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ENSOR, Samuel Rainford
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Name ENSOR, Samuel Rainford Birth 7 Aug 1809 Wallasey, Cheshire, England
Gender Male Death 9 Feb 1852 Malines, Antwerpen, Belgium
Person ID I6472 Edgoose Last Modified 4 Feb 2026
Father ENSOR, James, b. 1779, St. Michael, Highgate, Middlesex
d. 18 Jan 1868, Kensington Registration District, London
(Age 89 years) Mother RAINFORD, Elizabeth, b. 1777, Wallasey, Cheshire, England
d. 10 May 1844, Brentford Registration District, Middlesex
(Age 67 years) Marriage 8 Jun 1800 Wallasey, Cheshire, England
Family ID F2250 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes
SAMUEL RAINFORD ENSOR 1809-1952
According to http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ensor_%28textielfabrikant%29 Samuel ENSOR was born at Wallasey, Cheshire, in 1809.
Samuel Renfort ENSOR, son of Jacques ENSOR and Elizabeth, was born at Wallasey, Cheshire, on 7 August 1809.
(Belgian Civil Registration 1795-1920)
All five sons of James ENSOR went to Merchant Taylors' School:
James Rainford ENSOR, born 6 March 1804, in January 1814.
Thomas Rainford ENSOR, born 24 January 1806, in June 1814.
Sidney Rainford ENSOR, dated of birth not stated, in June 1815.
Frederick Rainford ENSOR, date of birth not stated, in June 1815.
*Samuel Rainford ENSOR, date of birth not stated, in October 1815.
(source: Register of the Scholars of Merchant Taylors' School, 1562-1874 Volume II)
Samuel ENSOR lived on the Visscherije in Ghent in about 1831. He, like his father, was a manufacturer.
He married Ermina Sophie Van de MALE (1808-1895) from Bruges in 1831 but they divorced in Brussels in 1839. He died at Mechelen (Malines) in 1852.
(Wikipedia - translated from the Dutch)
He died at Malines, Antwerpen, Belgium, on 9 February 1852.
(Belgian Civil Registration 1795-1920)
(revised 13.10.2011)

