Help-Enion

[linda.casson]

I am currently researching the Enion tree-Wigan.Robert Enion married Nancy Brown in Wigan in 1857. I have census information for where they lived up until 1871 but then in 1878 in the Stott pit disaster Robert and two sons died. I cannot find out what happened to his wife and remaining children-she was Nancy Brown before they married and they had at least three other children-Maria, Samuel and possibly Walter. Can anyone help?

[Jan1954]

Hi Linda,

Although it does not help with the 1881 census, there is a marriage registered in the Wigan district for a Nancy ENION who married either Peter BIRD or William BLACKBURN. December quarter 1890, volume 8c, page 115.

Check out the 1891 census to see which one she married.

[Coromandel]

Check out the 1891 census to see which one she married.

24 Lord Street, Kearsley, Lancs
William Blackburn, head, m., 25, carter, b. Cheshire Hyde
Nancy do, wife, m, 52, b. Lancashire Ince
Sarah A. Ennion, step-daur, s, 18, cotton operative (winder), b. Lancashire Wigan
Robert do, step-son, s, 16, do do (drawer in) b. do Hindley
Walter do, step-son, s., 13, do do (drawer in) b. do Wiston

(RG 12/3097, folio 32, page 64)

[peanut]

Hi
here is her second marriage
Marriage: 12 Nov 1890 St Catharine, Wigan, Lancashire, England
William Blackburn - 34 Labourer Bachelor of Platt Lane
Nancy Enion - (X), 50 Widow of Platt Lane
Groom's Father: Isaac Blackburn, (deceased), Publican
Bride's Father: George Brown, (deceased), Banksman
Witness: Thomas Taylor; Mary Taylor
Married by Banns by: F. G. M. Norris Curate
Register: Marriages 1883 - 1891, Page 217, Entry 434

Peanut

[olliecat]

Since you don't appear to have the family in the 1881 census...

1881: RG11; Piece: 3816; Folio: 77; Page: 25]
78 Manchester Rd, Kearsley, Lancashire
EMION Nancy w, 44, Haigh Lancs
EMION Maria, dau, 18, weaver cotton operator, Haigh Lancs
EMION Samuel, son, 13, New Springs Lancs
EMION Sarah Ann, dau, 9, New Springs Lancs
EMION Robert 6, son, Hindley
EMION Walter 4, son, Weston Lancs
SULVEN, Michel O, lodger, 17, Cork Ireland

[olliecat]

Looks like Nancy may have died in 1908.

Burial: 18 Jan 1908 St Stephen, Farnworth with Kearsley, Lancashire, England
Nancy Blackburn
Age: 68
Abode: Farnworth
Source: Registers held at St Stephens
(See the Lancashire OPC)

Weirdly, I think Nancy is in the 1901 census under her previous married name of ENION. At address 1, Kent Street, Farnworth.

1901: Piece: 3599; Folio: 155; Page: 6

[terrysfamily]

Baptisms at St David, Haigh, Lancashire, England
Parents Robert Enion & Nancy
Source: Original register at Wigan Archives

David Enion
Baptisms: 29 Aug 1858
Abode: Pendlebury Bridge, Haigh
Occupation: Collier
Notes: Sep. 26
Baptised by: J. T. Browne, Incumbent
Register: Baptisms 1853 - 1866, Page 101, Entry 810

Maria Enion
Baptisms: 23 Apr 1863
Abode: Pendlebury Row, Haigh
Occupation: Collier
Baptised by: John Aldworth, Incumbent
Register: Baptisms 1853 - 1866, Page 222, Entry 1773

David Enion
Baptisms: 10 Jul 1864
Abode: Haigh
Occupation: Collier
Baptised by: J.Aldworth, Incumbent
Register: Baptisms 1853 - 1866, Page 253, Entry 2016

Sarah Ann Enion
Baptisms: 12 May 1872
Abode: Aspull
Occupation: Fireman
Baptised by: W. B. Bryan Vicar
Register: Baptisms 1866 - 1887, Page 131, Entry 1042

