The Senols family.

I have not been able to get out and about, so have been confined to the computer. Therefore I have turned my attention to another family. All prompted by questions which keep niggling away - where are Isaac Wilcockson and his wife Amelia in the 1841 census? and did Isaac marry Amelia for a dowry? Isaac the newspaperman and his wife lived in the better part of Preston, I think he ran a carriage and he was involved in the civic life of the town. I did wonder if they were down in London visiting her family - so I set about looking for them. Then I had a look to see if I could find out about their background. I am putting what I found on here because I have finished trying to follow this avenue of thought and knowing me will misplace the notes, also found it fascinating and want to put down my thoughts at the moment. The absolute answers to these family history questions will never be known with certainty and I find that my thoughts on particular issues change when I read new material or find new information. So whilst I write here what I think today, tomorrow I might well have revised my thinking.

 

I am leaning more to the thought that Isaac was a self made man. I need to get hold of the biography of Edward Bains, he wrote the history of Lancashire books, (he was apprenticed to the same man as Isaac?) went to Leeds and ran a newspaper there. His son wrote the biography saying his father was a self made man .......I also am reading "Building Jerusalem" by Tristram Hunt. It would seem that it was a requirement to be part of 'society' that they were involved in 

 civic matters. As for Amelia Senols' family, I think they were a 'trade' family much the same as the Wilcocksons. So I think he was marrying someone of the same standing. I still have not found Isaac and Amelia on the 1841 census, I have found the street they lived on by tracing their neighbours, but the houses are not numbered. There is no indication of uninhabited houses. They could just have been missed out as an enumerator error, they could have been visiting, or an alternative that I had not thought of is that they could have been travelling say in Europe. This idea has come through the orbituary of Isaac's cousin who lived in Preston - Michael Satterthwaite. 

I would welcome any more information or any suggestions.

Anyway, here follows the story of the Senols family ..........

Try putting Senols in the IGI site, or on ancestry and you do not get very many results. Try putting Senols in google and one reason could be that it might be a Turkish name. Were they an immigrant family? 

The earliest marriage that is interesting is

18 January 1769

Edward Collinson parish of Michael Crooked Lane, London Bachelor and Elisabeth Ball of this parish spinster, married by licence. Both signed and the witnesses were : Thomas Ball, George Barton, Anne Andrews, S. Adderley, Dinah Smith.

(I think Elisabeth and Thomas were Amelia's Aunt and Uncle through her mother).

Edward Collinson is a common name, there is a will for Edward Collinson Tin plate worker, Lombard Street, City of London 1809.

Then the marriage of Amelia's parents

12 August 1776.

James Senols of the parish of St. Giles Cripplegate London Bachelor and Jenny Ball of the Parish of St. Edmund and King London spinster and minor (more writting I cannot read, might say consent of brother) married by licence. Both signed and witnesses were Chas. Greenwood and Edward Collinson.

Charles was James business partner and Edward his brother-in-law.

This marriage was reported in the London Chronicle on Saturday August 10 1776???????

Yesterday was married Mr. James Senols, of Fore-Street, Oilman, to Miss Jane Ball, of Lombard-Street.

Also reported in Gazetteer, New Daily Advertiser and Morning Post.

Monday was married at St. Edmund the King, Lombard-Street, Mr. James Senols, of Fore-Street, Oilman, to Miss Jane Ball, of Lombard-Street.

Why was this marriage reported in the newspapers?

And now perhaps the most interesting marriage

17 May 1778 Saint John at Hackney

John Dryland of the parish of St Mary Whitechapel in the county of Middlesex bachelor and Eliz Seynoid of St John Hackney were married in this church by licence. Both signed - John Dryland, Elizabeth Senonls and the witnesses were Ann Coopler? Mary Senols, Henry Senols, Ja. Senols, Jenny Senols, E. Collinson and Eliz. Collinson.

Does this suggest that there were sibblings (perhaps Ann was a sister too) Mary, Henry, James and Elizabeth Senols?

Mary went on to marry 2 December 1795

Thomas Joslin of this parish and Hamlet of M&C J bachelor and Mary Senols of this parish and same hamlet spinster married by banns. Both signed and witnesses were John Dryland and Elizabeth Dryland.

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I tell you now that I am still confused about "Jane", I think sometimes Jenny, Amelia's mother was called Jane and there is also "Jane" who was Amelia's sister-in-law. Then there are the two James. So I shall appologise now if I muddle them up, and if you can make sense and clarify any mistakes please do tell me. Also some of the documents online are difficult to read. I have not made any copies of these because I view this as background research and I do not have a printer.

I think that James and Jenny (Jane) had the following children, although not all baptisms have been found -

Jane Ball Senols 

Thomas Ball Senols

Amelia Senols 

Mary Ball Senols  

and James Senols (possibly James Daniel?)