| Description | (i) 1936 February 29 Letter : Norah Kenrick at The Grove, Harborne, Birmingham, to her cousin Hubert [Wynn Kenrick] at Wynn Hall. Encloses pedigree of Alice Coetmore alias Coedmore, the alleged original owner of Wynn Hall. References to a relation (John Coddington of Harvard University), a descendant of Ralph Eddowes who married Sarah Kenrick in 1777, and who went to Philadelphia in 1794; to the descent of the Woore Kenrick from Sir David Kenrick reputed standard bearer to the Black Prince; to the links between Jane Wynn and the Bulkeleys; the comparatively modest Kenrick yeoman stock as compared with the " 'county folk' " - the Wynnes and Coetmores. Her inability so far to find a Quarrel pedigree. Good wishes.
(ii) 1938 - 1949 Letters (12) : Norah Kenrick, wife of Hugh Kenrick at Harborne, Birmingham, to her cousin Mrs Marion Kenrick [at Wynn Hall]. N K produced a book on the history of the Kenrick family. 2 letters are pre-war, and addressed "Dear Mrs. Kenrick"; remainder "Dear Marion". A recurring theme is the family history : the Eddowes branch (U.S.A.); the Australia Kenricks, James and Samuel Kenrick [of Bewdly], the bankers; notes on other ancestors; tomb inscriptions in Ruthin church; ancestry of Hugh Wynn Efenechtyd who married Alice Coetmor, and whose son William built Wynn Hall; notes on present-day Kenricks etc. Gives a vivid picture of wartime life (the bombing; having husband and son in the Army; etc.) and the rigours of victorious Britain in the Forties (austerity in food and fuel etc.) Writes of visits to Wynn Hall, Hengwrt etc.; her recollections of the snows of 1895 (this amid the snows of 1947!); the imminent coming of electric light and heating to Wynn Hall. Also encloses shots as follows : Mary (née Quarrel), wife of the 2nd John Kenrick; Martha (née Kenrick), wife of the Rev. Jones Parry; Archibald Kenrick, son of the 2nd John Kenrick; the latter himself; and Rebecca (née Smith), wife of Archibald Kenrick.
12 letters and 5 photographs
(iii) 1940 - 1955 Letters(i) 1936 February 29 LETTER : Norah Kenrick at The Grove, Harborne, Birmingham, to her cousin Hubert [Wynn Kenrick] at Wynn Hall. Encloses pedigree of Alice Coetmore alias Coedmore, the alleged original owner of Wynn Hall. References to a relation (John Coddington of Harvard University), a descendant of Ralph Eddowes who married Sarah Kenrick in 1777, and who went to Philadelphia in 1794; to the descent of the Woore Kenrick from Sir David Kenrick reputed standard bearer to the Black Prince; to the links between Jane Wynn and the Bulkeleys; the comparatively modest Kenrick yeoman stock as compared with the " 'county folk' " - the Wynnes and Coetmores. Her inability so far to find a Quarrel pedigree. Good wishes.
(ii) 1938 - 1949 LETTERS (12) : Norah Kenrick, wife of Hugh Kenrick at Harborne, Birmingham, to her cousin Mrs Marion Kenrick [at Wynn Hall]. N K produced a book on the history of the Kenrick family. 2 letters are pre-war, and addressed "Dear Mrs. Kenrick"; remainder "Dear Marion". A recurring theme is the family history : the Eddowes branch (U.S.A.); the Australia Kenricks, James and Samuel Kenrick [of Bewdly], the bankers; notes on other ancestors; tomb inscriptions in Ruthin church; ancestry of Hugh Wynn Efenechtyd who married Alice Coetmor, and whose son William built Wynn Hall; notes on present-day Kenricks etc. Gives a vivid picture of wartime life (the bombing; having husband and son in the Army; etc.) and the rigours of victorious Britain in the Forties (austerity in food and fuel etc.) Writes of visits to Wynn Hall, Hengwrt etc.; her recollections of the snows of 1895 (this amid the snows of 1947!); the imminent coming of electric light and heating to Wynn Hall. Also encloses shots as follows : Mary (née Quarrel), wife of the 2nd John Kenrick; Martha (née Kenrick), wife of the Rev. Jones Parry; Archibald Kenrick, son of the 2nd John Kenrick; the latter himself; and Rebecca (née Smith), wife of Archibald Kenrick.
12 letters and 5 photographs
(iii) 1940 - 1955 LETTERS (4) : Norah Kenrick at The Grove, Harborne, Birmingham, to her cousin Marion Kenrick at Wynn Hall and in Australia. Much about the impact of the war on the family; Kenrick family portraits; news of grandchildren and relations; a metal plaque from the tombstone of Sarah Kenrick (née Hamilton, ob. 1775); thanks for a food-parcel from Australia; etc.
(iv) 1947 & 1959 LETTERS (3) : Mrs Norah Kenrick in Birmingham to Mrs Marion Kenrick (depositor), mainly about family pedigree matters, but also full of family news, gossip, etc.
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