>Go to IGI...LDS open www.familysearch.org >There are three postings:- > > Heneage Ogilvie PENNINGTON Thank you Donald - yes, I knew about those. I was hoping that they might also be in someone else's family tree on this list. I received Heneage Pennington's death certificate yesterday - sadly the poor man died a pauper in a Lambeth workhouse in 1844, at 75 years old. He had been a coal merchant. Interestingly enough, on his son John's marriage certificate in 1846 he notes his father as a coal merchant - certainly not as a pauper! Family pride. Nevertheless, he did let his father die in a workhouse. Makes you speculate about the reasons for this. It appears Heneage married 3 times; in 1794 to Sarah LONG, in 1808 to Sarah ALVIN and sometime round 1830 to Ruth ??? I have yet to confirm the first and third marriage. He had several children to his second marriage (his son John Franklyn PENNINGTON is my gg-grandfather). John Franklyn PENNINGTON went on to be a prosperous feather merchant. He later died in 1883, and his son Franklyn was at his bedside (the death certificate mentions this - quite informative with address information for the deceased and the person who witnessed the death). The only person attendant at Heneage's deathbed was the Workhouse Master. The certificate said that Heneage died of 'senilitas' which I guess is senility. Just a little bit of family history that I thought might interest people. Kind regards, Lana Lana Pennington Department of Anthropology Victoria University of Wellington PO Box 600 WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND E-mail: [email protected] Telephone: ++ 64 4 471 5304 Fax: ++ 64 4 495 5064