KENWORTHY - MILBURN - BUCKLEY - WHITEHEAD: Saddleworth, Mossley, and Manchester

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My ancestral pursuits bring me to Saddleworth, Mossley, and Manchester. The surnames are as follows:  KENWORTHY - MILBURN - BUCKLEY - WHITEHEAD.  I understand the families of Kenworthy, Whitehead, and Buckley are long established in the Saddleworth area.       http://www.saddleworthmuseum.co.uk/familyhistory.htm
 
Isaac Milburn Kenworthy (Mar 1832 - 13 Dec 1880), s/o John Kenworthy (b.c. 28 Feb 1808 likely in Mossley, Lancashire, England)  and Jane Milburn (b.c.  1808). John and Jane were married 27 Aug 1827 at Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England.  Witnesses: Robert Hilton / John Milburn.  John was a Draper - a dealer in dry goods.
 
Isaac Milburn Kenworthy came to America on 29 Jan 1872 aboard the Calabria. Isaac was a Iron Moulder. He was my 2nd great-grandfather.
 
Isaac married Mary Whitehead (1830 - 16 Mar 1900), likely in England. She had 9 children that I know about, of which, 8 were born in England. She was my 2nd great-grandmother.
 
Surprisingly, John and Jane (Milburn) Kenworthy appear to have arrived in America before Isaac Milburn Kenworthy. They came aboard the Ship Defence on 23 May 1848. They were enumerated in the 1850 census at Fishkill, Dutchess Co, New York. I actually have a picture of William Milburn Kenworthy, Isaac's younger brother, who accompanied his father in 1848.  I continue to develop this information.
 
Someone, who lived around the block from my Kenworthy kinfolk, and who was a grocer in the same small New Jersey neighborhood, was Hugh Kenworthy (Feb 1848 - 22 Mar 1908), s/o John Kenworthy and Betty Buckley.  I suspect he was a cousin of Isaac Milburn Kenworthy. Hugh's headstone clearly records that he hailed from Saddleworth, England. He married Elizabeth Sharp in 1879 [US] and Sarah Ann Burke in 1892 [US].
 
 
Best Regards,
Ken Forbes            ~~ who grew up in that same small New Jersey neighborhood.

 
 
 

[genjunction]

Hi Ken

I have the Buckley family in the Saddleworth area for a few hundred years

One of the Buckley family ventured into Wakefield and eventually married into the Wilkinson family - my maiden name

Yesterday I went to Saddleworth and found a few headstone for the Buckley family - one was for a Gideon Buckley Kenworthy whose wife was Sarah Alice

regards

Carol
carol@wakefieldfhs.org.uk

[Manchester Rambler]

From Free BMD http://freebmd.rootsweb.com

Marriages Sep 1853
KENWORTHY   Isaac            
WHITEHEAD   Mary
Ashton 8d 833

Cheshire BMD http://www.cheshirebmd.org.uk/  provides the additional information that the marriage took place at St. Michael, Mottram in Longdendale.

Rambler

[Jeffb]

Very belated, but my interest in the Kenworthys of Mossley is fairly recent.
Like many, I have problems distinguishing the many John Kenworthys born early 1800's in and around Mossley.
As you mention, one John Kenworthy's married Jane Milburn at Manchester Cathedral on 27 Aug 1827 and they appear to have had four children:-
1) Isaac Milburn Kenworthy b 1832 who married Mary Whitehead at St Michael, Mottram-in-Longdendale on 25 Jul 1853,
2) Mary Ann Kenworthy b 1835
3) Hannah Kenworthy b 1837
4) William M Kenworthy b 1840 and married Harriet Blanchard in 1860 (probably in US).
A quick check suggests that there were at least 7 John Kenworthys baptised in Mossley between 1800 and 1810.
The John Kenworthy I seek married three times:-
1) to Betty Buckley 3 Aug 1829. They had three children - Kitty 1830, William B 1831 and Mary (who I believe to be my Great Grandmother) in 1836. Betty died in 1838.
2) to Jane Brooks on 3 Jan 1843 at St Michael, Ashton-U-Lyne - no known children.
3) to Mary Dewan/Cahill in Mar 1859 at St George's, Mossley - again no children.
I believe that John died on 13 Jun 1872.
I am working on the basis that this John Kenworthy was the son of Thomas Kenworthy (1774-   ) and Hannah Taylor, but I could have picked up the wrong John Kenworthy.
The John Kenworthy who married Jane Milburn appears to have been based more in the Stalybridge/Dukinfield area rather than Mossley, so I have assumed that these were not the same family.
I am happy to discuss further if you are still interested.