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JOHN DINNIS (or DENNIS, DINNISS or DENNISS)

Birth: before 13 March 1826, Oxcomb or Alford, Lincolnshire

Baptism: 13 March 1826 St. Wilfrid’s Church, Alford, Lincolnshire

Parents: Joseph Dinnis and Olivia Curtis

Death: about June 1919, Southwell registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: farm labourer (1851, labourer (1859) agricultural laborer (1861) ag lab (1871) farm labourer (1881) farmer (1891, 1901, 1911)

Addresses: Saltfleetby All Saints, Lincolnshire (1851 census), Alford (21 June 1853), Burwell (24 April 1859), Farforth, Lincolnshire (1861 census), Apley, Lincolnshire (1871 census), Village, Bilsthorpe, Nottinghamshire (1881 census), Little Durdham, Southwell, Nottinghamshire (1891 census, 1901 census, 1911 census)

 

Note: John’s surname is variousy spelt as Dinnis, Dennis, Dinniss and Denniss on different records.

 

 

Marriage: 6 October 1851, Louth Register Office

 

Spouse: ELIZA CLARK

Birth: before 19 July 1829, Ludford or Towes, Lincolnsghire

Baptism: 19 July 1829, St. Mary and St. Peter’s Church, Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire

Parents: George Clark and Anne Holtby

Death: about December 1902, Southwell registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: house servant (1851)

Addresses: South Cockerington, Lincolnshire (1841 census), Saltfleetby All Saints, Lincolnshire (1851 census), Alford (21 June 1853), Burwell (24 April 1859), Farforth, Lincolnshire (1861 census), Apley, Lincolnshire (1871 census), Village, Bilsthorpe, Nottinghamshire (1881 census), Little Durdham, Southwell, Nottinghamshire (1891 census, 1901 census)

 

 

Children of JOHN DINNIS (or DENNIS, DINNISS or DENNISS) and ELIZA CLARK:

 

 

1. JOHN WILLIAM DINNIS

Birth: about March 1852, Alford, Lincolnshire

Baptism: unknown date and location

Death: after 15 May 1871, unknown location

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: farm servant (1871)

Addresses: Farforth, Lincolnshire (1861 census), Burton Cliff, Burton, Lincolnshire (1871 census)

 

Notes: I have not been able to trace John William Dinnis after the marriage of his sister Mary Ann on 15 May 1871; he witnessed the wedding at St. Nicholas’ Church, Swayfield, Lincolnshire.

 

 

 

 

2. MARY ANN DINNIS (or DENNISS) (my great-great-grandmother)

Birth: before 21 June 1853, Alford, Lincolnshire

Baptism: 21 June 1853, St. Wilfrid’s Church, Alford, Lincolnshire

Death: 19 February 1927,  Retford, Nottinghamshire

Burial: North Road Cemetery, West Retford, Notinghamshire

 

Occupation: domestic servant (1870), servant domestic (1871)

Addresses: Alford (21 June 1853), Farforth, Lincolnshire (1861 census), Apley, Lincolnshire (24 December 1870, 1871 census), Newbould Common (24 March 1872, 4 January 1874), Newball (26 May 1874), Stainton (10 October 1875), Tinsley Park (3 September 1877), Newton on Trent (2 November 1879), London Road, Ordsall, Nottinghamshire (1881 census), Cemetery House, Cemetery Road, West Retford, Nottinghamshire (1891 census), North Road, East Retford, Nottinghamshire (1901 census), Cemetery Lodge, Retford, Nottinghamshire (1911 census), 41 Queen Street, Retford (newspaper obituary in Retford and Worksop Herald and North Notts Advertiser, 1 March 1927)

 

Marriage: 15 May 1871, St. Nicholas’ Church, Swayfield, Lincolnshire

 

Spouse: GEORGE BARNETT (my great-great-grandfather)

Birth: 23 November 1850, Twig Moor, Lincolnshire

Baptism: 22 December 1850 St. Hibald’s Church, Manton, Lincolnshire

Parents: John Barnett and Mary Ann Good

Death: 18 April 1917, Retford, Nottinghamshire

Burial: 20 April 1917, North Road Cemetery, West Retford, Notinghamshire

 

Please follow this link for details of the family of George Barnett and Mary Ann Dinnis (or Denniss).

