Henry was born about in 1871.[1]
He was the son of Joel Davenport and Emma Machin.
1871 census - he was visiting the house of his uncle Allen Devenport, a Provision Dealer in Hulme St Mark, Lancashire accompanied by his wife and youngest son and his occupation was recorded as Butler[2]
Name | Relationship | Status | Sex | Age | Birth | Occupation | Birth place |
Allen Devenport | Head | Married | Male | 44 | 1827 | Provision Dealer | Cheshire |
Ellen Devenport | Wife | Married | Female | 35 | 1836 | - | Cheshire |
Allen Devenport | son | - | Male | 15 | 1856 | Warehouse Boy | Cheshire |
Herodia Devenport | daughter | - | Female | 13 | 1858 | Scholar | Cheshire |
Walter Devenport | son | - | Male | 11 | 1860 | Office Boy | Cheshire |
Elenor Devenport | daughter | - | Female | 7 | 1864 | Scholar | Cheshire |
Joel Devenport | Visitor | Married | Male | 44 | 1825 | Butler | Cheshire |
Emma Devenport | Visitor | Married | Female | 42 | 1829 | - | Cheshire |
Henry Devenport | son | - | Male | 0 | 1871 | - | Cheshire |
1881 Census[3]
Name | Relationship | Status | Sex | Age | Birth | Occupation | Birth place |
Joel Davenport | Head | Married | Male | 56 | 1825 | Coachman domestic servant | Denham, Cheshire |
Emma Davenport | Wife | Married | Female | 58 | 1823 | - | Lawton, Cheshire |
Joel Davenport | Son | Single | Male | 14 | 1867 | Telegraphist civil service | Manchester, Lancashire |
Louisa Emma Davenport | Daughter | Single | Female | 13 | 1868 | Scholar | Manchester, Lancashire |
Henry Davenport | Son | Single | Male | 10 | 1871 | Scholar | Manchester, Lancashire |
He married Sarah Lunn in 1890 in Bury Lancashire[4]
Their children were
1891 Census - Agur Street, Tottington Higher End Haslingden, Lancashire
Name | Relationship | Status | Sex | Age | Birth | Occupation | Birth place |
Henry Devenport | Head | Married | Male | 20 | 1871 | Coachman domestic servant | Manchester, Lancashire, England |
Sarah A Devenport | Wife | Married | Female | 22 | 1869 | - | Brownhills, Staffordshire |
Louisa E Devenport | Daughter | - | Female | 0 | 1891 | - | Edenfield, Lancashire |
1901 census - 6 Bury Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, Lancashire
Name | Relationship | Status | Sex | Age | Birth | Occupation | Birth place |
Henry Davenport | Head | Married | Male | 30 | 1871 | General labourer | Manchester, Lancashire |
Sarah A Davenport | Wife | Married | Female | 32 | 1869 | - | Staffordshire, England |
Louisa E Davenport | Daughter | Single | Female | 11 | 1890 | - | Edenfield, Lancashire |
Henry Davenport | Son | Single | Male | 9 | 1892 | - | Ramsbottom, Lancashire |
Joel Davenport | Son | Single | Male | 5 | 1896 | - | Accrington, Lancashire |
Ellen Davenport | Daughter | Single | Female | 3 | 1898 | - | Ramsbottom, Lancashire |
Thomas Turner | Boarder | Single | Male | 21 | 1880 | Cotton twister | Summerseat, Lancashire |
1921 Census - 57 Bolton Street, Ramsbottom, Lancashire
Name | Relationship | Sex | Birth | Age | Birthplace | Occupation | Employer |
Henry Davenport | Head | Male | 1871 | 50 | Hulme, Lancashire | Plater Layer | L & Y Rly Co |
Sarah Ann Davenport | Wife | Female | 1869 | 52 | Staffordshire, England | Home Duties | - |
Joel Davenport | Son | Male | 1896 | 25 | Accrington, Lancashire | Paper Worker | Ramsbottom Paper Mills |
Ellen Davenport | Daughter | Female | 1898 | 22 | Ramsbottom, Lancashire | Cotton Weaver | Rose Mill Manufacturers Co |
Fred Davenport | Son | Male | 1902 | 19 | Ramsbottom, Lancashire | Cotton Piecer | 7 Harstead Ld Cotton Waste Mfrs Railway Mills |
Arthur Davenport | Son | Male | 1905 | 16 | Ramsbottom, Lancashire | Croft Boy | J Hepburn & Co Ld Bleding |
John Davenport | Son | Male | 1907 | 13 | Ramsbottom, Lancashire | Officers Cotton | Cuba Cotton Mill Co |
1939 Register - 7 Victoria Street, Ramsbottom, Lancashire
Henry Davenport | 01 Mar 1871 | Male | Retired Railwayman | Married |
Sarah A Davenport | 20 Mar 1869 | Female | Retired Cotton Weaver | Married |
Joel Davenport | 17 Apr 1896 | Male | Gas Worker | Married |
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