A little bit about the Sewards and Covers

William Henry's wife, Annie Rebecca Seward, intrigues me. So I've been digging into her family a bit. Her grandmother Seward, Ann Cover Seward, has been a hard one to trace.

Last night I stumbled on to the Cover/Gover research on Ancestry.com. A kind gentleman from England emailed me back this morning with a great site: http://startx.co.uk/Kingsclere/contents.html.

It's a collection of materials which include the Sewards. I'm still working through the Cover/Gover material and am thinking there's either a second marriage or some "creative blending" of children.
At the moment I'll stick by my guns and say Annie Rebecca's grandmother is Ann Cover from Tunworth.

Enjoy!

Our "Richard Hemington"

In case you're as lost as I was about finding Richard Kennington (William Henry's father) in the Louth, Lincolnshire 1851 Census, here's a photo. For some reason he's been transcribed as Richd Hemington. The family is there and everything matches.

Anyone know where they are on the 1841 Census? They should have some children - at least Henry who died in 1853. Anyone know how he died? And what's the deal about having 13 children with 7 of them being buried in England? Anyone have a lead on that they'd like to share?

Richard's half brothers, William and John Onn are easy to find on every census. William (1818) was a brick and tile maker and a farmer on the side. John (1810) was a joiner and carpenter. Both had large families. They lived good long lives.

The old Kennington Barn

Found this on the S.V. Historical Society Site. It's the most complete label I've seen for the barn.
There are so many things I think I know, and remember talking to Dad about, but when it comes to actually putting them down on paper now, I don't trust my memory. The lesson is to label things now while they're fresh on your mind. Lucky for us Dad did that.

I believe in August of 2010 we also ran a photo of the barn. You can get a close up on that one and see a little more detail.

How would you feel about preparing some material on your parents? I think we could benefit from seeing and learning about each aunt and uncle. All we'd need is a childhood, adolescent wedding or, mid life and mature adult photos. I have Uncle Garth's trunk - have been going to write something for about the last - hmmm- 7 years or so. We could also get Aunt Ruth's photos out and scan them again.

I know you folks are a little shy about admitting you're out there - but think about it seriously.