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Henningham Family Aston/Birmingham

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Arceupins

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I am currently researching a Henningham family that lived in and around Birmingham from at least 1780 to 1900. Some names of interest are Ann Maria, Maria, Joseph, James and Alfred. Most of them were born in either Birmingham or nearby Aston.

If you have any information that may be of relevance to my research please reply! Any help, no matter how small is greatly appreciated!
 
Try this one:
1841 Census

Piece: HO107/1148/1 Place: Birmingham -Warwickshire Enumeration District: 10
Civil Parish: Aston (Deritend) Ecclesiastical Parish: -
Folio: 23 Page: 1
Address: Birchall St Deritend

Surname First name(s) Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks HENNINGHAM Jas M 45 Cast Iron Dresser Warwickshire
HENNINGHAM Catharine F 45 Warwickshire
HENNINGHAM Mary Ann F 15 Warwickshire
HENNINGHAM Henry M 14 Warwickshire
HENNINGHAM Phoebe F 10 Warwickshire
HENNINGHAM George M 9 Warwickshire
HENNINGHAM Jas M 8 Warwickshire

Pom :angel:
 
Arceupins said:
I think Joseph married Maria, and later had Ann-Maria. :)
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Do you have ANY idea for dates as regards this, can we narrow it down from 1780/1900, bit much to search through 120yrs, a date for any of the names you mentioned might help.

bren
 
Joseph Henningham married Catherine Brewer on 17th February, 1818 in St Martins, Birmingham. Together they had 5 children Phoebe, Mary Ann, George, Henry and James, each being born between 1826 and 1833. James went on to marry a woman named Ann Maria Davis, with whom he had one known child Alfred James Henningham, who was born some time in 1858. Some time between then and 1879 he married a woman named Ada Baker. Together they had five children, later moving to Sydney Australia.

That's the basics of all I know about the Henningham line. :(
 
So that is them on the 1841 Census!
It's just that 'Jas' should read 'Jos' as the head
(It's just a mis-transcription -The kind that is very common when transcribing old writing).

And this looks like another transcription error on the surname :
(again often done - I have Beeley's transcribed as Bailey in 1881 census in my tree).
1891 Census

themPiece: RG12/2382 Place: Birmingham -Warwickshire Enumeration District: 15
Civil Parish: Birmingham Ecclesiastical Parish: St Martin
Folio: 118 Page: 34 Schedule: 233
Address: 20 Rea St

Surname First name(s) Rel Status Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks
HEMMINGHAM James Head M M 53 Saw Grinder(Em'ee) Warwickshire - Birmingham
HEMMINGHAM Annie M Wife M F 53 Shop Keeper(Grocers)(Notem) Warwickshire - Birmingham
HEMMINGHAM Ellen Dau S F 23 Warwickshire - Birmingham
Pom :angel:
 
Wow! Thanks Pomgolian! I've now begun looking for Hemmingham and I've got a lot of good leads; looks as though the transcribing was done in a hurry...

Thanks a heap! :D
 
Arceupins Welcome,:)

They move a pace on the the best Forum of its kind anywhere if its answers you want and its cheap:rules:
 
[SIZE=+1]It also looks like James' brother Henry took his family to the U.S.A and had more children there.[/SIZE]

1880 U.S.A Census
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NameRelationMaritalStatusGenderRaceAgeBirthplaceOccupationFather'sBirthplaceMother's Birthplace
Henry HENNINGHAM Self M Male W 53 ENG. Brass Worker ENG. ENG.
Helen HENNINGHAM Wife M Female W 43 ENG. Keeps House ENG. ENG.
Harry HENNINGHAM Son S Male W 21 ENG. Miller ENG. ENG.
Louisa HENNINGHAM Dau S Female W 20 ENG. Seamstress ENG. ENG.
Arthur HENNINGHAM Son S Male W 18 ENG. Laborer ENG. ENG.
Mary J. HENNINGHAM Dau S Female W 14 N.Y. At Home ENG. ENG.
George HENNINGHAM Son S Male W 12 N.Y. At Home ENG. ENG.
Rosie HENNINGHAM Dau S Female W 10 N.Y. At Home ENG. ENG.
Grace HENNINGHAM Dau S Female W 5 N.Y. At Home ENG. ENG.

