Wednesday, 21 December 2016

George Pennance Bolton 1892

This is a first stab at the family of George Pennance born in Pendleton in 1892. Some elements not certain. If Pennance's would kindly stop naming their boys George, that would be enormously helpful. Thank you.

Interesting to see how this one pans out. Possibly Ann Pennance was a Bradshaw...possibly!

Mary Alice Pennance (1912-1941)

Mary Alice Pennance and her daughter were killed when a bomb exploded on the night of 12th October 1941 destroying their home at No.29 Punch street. Her husband Moses was badly injured. Mrs Ellen Hall and her daughter Edna, who lived next door at No. 31 Punch Street, were also killed.









There are six Pennance's in the graveyard at All Saints church, Bolton


See Records from parish clerk project for burial records.

"Little Bolton was a township of the civil and ecclesiastical parish of Bolton le Moors in the Salford hundred of Lancashire, England. Besides the main part of Little Bolton, it had three detached parts which were separated by areas of Lower Sharples and Higher Sharples.Despite its name, Little Bolton had a larger acreage than its southern neighbour Great Bolton, from which it was separated by the River Croal."

"A sizeable Chartist riot in 1839, which led to the burning of Little Bolton Town Hall, aggravated the situation. Thus Bolton requested the government to include them in the Manchester Police Bill, and Lieutenant-Colonel Angelo was made Commissioner. he quickly resigned his post, for he felt the smallness of the force to be insulting and "a complete robbery on the inhabitants of Bolton."


Monday, 19 December 2016

Hannah Pennance 1860-1908


Hannah is a lovely name but this one is confusing me. One day I'll get it sorted. It looks like she might have lived a troubled life but I hope there were some moments of joy for her somewhere along the way.

There is this Hannah from1840 in Stone, Staffordshire.  Possibly the same one we find in the 1851 Census age10, daughter of John Pennance and Sarah Bott? 

England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915

Name:Hannah Pennance
Registration Year:1840
Registration Quarter:Apr-May-Jun
Registration district:Stone
Parishes for this Registration District:Stone
Inferred County:Staffordshire
Volume:17
Page:196
Source Information:
FreeBMD. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Original Data: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Office for National Statistics. You must not copy on, transfer or reproduce records without the prior permission of ONS. Database Copyright © 1998-2003 Graham Hart, Ben Laurie, Camilla von Massenbach and David Mayall.


1851 England Census

Name:Hannah Pennance
Age:10
Estimated Birth Year:1841
Relation:Daughter
Father's Name:John Pennance
Mother's Name:Sarah Pennance
Gender:Female
Where born:Eccleshall, Staffordshire, England
Civil parish:Eccleshall
Phillimore Ecclesiastical Parish Maps:10466
Town:Eccleshall
County/Island:Staffordshire
Country:England
Registration district:Stone
Sub-registration district:Stone
ED, institution, or vessel:03b
Household schedule number:139
Piece:2000
Folio:366
Page number:36
Household Members:
NameAge
Frances Pennance7 Mo
John Pennance40
Sarah Pennance39
Arthur Pennance31
Levi Pennance12
Hannah Pennance10
Thomas Pennance8
George Pennance5
Margrate Pennance2


but this cannot be the one that we find in the Stoke workhouse in 1881 Census as it records her age as 20yrs on entry which would place her birth around 1860 or thereabouts. This particular Hannah would be about 40yrs old by 1881 so it can't be her.

Well then, how about this one?

England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915

Name:Lydia Hannah Pennance
Registration Year:1860
Registration Quarter:Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration district:Stone
Parishes for this Registration District:Stone
Inferred County:Staffordshire
Volume:6b
Page:32

But note the name here is Lydia Hannah rather than just Hannah. But it IS the right date range for our workhouse Hannah.

Also, we have the following from the 1871 Census which places her in a household with her uncle Frederick Pennance age 14 and Hannah at age 10 - again the right age to be the workhouse Hannah!  but NO other adults are listed! So which Frederick is this?? Hannah must be the child of one of Frederick's brothers who is a fair bit older that him...say by about ten years or so. Also note again..it does not say Lydia Hannah.