Mary Ellen Enion
Baptisms: 6 May 1873
Abode: Aspull
Occupation: Underlooker
Baptised by: W. B. Bryan Vicar
Register: Baptisms 1866 - 1887, Page 146, Entry 1166

Nancy Enion
Baptisms: 24 May 1874
Abode: Aspull
Occupation: Underlooker
Baptised by: W. B. Bryan Vicar
Register: Baptisms 1866 - 1887, Page 164, Entry 1305

Waller James Enion
baptism/christening date:10 Apr 1876, Wigan, Lancashire, England
Father: Robert Enion, Mother: Nancy Enion
indexing project (batch) number:C02644-7, source film number:1885684

And finally

Baptisms: 8 Sep 1878 St Stephen, Farnworth with Kearsley, Lancashire, England
Keziah Ennion - Child of Robert Ennion, (deceased) & Nancy
Abode: Gees Houses K M
Source: Registers held at Kearsley St Stephen

Added this one, even though the surname is Ennion, because of the 1881 census found by Olliecat - Census place Kearsley, Lancashire and also the fact that it says Father Robert deceased

Don't know how many of these are yours.

p.s. David Enion born 1858 died 1859 age 1 years

Deaths Sep 1859 ENION David Wigan 8c 30

[linda.casson]

24 Lord Street, Kearsley, Lancs
William Blackburn, head, m., 25, carter, b. Cheshire Hyde
Nancy do, wife, m, 52, b. Lancashire Ince
Sarah A. Ennion, step-daur, s, 18, cotton operative (winder), b. Lancashire Wigan
Robert do, step-son, s, 16, do do (drawer in) b. do Hindley
Walter do, step-son, s., 13, do do (drawer in) b. do Wiston

(RG 12/3097, folio 32, page 64)

Thanks for that info-I think they have william's age wrong as on the marriage entry he is 34.

[linda.casson]

Thanks for that-I expect I couldn't find it due to the @Emion@ rather than Enion. I tried Ennion but that didn't work. Here's another little problem-I have a child Kezia listed as being born, baptised and buried but the dates are all over the place-there seems to be three children all with the same name ranging from 1862 to 1879. Two were born in Haigh and the other was buried in 1879 in Kearsley. I assume they were all Nancy and Robert's but I could be wrong. One burial was in 1867, one in 1872 and as I said the other in 1879. Thanks for your help so far!

[Coromandel]

There seems to be three children all with the same name ranging from 1862 to 1879. Two were born in Haigh and the other was buried in 1879 in Kearsley. I assume they were all Nancy and Robert's but I could be wrong.

Yes, I think you're right that there are three different Kezias. Sadly, all of them died young. I don't have access to the burial records at the moment (are these on the Lancashire OPC site?) but from a baptism already mentioned above and the 1871 census (see below), it looks like the second and third Kezias were Robert and Nancy's daughters. It seems likely that the first Kezia was theirs too, but you'd need more evidence to prove this.

Kezia no. 1
The birth of a Kezia Enion was registered in the last quarter of 1861 in the Wigan district. She is presumably the 5 year old Kezia whose death was registered in the first quarter of 1867. You'd need to find a baptism or birth certificate, or death certificate, to find out if she was the daughter of Robert and Nancy.

Kezia no. 2
One-month-old daughter Kazia is with Robert, Nancy and the rest of the family on the 1871 census. Robert, Nancy and the older children are on RG 10/3884 f.144 p.37. Kazia is on the next page. Her age on the census is consistent with her being the Kezia Enion whose birth was registered in the first quarter of 1871 in the Wigan district. She may well be the 1 year old Kezia Enion whose death was registered in the Wigan district in the last quarter of 1872 (though you would expect her to had her second birthday by then).

Kezia no. 3
The birth of a Kezia Enion was registered in the Bolton district in the third quarter of 1878. This would fit with the baptism found by Terry (post#7) of Keziah daughter of Robert (deceased) and Nancy at Farnworth with Kearsley in 1878. She is presumably the one whose burial you have found in 1879 (there is a matching death registration, for Keziah Ennion, aged 0, in the Bolton district in the second quarter of 1879).