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Title: Walter Jennings Heathfield 1851 to 1871
Post by: pavane on Monday 12 September 05 20:37 BST (UK)
Hi,
I am looking for Walter Jennings in Heathfield or district. By 1881, he had married and moved to Glamorgan:
Walter   JENNINGS   Head M M   30 Gardener Heathsfield,
Somerset, England   High St   Llandaff,
But he probably wasn't married by 1871.

BTW There are at least 3 Walter Jennings born in the Milverton area between 1848 and 1851.
The other two are known to be related to me.
One moved to Exmoor and one to Wellington (Little Jurston farm).
Title: Re: Walter Jennings Heathfield 1851 to 1871
Post by: JGarratt on Monday 12 September 05 20:51 BST (UK)
Hi pavane

This is possibly the family in 1861:

James Jennings 1811  Oak, Somerset, England Head Occ Land Drainer(??)
Ann Jennings 1811  Milverton, Somerset, England Wife
John Jennings 1837  Milverton, Somerset, England Son Occ Land Drainer
William Jennings 1841  Milverton, Somerset, England Son  Occ Land Drainer
Robert Jennings 1844  Milverton, Somerset, England Son  Occ Ag Lab
Charles Jennings 1848  Milverton, Somerset, England Son Occ Ag Lab
Walter Jennings 1850  Milverton, Somerset, England Son Occ Ag Lab
Alfred Jennings 1852  Milverton, Somerset, England Son
Martha Jennings 1854  Milverton, Somerset, England Daughter
Harriett Jennings 1859  Milverton, Somerset, England Daughter

Living at Blagrobes (?) Milverton, Somerset

RG9/1609 Folio 100 Pg 21

Jeannette
Title: Re: Walter Jennings Heathfield 1851 to 1871
Post by: pavane on Monday 12 September 05 22:36 BST (UK)
Thanks for that.
I think this Walter is the one who moved to Wellington, but it is still very useful. The Alfred in your list is definitely my great-grandfather.
Title: Re: Walter Jennings Heathfield 1851 to 1871
Post by: allibaker on Thursday 15 September 05 08:06 BST (UK)
hi again pavane
ive found this family in milverton in 1851
81
JENNINGS William 46 Land Drainer Oake
Elizabeth 32 Exford
Harriet 13 Bathealton
Agness 9 Scholar Bathealton
Walter 3 bathealton
and again the family that jeanette found for you in 1861 this is them in 1851
31
Hig Street
JENNINGS / GENNINGS James 39 Ag. Lab. Oake
Ann 39 Milverton, Som.
James 19 Ag. Lab. Kingston
Mary 16 Ag. Lab. Milverton, Som.
John 14 Ag. Lab. Milverton, Som.
Thomas 12 Ag. Lab. Milverton, Som.
William 10 Scholar Milverton, Som.
Robert 7 Scholar Milverton, Som.
Henry 5 Scholar Milverton, Som.
Charles 2 Milverton, Som.
Walter 9m Milverton, Som. 32

hope ive been of some help
regards
alli
Title: Re: Walter Jennings Heathfield 1851 to 1871
Post by: pavane on Thursday 15 September 05 12:30 BST (UK)
Thanks Alli,
There are the two which I already know about.
James is my great-great- grandfather, and William is his uncle who moved to Exmoor.
It is the third one I am looking for!
Title: Re: Walter Jennings Heathfield 1851 to 1871
Post by: DebbieDee on Thursday 15 September 05 16:38 BST (UK)
Hi Pavane,

Could this be the family in 1851? 

NORTON FITZWARREN
HO107/1923  Folio 217 Page 21
Way Hamlet
JENNINGS CHARLES 31 Ag. Lab. Heathfield
Sarah 29 Bishop Lydiard
Eliza 4 Kingston
Ann 2 Norton Fitzwarren, Som.
PALMER Charles Lodger 22 Ag. Lab. Spaxton

Next household:
JENNINGS William 40 Gardener Heathfield
Jane 38 Laundress Devon Thoverton
James 11 Hillfarrance, Som.
Mary Ann 7 Norton Fitzwarren, Som.
Folio 218 Page 22
JENNINGS William 4 Norton Fitzwarren, Som.
Walter 1 Norton Fitzwarren, Som.

I have also found a Walter Jennings in Monk Nash, Glamorgan 1871 born 'Morton' which I think may be Norton.  I will post the details in case you need them.

Debbie  ;)
Title: Re: Walter Jennings Heathfield 1851 to 1871
Post by: DebbieDee on Thursday 15 September 05 16:46 BST (UK)
Two servants in the household of Daniel Thomas (Farmer).  I've included another servant as he appears to be from the same area as your Walter so I wonder if they travelled to Wales for work together?

Mount Pleasant, Monk Nash, Glamorgan, 1871 

James Cornish 21 Hillfarrance, Somerset, Farm Servant 
Walter Jennings 20 Morton, Somerset, Farm Servant

RG10/5418 Folio 50 Page 12

Hope this helps

Debbie
Title: Re: Walter Jennings Heathfield 1851 to 1871
Post by: pavane on Thursday 15 September 05 17:56 BST (UK)
Thanks for the information. I will try to match it against what I know.
Title: Re: Walter Jennings Heathfield 1851 to 1871
Post by: cardiffexpat on Thursday 23 August 12 16:58 BST (UK)
Hope I'm not too late to join in!   The Walter Jennings that you are looking for is my great grandfather!   He was indeed the Walter listed in the 1851 census as living in the Dairy House at Way House in Somerset.   Charles Jennings lived in the same Dairy House, so I would hypothesize that he is a brother to William Jennings. Walter's father.
I have the marriage certificate for Walter Jennings and Harriet Hinde in Wales, and it shows his father as William a Gardner. 
I do know of the other two Walters, one in Milverton and one in Essex, and wondered how they are connected.   "Walter" seems to have been an important family name at the time. 
I'd be interested in communicating with other Jennings.
Wendy 
Title: Re: Walter Jennings Heathfield 1851 to 1871
Post by: pavane on Thursday 23 August 12 19:12 BST (UK)
Wendy, you are not too late!
Let me know where to send it and I will give you the tree as I know it.
The earliest member I have is Thomas Jennings, who married Mary Dite in Oake in 1800. He seems to have had brothers Hugh and William, but none of them appear in the Oake baptisms, so I don't know where they came from.

Neil
Title: Re: Walter Jennings Heathfield 1851 to 1871
Post by: cardiffexpat on Thursday 23 August 12 19:28 BST (UK)
oh dear, we already have a conflict.   My Walter from William, born 1811 and Jane would not have had a grandfather born in 1800.   Although I suspect that William's fa was Thomas, as his first son was Thomas, as was his.   Nevertheless, we are the same family, and can exchange 'proofs'!  I hope it is okay to send my email address through here.
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Title: Re: Walter Jennings Heathfield 1851 to 1871
Post by: pavane on Thursday 23 August 12 21:32 BST (UK)
Tree emailed.
Title: Re: Walter Jennings Heathfield 1851 to 1871
Post by: cardiffexpat on Thursday 23 August 12 23:00 BST (UK)
Thank you!   We'll keep in touch.
Wendy