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Death of a Grimsby Man in Altona, Denmark?!
« on: Friday 14 July 17 15:09 BST (UK) »
I had a perfectly ordinary death in my database. Until the @BNArchive showed me this (attached)

Lincolnshire Chronicle - Friday 22 December 1843, Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

So - can anyone tell me what happened in Altona?

EDIT; I don't have a known occupation for George, but his father Thomas was a Tailor. I don't know if George had any blue jeans. :-)

EDIT2; he was born 1817

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Re: Death of a Grimsby Man in Altona, Denmark?!
« Reply #1 on: Friday 14 July 17 15:21 BST (UK) »
Until 1864, Altona was under the administration of the Danish monarchy.
Today, it is westernmost urban borough (Bezirk) of the German city state of Hamburg, on the right bank of the Elbe river.

The First Schleswig War (1848–1851) may have had a bearing upon his death?

The railway from Altona to Kiel, the Hamburg-Altona–Kiel railway (Danish: Christian VIII Østersø Jernbane), was opened in 1844. Did he help to build that, perhaps?
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Re: Death of a Grimsby Man in Altona, Denmark?!
« Reply #2 on: Friday 14 July 17 15:28 BST (UK) »
The railway seems plausible. I'll keep digging.

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Re: Death of a Grimsby Man in Altona, Denmark?!
« Reply #3 on: Friday 14 July 17 19:12 BST (UK) »
Hi

I took a look if I could find anything in Denmark but nothing. I did find these though.
Might not be much but anyway:

There is a Sophia Kennington born Liverpool 5 Apr 1875 leaving Hamburg on the Bury on 9 Oct 1923 and arriving at Grimsby.
Then the same Sophia is arriving by plane to New York on 3 May 1960.
They are perhaps related.

Both records are on Ancestry.


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Re: Death of a Grimsby Man in Altona, Denmark?!
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 16 July 17 06:40 BST (UK) »
aged 26 - so born 1817 - father Thomas
if this is him his middle name was Drant

Name     George Drant Kennington   
 Gender     Male   
 Christening Date     31 May 1817   
 Christening Date (Original)     31 MAY 1817   
 Christening Place     GRIMSBY,LINCOLN,ENGLAND   
 Father's Name    Thomas Kennington     
 Mother's Name    Ann   
do you know the occupation of George ??
my gg grandfather was a merchant seaman from Helogoland - an Island off Denmark that was BRITISH owned - and those sailors docked in Liverpool / Hamburg / Helogoland (Heligoland) frequently - he docked in Garston,Liverpool and married here - just wondered if it was possible he was a sailor and had an accident ?
looks like Thomas Kennington married Ann Thomlinson 12th January 1813 in Caenby - about 20 miles from Grimsby

oakes,liverpool..neston..backford..poulton cum spittal(bebington)middlewich,cheshire......   sacht,helgoland  .......merrick,herefordshire adams,shropshire...tipping..ellis..  jones,garston,liverpool..hartley.dunham massey..barker. salford

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Re: Death of a Grimsby Man in Altona, Denmark?!
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 16 July 17 10:29 BST (UK) »
I thought sailor too seeing as Grimsby was a port.

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Re: Death of a Grimsby Man in Altona, Denmark?!
« Reply #6 on: Monday 17 July 17 12:01 BST (UK) »
It appears that "some" Danish newspaper's are online and searchable, but via
"gated" mechanisms.

http://en.statsbiblioteket.dk/national-library-division/newspaper-digitisation/newspaper-digitization

Anyone have access (and speak Danish!) ?

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Re: Death of a Grimsby Man in Altona, Denmark?!
« Reply #7 on: Monday 17 July 17 12:03 BST (UK) »
aged 26 - so born 1817 - father Thomas
if this is him his middle name was Drant

Name     George Drant Kennington   
 Gender     Male   
 Christening Date     31 May 1817   
 Christening Date (Original)     31 MAY 1817   
 Christening Place     GRIMSBY,LINCOLN,ENGLAND   
 Father's Name    Thomas Kennington     
 Mother's Name    Ann   
do you know the occupation of George ??
my gg grandfather was a merchant seaman from Helogoland - an Island off Denmark that was BRITISH owned - and those sailors docked in Liverpool / Hamburg / Helogoland (Heligoland) frequently - he docked in Garston,Liverpool and married here - just wondered if it was possible he was a sailor and had an accident ?
looks like Thomas Kennington married Ann Thomlinson 12th January 1813 in Caenby - about 20 miles from Grimsby

Given George's middle name, I rather prefer this marriage to Ann Drant (info from FreeReg)

County    LIN
Place    Grimsby
Church name    St James
Register type    
Register entry number    253
Marriage date    22 Jul 1809
Groom forename    Thomas
Groom surname    KENNINGTON
Groom condition    Widower
Bride forename    Ann
Bride surname    DRANT
Bride condition    Spinster
Witness1 forename    H
Witness1 surname    TURLEY
Witness2 forename    Mary
Witness2 surname    BRIGHT

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Re: Death of a Grimsby Man in Altona, Denmark?!
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 18 July 17 06:42 BST (UK) »
Good find Bugbear - absolutely agree with your marriage  :)
oakes,liverpool..neston..backford..poulton cum spittal(bebington)middlewich,cheshire......   sacht,helgoland  .......merrick,herefordshire adams,shropshire...tipping..ellis..  jones,garston,liverpool..hartley.dunham massey..barker. salford