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ENSOR, Sidney Rainford
1808 - 1876 (67 years) Has 10 ancestors and 21 descendants in this family tree.
1777 - 1844 (67 years)-
Name ENSOR, Sidney Rainford Birth 13 Nov 1808 St. Pancras, Middlesex, London, England 
Gender Male Death 3 Jul 1876 St. Paul, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA Person ID I6350 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father ENSOR, James, b. 1779, St. Michael, Highgate, Middlesex d. 18 Jan 1868, Kensington Registration District, London (Age 89 years) Relationship natural Mother RAINFORD, Elizabeth, b. 1777, Wallasey, Cheshire, England d. 10 May 1844, Brentford Registration District, Middlesex (Age 67 years) Relationship natural Marriage 8 Jun 1800 Wallasey, Cheshire, England Family ID F2250 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 SEDLEY, Frederica Johanna, b. 1817, Ceylon d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 1831 Kensington, Middlesex, England Family ID F2423 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 2 JAMESON, Berilla Jane, b. 6 Apr 1821, Kentucky (Probably) Or Tennessee, USA d. Between 1850 and 1856, St. Paul, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA (Age 28 years) Marriage 22 Jun 1840 Lincoln County, Missouri, USA Children 1. ENSOR, Laura Mary Regis, b. 26 Aug 1841, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA d. 28 Mar 1904, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA (Age 62 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. ENSOR, Anne E., b. Abt 1843, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA d. Aft 7 Dec 1900, Millwood, Lincoln County, Missouri, USA (Age > 57 years)3. ENSOR, Victoria, b. Abt 1845, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA d. Bef 1856, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA (Age < 10 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]4. ENSOR, Frederick Rainford, b. Abt 1847, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA d. 13 May 1876, Millwood, Lincoln County, Missouri, USA (Age 29 years)Family ID F2424 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 3 DYER, Elvira, b. 28 Apr 1831, Washington County, Kentucky, USA d. 2 Apr 1880, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA (Age 48 years) Children 1. ENSOR, Augusta Jane, b. Abt 1854, St. Paul, St. Charles, Missouri, USA d. 1920 ?2. ENSOR, Sidney James, b. Abt 1856, St. Paul, St. Charles, Missouri, USA d. Bef 1920 (Age < 63 years)3. ENSOR, Thomas Hayden, b. 21 Mar 1858, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA d. Yes, date unknown4. ENSOR, Ada, b. Abt 1860, St. Paul, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]5. ENSOR, George Rainford, b. Abt Feb 1860, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA d. Bef 1920 (Age < 59 years)6. ENSOR, Neville, b. Between 1864 and 1865, St. Paul, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA d. 4 Jan 1937 (Age 73 years)7. ENSOR, Arthur W., b. 1868, St. Paul, St. Charles, Missouri, USA d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F2425 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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SIDNEY RAINFORD ENSOR 1808-1876
Sidney Rainford ENSOR, son of James ENSOR and Elizabeth, was born on 13 November 1808 and baptised at the Old Church, St. Pancras, Middlesex, on 8 February 1809.
(PR)
"At Kensington, Sidney Rainford ENSOR, Esq., of Dorset-street Portland-square, to Miss Frederica J. SEDLEY, of Notting Hill."
(Jackson's Oxford Journal, Saturday, November 5, 1831, Issue 4097)
As S. R. ENSOR he published a letter in the Lancet in 1832 about the use of quinine for cholera.
(Source: Laura A. Wallace)
"Laura Wallace has that Sidney was a member of the Royal College of Surgeons until 1846. He emigrated from England in about 1831 and settled in St. Charles Co., MO, by 1834. He purchased land there and in adjacent Lincoln Co. in the 1830s. He lived in St. Charles Co. after marrying Berrilla in 1840 but appears to be the age 30-39 male counted in the 1840 household of mother-in-law, Kitty S. Jameson".
(kmcmahan)
Sidney R. ENSOR, aged 59, born in England in 1809, was at St. Charles, Cuivre Township, Missouri, in 1860.
(US Census 1860)
Sidney R. ENSOR died on 3 July 1876 at St. Paul, St. Charles, Missouri, USA, and was buried on 5 July in St. Paul Catholic Cemetery.
(kmcmahan)
1872 Sept 4 Will of Sidney Rainford Ensor, who leaves land and money to the three
children by his first wife (Bevilla Ensor [or Berilla Ensor]): Laura
Damees, Ann Roberts, and Frederick Rainford Ensor. He also leaves land
and his personal estate to his present wife (Elvira Ensor) and their seven
children: Augusta Jane Ensor, Sidney James Ensor, Thomas Hayden
Ensor, George Rainford Ensor, Ada Ensor, Nevile Ensor, and Arthur
Ensor. His wife is named administratrix and her uncle William Hayden is
named administrator. The will also mentions Louis Withington, William
C. Lindsay, and Peter Rottger. Also includes deposition of Conrad Tintrup
and Xavier Ashoff, July 20, 1876, verifying that they witnessed the
foregoing will, and letters testamentary of the St. Charles Probate Court
regarding the will, August 1, 1876.
NOTES & QUERIES:
1840 US Census:
1850 US Census:
1860 US Census: As above
1870 US Census:
From Laura WALLACE: His name does not appear on the tax lists until 1836...... Nick GRIBBLE listed a son Robert born 1837 with Berilla as the mother. That's possible of course but I've wondered.
Nick GRIBBLE lists a son Frederick ENSOR born 1833 who married twice, firstly to unknown and secondly to Martha Emerson who gave him two children: Ella and Anna. Was Frederick ENSOR a son of Sidney and Frederica?
Betty Ann BLOCKUS (texasgal445 at yahoo.com) wrote on 7 March 2014: My GGGgrandfather was Dr. Sidney ENSOR, and we have been unaware of his marriage to Frederica Johanna SEDLEY. Can yoy tell us more about this marriage - were there children? Did she die? Was there a divorce?"
(revised 09.03.2014)