Limpsfield Parish Registers - JOHNSON/KENWARD

[HaydenP]

I would be grateful if somebody could track down some details relating to my great grandparents John Johnson and Julia Kenward.

Julia came from Limpsfield, born around 1818 according to later records.  John came from Cocking in Sussex.  They probably married around 1837 as their first son was born there 13 June 1838.  He was given the very unusual  name of Sommerton (no known connection with Somerton in Somerset).

In short I am hoping to find:

1   A record of Julia Kenward's birth/baptism.  Details of her parents would be great.

2   A record of the marriage of John and Julia.

3   Any suggestion as to the origins of Sommerton as a first name. Does it have any particular resonances in East Surrey?

Any reply will be gratefully received.

[Jane Masri]

Free BMD has a marriage with John Johnson & Julia KENNERD on the same page, Godstone RD, Q3 1837,
If you get a copy this will give you the name of her father,

Jane

[HaydenP]

Thank you, Jane.

So my ancestors were among the first batch to use this new-fangled form of registration.  I wonder what they thought of it!

I will certainly follow that up with GRO.  Many thanks.

Peter

[kerryb]

Hi Peter

For the Limpsfield PRs you could try the East Surrey FHS research centre http://www.eastsurreyfhs.org.uk/lingfieldcentre.htm I have visited them in the past to look up various local registers but if it is not convenient to visit they do help with enquiries.

Kerry

[HaydenP]

Hi Kerry

Thanks for the tip.  I will contact them and see what they suggest.

I live in Somerset so it's a little out of my way!  However a trip to the south east is long overdue so perhaps I can work it in.

Thanks again

Peter

[Jane Masri]

Peter, I don't know if you found the baptism of a brother on family search?
William Benjamin 14/2/1841 at Limpsfield?
So lucky that they married within civil registration, it makes life so much easier 

jane

[Jane Masri]

Just an extra thought but if you're making the trip to either the research centre or the Surrey History Centre at Woking you could look up the marriage in  the parish registers which might give you the parents names.  As Godstone covers Limpsfield it's quite likely that's where they married,

jane

[HaydenP]

That's interesting, Jane.

William Benjamin was born in Longcot, Berks (near Shrivenham) as was his older sister Charlotte Emily.  She was baptised there and the record tells us that John was working on the railroad (presumably the GWR).  William Benjamin was born 1 January 1841 so it seems that he was taken back to Limpsfield for baptism.

I'm grateful for that as it fills a gap between Berkshire and the family's next appearance in Tonbridge, Kent in the census of 1841 where John and Julia stayed for a while and produced two more children.

Many thanks

Peter

P.S.  As I was typing I see you have posted again!  Yes, I think I shall need to do that as well as looking for Julia's baptism.  Thanks.  Peter.

[Valda]

Hi Peter

Limpsfield parish registers both for marriages and baptisms are indexed on the IGI

THOMAS KENWARD
Christening:  25 JUL 1813   Limpsfield, Surrey
Father:  JAMES KENWARD 
Mother:  HARRIET 

WORTHY KENWARD
Christening:  17 SEP 1815   Limpsfield, Surrey
Father:  JAMES KENWARD 
Mother:  HARRIET
Married in Croydon in 3rd May 1834 to William Richardson 

LEVI KENNARD
Christening:  16 APR 1820   Limpsfield, Surrey
Father:  JAMES KENNARD 
Mother:  HARRIETT 

EPHRAIM KENNARD
Christening:  31 MAR 1822   Limpsfield, Surrey
Father:  JAMES KENNARD 
Mother:  HARRIET 

AMOS KENNARD
Christening:  25 MAY 1824   Limpsfield, Surrey
Father:  JAMES KENNARD 
Mother:  HARRIET 

REBECCA KENNARD
Christening:  21 MAY 1826   Limpsfield, Surrey
Father:  JAMES KENNARD 
Mother:  HARRIETT 

RHODA KENNARD
Christening:  19 JAN 1834   Limpsfield, Surrey
Father:  JAMES KENNARD 
Mother:  HARRIET
Married Thomas Fuller in 1856

A possible for Julia’s baptism. You would need to look carefully at the actual entry in the register.

JULIA KEMBER
Christening:  08 MAR 1818   Limpsfield, Surrey
Father:  JAMES KEMBER 
Mother:  HARRIET     


1841 census HO107 1077/6 folio 17
Foxes Hole Building Limpsfield Surrey
James Kenward 56 Ag lab
Harriot Kenward 55 
Ephraim Kenward 19 Ag lab
Amos Kenward 16 Ag lab
Rebecca Kenward 15 
Daniel Kenward 13 
Roda Kenward 7 
all born Surrey except Harriet. Adult ages, those over 15, usually rounded down to the nearest 5 on the 1841 census.


Deaths Dec 1846   
Kenward  Daniel     Godstone  4 125   
Kenward  James     Godstone  4 124

Deaths Dec 1866   
KENWARD  Harriet  82  Godstone  2a 96


A possible for Harriet on the censuses

1851 census HO107 1613 folio 445
Brasted Kent
Harriott Kenward 66 Visitor Widow Pauper Ranfisent? Sussex
visiting the Leppard family

1861 census RG9 458 folio 23
Brasted Kent
Richard Leopard 61 Head Married Ag lab Westerham Kent
Alice Leopard 49 Wife Married Lingfield Surrey (Lingfield on the 1871 census also – IGI has coverage of Lingfield baptisms only up to 1812 - no Kenward/Kennards)
Edmund Leopard 21 Son Ag lab Brasted Kent
Eliza Leopard 12 Daughter Brasted Kent
Harriott Kennard 76 Wife’s mother Widow Formerly a nurse Alfreston Sussex

LEPARD, Richard         
Allice KENWARD      
Marriage Date:   24 Oct 1832 Brasted, Kent

Brasted and Limpsfield are about 5 miles apart.



There is a burial of a Mary Ann Kenward aged 5 in Lingfield 18th November 1833 which might indicate the family returned there before the baptism of the last known child in Limpsfield.



Regards

Valda