Kennedy and Abel family of Oldham

[Cymraes38]

Hi folks,
Can anyone help a newbie? I have a family connection with Oldham. My maternal grandmother, Mary Kennedy, was born in Oldham in 1878 (approx.).
She had six sisters Agnes,Annie, Nellie,Jeannie,Maggie,and Libby and one brother, John
Does anyone else out there know this family, can you tell me more?
I would love to hear from you.

[Geoffers]

Hi folks,
Can anyone help a newbie? I have a family connection with Oldham. My maternal grandmother, Mary Kennedy, was born in Oldham in 1878 (approx.).
She had six sisters Agnes,Annie, Nellie,Jeannie,Maggie,and Libby and one brother, John
Does anyone else out there know this family, can you tell me more?
I would love to hear from you.
No relation, but the following entry from the 1881 census transcript appears to match the detail you gave:

RG11/4078 f154 p18
3 Faldrey St, Oldham
John KENNEDY, hd, mar, 37, travelling draper (cml), bn Stapleton, Cumberland
Mary KENNEDY, wf, mar, 33, housekeeper, bn Stapleton, Cumberland
Elizabeth KENNEDY, dau, 4, bn Oldham
Mary KENNEDY, dau, 3, bn Oldham
Agnes KENNEDY, dau, 2, bn Oldham
Annie KENNEDY, dau, 9mth, bn Oldham
Kate Davies, servt, 14, dom.servt, bn Barnsley, Yorks

Geoffers
Charlbury, Oxfordshire

[Cymraes38]

No relation, but the following entry from the 1881 census transcript appears to match the detail you gave:

RG11/4078 f154 p18
3 Faldrey St, Oldham
John KENNEDY, hd, mar, 37, travelling draper (cml), bn Stapleton, Cumberland
Mary KENNEDY, wf, mar, 33, housekeeper, bn Stapleton, Cumberland
Elizabeth KENNEDY, dau, 4, bn Oldham
Mary KENNEDY, dau, 3, bn Oldham
Agnes KENNEDY, dau, 2, bn Oldham
Annie KENNEDY, dau, 9mth, bn Oldham
Kate Davies, servt, 14, dom.servt, bn Barnsley, Yorks

Geoffers
Charlbury, Oxfordshire
Thanks Geoffers for your speedy reply. That is the family, I'm sure, except that my mum always insisted her grandfather (John junior) was a ghillie from the lowlands of Scotland.

[Cymraes38]

Thanks for your help. Yes, this is the family. I was really hoping to find someone else descended from these people, or how to trace the family back even further. Any ideas anyone?

[uksearch]

This looks like him in 1871

RG 10 4100 folio 17
168 Union St,Prestwich in Oldham (Glodwick)
Christopher DAVIDSON..H..M..39(34)..Draper..Cumberland,Staplet on
Anne..W..M..21..Stapleton
John KENNEDY..Apprentice..U..27..Draper..Stapleton
Christopher HALL..Apprentice..U..26..Draper..Stapleton

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