Hannah Pennance

England and Wales Census, 1871
NameHannah Pennance
Event TypeCensus
Event Date1871
Event PlaceEccleshall, Eccleshall, Staffordshire, England
Enumeration District1
GenderFemale
Age10
OccupationScholar
Relationship to Head of HouseholdNiece
Birth Year (Estimated)1861
BirthplaceEccleshall, Staffordshire
Entry Number14
Affiliate Image IdentifierGBC/1871/2825/0010
Household
Role
Gender
Age
Birthplace
Frederick PennanceSonM14Eccleshall, Staffordshire
Hannah PennanceNieceF10Eccleshall, Staffordshire
Ten years later here she is in the Stoke workhouse in Penkhull...
 3FPauperScholarHanley, Stafford
James PARRY 1MPauperHanley, Stafford
Robert Charles PARRY 4MPauperScholarMeasbro Dyke, York
Sarah Jane PARRYM26FPauperDomestic ServantPontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales
Thomas PARRYW47MPauperCoal MinerWestbromwich, Stafford
John PASSM42MPauperOrnament Maker (Coach)Manchester, Lancashire
Hannah PENNANCEU20FPauperDomestic ServantEcceshall, Stafford
George PEPPERU41MPauperGeneral LabourerKeele, Stafford
Christopher PERRYW76MPauperCoal MinerBrymbe, Denbigh, Wales
Emma PETTS11FPauperScholarHanley, Stafford
Hannah PETTS13FPauperScholarHanley, Stafford
Henry PETTSW40MPauperCoal MinerUbberly, Stafford
Sarah PETTS 7FPauperScholarHanley, Stafford
Rose PILDSBY 5FPauperScholarStoke, Stafford
Elizabeth PITMANU19FPauperDomestic ServantTunstall, Stafford

This is possibly the record or our Hannah's demise in 1908. The date certainly fits.


Hannah Pennance

England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007
NameHannah Pennance
Event TypeDeath
Registration QuarterJul-Aug-Sep
Registration Year1908
Registration DistrictWolstanton
CountyStaffordshire
Event PlaceWolstanton, Staffordshire, England
Age (available after 1866)47
Birth Year (Estimated)1861
Volume6B
Page52
Line Number94
Citing this Record
"England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2JS2-5C2 : 31 December 2014), Hannah Pennance, 1908; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Wolstanton, Staffordshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, 


Burial: Hannah Pennance
Bolton
Metropolitan Borough of Bolton
Greater Manchester, England
Created by: Memorium
Record added: Jun 03, 2016
Find A Grave Memorial# 163812377

Regulations relating to the admission and searching of inmates
Every person on admission to the Institution shall be searched by the Officer appointed for the purpose providing that a male shall only be searched by a male Officer and a female only by an Officer of that sex.
Any articles prohibited by the Regulation of the Guardians shall be taken from the inmate, and disposed of in accordance with those Regulations.
Any articles of value found upon the inmate shall at once be deposited with the Master for safe custody. Every inmate admitted shall be informed that any money or value security in his possession will, if the Guardians so direct, be taken for his maintenance in the Institution.
A careful record of the clothes and articles taken from the inmate shall be made and entered in the 'Inmates Property Register', and the entry in respect of each inmate shall, when completed, be read over to him.
The following articles are prohibited from being brought into the Institution and if found in the possession of an inmate will be immediately confiscated:
Cards or Dice, Letters, Cards, articles or written or printed matter of an obscene or improper character. Matches or other combustible articles. Spirituous or fermented liquors or any drug or poisonous matter.
Regulations regarding bathing of inmates
Every inmate shall be bathed on admission to the Institution unless the Medical Officer gives direction to the contrary.
Except in cases which the Medical Officer considers that it is undesirable, every inmate shall be bathed at least as frequently as once a week.

No inmate shall be bathed except under the direct supervision of an Officer of the same sex, excepting that children of either sex, under the care of female Officers, may be bathed under the supervision of such Officers.
A bath for each inmate shall be prepared as follows: The cold water shall be turned on first and the water shall be thoroughly mixed. The temperature shall then be taken and no inmate shall be bathed in water of less than 88 Fahrenheit and no more than 98. No additional water, hot or cold, must be added while the inmate is in the bath. In case of a thermometer being inefficient from injury etc., all bathing operations shall be suspended until another is obtained.
The inmate is to be well cleansed with soap. The head of the inmate shall not be held under water. A clean towel must be provided for each inmate and the bath towels must always be washed before being used again. Fresh water must be used for each inmate.
The keys of the hot water taps where provided, shall on no account be let out of the possession of the Officers. They shall not be used by the inmates and shall not be allowed to remain on the taps.
Regulations regarding hours and places of meals and work, and the hours of rising and going to bed

MealsMeals shall be taken in the Dining Hall by all the inmates except the sick, the children and infants, persons of unsound mind, persons too infirm, inmates of the Receiving Wards or Vagrant Wards, and save and excepting any other class of inmates in respect of whom the Guardians by resolution otherwise direct.
 Hours of Rising Etc.
                  Rise:   Breakfast:   Work:   Dinner:   Work:   Supper:   Bedtime:
April -
Sept          5:45       6:30-7       7-12       12-1       1-6       6-6:30         8

Oct -
March       6:45       7:30-8       8-12        12-1       1-6      6-6:30         8

The male inmates shall be employed in such places and at such work as the Master or the Labour Master may direct, and the female inmates in accordance with the directions of the Matron or Labour Mistress.
Only the necessary work shall be performed by inmates on Sunday, Good Friday and Christmas Day. An inmate who is pregnant or recently confined or suckling an infant shall only be employed at such work and for such hours as the Medical Officer may approve.
An inmate who shall refuse or neglect to work after being required to do so, shall be deemed disorderly and may be punished accordingly.