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Canada, Ocean Arrivals (Form 30A), 1919-1924 about Alexander Joseph Kennedy
Name: Alexander Joseph Kennedy
Gender: Male
Estimated birth year: abt 1894
Birth Place: Liverpool, England
Age: 26
Date of Arrival: 18 May 1920
Port of Arrival: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Ship Name: Haverford

Going to settle in Canada.
Relative in Canada: father Mr Kennedy, 32 Hunter Street, Niagara.
Married.
Occupation: Carter. Intended occupation: joiner

Catherine and children in 1911. She's calling herself widowed (maybe more respectable than divorced, or maybe Alexander ran off to Canada and deserted her?).
Married 19 years; 6 children, 2 of whom deceased.


1911 England Census about Catherine J Kennedy
Name: Catherine J Kennedy (Catherine D Kennedy in image)
Age in 1911: 40
Estimated birth year: abt 1871
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Everton, Lancashire, England
Civil Parish: West Derby
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Street address: 8 Rock St Old Swan
Marital Status: Widowed
Occupation: Char Woman
Registration district: West Derby
Registration District Number: 455
Sub-registration district: West Derby Eastern
ED, institution, or vessel: 36
Piece: 22646
Household Members:
Name Age
Catherine J Kennedy 40
Alexander Joseph Kennedy 17 - groom
John Kennedy 16 - gardener
James McCubbin Kennedy 15 - unemployed
Arthur Kennedy 7

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1901 England Census about Alexander Kennedy
Name: Alexander Kennedy
Age: 33
Estimated birth year: abt 1868
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Spouse: Catherine Kennedy
Birth Place: Scotland
Civil Parish: West Derby
Ecclesiastical parish: Stanley St Anne
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Registration district: West Derby
Sub-registration district: West Derby, Eastern
ED, institution, or vessel: 22
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 3501
Folio: 24
Page Number: 40
Household schedule number: 240
Household Members:
Name Age
Alexander Kennedy 33 - journeyman joiner
Catherine Kennedy 30 - Liverpool
Alexander Kennedy 7 - Liverpool
John Kennedy 6 - Liverpool
James Kennedy 4 - Liverpool





Liverpool, England, Marriages and Banns, 1813-1921 about Alexander Kennedy
Name: Alexander Kennedy
Birth Year: abt 1866
Age: 26
Marriage Date: 20 Oct 1892
Parish: Everton, St George
Spouse's Name: Catherine Drummond Taylor
Father's name: Alexander Kennedy
Spouse Father's Name: Joseph Taylor
Reference Number: 283 GEV/3/13

Thanks ..... that makes sense now!

Olive is his daughter-in-law, and Alexander is his son.
Catherine is daughter of Olive & Alex.
All born England , according to 1921 census.

Marriages Jun 1915 (>99%)
Kennedy Alexander J Lovell Long Ashton 5c 1481
Lovell Olive I E Kennedy Long Ashton 5c 1481


Births Dec 1917 (>99%)
Kennedy Catherine C Lovell Long Ashton 5c 682

Looking at the 1921 Census you found, Olive and Alex may be children of Alexander from a different relationship as they are too old to be Susanna's.

Catherine could have been a daughter to their relationship though.

Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956 about Alexander Kennedy
Name: Alexander Kennedy
Arrival Date: 1 Nov 1924
Port of Arrival: Niagara Falls, New York, USA
Age: 58
Birth Date: abt 1866
Birth Place: Wigtown, Scotland
Birth Country: Scotland
Gender: Male
Race/Nationality: Scottish (Scotish)
Record has photo?: No
Record Type: Cards


Looking for work.
Had previously been in Niagara Falls 1903-5.

[EDIT: dates don't fit with 1921 census above]

Looking back at Rebecca Skivington in 1905 census, Alex Kennedy (born 1866) was living at her address then.

Alexander's death??? (EDIT: Age doesn't tie in with age stated in 1935 travel record)

Deaths Dec 1953 (>99%)
KENNEDY Alexander 87 Holsworthy 7a 386


ADDED: But does match 1932 travel record:



Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956 about Alexander Kennedy
Name: Alexander Kennedy
Arrival Date: 13 Dec 1932
Port of Arrival: Niagara Falls, New York, USA
Accompanied By: Wife Susanna
Arrival Contact: Mother-in-law Mrs. Fannie Hambly
Departure Contact: Son Alexander Kennedy
Age: 66
Birth Date: 20 Aug 1866
Birth Place: Wigtown, Scotland
Birth Country: Scotland
Gender: Male
Race/Nationality: Scottish (Scotish)
Record has photo?: No
Record Type: Cards

Thanks for your excellent detective work again ArgyllGran. If I'm correct you have 6 weeks to register a birth therefore if she was born 31May 1880 a Q3 registration would fit.

