Annie Kenney's Birth Certificate

Annie Kenney's Birth Certificate

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Annie Kenney was born on 13 September 1879 in Springhead, Saddleworth. She was the fifth of the 12 children of Horatio Nelson Kenney and Ann Wood, and their fourth daughter. Her father’s occupation is registered as a Cotton minder. Annie herself starts work in a cotton mill at the age of 10, in 1889. In 1905, she joins the Suffragette movement to become one of its most significant contributors. The document also shows the mark put by her mother, instead of a signature, authorised by the Registrar. Annie's own access to (institutional) education was very limited, but she persisted in her thirst for knowledge and dedicated her limited free time to learning and writing.

General Register Office, United Kingdom

Kenney Papers, University of East (UEA) Anglia Archives

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September 1879

Copyright: Estate of Annie Kenney. All rights reserved. Included here by kind permission of Warwick Kenney-Taylor (son of Annie Kenney) and later generations of the Kenney and Taylor families.

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