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ENSOR, Jane Rainford
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Name ENSOR, Jane Rainford Birth 17 Jan 1836 St. Pancras, Middlesex, London, England
Gender Female Death 29 May 1893 Brighton, Sussex, England
Person ID I6396 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father ENSOR, Thomas Rainford, b. 24 Jan 1806, St. Pancras, Middlesex, London, England
d. 23 Jan 1846, Kentish Town, Middlesex, England
(Age 39 years) Relationship natural Mother MILES, Emma, b. Between 1805 and 1806 d. 6 Mar 1855, Leamington, Warwickshire, England
(Age 50 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1835 St. Giles-In-The-Fields, Middlesex, England
Family ID F2439 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family TIBBITTS, Thomas Abbott, b. 1823, Warwick, Warwickshire, England
d. 13 Jan 1895, Windsor, Berkshire, England
(Age 72 years) Marriage 15 Aug 1854 Old Church, St. Pancras, Middlesex
Family ID F2441 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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JANE RAINFORD TIBBITS née ENSOR 1836-1893
Jane Rainford ENSOR was born on 17 January 1836 and baptised at the Old Church, St. Pancras, Middlesex, on 17 November 1836, daughter of Thomas Rainford ENSOR and Emma.
(FamilySearch)
From the 1841 census of Kentish Town, St. Pancras, Middlesex:
Thomas ENSOR, aged 35, solicitor, born in Middlesex;
Emma ENSOR, aged 35, NOT born in Middlesex;
*Jane ENSOR, aged 5, born in Middlesex.
(HO107/683/6/17/29)
Jane Rainford ENSOR married Thomas Abbott TIBBITTS at the Old Church, St. Pancras, Middlesex, on 15 August 1854.
(FamilySearch)
(GRO September Q 1854 Pancras 1b 104)
"At St.Pancras, Mr. Thos. Abbotts TIBBITTS, solicitor, of Leamington, to Jane-Rainford, only child of the late Thomas Rainford ENSOR, esq. of Gray's inn and Highgate, granddau. of the late Thomas MILES, esq. Post Captain R.N."
(Gentleman's Magazine November 1854 page 503)
The 1861 census of 19 Lansdowne Crecent, Kensington, Middlesex:
Thomas A. TIBBITTS, head, aged 37, solicitor, born at Warwick;
*Jane R. TIBBITTS, wife, aged 25, born at St. Pancras, Middlesex;
Thomas R. E. TIBBITTS, son, aged 5, scholar, born at Leamington, Warwickshire;
Frank A. TIBBITTS, son, aged 4, scholar, born at Kensington, Middlesex;
Harriet F. JANES (JONES?), aged 28, governess, born at Holborn, Middlesex;
Anna LODGE, servant, aged 34, unmarried, housemaid, born at Brighton, Sussex;
Margaret BRYANT, servant, aged 32, married, cook, born at Swansea, Wales.
(RG9/19/44/41)
From the 1871 census of Lansdowne Crescent, Kensington, Middlesex:
Thos. A. TIBBITTS, head, aged 47, solicitor, born at Warwick;
*Jane R. TIBBITTS, wife, aged 34, born in London;
Thomas R. E. TIBBITTS, son, aged 15, born at Leamington;
Frank A. TIBBITTS, son, aged 14, born at Kensington, Middlesex;
Albert TIBBITTS, brother, aged 25, solicitor, born at Warwick;
Harriet F. JONES, companion, aged 39, companion, born at St. Andrews, Holborn;
Elizth. TIBBY, servant, aged 29, cook, born at Yeovil, Somerset;
Mary ROGERS, servant, aged 25, housemaid, born at Banbury, Oxfordshire.
(RG10/38/60/33)
The 1881 census of 41 Lansdowne Crescent, Kensington, Middlesex:
Thomas A. TIBBITTS, head, aged 57, solicitor, born Warwick, Warwickshire;
*Jane R. TIBBITTS, wife, aged 44, born at St. Pancras, Middlesex;
Thomas R. TIBBITTS, son, aged 25, single, solicitor, born at Leamington, Warwickshire;
Frank A. TIBBITTS, son, aged 24, single, stockbroker, born at Kensington, Middlesex.
(RG11/30/70/25)
The 1891 census of 41 Lansdowne Crescent, Kensington, Middlesex:
Thomas TIBBITTS, head, aged 67, solicitor, born at Warwick;
*Jane TIBBITTS, wife, aged 55, born at Highgate, Middlesex;
Frank A. TIBBITTS, son, aged 34, stockbroker, born at Kensington, London;
Matilda PRISE, servant, aged 49, born at Esselton, Herefordshire;
Mary A. LIME, servant, aged 22, housemaid, born at Marylebone, London.
(RG12/22/48/27)
The death of Jane Rainford TIBBITTS aged 57 was registered in 1893.
(GRO June Q 1893 Brighton 2b 135)
"Jane Rainford TIBBITTS of 41 Lansdowne-crescent Notting Hill Middlesex (wife of Thomas Abbott TIBBITTS) died 29 May 1893 at Brighton. Probate London 27 July to Frank A. RAINFORD stockbroker. Effects £90."
(National Probate Calendar 1893)
NOTES & QUERIES:
1851 Census: Untraced
Did Frank Abbott TIBBITTS change his name to Frank Abbott RAINFORD on or before the death of his mother?
(revised 13.10.2011)