 

 

 

 

3. BETSEY DINNISS

Birth: before 24 April 1859, Burwell, Lincolnshire

Baptism: 24 April 1859 St. Michael’s Church, Burwell, Lincolnshire

Death: about December 1927, Bradford registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: beer retailer (Post Office Directory for Bradford, 1898), newsagent and tobacconist (1901), news agent tobacconist (1911), newsagent (Post Office Directory for Bradford, 1912)

Addresses: Burwell (24 April 1859), Farforth, Lincolnshire (1861 census), Apley, Lincolnshire (1871 census), 29 Edmund Street, Horton, Bradford, Yorkshire (1891 census), 122 Myrtle Street, Bradford, Yorkshire (Post Office Directory for Bradford, 1898), 29 Birksland Street, Bradford, Yorkshire (1901 census, 1911 census, Post Office Directory for Bradford, 1912)

 

Marriage: about June 1889, Bradord registration district

 

Spouse: WILLIAM SANGWINE

Birth: 1854, London, Middlesex

Death: 27 December 1892, Skipton registration district

Burial: 30 December 1892, Waltonwrays Cemetery, Skipton, Yorkshire

 

Occupation: restaurant manager (1891), landlord of the Ship Hotel, Skipton (obituary in the Bradford Daily Telegraph, 31 December 1892).

Addresses: 29 Edmund Street, Horton, Bradford, Yorkshire

 

Notes: William Sangwine kept the Queen’s Arms Hotel, Manchester Road, Bradford from c.1886 to c.1890. He then managed the Boar’s Head in Bradford for at least a year from c.1890 to late 1891. He and his family moved to Skipton towards the end of 1891.

 

 

 

 

4. GEORGE DENNISS

Birth: about March 1864, Gayton le Wold, Lincolnshire

Baptism: unknown date and location

Death: about March 1933, Basford registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: scholar (1871) farm servant (1881) railway brakesman (1891) railway guard (1901, 1911)

Addresses: Apley, Lincolnshire (1871 census), Barnby Moor, Nottinghamshire (1881 census), Little Durdham, Southwell, Nottinghamshire (1891 census), 27 Gresham Street, Leicester, Leicestershire (1901 census), 9 Drabill Street, Netherfield, Nottinghamshire (1911 census)

 

Marriage: about September 1887, Leicester registration district

 

Spouse: ELIZABETH VAUGHAN

Birth: about 1864, Leicester, Leicestershire

Death: after February 1927, unknown location

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Addresses: 27 Gresham Street, Leicester, Leicestershire (1901 census), 9 Drabill Street, Netherfield, Nottinghamshire (1911 census)

 

 

 

 

5. EDWIN DENNISS

Birth: about December 1869, Apley, Lincolnshire

Baptism: 7 May 1871, St. Andrew’s Church, Apley, Lincolnshire

Death: about March 1929, Belper registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: labourers son (1881) general labourer (1891), farmers son (1901), platelayer (5 September 1910), platelayer GN Railway (1911)

Addresses: Village, Bilsthorpe, Nottinghamshire (1881 census) Little Durdham, Southwell, Nottinghamshire (1891 census, 1901 census), 47 Springfield Gardens (5 September 1910), 47 Springfield Gardens, Ilkeston, Derbyshire (1911 census)

 

Marriage: 5 September 1910, Holy Trinity Church, Ashford in the Water, Derbyshire

 

Spouse: MARY ELLEN RALPHS

Birth: about 1868, Apedale, Burslem, Staffordshire

Father: Thomas Ralphs

Death: about September 1939, Belper registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Addresses: 47 Springfield Gardens (5 September 1910), 47 Springfield Gardens, Ilkeston, Derbyshire (1911 census)

 

 

 

6. CAROLINA DENNISS

Birth: 15 August 1873, Apley, Lincolnshire

Baptism: 22 March 1874 St. Andrew’s Church, Apley, Lincolnshire

Death: about June 1950, Southwell registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: labourers daughter (1881) dairy work (1911) housekeeper (1939)

Addresses: Village, Bilsthorpe, Nottinghamshire (1881 census) Little Durdham, Southwell, Nottinghamshire (1891 census, 1901 census, 1911 census), 36 Westgate, Halam Road, Southwell, Nottinghamshire (1939 register)