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WEST, Kerrenhappuck née EDGOOSE (1828-1909), wife of David WEST (1837-1895)
Kerrenhappuck EDGOOSE was born on 15 November 1828, daughter of James and Mary EDGOOSE.
James EDGOOSE had married Mary WINFREE by licence at Moulton, Lincolnshire, on 14 December 1807.
Keren Happuch, daughter of James and Mary EDGOOSE of Gosberton, Lincolnshire, was baptised at Gosberton on 23 November 1828. Her father was described as a yeoman.
(Parish Register)
From the 1841 census returns for Gosberton Risegate:
Elizabeth EDGOOSE, aged 20, dressmaker, born in Lincolnshire;
Elmet (sic) EDGOOSE, aged 15, agricultural labourer, born in Lincolnshire;
Kezia EDGOOSE, aged 15, born in Lincolnshire;
*Kerenhappuch EDGOOSE, aged 13, born in Lincolnshire;
John EDGOOSE, aged 10, born in Lincolnshire.
(HO107/607/11/31)
Their mother Mary EDGOOSE was elsewhere.
At the time of the 1851 census she was living at Surfleet Risegate:
Mary EDGOOSE, head, aged 63, widow, born at Long Sutton (she was actually 66 years old);
Elmit (sic) EDGOOSE, son, aged 25, agricultural labourer, born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire;
*Kerenhappuck EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 22, milliner and dressmaker, born at Gosberton.
(HO107/2096/250v)
She was living at 14 William Street, Leicester, when she married David WEST at the Bishop Street Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on 24 July 1860. She gave her age as 26, two years older than her husband, when in fact she was almost 32! David WEST was a carpenter and joiner of 56 Waterloo Street, Leicester, son of William WEST, farmer. Witnesses were Daniel PACEY and Emily Anne BAKER, the latter possibly daughter of her sister Caroline BAKER who is known to have been living in Leicester in 1862.
(GRO September Q 1860 Leicester 7a 309)
At the time of the 1861 census she was living with her husband David WEST and her mother Mary EDGOOSE at 14 William Street, Leicester:
David WEST, head, married, aged 24, carpenter & joiner, born at Middleton, Northamptonshire;
*Kerenhappuch WEST, wife, married, aged 30, dressmaker, born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire;
Mary EDGOOSE, mother-in-law, widow, aged 75, formerly farmer's wife, born at Long Sutton, Lincolnshire.
(RG9/2285/49/2)
They had a son Jesse WEST in 1865. He died in 1933.
(Source: Heather Tapley)
The 1871 census returns for 22 William Street, Leicester:
David WEST, head, aged 34, carpenter, born at Middleton, Norhamptonshire;
*Kerinhappuck (sic) WEST, wife, aged 37, born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire;
Jessie WEST, son, aged 7, scholar, born in Leicestershire;
William WEST, son, aged 3, born in Leicestershire;
Mary Edgoose WEST, aged 2, born in Leicestershire.
(RG10/3271/104/12)
The 1881 census returns for 35 Stanley Street, Leicester St. Margaret:
David WEST ,head, aged 44, carpenter and joiner, born at Shilton, Northamptonshire;
*Heren H. WEST (sic), wife, aged 47 (!), born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire;
Jessie (sic) WEST, son, aged 17, pupil teacher, born in Leicester;
William WEST, son, aged 13, born in Leicester;
Mary WEST, daughter, aged 12, born in Leicester.
(RG11/3164/41/12)
David WEST is listed in the city directories at 30 St. Saviour's Road, Leicester, from 1888 to 1895-96.
The 1891 census returns for 30 St. Saviour's Road, Leicester:
David WEST, head, aged 54, carpenter, born at Middleton, Northampton.;
*Kerrenhappuch West, wife, aged 57, born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire;
William WEST, son, aged 23, heel builder, born in Leicester;
Mary WEST, daughter, aged 22, schoolteacher, born in Leicester.
(RG12/2528/32/15)
From a letter which her sister Jemima WADE wrote to her sister Elizabeth O'CONNOR on 14 September 1895 it appears that Jemima lodged with Kerrenhappuck at 30 St. Saviour's Road.
The 1901 census of 30 St. Saviour's Road, Leicester:
*Kerenhappuch WEST, head, aged 72, widow, born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire;
Mary WEST, daughter, aged 32, Certif. Assist. Board School teacher, born in Leicester. (RG13/2999/169/18)
William WEST and family and Jemima WADE lived next door at No. 30.
She died aged 80 at 30 St. Saviour's Road, Leicester, on 29 October 1909. She was described as the widow of David WEST, master carpenter. Her son J. WEST of 25 Larches Lane, Wolverhampton, was present when she died.
Cause of Death: Senile Decay.
(GRO December Q 1909 Leicester 7a 134)
(revised 30.06.2026)
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