Who is Penelope Alexander d/o William and Penelope Alexander

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In the 1871 England and Wales Census, Penelope Alexander born in Bengal, India, is listed as a cousin of Thomas Slaney Ruxton Eyton, but who are her parents?

See the following birth record:

Name: Penelope Alexander
Gender: Female
Christening Date: 20 Sep 1851
Christening Place: Agra, Bengal, India
Birth Date: 20 Sep 1851
Birthplace: DORUNDAH BENGAL INDIA
Death Date: 
Name Note: 
Race: 
Father's Name: William Alexander
Father's Birthplace: 
Father's Age: 
Mother's Name: Penelope
Mother's Birthplace: 
Mother's Age: 
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C75005-7
System Origin: India-EASy
GS Film number: 498989
Reference ID: 

Citing this Record:
"India Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGQ3-DH8 : 8 December 2014), Penelope Alexander, 20 Sep 1851; citing DORUNDAH BENGAL INDIA, reference ; FHL microfilm 498,989.

William Ruxton Eneas Alexander's wife is Charlotte Blair in 1850.  I'm not sure if Charlotte's middle name is Penelope or not.

 

 

 

in Genealogy Help by David Hughey G2G Astronaut (1.7m points)

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William Alexander married Penelope Hooper (St. James Westminster, q December 1850). Penelope Hooper was baptised 8 June 1823, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire the daughter of William Hooper & Sarah. (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKJ5-H6T).
by Living Woodhouse G2G6 Pilot (280k points)
selected by David Hughey
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Penelope, mother & daughter can be found in Tunbridge, Kent staying with aunt Isabella Sarah in 1861 Census:

Name:Penelope Alexander

Age:36

Estimated birth year:1825

Relation:Sister-in-lawGender:Female

Where born:Ross, Herefordshire, England

Civil Parish:Brenchley

County/Island:Kent

Country:England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

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Registration district:TunbridgeSub-registration district:BrenchleyED, institution, or vessel:1Neighbors:View others on pageHousehold schedule number:75Piece:496Folio:13Page Number:15Household Members:

Name Age
John H H Ruxton 42
Isabel S Ruxton 45
William H H Ruxton 17
Isabel S D Ruxton 16
Adela W S Ruxton 14
George F P Ruxton 12
Penelope Alexander 36
Penelope Alexander 9
George Waghorn 26
Jane Gibbs 24
Rebecca Hurston 38
Philetelphine Serace 20
Elizabeth Piper 18
Charles T Hursey 28
Harriot Costerton 80
Alice F Packham 31
Frances A E Packham 8
 
by Living Woodhouse G2G6 Pilot (280k points)
Isabella Sarah Hooper (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N15B-K4H) first married John William Fowler in 1840, before marrying John Henry Hay Ruxton in 1843. John H h Ruxton, was apparently the former chief constable of Kent.
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William Alexander's death is recorded in Dorundah, Bengal on 2 October 1851. (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGLL-26P).

His first marriage was to Anne Kennedy in India in 1823. There son William Ruxton Eucas Alexander was born in christened ion 1 March 1826 in the Bengal, India ( https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGQ7-JLP) (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGN9-H47).
by Living Woodhouse G2G6 Pilot (280k points)

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