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Census Place Buffalo, Erie, New York

Here's James in 1881 also with more children.
[SIZE=+1]Household:[/SIZE]

Name RelationMarital StatusGenderAgeBirthplaceOccupationDisability
James HEMINGHAM Head M Male 45 B ham, Warwick, England Saw Maker
Ann M. HEMINGHAM Wife M Female 44 B ham, Warwick, England
William HEMINGHAM Son U Male 20 B ham, Warwick, England Tin Plate Worker
Lilly HEMINGHAM Daur Female 19 B ham, Warwick, England Bedstead Trade (Wrapper) (Brass)
Nelly HEMINGHAM Daur Female 13 B ham, Warwick, England Scholar (This would be Ellen from the 1891 cen's as they are one and the same name! Just a change in spelling. Like eliza and lizzie).
[SIZE=+1]Source Information:[/SIZE]
Dwelling 38 Erasmus Rd
Census PlaceAston, Warwick, England
Family History Library Film 1341721
Public Records Office Reference RG11 Piece / Folio 3020 / 94 Page Number
 
I am connected to the Alfred James Henningham family through my stepmother and have a little information that might help you. For a start, Ada Baker was Alfred's second wife and he married her in Sydney in 1900. I was told that his first wife came to Australia with him but returned to England. Soon after he died in 1943, an advertisement appeared in a Sydney paper, placed by his relatives in England. The family replied and for years kept in contact with his nieces - Cherry, Mollie and Nellie. My husband visited Cherry (Smith, I think) when he was in Birmingham about 35-40 years ago.

Ada died in 1955 and the deaths index shows her parents were Frederick and Annie but you would need the certificate to find out her age and where she was born.
 
Alfred James Henningham married in aston 1877
you would need to obtain marriage certificate to find wifes name
ref. Aston June 1877 6d 496.
 
I have found about 20 Henninghams who were 'Unassisted Immigrants arriving in NSW' on Ancestry.com.au. It includes one Alfred, two Mr. A. Henninghams and several plain Mr. Henninghams and they all seem to have wives with them. More information - ship, year and in some cases year of birth - is available and I should be able to check it at the library. I have found no sign of Alfred and wife on the 1881 census - maybe they came before that. My mum believed other family came with them but also returned to England.
 
Just checked this thread after a long time of inactivity and was surprised to see some more replies. I'll provide as much information as possible when I get my genealogy program up and running on my new computer.
 
Hi All,

my grandmother was Elsie Powell, née Henningham, born in November 1888 in Aston.
 
Shipping records show that Alfred Henningham and Elizabeth Henningham sailed on the 'Belgravia' from London arriving Sydney 3-5-1884, so there is little doubt that Elizabeth Rimmer was Alfred's first wife. Elizabeth was born about 1852 which makes her about 6 or 7 years older than Alfred. No family came with them and no children of Alfred and Elizabeth show in the NSW birth indexes. Looking forward to hearing what Arceupins has to tell us, and do we know where Flora's Elsie fits in this family?
 
Elsie is the daughter of Ernest age 29 and Elizabeth Henningham age 33, transcribed as Hemminghaus on the 1891 census, Ernest was a Jeweller and Works Caretaker living at 239 Great King street.
 
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Arceupins said:
I am currently researching a Henningham family that lived in and around Birmingham from at least 1780 to 1900. Some names of interest are Ann Maria, Maria, Joseph, James and Alfred. Most of them were born in either Birmingham or nearby Aston.

If you have any information that may be of relevance to my research please reply! Any help, no matter how small is greatly appreciated!
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Hi, I am new to this site, but I am researching my family tree. The name is Hevingham, but we have come across several spellings of it. It is making life very difficult. I was born in Aston, as was my father, and his father before him. Grandad was John William, and he had several brothers and a sister, Henrietta, she was how I traced Angie, dad was George Ronald, and there was my sister Jean and myself, Ann. Don't know if there is any connection, but if I can be of any help, please get in touch.

Best wishes Ann Fitter (nee Hevingham)
 
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