labourer
father John - Cabinet Maker
Mary Devitt - father James - Mason
Age for both Thomas and Mary reads ‘full’ (therefore at least 21).
(I’m certain that there is a mis-transcription of Lennon in BMD records since the cursive writing of two ’n’s looks like an ’m’ to me.)

1866 Birth Certificate
4 Court Johnson Street
Peter Lennon b. 24/06/1866
father, Thomas – Stevedore
mother, Mary Devitt

1878 Marriage certificate
Johnson Street
Mary A Lennon age 22 b.1856
father, Thomas – Stevedore
John Gannon age 24 b.1854

1883 Death Certificate
8CT 4H Burlington Street
Thomas Lennon age 62 b.1821 - Stevedore
Present at Death – Mary A Gannon nee Lennon (daughter)

1890 Marriage Certificate
Burlington Street
Peter Lennon age 24 b.1866
father, Thomas – Stevedore
Mary Roberts age 19 b.1871

1891 and 1901 Census records
Peter Lennon
Wife Mary Lennon and Children

There is another family (Lennan) in 1851 and 1861 with similar ages and names but the father Thomas is a Grease Melter and the mother’s maiden name was Hughes not Devitt. Close but no cigar!

We believe that both Thomas and Mary were from Ireland but cannot even begin to trace them there without knowing even the County they were born in. There is no evidence that they were moving back and forth between Liverpool and Ireland. These were poor people .
What I would like is evidence for Thomas and Mary Lennon’s life in Liverpool which just may give clues about Ireland.
They are absent from all census returns for 1851/1861/1871/1881 including 1871 and 1881 when son Peter and daughter Mary were with them. I’m also keen to find other children – there is a gap of 10 years between their marriage and the birth of Mary and another 10 years after that, the birth of Peter. Peter’s wife Mary had over 14 children so I expect his mother had a few more! One of Peter’s children, Elizabeth (my Grandmother) will be 100 in November so it would be fantastic to have all this wrapped up by then .
Sorry to be so long winded but you will probably need all of the above. Even if you can only advise me how to continue, this will be of considerable help.

Thanks and Good Luck
Tony

Hi Tony

Have you tried looking through the workhouse records 353 Sel. There was a small pox epedemic in Liverpool between 1869 and 1875. They set up a small pox hospital in St Martin Street. You may be lucky and find the family in there which will have an address. Also the electoral roll books for 1872 are worth looking at they are in alphabetical order more people could vote at that time.

Also have you tried to do a first name search they may be transcribed wrong?

Kathy

[tonyhennessey1]

Hi Kathy
thanks for your interest but the family have all been found in Liverpool a while back. There are another 12 pages after the one you have quoted with the findings. The search has moved on to finding them in Belfast.

added later - sorry Kathy... the story of the Lennon search was concluded elsewhere (it wasn't me who opened up a new thread! - it was Tom Lennon who started the ball rolling in the first place):-


http://liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/phpBB ... on&start=0


Tony

[philrob]

Dear Readers,

I have a LUCY LENNON born in Liverpool in 1879 and dying in 1951 in Liverpool. Her husband was James Stanley O'Reilly died in 1913 after nine years of marriage.
Issue of this marriage was Philip (born 1905 died 1913) and Anastasia (born 1907 died 1909) I am not sure whether there were any other children.

Do these names connect with anyone else's Lennon or O'Reilly names?

Best Regards,

[tonyhennessey1]

Hi Philrob
sorry these aren't my lot.
I have a record of them in a spreadsheet (if its the same Lucy) from 1891 where her mum and dad are James and Catherine both born in Kilkenny with 6 children all b. Liverpool.
added a few minutes later - and in 1881 when they were Lannon not Lennon.
If you haven't got them then give me a shout.



Tony

[philrob]

Tony,

Thanks for your reply!

Cheers,