The Children of Stephen Kindle and Sarah Head

The 1841 census of Sandford shows Stephen Kendall (Kindle) and his wife Sarah with eight children:

1. Henry 1818
2. Thomas 1821
3. Jane 1826
4. John 1827
5. Stephen 1830
6. Charles 1833
7. Alfred 1836
8. James 1838

Point your mouse at a name above for a brief overview.

Stephen and Sarah (née Head) were married 25 May 1817 at Ibsley.
Henry Kendle was baptised at Ringwood, 10 months and 11 days later on 5 April 1818. But the transcript of the parish baptism register says "of Stephen & Mary of Ringwood".

The transcript of Thomas Kendle's baptism on 22 April 1821 says "of Thomas & Sarah of Ringwood". I checked the original at Winchester [22M84 PR5 Ringwood C 1813-1838] and the transcript is correct.

Curiously, the transcript also contains an entry for Edwin Kendle, baptised 31 December 1820 "of Stephen & Sarah of Ringwood, Labourer, 1 year old".

The transcript also contains entries for Stephen Kendall on 18 November 1829 "of Stephen & Sarah of Ringwood" and Stephen Kendale on 5 September 1830, of the same parents. It could have been an error, but it was common in those times to give the name of a deceased child to the next baby.

The parish baptism register transcript entries for the other children, Jane to James, are all present and correct.

I've found no record of the marriage of a Stephen & Mary or a Thomas & Sarah in Hampshire. Moreover, since Henry and Thomas were living with Stephen & Sarah in 1841, I'm inclined to think that the parish register is incorrect.

That being the case, what about Edwin?

Edwin was baptised 31 December 1820, aged 1 year old. Thomas was baptised 22 April 1821. There's an IGI Entry that says Thomas was born 15 March 1820. Obviously, the dates don't work. If Thomas were born before Edwin was baptised, he'd have been baptised too. But since the IGI is so completely polluted with misinformation, this birth date is probably rubbish.

There was no record of an Edwin Kendall in the 1841 census of Ringwood, but there was a tailor named Edward Kendell, age 20. In 1851, Edwin Kendall age 30, also a tailor, was recorded in Fordingbridge with his wife Ann and their children. From 1861 to 1891, the tailor Edwin and his family were recorded living at Up Street in Ringwood.

Here's the problem: the 17 July 1848 marriage record of Edwin and Ann reads "17 Jul 1848 Edwin Kendell, Bachelor, of Ringwood, Tailor, of William, Labourer; married Ann Andrews, Spinster, of Ringwood, of James, Labourer".

The only William Kendall of suitable vintage in Ringwood is the man that some claim was a brother of Stephen (more about that in a later post). This William married Mary Mist in Ibsley on 10 October 1819. Their first recorded child, also named William, was baptised just over two years later on 14 October 1821 in Ringwood.

Again, Edwin was baptised 31 December 1820, aged 1 year old. It's possible he was the child of William and Mary. The marriage record (or transcript) could also be incorrect.

The timeline again:

1817 May 25 - Stephen married Sarah
1818 Apr 05 - Henry baptised of Stephen & Mary
1819 Oct 10 - William married Mary
1819 Dec 31 - Edwin born (approx.)
1820 Dec 31 - Edwin baptised of Stephen & Sarah (not William & Mary)
1821 Apr 22 - Thomas baptised of Thomas & Sarah

Stephen & William (possibly brothers) married Sarah & Mary (both of Ibsley). Stephen also had a brother named Thomas (although no record of him can be found beyond his 1793 baptism).

I'm stumped.

A detailed list of the records pertaining to John, Elizabeth and their family are here:

http://www.kendallfamily.org.uk/families/1791-Stephen.html

Henry was born in 1818. He was a shoemaker, or cordwainer. Henry married Harriet Day in 1845, and they had seven children. In the 1860s, they moved from Sandford to Avon, near Sopley, where brother Thomas already lived. Henry died in 1895.

Thomas was born in 1821. He was an agricultural labourer. Thomas married Mary Ann Harder in 1844, and they had ten children. Sometime between 1851 and 1861, they moved from Sandford to Sopley, and then to the village of Avon. Thomas died in 1899.

Jane was born in 1824. In 1845 she married Charles William Rogers, a railway labourer. Jane's brother John later married Charles's sister Elizabeth. They moved to Crow in the late 1860s. Jane died in 1875. She had no children.

John was born in 1827. He worked as an agricultural labourer, and later as a railway labourer. John married Elizabeth Chamberlain Rogers in 1852, and they had eleven children (click for details). The family moved to Crow in the late 1860s. John died in 1908.

Stephen was born in 1830, and was an agricultural labourer in Sandford. He married Caroline Burt in 1855 and moved to Southampton, where he worked as a dock labourer. They had one child, a son. Stephen died in 1899.

Charles was born in 1833, and was an agricultural labourer in Sandford. He died in 1858 at age 25, without having married.

Alfred was born in 1835 in Sandford. He married Maria Feltham in 1861, and they had seven children. Alfred was an agricultural labourer until the late 1860s, when he became a railway labourer. He stayed in Sandford until he died in 1919.

James was born in 1838 in Sandford. He married Sarah Elliott in 1859, and they had five children. In the late 1860s, they moved to Southampton, where brother Stephen already lived. James worked on the barges and as a general labourer. He died in 1910.

The IGI, or International Genealogical Index, is a database of genealogical records created and maintained by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.