Re: RENNISON from towns just SW of York
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RENNISON from towns just SW of York
4/28/01
It would be great to be able to trace links between the Rennison families in and West of York.(The IGI shows another cluster over toward Hull - they tend to go for 'fancier' Christian names !)There was a John and a Thomas in/near York in 1612/14 - fathers of two daughters Joan and Jane.A William in Saxton in Elmet fathered at least five in the 1630s - a John, a William, a Thomas, a Jane and one unclear.In the 1690s the Askham Richard line appears in the IGI.I was interested to see Mavis Powell's note that there's still a Rennison family there today. (Mavis and I may be third cousins - we think my GGGF was brother to her GGGM in Acomb near York - early C19.)
Other Rennison family clusters seem more mobile around the West Yorkshire area..My own direct ancestors were mostly agricultural labourers or in other 'service'- and for them I guess most offspring of each generation had to move to neighbouring villages to get hired.I have the following villages in my family history - Appleton Roebuck (1850-60s), Nun Monkton & Moor Monkton (1820s-60s), Acomb (1780s - 1830s) and possibly Long Marston (mid C18) - and could supply some names and dates if anyone's interested..
The first of my line to give up agriculture was my grandfather John who moved with his family from Appleton Roebuckinto York to work on the railway - but he died soon after (1868) - my grandfather (the youngest child) later moved to Manchester where he worked as an industrial chemist - many ofhis male descendents have also had careers in science/technology.I'm curious to know where his brothers and sisters settled.
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Re: RENNISON from towns just SW of York
Allan Taylor 9/16/08
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Re: RENNISON from towns just SW of York
1/27/02