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Frank RENNELS
1858 - 1941 (~ 83 years)
Has 19 ancestors and 4 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Frank RENNELS Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Dec Q 1858 Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales 
- From the 1861 census where shown as aged 2
GRO ref: Rennels, Frank q4 1858 Newport M RD 11a 140; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Jones
Gender Male Died Mar Q 1941 Pontypool Reg Dist, Gwent or Monmouthshire, Wales - GRO ref: RENNELS, Frank q1 1941 aged 82 Pontypool RD 11a 316
Siblings1 brother and 3 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
William RENNELS, b. Abt 1783, d. Mar Q 1851, Totnes Reg Dist, Devon, England (Age ~ 68 years) (Grandfather) 
Letitia JONES, b. Abt 1826, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales, d. Jun Q 1867, Newport M Reg Dist, Monmouthshire or Glamorgan, Wales (Age ~ 41 years) (Mother) Person ID I301576 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 17 Jan 2015
Father William RENNELS, bap. 8 Dec 1816, St. Clement’s Church, Townstal, Dartmouth, Devon, England , d. Sep Q 1898, Pontypool Reg Dist, Gwent or Monmouthshire, Wales (Age ~ 81 years)
Other Partners: Mary GOTHAM m. 17 Aug 1846; Eliza Maria Byrd NICHOLLS m. Sep Q 1868Mother Letitia JONES, b. Abt 1826, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales , d. Jun Q 1867, Newport M Reg Dist, Monmouthshire or Glamorgan, Wales (Age ~ 41 years) Married Between 1851 and 1861 - The mother's maiden name is consistently given as Jones in the birth registrations, suggesting they were all the children of Letitia, not Mary Gotham.
If William and Letitia married, they probably did so by about 1853.
Was the William Rennels who married (or lived as the husband of Letitia) the one who had married Mary Gotham?
A 44 year old carpenter William Rennels, born Paignton, is in the 1861 census as the husband of a Welsh woman, Letitia.
I think the match of age, occupation and birthplace is too much to be a co-incidence - and I have found no sign of another William Rennels born in Paignton c. 1816 (OK, this William was baptised in Dartmouth and shown in the 1851 census as born there, but all his brothers were born / baptised Paignton and it seems reasonable to suppose he grew up there and could easily have been mis-recorded as born there ).
There is also no sign of William being with Mary in 1861 so I think she had probably died (or they had separated - I have not found a marriage to Letitia - so were they really married?)
As well as the three children with William and Letitia in the 1861 census, I think two other Rennells children, who died in infancy, were theirs, as shown here. Rennels was not a common name in Wales, but of couse Jones was extremely common so it is not impossible that they were offspring of another couple.
Family ID F300532 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 1 Matilda Rebecca BEACH, b. Dec Q 1862, Hammersmith, London, England , d. Jun Q 1894, Pontypool Reg Dist, Gwent or Monmouthshire, Wales (Age ~ 32 years) Married Sep Q 1884 Steyning Reg Dist, Sussex, England - GRO ref: BEACH, Matilda to Rennels, Frank q3 1884 Steyning RD 2b 474
Children3 children Last Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F301019 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 Rachel Matilda STINCHCOMBE, b. Mar Q 1859, Monkswood, Monmouthshire, Wales , d. Dec Q 1909, Pontypool Reg Dist, Gwent or Monmouthshire, Wales (Age ~ 50 years) Married Mar Q 1898 Pontypool Reg Dist, Gwent or Monmouthshire, Wales - GRO ref: RENNELS, Frank to STINCHCOMBE, Rachel Matilda q1 1898 Pontypool RD 11a 167
Children 1. Percy George RENNELS, b. Dec Q 1902, Panteg, Monmouthshire, Wales , d. Yes, date unknownLast Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F301018 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- From the 1861 census where shown as aged 2