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Saunders/Sanders Blessington

jen2

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Trying to find a father for Saunders/Sanders Blessington born 7th Feb 1884 Brisbane Queensland. His mother is Mary Welsh born Ireland 1840. She married a John Blessington 1858 Bradford England and migrated to Australia in 1874. John Blessington died 1876 in Brisbane Queensland Australia 8 years before my grandfather Saunders was born. I have a copy of his baptism from St. Stephen Cathedral Brisbane stating he was baptised under the name of James Sanders Blessington mother Mary Walsh father John Blessington (deceased). I have documents stating that he was sent to a Industrial School for neglected children when he was 9 years old and later was released to a Mr Voss of Wongalee Station Hughenden Queensland when he was 12 years old.

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1871

Name:
John Blessington

Age:
34

Estimated Birth Year:
abt 1837

Relation:
Head

Spouse's Name:
Mary Blessington

Father's name:
Dennis Blessington

Gender:
Male

Where born:
Ireland

Civil Parish:
Horton

Ecclesiastical parish:
St Peter

County/Island:
Yorkshire

Country:
England

Registration district:
Bradford

Sub-registration district:
Horton

ED, institution, or vessel:
42

Household schedule number:
144

Piece:
4479

Folio:
36

Page Number:
26

Household Members:


Name

Age


John Blessington 34
Mary Blessington 30 -c1841 Ireland
Thomas Blessington 15
Mary Blessington 13
Vennie Blessington 10
Elizabeth Blessington 6
Ellen Blessington 3
Annie Blessington 4 Months -c1870 Braadford
Dennis Blessington 62 -1809 Ireland

Family tree,but check it out yourself

John Blessington
Birth abt 1837 in Leitrim, Galway, Ireland Death 15/10/1876 in Brisbane Queensland Australia


Dennis Blessington
Birth 1816 in Ireland Death 1878 in Yorkshire - West Riding, United Kingdom (may be a Poor Relief Record)
Wife/Mother


catherine godger
Birth 1816 in Ireland Death January 1861 in Bradford, Yorkshire West Riding, United Kingdom
 

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Bradford Central Library, holds many records about the industrial history of the district. ... with poor relief. This was 20% of the population, according to D.G


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Death 1876/B10941 Blessington John - Denis Blessington - Catherine Golger

I don't see how he could be the father so Mary chose not to name the actual father when Sanders was baptised.

When did Mary die? Did she remarry?

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