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Ayrshire / Re: John Kean, Kilmarnock, Census
« on: Monday 18 April 05 03:03 BST (UK)  »
That's fantastic!  You must be a second cousin then!

I have just sent you a PM with some more details, but here in brief is the story of Andew Stitt Kean:

Born August 29th 1895 at 7.30 am. at 6 Fowlds St. Kilmarnock, County Ayr to John Kean and Maggie Stitt Kean.

Andrew worked on the railways, and was killed in a train accident on 10th Jan 1943 aged 47 years, at Sheffield Royal Infirmary. 
 
Andrew married Alice Holland on 3rd April 1920.  She was 28 years (and a widow). He was a railway fireman at that time, and they lived at 28 Bloom St, Stockport.

Alice had one child, Hilma, from a previous marriage, and then Andrew and Alice had mum, Margaret Kean.  Alice died when mum was four.  Mum went on to marry Ernest Foster, and they had three children, me (Gaynor), my twin brother, Nicholas, and a younger sister, Valerie.  Nick still lives in the UK, in Oldham, and Val and I live in Australia.

We know very little about any of the other Keans, so anything you can tell us will be wonderful!

How fantastic that we've made contact!



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Ayrshire / John Kean, Kilmarnock, Census
« on: Monday 21 March 05 11:25 GMT (UK)  »
Hello
I'm searching for John Kean, Shoemaker, of Kilmarnock.  He was married to Maggie Kean (MS Stitt...not sure what that means). 
They had a son, Andrew, born in 1895.  They were living at 6 Fowlds St, Kilmarnock, at the time.  I imagine that John was born before 1875 at least.

If anyone else is looking for Keans, would love to know.

If anyone is looking in the 1881 Census, would appreciate details on John and Maggie.

Many thanks
Gaynor

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Yorkshire (North Riding) / Re: Wintby....is there such a place?
« on: Friday 18 March 05 23:26 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Sharon and Ticker
Thanks so much, found Mary Ann as you suggested, in the 1881 Census, and yes, born in Whitby.

<this is starting to dominate my life!!!>

thanks for all your help
Gaynor

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Yorkshire (North Riding) / Re: Wintby....is there such a place?
« on: Friday 18 March 05 21:34 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Ticker
Many thanks for your response.
I googled the name Wintby and only found one URL:
http://www.citimall.com/train/preservation_and_hobbies/north_yorkshire_railway.htm

There is mention of Wintby and Whitby in the same sentence:
*At Grosmont the line connects with the mainline from Wintby to Middlesborough. The locomotive shed is also at Grosmont, where a splendid signal box was built in 1996 using original bricks from a similar 19th-century signal box at nearby Whitby.*

I have emailed the North Yorkshire Moors railway website to seek clarification – this could be a typo, but maybe Wintby died out, or was swallowed up by another village?

If Wintby did exist, how would I locate old parish records?

Thanks
Gaynor




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Yorkshire (North Riding) / Wintby....is there such a place?
« on: Friday 18 March 05 12:25 GMT (UK)  »
Hello
I am new to this board, and to genealogy as well.

Using the 1901 Census data, I have managed to trace my great-grandmother, Mary A Foster, born in (about) 1848, in Wintby, Yorks.

Is there such a place?  Could it be a typo, and be Whitby instead?
If it is Wintby, where do I go to find parish records?
Foster is her married name...how would I go about finding her maiden name?

Sorry if these are dumb questions!
Thanks in advance for your help.

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