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ENSOR, Arthur Rainford
1851 - 1929 (78 years) Has 12 ancestors and 9 descendants in this family tree.
1816 - 1904 (89 years)-
Name ENSOR, Arthur Rainford Birth 1851 Margate, Kent 
Gender Male Death 1929 Kendall, Westmorland, (Cumbria), England Person ID I5679 Edgoose Last Modified 3 Feb 2026
Father ENSOR, James Rainford, b. 6 Mar 1804, Wallasey, Cheshire, England d. 14 Dec 1877, Nottingham Registration District, Nottinghamshire (Age 73 years) Mother ANDREW, Ann, b. Between 1815 and 1816, Finchley, Middlesex d. 16 May 1904, London, England (Age 89 years) Marriage 16 Jul 1833 Stoke Newington, Middlesex, England Family ID F2249 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family ROBINSON, Sarah Ann, b. 1851, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England d. 1924, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (Age 73 years) Marriage 1875 Derby Registration District, Derbyshire Children 1. ENSOR, Harry, b. Abt 1873, Derby, Derbyshire, England d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. ENSOR, Norman Rainford, b. Abt 1874, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire d. 1956, Bournemouth Registration District, Dorset (Age 82 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. ENSOR, Lewis Gerald, b. 23 Nov 1876, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England d. 1909, Nottingham Registration District, Nottinghamshire (Age 32 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]4. ENSOR, Evelyn Maud Caroline, b. 1878, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England d. 1925, Nottingham Registration District, Nottinghamshire (Age 47 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]5. ENSOR, Mary Arnold, b. 1879, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England d. Aft 1901 (Age > 23 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]6. ENSOR, Gertrude May, b. 26 Oct 1887, Skegness, Lincolnshire, England d. 1958, Nottingham Registration District, Nottinghamshire (Age 70 years)Family ID F1648 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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ARTHUR RAINFORD ENSOR 1851-1929
The birth of Arthur Rainford ENSOR was registered in 1851.
(GRO September Q 1851 I of Thanet 5 527)
He was baptised at Margate, Kent, on 24 July 1851, son of James Rainford ENSOR and Ann.
(FamilySearch)
From the 1861 census of 6 Southwick Street, Paddington, Middlesex, where James Rainford ENSOR was lodging with Edward HOUSE:
James R. ENSOR, lodger, aged 56, house proprietor, born in Cheshire;
Ann ENSOR, wife, aged 45, born at Finchley, Middlesex;
*Arthur R. ENSOR, son, aged 9, scholar, born in Kent.
(RG9/8/85/19)
The 1871 census of 42 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire:
James R. ENSOR, head, aged 66, house proprietor, born at Seecombe (sic), Cheshire;
Ann ENSOR, wife, aged 55, born in Middlesex;
Andrew R. ENSOR, son, aged 24, no occupation, born in Passy, France (British Subject);
*Arthur R. ENSOR, son, aged 19, no occupation, born at Margate, Kent;
Sarah A. ROBINSON, servant, aged 19, general servant, born at Grantham, Lincolnshire.
(RG10/3507/74/32)
NB: Arthur ENSOR and Sarah Ann ROBINSON married in 1875.
The marriage between Arthur Rainford ENSOR and Sarah Ann ROBINSON, his father's general servant, was registered in 1875.
(GRO June Q 1875 Derby 7b 718)
The 1881 census of 54 Eastbrough, Scarborough, Yorkshire:
*Arthur ENSOR, head, aged 27, married, tobacconist, born at Margate, Kent;
Harry ENSOR, son, aged 7, scholar, born at Derby, Derbyshire;
Norman ENSOR, son, aged 6, scholar, born at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire;
Lewis ENSOR, son, aged 4, scholar, born at Scarborough, Yorkshire;
Mary ENSOR, daughter, aged 1, born at Scarborough, Yorkshire;
Ellen COX, servant, aged 20, unmarried, domestic servant, born at Scarborough, Yorkshire.
(RG11/4805/40/26)
NOTE: Arthur's wife Sarah Ann ENSOR was living with, or staying with (although not marked as a visitor), her sister's family in Grantham, Lincolnshire, together with three year old daughter Emma ENSOR (Emma = Evelyn Maud Caroline?).
From the 1891 census of Lumley Road, Skegness, Lincolnshire:
*Arthur R. ENSOR, head, aged 39, eating house keeper, born at Margate, Kent;
Ann ENSOR, wife, aged 40, born at Grantham, Lincolnshire;
Norman ENSOR, son, aged 15, scholar, born in Nottinghamshire;
Lewis ENSOR, son, aged 13, scholar, born at Scarborough, Yorkshire;
Maud C. ENSOR, daughter, aged 12, scholar, born at Scarborough, Yorkshire;
Mary A. ENSOR, daughter, aged 11, scholar, born at Scarborough, Yorkshire;
Gertrude M. ENSOR, daughter, aged 3, born at Skegness, Lincolnshire;
May E. WOOD, governess, aged 25, born at Barton, Lincolnshire;
Mary E. EVERETT, servant, aged 17, general domestic servant, born at Dalby, Lincolnshire;
Annie JULIN, nurse, aged 16, domestic nurse, born at Barton, Lincolnshire.
(RG12/2604/102/23)
The 1901 census of 60 Lumley Road, Skegness, Lincolnshire:
*Arthur R. ENSOR, head, married, aged 47, picture frame maker, employer at home, born at Margate, Kent;
George BALL, servant, aged 19, picture frame maker, worker, born at Oakham, Rutland;
William MARPE, servant, aged 15, domestic boot boy, born at Oakham, Rutland.
(RG13/3078/6/4)
NB: His wife was a boarding house keeper in Nottingham in 1901.
Arthur Rainford ENSOR of 60 Lumley Road, Skegness, Lincolnshire, was elected as a member of the Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland in 1903.
(Journal of Conchology Volume 10 page 148)
The death of an Arthur R. ENSOR aged 77 was registered in 1929.
(GRO June Q 1929 Kendal 10b 819)
NOTES & QUERIES:
1911 Census: Untraced. His wife Sarah Ann ENSOR was in Nottingham.
(revised 16.08.2017)