The Pennefather Family

Agnes Theodora Pennefather

Birth: 26 September 1887

Baptism: 9 November 1887, in Rawalpindi, Punjab, India

Father: Robert Forbes Pennefather

Mother: Eleanor Alexandra (Gosnell) Pennefather

Death: 1887

Sources:

Birth: IGI
Baptism: IGI
Parents: IGI
Death: Peter Elliott

Bessie Theodora Forbes Pennefather

Birth: 1896, in Malta

Baptised: 1896, in Malta

Father: Robert Forbes Pennefather

Mother: Eleanor Alexandra (Gosnell) Pennefather

Death: 8 December 1951

Probate: granted 22 March 1952 to Eric Arthur Forbes Pennefather, sole exector; will dated 2 August 1951

Census:
1901: Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire

Sources:

Birth: 1901 census; exact year from Claire Freestone
Baptism: Army Chaplains Registers of Birth/Baptisms 1800 - 1900
Parents: Claire Freestone
Death: Claire Freestone

Constance Aimee Forbes (Pennefather) March

Father: Robert Forbes Pennefather

Mother: Eleanor Alexandra (Gosnell) Pennefather

Married: H. March in 1920, in Portsmouth district, Hampshire, England

Sources:

Parents: Claire Freestone
Marriage: England Marriage Index (3Q1920 vol 2b p1146)

Eileen Forbes (Pennefather) Potts

Birth: 7 July 1890, in Ireland

Father: Robert Forbes Pennefather

Mother: Eleanor Alexandra (Gosnell) Pennefather

Married: Owen Joseph Potts in 1912, in Portsmouth district, Hampshire, England. Owen was born on 25 January 1889 in Havant district, Hampshire, and died on 25 October 1975. He is buried in St Johns Carlton, Nottingham.

Death: 25 June 1928

Buried: Portsmouth cemetery, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

Census:
1891: Golden Hill Fort, Freshwater, Isle of Wight

Sources:

Birth: 1891 census; exact date from Claire Freestone
Parents: 1891 census
Marriage: England Marriage Index (3Q1912 vol 2b p1105); Owen birth from England Birth Index (1Q1889 vol 2b p413) and exact date from Claire Freestone; Owen death and burial from Claire Freestone
Death: Claire Freestone
Burial: Claire Freestone

Eric Arthur Forbes Pennefather

Birth: 1899, in Pembroke district, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Father: Robert Forbes Pennefather

Mother: Eleanor Alexandra (Gosnell) Pennefather

Married: M.M. Payne in 1951 in Lewisham district, London, England

Occupation: Railway Clerk

Death: 1968, in Portsmouth district, Hampshire, England, aged 69

Addresses:
1940: 22 Ember Farm Way, East Molesey, Surrey (will of Janet Elizabeth Gosnell)

Sources:

Birth: England & Wales Birth Index (1Q1899 vol 11a p1150)
Parents: Claire Freeston; 1891 census
Marriage: England Marriage Index (3Q1951 vol 5d p305)
Occupation: Will of Janet Elizabeth Gosnell (1940)
Death: England Death Index (3Q1968 vol 6b p431)

Gladys Eleanor Forbes Pennefather

Birth: 1889, in Bideford, Devon, England

Father: Robert Forbes Pennefather

Mother: Eleanor Alexandra (Gosnell) Pennefather

Death: 1952, in Hitchin district, Hertfordshire, England, aged 62

Census:
1891: 7 South View Terrace, Bideford, Devon

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (3Q1889 vol 5b p491); exact place from 1891 census
Parents: Claire Freestone; 1891 census
Death: England Death Index (2Q1952 vol 4b p98)

John Lysaght Forbes Pennefather

Baptised: 1892, in Malta

Father: Robert Forbes Pennefather

Mother: Eleanor Alexandra (Gosnell) Pennefather

Married: Ethel Balmer in 1915, in Newcastle upon Tyne district, Northumberland, England

Sources:

Baptism: Army Chaplains Registers of Birth/Baptisms 1800 - 1900
Parents: Claire Freestone
Marriage: England Marriage Index (1Q1915 vol 10b p97)

Joyce Muriel Rait (Pennefather) Edwards

Birth: 1902, in Woolwich district, London, England

Father: Robert Forbes Pennefather

Mother: Eleanor Alexandra (Gosnell) Pennefather

Married: P. Edwards in 1947, in Portsmouth district, Hampshire, England

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (3Q1902 vol 1d p1348)
Parents: Claire Freestone
Marriage: England Marriage Index (4Q1947 vol 6b p917)

Robert Forbes Pennefather

Birth: 11 January 1861, in Kilkenny, county Kilkenny, Ireland

Married: Eleanor Alexandra Gosnell in 1886 in the Presidency of Bengal, India

Children:

Agnes Theodora Pennefather (1887 - 1887)
Gladys Eleanor Forbes Pennefather (1889 - 1952)
Eileen Forbes Pennefather (1890 - ? )
John Lysaght Forbes Pennefather (1892 - ? )
Bessie Theodora Forbes Pennefather (1896 - 1951)
Eric Arthur Forbes Pennefather (1899 - 1968)
Constance Aimee Forbes Pennefather
Joyce Muriel Rait Pennefather (1902 - ? )

Occupation: Sergeant, Royal Artillery

Death: 20 September 1934, in Portsmouth district, Hampshire, England

Buried: Milton cemetery, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

Census:
1891: Golden Hill Fort, Freshwater, Isle of Wight

Notes:
Robert's uncle, General Sir John Pennefather, fought in the Battle of Balaclava.

Sources:

Birth: British Army WWI Pension Record lists Robert's age as 53 years and 242 days on 10 September 1914
Marriage: Transcription of Bengal marriages vol 195 page 193
Occupation: 1891 census
Death: England Death Index (3Q1934 vol 2b p600); exact date from Claire Freestone
Burial: Claire Freestone

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