Abraham Hemmings (1850-1913) is my 4th great grandfather. He was born in
about August 1850 in Nantwich, Cheshire to John and Sarah (Rhead) Hemmings and was baptized on 1 September 1850 at St Michael’s Church, Crewe. John’s
occupation is given as labourer.
I am descended through:
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his daughter, Clara Ann
Hemmings (1878-1967) who married John Meakin (1880-1917)
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their daughter, Brenda Meakin (1912-1982) who married Eric Hooley (1908-1992)
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their daughter, Sheila Hooley who married John Stanton Wain
* Judith Yvonne Wain
March 1851
Living at 9
Delamere Street, Monks Coppenhall, Cheshire
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John Hemmings – age 40, railway
pointsman, born in Chorlton, Staffordshire
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Sarah Hemmings – age 40, born
in Chorlton, Staffordshire
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Ann Hemmings – age 8, scholar,
born in Crewe, Cheshire
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Hannah Hemmings – age 4, scholar,
born in Crewe, Cheshire
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Abraham Hemmings – age 7 months,
born in Crewe, Cheshire
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John Garner – age 43, coach painter,
born in Chester, Cheshire (visitor)
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Elizabeth Garner – age 45, coach
painter, born in Chatham, Kent
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John Garner – age 18, Coach
Painter, born in Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire
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John Fell – age 49, engine turner,
born in Westhoughton, Lancashire (lodger)
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Isaak Heigin Cotham – age 33 , engine driver, born in Bolton, Lancashire (visitor)
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Elizabeth Cotham – age 30, born
in Bolton, Lancashire
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Mary Jane Cotham – age 8, scholar,
born in Bolton, Lancashire
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Robert James Cotham – age 7, scholar,
born in Ashford, Kent
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John William Cotham – age 1,
born in Crewe, Cheshire
April 1861
Living at Oakley
Street, Monks Coppenhall, Cheshire
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John Hemmings – age 50, pointsman, born in Chorlton, Staffordshire
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Sarah Hemmings – age 51, born in Chorlton, Staffordshire
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Abraham Hemmings – age 10, scholar, born in Coppenhall, Cheshire
April 1871
Living at 23
Thomas Street, Monks Coppenhall, Cheshire
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John Hemmings – age 60, railway pointsman, born in Chorlton,
Staffordshire
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Sarah Hemmings – age 61, born in Chorlton, Staffordshire
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Abraham Hemmings – age 20, labourer on railway, born in Crewe, Cheshire
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Frederick Hemmings – age 7, scholar, born in Crewe, Cheshire (grandson)
31 December 1874
Abraham married Fanny Mason at St Paul's Church, Crewe.
Abraham Hemmings, age 24, bachelor, labourer, of this Parish. Father: John Hemmings, pointsman
Fanny Mason, age 23, spinster, of this parish. Father: William Mason, labourer
Witnesses: Joseph Mason (Fanny's younger brother) and Hannah Horton (Abraham's older sister)
June 1875
Birth of daughter Sarah Hannah Hemmings (1875-1945)
October 1876
Birth of daughter Mary Elizabeth Hemmings (1876-1958)
October 1878
Birth of daughter Clara Ann Hemmings (1878-1967)
April 1881
Living at 21
Thomas Street, Monks Coppenhall, Cheshire.
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Abraham Hemmings – age 30,
labourer, born in Crewe, Cheshire
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Fanny Hemmings – age 30, born
in Crewe, Cheshire
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Sarah H Hemmings – age 5, born
in Crewe, Cheshire
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Mary E Hemmings – age 4, born
in Crewe, Cheshire
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Clara A Hemmings – age 2, born
in Crewe, Cheshire
July 1881
Death of mother Sarah (Rhead) Hemmings - age 71
January 1882
Birth of daughter Frances Alice Hemmings (1882-1960)
May 1882
Death of father John Hemmings - age 72
June 1888
Birth of daughter Bertha Hemmings (1888-1955)
April 1891
Living at 23
Walthall Street, Monks Coppenhall, Cheshire
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| 1891 Census |
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Abraham Hemmings – age 40,
general labourer, born in Crewe, Cheshire
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Fanny Hemmings – age 40, born
in Crewe, Cheshire
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Sarah H Hemmings – age 15, born
in Crewe, Cheshire
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Mary E Hemmings – age 14, born
in Crewe, Cheshire
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Clara A Hemmings – age 12, born
in Crewe, Cheshire
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Frances A Hemmings – age 9,
born in Crewe, Cheshire
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Bertha Hemmings – age 2, born
in Crewe, Cheshire
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Richard Richards – age 30,
general labourer, born in Shawbank, Shropshire (widower)
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Albert Richards – age 2, born
in Crewe, Cheshire
July 1898
Death of sister Ann (Hemmings) Gabb - age 55
March 1901
Living at 23 Hammond Street, Monks Coppenhall, Cheshire
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Abraham Hemmings – age 50, general railway labourer, born in Crewe,
Cheshire
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Fanny Hemmings – age 50, born in Crewe, Cheshire
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Bertha Hemmings – age 12, born in Crewe, Cheshire
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Percy Watson – age 9, born in Chorlton, Staffordshire (visitor)
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William Johnson – age 30, platelayers labourer, born in Yoxall,
Staffordshire (boarder)
April 1911
Living at
134 Flag Lane, Monks Coppenhall, Cheshire
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Abraham Hemmings – age 60, labourer, Carriage Dept LNW
Railway, born in Crewe, Cheshire
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Fanny Hemmings – age 60, born in Crewe, Cheshire
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Bertha Hemmings – age 22, boot shop assistant, born in Crewe, Cheshire
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Reggie Hemmings – age 9, born in Crewe, Cheshire (grandson)
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Percy Watson – age 19, factory cloths packer, born in Whitmore, Staffordshire
(adopted son)
September 1913
Abraham died
in September 1913, in Nantwich, Cheshire. He was buried on 5 September 1913 in Crewe
Cemetery, Cheshire.
