Frederick Oliver SENNITT

1873 - 1948  (74 years)

• Name	Frederick Oliver SENNITT
  Birth	29 Aug 1873	Stretham, Cambs   [1]
  	son of George & Sarah Sennitt
  Gender	Male
  Mourner	2 Dec 1901	City Cemetery, Ely, Cambs   [2]
  the funeral of Christopher H Legge
  1939 Register	29 Sep 1939	Cambridge, Cambs   [1]
  418 Milton Road, Cambridge, fish poultry & game merchant, widowed; plus one domestic servant; plus two closed entries
  Death	20 Jan 1948	Cambridge, Cambs   [3, 4]
  Probate	18 Nov 1948	Peterborough, Northants   [4]
  Notes	At least by the 1930s, Frederick Oliver Sennitt (not recorded on the gravestone) had a fishmongery and poultry shop at 2 (or 3) Peas Hill, which became a Mac Fisheries in the 1960s. In 1911, Frederick was living at Westhurst, Milton Road, with his wife Anna Mary (née Legge, of Ely). They were married in 1899, and by 1911 had had four children, three of whom had survived: Kathleen Pearl (8), Stewart Orland (4), and Freda Mary (3) (none of whose deaths are recorded on the gravestone). The Covent Garden slaughterhouse (with the sign 'F & O Sennitt' over its entrance, and cobbled yard with animal stalls) continued until after 1940, probably until R J Slingsby took over the site as a builder's yard in about 1948. Older residents still remember bullocks being herded for slaughter from Mill Road, their hooves 'slipping and sliding' on the tarmac. [5]
  Person ID	I594	Kempton Tree
  Last Modified	14 Jul 2017

  
  

  Family	Anna Mary LEGGE,   b. 1874, Ely, Cambs d. 22 Mar 1924, Cambridge, Cambs (Age 50 years)
  Marriage	18 Apr 1899	Wesleyan Chapel, Ely, Cambs   [2, 6]
  Newspaper Report	19 Apr 1899	Ely, Cambs   [2]
  CAMBRIDGE DAILY NEWS: MARRIAGE OF MR F O SENNITT.- A very pretty wedding took place at the Wesleyan Chapel, Ely, on Tuesday, the contracting parties being Mr Frederick Oliver Sennitt, of Cambridge (formerly of Stretham) and Miss Anna Mary Legge, daughter of Mr Christopher Legge, of High-street, Ely. Considerable interest was manifested, from the fact that the parties were well known. By the time appointed for the ceremony - twelve o?clock - a large number of people had occupied seats in the chapel, whilst Miss Granger, of Ely, played at the organ. After the arrival of Mr Percy Sennitt (best man) and other friends and relatives, the bride entered, leaning on the arm of her father. She was attired in a dress of white satin and mauve, trimmed with lace and chiffon, and wore a veil and real orange blossoms, whilst she carried a shower bouquet. Four bridesmaids were in attendance, viz., the Misses Jennie and Pattie Legge, sisters of the bride, and the Misses L and Maud Palmer, cousins of the bridegroom. They were prettily dressed in cream-coloured material, trimmed with lemon silk, with hats to match, and also wore brooches, the gifts of the bridegroom, whilst they carried baskets of roses, lilies of the valley, irises, and maidenhair fern. The Rev A R Routledge, from the Mission Hall, Stretham, conducted the service, and was assisted by the Rev C Brighouse, superintendent of the Wesleyan Circuit. The beautiful hymn, "The voice that breathed o'er Eden," was sung, and the ceremony over, the wedded pair and the bridesmaids made their way to their carriages, amidst a lively shower of confetti. Subsequently the parties repaired to the residence of the bridge, and thirty sat down to the wedding breakfast. Late in the day, Mr and Mrs Sennitt left Ely to spend the honeymoon at Brighton. The bride?s travelling dress was of blue coating, with white moire, the collar and cuffs being trimmed with braid. The wedding presents number upwards of a hundred.
  Newspaper Report	21 Apr 1899	Ely, Cambs   [2]
  CAMBRIDGE INDEPENDENT PRESS: MARRIAGES: SENNITT-LEGGE - April 18, at the Wesleyan Chapel, Ely, Frederick Oliver Sennitt, of Cambridge to Mary Anna Legge, of Ely
  Children	1. Frederick Oliver Percy SENNITT,   b. 1901, Cambridge, Cambs d. 2 Sep 1901, Cambridge, Cambs (Age 0 years)   2. Kathleen Pearl SENNITT,   b. 04 Dec 1902, Cambridge, Cambs d. Jul 1985, Cambridge, Cambs (Age 82 years) + 3. Stuart Osland SENNITT,   b. 3 Oct 1906, Cambridge, Cambs d. 9 Aug 1985, Cambridge, Cambs (Age 78 years)   4. Freda Mary SENNITT,   b. 31 Jan 1908, Cambridge, Cambs d. 25 Feb 1978, Milton, Cambs (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F94	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Oct 2016

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] 1939 Register, (www.findmypast.co.uk), RG101/6312A/004/12. [S107] British Newspaper Archive, (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk). [S77] GRO BMD Indexes, (www.ancestry.co.uk), MQ1948, Cambridge, 4a 196, age 75. [S85] E&W National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills & Administrations) 1858-1966, 1973-1995, (www.ancestry.co.uk). [S80] Website, www.millroadcemetery.org.uk. [S77] GRO BMD Indexes, (www.ancestry.co.uk), JQ1899, Ely, 3b 1243.