Travelman -
DOB on death record would depend on how accurate the info given by the informant was.

Wow, I wonder why she eventually returned to the UK?

UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 about Susanna Kennedy
Name: Susanna Kennedy
Birth Date: abt 1881
Age: 54
Port of Departure: New York, New York, United States
Arrival Date: 26 Apr 1935
Port of Arrival: Southampton, England
Ship Name: Berengaria
Search Ship Database: Search for the Berengaria in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Shipping line: Cunard White Star
Official Number: 144301

Travelling with husband Alexander Kennedy, age 48, carpenter.
Going to 31 High Street, Bideford, Devon

Brilliant that's her for sure, her birth was registered in Q3 1880?

England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007 about Susanna Warmington Kennedy
Name: Susanna Warmington Kennedy
Birth Date: 31 May 1880
Date of Registration: Sep 1981
Age at Death: 101
Registration district: Holsworthy
Inferred County: Devon
Volume: 21
Page: 1166

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1921 Census of Canada about Susanna Kennedy
Name: Susanna Kennedy
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Age: 40
Birth Year: abt 1881
Birth Place: England
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Spouse's Name: Alex Kennedy
Father Birth Place: England
Mother Birth Place: England
Year of Immigration: 1908
Racial or Tribal Origin: English
Province or Territory: Ontario
District: Welland
District Number: 138
Sub-District: Niagara Falls (City)
Sub-District Number: 36
City, Town or Village: Niagara Falls City
Street or Township: 32 Hunter St
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Alex Kennedy 55 - 1866, Scotland, carpenter
Susanna Kennedy 40
Olive Kennedy 26 - daughter-in-law - born England
Alex J Kennedy 27 - son - born England
Catherine Kennedy 3 - grand-daughter - born England

Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956 about Susanna Kennedy
Name: Susanna Kennedy
Arrival Date: 13 Dec 1932
Port of Arrival: Niagara Falls, New York, USA
Accompanied By: Husband Alexander
Arrival Contact: Mother Mrs. Fannie Hambly , Bideford, England <<<<<
Departure Contact: Son Alexander Kennedy
Age: 52
Birth Date: 1 May 1880
Birth Place: Welcombe
Birth Country: England
Gender: Female
Race/Nationality: English
Record has photo?: No
Record Type: Cards

That does look like Susanna, thanks ArgyllGran.

Why would she state she had no relations in the UK when she had a huge UK family?

In city directories 1908-12:



U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 about Mrs Rebecca Skivington
Name: Mrs Rebecca Skivington
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1912
Street address: 473 Twenty-Sixth
Residence Place: Niagara Falls, New York, USA
Publication Title: Niagara Falls, New York, City Directory, 1912

Also Alexander, Annie, John, & William at that address.


Maybe??


New York, State Census, 1905 about Ribecka Skivington
Name: Ribecka Skivington
Birth Year: abt 1860
Birth Place: Scotland
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence Year: 1905
Residence: Niagara Falls Ward 05, Niagara, New York, USA
Relationship to Head: Head
Assembly District: 02
Election District: 01
Household Members:
Name Age
Ribecka Skivington 45
Anna Skivington 23
William Skivington 21
John Skivington 15
Alex Skivington 13
Herbert Skivington 9
Beatrice Skivington 16
Alex Kennedy 39
Bert Kennedy 42

Maybe ???


Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956 about Susie W Hambly
Name: Susie W Hambly
Arrival Date: Sep 1911
Port of Arrival: Niagara Falls, New York, USA
Residence Country: Canada
Age: 32
Birth Date: abt 1879
Birth Country: England
Gender: Female
Race/Nationality: English
Record Type: Manifests
Line Number: 27

She's a domestic, and has no relatives in UK.




Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956 about Susie Hambly
Name: Susie Hambly
Arrival Date: 1 Sep 1911
Port of Arrival: Niagara Falls, New York, USA
Arrival Contact: Friend Rebecca Skivington, 473 26th St., Niagara Falls
Age: 32
Birth Date: abt 1879
Birth Place: Bedford Devonshire (Bideford on image)
Birth Country: England
Gender: Female
Race/Nationality: English
Record has photo?: No
Record Type: Cards