Anthony Francis Kendall 1888

[kendall_wayne]

Hi

I am looking for Anthony Francis Kendall  born 1888 at Inglewood New Jersey.

His Father was William Kendall born 1855 St Enoder. William was a railway tunnel miner in Cornwall and came to the USA to work on the Hudson Railway Tunnel linking New Jersey to New York. This project was delayed because of funding and William returned to England with son Anthony and Newly married wife Catherine Hernan. I don't know if she is the birth mother.

Anthony Francis married Sarah Cooksey at Rotherham, England and had three children. During wwI he was an ambulance driver. After the war he came home to a broken marriage and immigrated to Canada in 1919. The passenger list indicates that his profession in England was ACROBAT but he was heading to River Hebert, Nova Scotia to work as a mechanic. His Father William had migrated to Canada in 1914 to River Hebert but before 1919 had moved out to Winnipeg, Manitoba. I suppect that Anthony would have gone out west but he seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth after his 1919 arrival in Canada.

I would really love to trace him and also find out who his birth mother was..
I really would appreciate any info you might be able to find.

This post was on the USA board and it was suggested that I put it on the Canadian board.

Thanks
Wayne

[valeriec]

I haven't found anything on your Anthony but I think I found a brother and sister in River Hebert.

www.novascotiagenealogy.com

Reg. year 1918 book 38 Page 666
Ethel Kendall and William James Porter
June 3, 1918, River Heber NS
Her parents: William and Caroline, farmer
his parents: Joseph and Georgie

Reg. year 1919 Book 38 Page 907
Joseph Kendall and Edith Ward
Occu: miner, born England
parents Wm and Carrie Kendall, farmer
witnesses: William and Edith Porter

[valeriec]

death for William James R Porter
b. 1883
d. 1951 River Hebert
wife: Edith Porter
parents: Joseph and Georgina
buried: River Hebert East Cemetery

this is definitely the same William James Porter that married Ethel Kendall. What confused me is tht on the marriage certificate he married Ethel but as witnesses for Joseph Kendall and Edith Ward they are William James and Edith. I haven't found any children for them. I do believe that Edith and Ethel are the same person.

The brother and sister may have been why Anthony's destination was River Hebert.

[valeriec]

vital statistics for Manitoba

http://vitalstats.gov.mb.ca/Query.php

there are deaths for a  William and Caroline Kendall. May be worth following up.

[cosmac]

William (49) and Caroline (42) along with children Ethel (17), Joseph (18 ), Fred (16) and Sidney (15) arrived at St. John NB 16 April 1914. 
There is a marriage for Frederick Kendall on 17 Aug 1920 at Moncton, NB.  He was born Leeds, occupation teamster, s/o William Kendall (Cornwall) and Catherine Horner.  He married Flora May Porter, b. River Hebert, NS d/o Gerald Porter and Lottie Nicholson.

Debbie

[Jacquie in Canada]

The LDS Search beta site has a New Jersey marriages database and there is a marriage for Gulielmus Kendall to Catherine Hernan on 21 Jul 1889 at Saint Joseph Of The Palisades-Catholic, West New York, Hudson, New Jersey. Gulielmus is William in Latin. I haven't been able to find a birth for Anthony although there were a few births for unnamed Kendall boys.

Jacquie

[Jacquie in Canada]

I can't help but wonder whether we are dealing with two different families here. On the 1901 England census William and Kate A. Kendall are in Leeds, Yorkshire as follows:

William Kendall, head, 44, coal pit sinker, born Newland, Cornwall
Kate A Kendall, wife, 33, born Oldham, Lancashire
Anthony F Kendall, son, 13, born USA Inglewood
Mary B Kendall, daughter, 9, born Hoyland, Bernsley, Yorkshire
William J Kendall, son, 6, born Oldham, Lancashire
Joseph Kendall, son, 4, born Farnsworth, Lancashire
Frederick Kendall, son, 3, born E. Brierly, Bradford, Yorkshire

This information just doesn't match up with the 1911 England census entry for William and Caroline. That entry says they had been married for 18 years which would be about 1893 and it says that Caroline had 4 children (Joe, Ethel, Fred and Sidney) and all were alive.

Jacquie

[kendall_wayne]

Hi all,

Basically you all have the right family. Explanations have to be given. Valariec on post number 2 Edith and Ethel we not the same person. I reviewed the Marriage document for Joseph and Edith Ward and the witness was Ethel Porter.

As for the death of William..he died in 1934 in Trois Rivieres ( Three Rivers ), Quebec. Caroline probably Died in Winnipeg, Manitoba. I did find one death for Caroline Kendall but it was not the right one.

As for Jacquie in Canada. We are dealing with a mix of two families. When William came to Canada in 1914 he did not come with his wife Catherine but rather with a Caroline ( Horner ) who he passed off as his wife. Her two Children Sydney and Ethel born Hurdus were indicated as being Kendalls. The Children obviously adopted the Kendall name as attested by Ethel's marriage in River Hebert. Sydney also adopted the Kendall name as he was found in Chicago as a Kendall. He still has living relatives in that area. As for Anthony well it seems that he will remain a mystery for a while yet.

Caroline had Also been married to a Alfred Ellis and had a child named John Morris Ellis who died in WWI. His military death certificate indicates his next of kin Caroline Ellis as living at 392 Pacific ave In Winnipeg. Border crossing for William from Chicago indicate that he going to meet his wife Caroline at that address. Bear in mind that William and Caroline were probably never legally married.

Wayne

[kendall_wayne]

Thanks Debbie for the info on Fred's marriage. Fred was my Grand Father and I was missing that info. I was always searching in N.S.

Wayne