Barnet Kenyon
1850 - 1930 (79 years)-
Name Barnet Kenyon Birth 11 Aug 1850 Anston, Yorkshire 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Male Death 20 Feb 1930 Chesterfield [4] Person ID I1584 Calow/Doig family tree Last Modified 23 Jun 2016
Father Living Relationship natural Mother Living Relationship natural Family ID F878 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth Ramsden, b. Between Apr 1854 and Apr 1855, Everton, Nottinghamshire d. 25 Jan 1945 (Age ~ 90 years) Marriage 15 Feb 1878 Everton, Nottinghamshire [5] Notes - Had several adopted children some of whom are said in some of the censuses to be nephews and nieces. Alice and Ernest were registered with the name Kenyon. George William and Emily were born with the name Barton. They were born at Clowne in J-1893 and M-1889 respectively. Kezia Kenyon was born S-1878 at Anston. It is unlikely that Barnet and Elizabeth had any children of their own.
Derbyshire Times - he brought up eight children of relatives and adopted Ernest. No children of their own.
Children 1. Ernest Kenyon, b. Between Apr 1888 and Apr 1889, Sheffield [Father: Adopted]Family ID F877 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 23 Jun 2016
- Had several adopted children some of whom are said in some of the censuses to be nephews and nieces. Alice and Ernest were registered with the name Kenyon. George William and Emily were born with the name Barton. They were born at Clowne in J-1893 and M-1889 respectively. Kezia Kenyon was born S-1878 at Anston. It is unlikely that Barnet and Elizabeth had any children of their own.
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Notes - Came to Clowne in 1876.
'Barnet Kenyon, who was born at Aston in 1850 moved to Clowne in 1876 and was employed at the Southgate colliery where he was elected as checkweighman by his fellow union members. This was a very important job as he represented the interests of his fellow workers to the colliery management. It was his job to keep a check on minerals extracted and to negotiate the true weight of coal coming out of the mine which the men got paid for. Management claiming a ton of coal could be between twenty one and twenty five hundredweight dependent on the amount of slack and small coals it contained, which they would not pay the miners for'.
Was MP for Chesterfield from 1913 to 1929. Before that he was very prominent in the Derbyshire Miner's Federation
- Came to Clowne in 1876.
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