Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
NameJohn Walter Lenon 
[4, 1881 ref: RG11/1189/10], [3, Birth, Q3 of 1879, Hull dist, vol 9d, p. 294]
[4, 1881 ref: RG11/1189/10], [3, Birth, Q3 of 1879, Hull dist, vol 9d, p. 294]Birthca Aug 1879, Hull, Yorks
Death21 Sep 1952
Burial22 Sep 1952, St Pauls Church, Kiambu, Kenya
GeneralCoffe and fibre planter in Kenya.
EducationJusus, Cantab, matric 1899.
FatherCapt John Fitzmaurice Lenon RN (ca1834-ca1899)
MotherJane Lucy Haywood (ca1841-ca1892)
Notes for John Walter Lenon
His birth:
Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Births Sep 1879 (>99%)
Lenon John Walter Hull 9d 294
Sometimes known as John Walter Lenon.
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He was probably at Cambridge (see Venn).
In 1901 he was an undergraduate and staying with his Haywood cousins, children of Walter Wightwick Haywood. See Olga Haywood’s entry for the details.
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Around 1903 he became a coffee planter in Kenya.
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Alumni Cantabriensis says:
Lenon, John Walter.
Adm. pens.
at JESUS, Oct. 1899.
S. of J. F., Captain, R.N., deceased.
B. Aug. 16, 1879, at Hull.
School, Chigwell (Rev. R. D. Swallow). Matric. Michs. 1899; B.A. 1903.
Coffee and fibre planter in British East Africa.
Of Nairobi in 1907.
(Chigwell Sch. Reg., 1907.)
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His death in Kenya, on his gravestone:
Last Name: LENON
Given Name: John Walter
Birth: 16 Aug 1879
Death: 21 Sep 1952
AGED: YR: 73, MO: 1, DA: 5
Date of Burial: 22 Sep 1952
Inscriptions:John Walter Lenon / beloved husband of Catherine / 16 8 79 - 21-9-52 / the night is gone / and with the morn / those angel faces smile / which I have loved long since / and lost awhile
Cemetery: St Pauls Chuch, Kiambu
Row: 6, Stone: 2
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Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Births Sep 1879 (>99%)
Lenon John Walter Hull 9d 294
Sometimes known as John Walter Lenon.
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He was probably at Cambridge (see Venn).
In 1901 he was an undergraduate and staying with his Haywood cousins, children of Walter Wightwick Haywood. See Olga Haywood’s entry for the details.
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Around 1903 he became a coffee planter in Kenya.
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Alumni Cantabriensis says:
Lenon, John Walter.
Adm. pens.
at JESUS, Oct. 1899.
S. of J. F., Captain, R.N., deceased.
B. Aug. 16, 1879, at Hull.
School, Chigwell (Rev. R. D. Swallow). Matric. Michs. 1899; B.A. 1903.
Coffee and fibre planter in British East Africa.
Of Nairobi in 1907.
(Chigwell Sch. Reg., 1907.)
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His death in Kenya, on his gravestone:
Last Name: LENON
Given Name: John Walter
Birth: 16 Aug 1879
Death: 21 Sep 1952
AGED: YR: 73, MO: 1, DA: 5
Date of Burial: 22 Sep 1952
Inscriptions:John Walter Lenon / beloved husband of Catherine / 16 8 79 - 21-9-52 / the night is gone / and with the morn / those angel faces smile / which I have loved long since / and lost awhile
Cemetery: St Pauls Chuch, Kiambu
Row: 6, Stone: 2
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