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Davenport Family Birmingham .

Davenport

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After years of trying to research my family and not having much luck I made contact with June Bird who is a distant cousin. She has spent many hours researching our family and has resulted in the publication of this book.
It’s such an achievement. It details the history of Warwickshire Davenports, and traces relationships back to Orm de Davenport c.1086 in Congleton. Seven family members have added a chapter recording their own families.
Especially interesting for me was the proof of my relationship with the Davenports Brewers.
John Davenport the first malster was my fifth Great Grandfather,his grandsons included John who carried on in the business and also my three times great grandfather . The interesting fact is that both of them were convicted criminals. John in his youth was sentenced as a thief and convicted.He served on a prison ship but had his sentence rescinded after a plea from his employer at the time and his family.
His Brother ( my 3 x grt Grandfather) was a die a die stamper and put his skill to forging coins, he was convicted and died on the prison ship Dolphin in Chatham.
This will be a great book for anyone researching this Surname.

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This thread is about Birmingham.

Davenports Brewery

As a school girl I lived opposite Bath Row, in Cleve Terrace and remember beer at home being delivered by horse and cart lead by one of the lovely Shire horses,The lady driving this cart down Piggott Street was a dark haired burly lady, can you possibly refresh my memory regarding her name. I...
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I see from the illustrated cover that there was Davenports at Ashby de la Zouch (Leicestershire) so they were scattered around the trade it seems.
There is also this longer thread:

Davenports

John Davenport and his sons had a small malting business at the beginning of the 19th and by 1846 it was growing quite rapidly till in 1897 it became a limited company It was not until 1901 when Baron John Davenport took active control over the management that rapid changes were made and he was...
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Radiorails said:
This thread is about Birmingham.

Davenports Brewery

As a school girl I lived opposite Bath Row, in Cleve Terrace and remember beer at home being delivered by horse and cart lead by one of the lovely Shire horses,The lady driving this cart down Piggott Street was a dark haired burly lady, can you possibly refresh my memory regarding her name. I...
birminghamhistory.co.uk birminghamhistory.co.uk
I see from the illustrated cover that there was Davenports at Ashby de la Zouch (Leicestershire) so they were scattered around the trade it seems.
There is also this longer thread:

Davenports

John Davenport and his sons had a small malting business at the beginning of the 19th and by 1846 it was growing quite rapidly till in 1897 it became a limited company It was not until 1901 when Baron John Davenport took active control over the management that rapid changes were made and he was...
birminghamhistory.co.uk birminghamhistory.co.uk
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Although very distantly related the Davenport wines and spirits company Ashby de la Zouch has no business connections at all with Davenports brewery Birmingham.
 
Davenport said:
After years of trying to research my family and not having much luck I made contact with June Bird who is a distant cousin. She has spent many hours researching our family and has resulted in the publication of this book.
It’s such an achievement. It details the history of Warwickshire Davenports, and traces relationships back to Orm de Davenport c.1086 in Congleton. Seven family members have added a chapter recording their own families.
Especially interesting for me was the proof of my relationship with the Davenports Brewers.
John Davenport the first malster was my fifth Great Grandfather,his grandsons included John who carried on in the business and also my three times great grandfather . The interesting fact is that both of them were convicted criminals. John in his youth was sentenced as a thief and convicted.He served on a prison ship but had his sentence rescinded after a plea from his employer at the time and his family.
His Brother ( my 3 x grt Grandfather) was a die a die stamper and put his skill to forging coins, he was convicted and died on the prison ship Dolphin in Chatham.
This will be a great book for anyone researching this Surname.

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This could be very useful as I am building my family tree (in www.ancestry.co.uk) and am also a descendant - through Robert Davenport 1765-1833 (some distant cousin of yours!). My grandfather emigrated from England and after a stint in Canada, immigrated to New Zealand where I'm from.

Do you know how I could get hold of this book (or PDF) please?
 
WazzaD said:
This could be very useful as I am building my family tree (in www.ancestry.co.uk) and am also a descendant - through Robert Davenport 1765-1833 (some distant cousin of yours!). My grandfather emigrated from England and after a stint in Canada, immigrated to New Zealand where I'm from.

Do you know how I could get hold of this book (or PDF) please?
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Could you please private message me. Robert is my 4thx Grt Grandfather.
 
Davenport said:
After years of trying to research my family and not having much luck I made contact with June Bird who is a distant cousin. She has spent many hours researching our family and has resulted in the publication of this book.
It’s such an achievement. It details the history of Warwickshire Davenports, and traces relationships back to Orm de Davenport c.1086 in Congleton. Seven family members have added a chapter recording their own families.
Especially interesting for me was the proof of my relationship with the Davenports Brewers.
John Davenport the first malster was my fifth Great Grandfather,his grandsons included John who carried on in the business and also my three times great grandfather . The interesting fact is that both of them were convicted criminals. John in his youth was sentenced as a thief and convicted.He served on a prison ship but had his sentence rescinded after a plea from his employer at the time and his family.
His Brother ( my 3 x grt Grandfather) was a die a die stamper and put his skill to forging coins, he was convicted and died on the prison ship Dolphin in Chatham.
This will be a great book for anyone researching this Surname.

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Wow, this is interesting, I have a Jane Bird and a Davenport.
 
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