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ENSOR, Norman Rainford
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Name ENSOR, Norman Rainford Birth Abt 1874 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Gender Male Death 1956 Bournemouth Registration District, Dorset
Person ID I6388 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father ENSOR, Arthur Rainford, b. 1851, Margate, Kent
d. 1929, Kendall, Westmorland, (Cumbria), England
(Age 78 years) Relationship natural Mother ROBINSON, Sarah Ann, b. 1851, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England
d. 1924, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
(Age 73 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1875 Derby Registration District, Derbyshire
Family ID F1648 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family JEFFERIES, Florence May, b. Abt 1874 d. 1959, Christchurch, Hampshire, England
(Age 85 years) Marriage 9 Oct 1900 Skegness, Lincolnshire, England
Children 1. ENSOR, Harry Herbert, b. 1902, Spilsby Registration District, Lincolnshire
d. 1902, King's Norton Registration District, Worcestershire
(Age 0 years)Family ID F2436 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Notes
NORMAN RAINFORD ENSOR 1875-1956
The birth of Norman Rainford ENSOR has not been traced in the GRO indexes of England & Wales.
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 staying with, or living with, her sister's family in Grantham, Lincolnshire, together with her three year old daughter Emma ENSOR.
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)
Norman Rainford ENSOR, a 25 year bachelor engineer of Avenue House, Lumley Road, Skegness, and son of Arthur Rainford ENSOR, art dealer, married Florence May Jefferies, a 26 year old spinster of Ivel House, Wainfleet Road, Skegness, and daughter of John Robert JEFFERIES, watchmaker, at
St. Matthew's Church, Skegness, Lincolnshire on 9 October 1900. Witnesses were John Robert JEFFERIES and Clement Gaukroger HODGSON.
(Marriage Certificate)
(GRO December Q 1900 Spilsby [which includes Skegness] 7a 1313)
The death of a Norman R. ENSOR aged 81 was registered in 1956.
(GRO December Q 1956 Bournemouth 6b 102)
NOTES & QUERIES:
1881 Census: Untraced
1901 Census: Untraced
1911 Census: Untraced
1939 Register: Untraced
(revised 24.06.2017)

