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Title: Any thoughts on where else to look?
Post by: BumbleB on Monday 21 August 17 17:49 BST (UK)
Robert Kendall - possible variations on spelling!

Appears in Weston parish records as father to:

John – baptised 16 January 1747/8 – son of Robert Kendall of Askwith, Skinner
Robert - baptised 3 December 1749 - son of ----- ditto -----  buried 27 October 1750 -  ditto ----
Robert - baptised 17 April 1751 - son of ----- ditto -----
Francis – baptised 15 January 1754/5 – son of ----- ditto ----
Mary – baptised 1 January 1756/7 – daughter of ------- ditto ------

I cannot see a baptism, marriage or burial for Robert, the Skinner - parish records or BTs.  No sign either of marriage bond or will to match - I have subscriptions to FindMyPast and Ancestry.

Any help much appreciated.  Robert senior would be my 5 ggf.


Title: Re: Any thoughts on where else to look?
Post by: iluleah on Monday 21 August 17 18:32 BST (UK)
The Old Methodist Chapel, Askwith maybe?
Title: Re: Any thoughts on where else to look?
Post by: BumbleB on Monday 21 August 17 22:28 BST (UK)
Many thanks, I'll have a look for baptisms and/or burials.  Marriages at that time would have to be in C of E churches, so perhaps they were from outside Yorkshire  :-\ :-\
Title: Re: Any thoughts on where else to look?
Post by: Rena on Tuesday 22 August 17 01:17 BST (UK)
I thought a skinner worked in a tannery but apparently this occupation was a dealer in hides, which could have meant that he travelled to various markets to get prospective business.  There must have been local markets but the nearest one I found was the famous Beveley market which is about 50-ish miles away.

Marriages, and often the first births, are usually in the bride's family parish even if she had moved many miles away to work as a domestic servant.

I still use the outdated Hugh Wallis website and use those batch numbers on familysearch.org and I see that earlier church records for Weston parish still exist; also from Genuki I see that even earlier Bishop transcripts are available to view at the address given - maybe your ancestors are noted in the latter?

Interestingly, there's an 1743 Beverley marriage for a Robert Kendel to an Anne Lund whose father was Francis Lund.
Title: Re: Any thoughts on where else to look?
Post by: BumbleB on Tuesday 22 August 17 08:31 BST (UK)
Thanks Rena.  A possibility, but the entry does say that that Robert is a Shoemaker.  I will certainly bear it in mind though.

FindMyPast do have the images available for Weston - BT's.  I've also just looked using the forename of Robert and Robt and 1740 +/- 5 years for the Yorkshire BT's - nothing, except the Anne Lund marriage you found.

Title: Re: Any thoughts on where else to look?
Post by: BumbleB on Tuesday 22 August 17 08:57 BST (UK)
I've just been looking at Weston records again, and found this baptism for Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Kendall of Askwith ? baptised 21 September 1746.  Any ideas on Robert's occupation, please?

Title: Re: Any thoughts on where else to look?
Post by: StevieSteve on Tuesday 22 August 17 09:24 BST (UK)
Joiner?
Title: Re: Any thoughts on where else to look?
Post by: BumbleB on Tuesday 22 August 17 09:39 BST (UK)
Thanks StevieSteve - not what I was hoping for  :-X  This isn't getting any easier  :o

Title: Re: Any thoughts on where else to look?
Post by: Rena on Tuesday 22 August 17 11:20 BST (UK)
Quote from: BumbleB on Tuesday 22 August 17 08:31 BST (UK)
Thanks Rena.  A possibility, but the entry does say that that Robert is a Shoemaker.  I will certainly bear it in mind though.


I have more or less the same problem with my Thomas Brown who was a currier ( = worked with animal hides) the only other Thos Brown I can find is a shoemaker.
Title: Re: Any thoughts on where else to look?
Post by: Ruskie on Tuesday 22 August 17 11:36 BST (UK)
Occupation:
-ewer?
 :-\

First letter looks a bit like G, but Gewer isn't right......
Title: Re: Any thoughts on where else to look?
Post by: Gragareth on Tuesday 22 August 17 12:10 BST (UK)
I have a similar problem at Weston and Askwith parish. My 3xg.grandfather John Mountain is marrying there late 18th cent. Never found where he comes from. Was a tenant farmer. However over the fell is Fewston. An entry in that baptism register could well be he. Have no proof it is so. My 1978 MI recording of that churchyard shows three tombstones of Kendall's. Six first names. No Robert.  Copies of the MI recording were given to the Vicar and to West Riding of Yorkshire archives.  Hoping the above gives ideas of what to do.      Gragareth.
Title: Re: Any thoughts on where else to look?
Post by: BumbleB on Tuesday 22 August 17 12:38 BST (UK)
This is a more extensive snip of the 1746 entries, to see if anyone can make a guess.  I did wonder whether the first letter is T - see Thos, son of Richard Kendall.

Gragareth - I'd be interested to know the names on the MI.  I also hadn't thought of Fewston.
Title: Re: Any thoughts on where else to look?
Post by: venelow on Tuesday 22 August 17 20:49 BST (UK)
Hi Bumble B

The first letter certainly looks more like the T in Thomas than the J in James.

Could it be Tawer Tawyer or Tower a dresser of white leather? He would be working with skins.

See: http://rmhh.co.uk/occup/t.html

Venelow
Canada
Title: Re: Any thoughts on where else to look?
Post by: BumbleB on Tuesday 22 August 17 21:38 BST (UK)
Many thanks Venelow!!  Or even, could it be a variation on "tanner"?  All to do with animal skins!