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PINKNEY, Amelia Mary
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Name PINKNEY, Amelia Mary Birth 13 Feb 1868 Aldershot, Hampshire, England
Gender Female Death Aft 1901 Person ID I4405 Edgoose Last Modified 25 Feb 2026
Father PINKNEY, James, b. 9 Sep 1832, Blythburgh, Suffolk, England
d. 20 Jul 1924, Farnham Registration District, Surrey
(Age 91 years) Mother MILES, Ann, b. 13 Oct 1842, Ash, Surrey, England
d. 21 Aug 1922, Farnham Registration District, Surrey
(Age 79 years) Marriage 23 Apr 1865 Aldershot, Hampshire, England
Family ID F564 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family CRANHAM, Henry, b. 1843, Farnham Registration District, Surrey
d. 1893, Farnham Registration District, Surrey
(Age 50 years) Marriage 1893 Farnham Registration District, Surrey
Family ID F1935 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Notes - PINKNEY, Amelia Mary (1868-????)
The birth of Amelia Mary PINKNEY was registered in 1868.
(GRO March Q 1868 Farnborough 2a 111)
She was born on 13 February 1868.
(source: family bible)
The 1871 census of Malthouse Lane, Aldershot:
James PINKNEY, head, aged 38, carman SWR company, born at Blythburgh, Suffolk;
Ann PINKNEY, wife, aged 27, born at Ash, Surrey;
Isabella PINKNEY, daughter, aged 11, born at Tongham, Surrey;
Walter PINKNEY, son, aged 3, born at Cove, Hampshire;
*Emelia PINKNEY, daughter, aged 6 months, born at Aldershot, Hampshire
(RG10/817/27/49)
It would seem that the ages of Walter and Emilia have been reversed: Amelia Mary was born on 13 February 1868 and would have been three years old on 2 April 1871. Walter Ernest was born on 1 October 1870 and would have been six months old at the time of the census.
The 1881 census of 9 Gloucester Terrace, Melcombe Regis, Dorset:
*Mary PINKNEY, servant, aged 15, domestic servant, born at Aldershot, was working for a 50 year old widow Sophia S. RUSBRIDGER.
(RG11/2105/50/2)
The 1891 census of 2 Halimote Road, Aldershot, Hampshire:
James PINKNEY, head, aged 58, miller's assistant, born at Blythburgh, Suffolk;
Ann PINKNEY, wife, aged 48, born at Tongham, Surrey;
*Mary PINKNEY, daughter, aged 23, cap maker, born at Cove, Hampshire;
Newton PINKNEY, son, aged 16, mineral water bottler, born at Farnham, Surrey;
Amy PINKNEY, daughter, aged 14, dressmaker, born at Aldershot.
Jessie PINKNEY, daughter, aged 11, scholar, born at Aldershot;
Edgar PINKNEY, son, aged 7, scholar, born at Aldershot;
(RG12/563/102/48)
The marriage between Amelia Mary PINKNEY and Henry CRANHAM was registered in 1893.
(GRO September Q 1893 Farnham 2a 228)
The death of a Henry CRANHAM aged 51 was registered in 1893.
(GRO December Q 1893 Farnham 2a 73)
Mary CRANHAM, widow, aged 34, born at Aldershot, laundress, was an inmate in Her Majesty's Prison, Winchester, Hampshire in 1901.
(RG13/1083/111/2)
Untraced in England & Wales after 1901 census.
NOTES & QUERIES:
1) It is not clear whether the enunerator made an error or whether there were two Amelia PINKNEYs.
2) Was she in prison in 1911?
3) The death of an Amelia CRANHAM aged 82 was registered in 1948.
(GRO June Q 1948 Islington 5c 908)
4) She is NOT the Amelia CRANHAM who married Joseph John SWANSON on 14 November 1903. See Post-Ems attached to their names on FreeBMD.
(revised 09.02.2026)
- PINKNEY, Amelia Mary (1868-????)

