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Wife: Maria Swan
Born: ABT 1828 in Lincolnshire Census: 1871 in Lincolnshire (see note 1) Father: Mother:
Husband: George Beatson Blenkin Married: 1855 in Lincolnshire 1 (see note 2)
Born: ABT 1821 in Hull, Yorkshire Census: 1871 in Lincolnshire (see note 3) Occupation: 1871 Vicar of Boston Father: Mother:
M Child 1: George Wilfrid Blenkin Born: 1861 in Lincolnshire Census: 1871 in Lincolnshire (see note 4) Education: Trinity College, Cambridge 2 (see note 5) Resided: 1904 - 1906 at St Guthlacs, 21 Chaucer Road, Trumpington 3 Census: 1911 in Isle of Wight (see note 6) Occupation: 1911 Vicar of Brading Died: 1924 in Hertfordshire 4 (see note 7) Wife: Katherine Anne March b. 25 Dec 1873 d. 1960 Married: 1903 in London 1 (see note 8)
F Child 2: Grace Isabella Blenkin Born: 23 Jul 1870 in Boston, Lincolnshire Census: 1871 in Boston, Lincolnshire (see note 9) Census: 1911 in Kent (see note 10) Resided: 1920 - 1962 at Harefield, 19 Chaucer Road, Trumpington 5 Census: 1921 in Chaucer Road, Trumpington (see note 11) Died: 1966 in Cambridge 4 (see note 12) Husband: Charles Archibald Edmund Pollock b. 3 May 1858 d. 1944 Married: 1895 in Gloucestershire 1 (see note 13)
Sources: (1) FreeBMD website. (2) Alumni Cantabrigienses. (3) Rus in Urbe. (4) Index on ancestry.co.uk. (5) Electoral Register.
Event Notes Note (1) Age 42, born Lansthorpe, with husband George Blenkin and four children Note (2) Sep 1855 Spilsby 7a 773 Note (3) Age 49, born Hull. Vicar of Boston, with wife Maria and four children Note (4) Age 10, born Boston, with family Note (5) Name: George Wilfrid. Blenkin College: TRINITY Entered: Michs. 1880 BORN: 16 Feb 1861 Died: 24 Sep 1924 More Information: Adm. pens. at TRINITY, June 1, 1880. S. of George Beatson (above), clerk, of Boston, Lincs. B. there Feb. 16, 1861. School, Harrow. Matric. Michs. 1880; Scholar, 1883; Prizeman; (Class. Trip., 1st Class, 1883; Theol. Trip., 1st Class, 1885); B.A. 1884; M.A. 1887; D.D. 1921. Fellow, 1899-1906. Chaplain, 1891-1902. Chaplain of Emmanuel, 1886-91. Fellow of Corpus Christi, 1899. Senior Proctor, 1896. Ord. deacon, 1886; priest (Ely) 1887. Select Preacher at Cambridge, 1890, 1893 and 1896. Theological Lecturer at Sidney Sussex College, 1893-7; at Corpus Christi College, 1898-1901. V. of Brading, Isle of Wight, 1906-13. Rural Dean, 1908-13. V. of Hitchin, Herts., 1913-14. Preb. of Lincoln, 1903-14. Dean and R. of St Albans, 1914-24. Surrogate, dio. St Albans, 1917-24. Died Sept. 24, 1924. (Crockford; The Times, Sept. 25, 1924.) Note (6) Age 50, born Boston. Vicar of Brading, with wife Katherine and son Note (7) Sep 1924 St Albans 3a 644 age 63 Note (8) Jun 1903 Kensington 1a 278 Note (9) Age 8 months, born Boston, with family Note (10) Age 40, born Boston, visitor to nursing home Note (11) Age 50, born Boston, with husband Charles Pollock and three children Note (12) Mar 1966 Cambridge 4a 329 age 95 Note (13) Jun 1895 Stroud 6a 575 Copyright © Trumpington Local History Group 2023 Email TLHG Return to TLHG introduction page Name Index