Walter Pennington (1832)

Born Apr 1832 in East Retford, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

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Biography

Walter Pennington was born in early 1832, and baptised 18 Apr 1832 in East Retford, Nottinghamshire^[1], the fourth child of six born to Frederick Pennington and Mary (Darley) Pennington.

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There is a record - inconclusive - which suggests that when aged 35 in 1867, he may have emigrated to New York, USA on the passenger liner "Helvetia".

Sources

1. ↑ England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975 / East Retford, Nottinghamshire / Apr 1832;
2. ↑ 1841 England Census [6 June 1841] / Market Place, East Retford, Nottinghamshire (HO107 / 85 / 11 / 34 p.23 SN1630) [All persons born Nottinghamshire, except *] Fredk. Pennington age 40-44, male, Nursery Man; Mary Pennington* age 35-39, female; Rebecca Pennington age 14; Jane Pennington age 12; James Pennington age 10; Walter Pennington age 8; Fredk. Pennington age 6; Frank Pennington age 4; Jane Tomlinson age 20;
3. ↑ 1851 England Census [30 March 1851] Hamlet of Little Gringley, Spittal Hill, Clarborough, Nottinghamshire (HO107 / 2121 / 245 p.16 SN68 [ED7C]) Frederick Pennington age 50, head, married, Nursery Gardener, b. Retford, Nottinghamshire; in household with Mary Pennington age 46, wife, married, b. Retford; Rebecca Pennington age 25, daughter, unmarried, b. Retford; Walter Pennington age 19, son, unmarried, b. Retford; and Thomas Cape age 18, servant, unmarried, b. Manchester, Lancashire;