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Woldemar Ohme KENNETT

Woldemar Ohme KENNETT

Male 1849 - 1908  (58 years)

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  • Name Woldemar Ohme KENNETT 
    Born 9 Jun 1849  Deal, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 11 Jun 1849  Deal, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 23 Jan 1908  Chislehurst, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4763  Young Kent Ancestors
    Last Modified 19 May 2007 

    Father John KENNETT,   c. 14 Jan 1815, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Esther Mary BAX,   d. 18 Dec 1859, Deal, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Abt 1841 
    Family ID F1137  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Woldemar was born at 8:30 p.m. on 9 June 1849. He was baptised at St. Leonards, Deal on 11 July 1849. He married Amelia Barnes at the Parish Church of Georgeham, north Devon on 24 September 1874. They were both 25 years old. John Barnes, John Kennett and Henry Harding were the witnesses.

      Woldemar started work as a clerk for Richard Dickeson & Company, which had premises in Market Lane, Dover and Woldemar and family lived either on the premises or very close to it in Market Lane. Woldemar was a director of Richard Dickeson and Co. and Charles Phillimore Co. Ltd.. He had a business partner named Alexander William Prince.

      The family moved to Avenue House, Park Avenue, Dover sometime after 1895. This was situated on the corner of Castle Avenue and opposite the entrance to Connaught Park. They were still there in 1891. This house was still standing in 1984. In 1905 the family moved to Chislehurst.

      Woldemar must have been musical. He used to sing gless (unaccompanied songs) with a local choir who he invited to his house. Apparently Amelia used to complain about them being 'common men with big black boots'!!

      When Amelia died on 21 Nov 1905 they were living at Elmstead Glade, Chislehurst, Kent. Amelia seems to have died form an operation for a cancerous obstruction, I assume colon cancer. Ethel was present at her death. Woldemar died from heart and respiratory problems on 23 Jan 1908 with Ethel in attendance. He had previously had an aneurysm after having an accident - a heavy blow on the chest aboard ship sailing home from Spain in rough seas - he never really recovered from this. He left his "Glees for Male Voices and his Book of Glees" to the organist of the Masonic Corinthian Lodge 1208 in Dover. I conclude from this that he was a freemason. He left Avenue House, Park Avenue, Dover to Felix Bolton his son-in-law.


  

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