Tradjic Blacksmith family from Spalding

[keith110639]

A recent photo I on a facebook site showed a gravestone of Catherine Senior the wife of John Senior a Blacksmith, she died and was buried in 1869 age 63 but also on her gravestone is also 11 children died in infancy. I would like to know more as trying to research into local Blacksmiths.

[ColC]

There are a number of burials on https://www.familysearch.org including Catherine, however no ages or relationships.

This is the family in 1861 name mistranscribed  Abode Sheep Market, Spalding
On https://www.freecen.org.uk

SUNER   John   Head   M   M           51   Blacksmith   LIN   Bourn Fen
SUNER   Catherine   Wife   -      54      LIN   Pinchbeck
SUNER   John W   Son   U      22   Journeyman Tailor   LIN   Pinchbeck
SUNER   Susannah   Dau   U      26   Dressmaker   LIN   Pinchbeck
HALL   Emma   Lodger   U      35   Formerly Servant   LIN   Spilsby

John is still there in 1871, he has a new wife Jemima, she is a widow by 1891.

Colin

[ColC]

On freereg.

Catherine WINKLEY to John SENIOR   Marriage   24 Mar 1831   Lincolnshire   Pinchbeck :
St Mary : Parish Register

A few baptisms.
Ann SENIOR   Baptism   7 Dec 1839   Lincolnshire   Pinchbeck : St Mary : Parish Register

N* SENIOR (Male)   Baptism   9 Jan 1841   Lincolnshire   Pinchbeck : St Mary :

Harriet Winkley SENIOR   Baptism   8 May 1848   Lincolnshire   Pinchbeck : St Mary : Parish Register

There are 13 Senior burials on freereg at Pinchbeck, including those above,  most are below the age of 2, there is a John & Ann, both in their 60s, most likely the parents of John below. Mothers maiden name Turner.

John SENIOR   Baptism   17 May 1810   Lincolnshire   Bourne : St Peter and St Paul : Parish Register


Colin

[Comberton]

10 children confirmed
Baptisms at Pinchbeck, parents John & Catherine, occupation Blacksmith
1834 Naomi buried 1834
1835 Susannah survived  to adulthood died 1885
1838 John Winkley survived to adulthood died 1906
1839 Ann buried 1839
1841 Newcome buried 1841
1844 twins Eliza & Esther no baptisms found, buried together 1844
1845 Caroline no baptism found, buried 1845
1846 Henry no baptism found, buried 1846
1848 Harriet Winkley buried 1848
Children from 1838 onwards all registered with mmn Winkley

[DCB]

John Senior, b 9 Dec 1809 and baptised on 17 May 1810 in Bourn(e)
Son of John Senior and Ann Turner

Catherine Winkley baptised on 25 May 1806 in Pinchbeck, daughter of John and Harriet

John Senior, Blacksmith of Sheep, age 60 married Jemima Popple, widow, of Herring Lane, daughter of Thomas Maw, on 11th August 1870 at Spalding St Mary and St Nicholas

1871 Census - Herring Lane, Spalding
John Senior Head - Male 61 1810 Blacksmith b Bourn, Lincolnshire
Jemima Senior Wife - Female 59 1812 Poultry? Dealer b Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Susannah Senior Daughter 36 1835 b Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire
John W Senior Son 32 1839 b Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire
Plus lodgers

Lincolnshire Chronicle 18 February 1881
William Wilson, of Spalding, labourer, was fined 2s 6d, and costs, for being drunk in the Crane beerhouse, Spalding, on 5th inst.; and John Senior, landlord of the Crane, was fined 2s 6d and costs, for permitting drunkenness.

Boston Guardian 26 March 1881
John died on 21st March 1881 in Spalding

1881 Census - Jemima was a widow Publican at The Crane, 11, Double Street , Spalding
Also daughter, Susannah Wakefield, nee Senior, a widow who married James Wakefield in 1876

David

[keith110639]

Thanks for replies and all the information re births, marriage & deaths, From press ref to the Crane Inn etc, The Crane has changed names twice since then but I remember it from 1950's with that name, tahnks DCB.