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Birth certificate
Cornelius Kennerk was born at home in the Coombe on Friday 16 September 1898. His red hair made him stand out since the rest of the extended family was dark-haired. He may have inherited this distinctive trait from his mother’s side. The family had five children, one of whom died in infancy. Other children recorded on the 1911 census are Stephen Kennerk (aged 10), Margaret (aged 6) and Michael…
Contributors
- Barry Kennerk
Creator
- Barry Kennerk
Subject
- World War I
- Remembrance
- World War I
Type of item
- Official document
Date
- 1898-09-16
- 1898-09-16
- 1898-09-16
Medium
- Paper
- Paper
Contributors
- Barry Kennerk
Creator
- Barry Kennerk
Subject
- World War I
- Remembrance
- World War I
Type of item
- Official document
Date
- 1898-09-16
- 1898-09-16
- 1898-09-16
Medium
- Paper
- Paper
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Creation date
- 2012-03-16 14:45:34 UTC
- 2012-03-16
- 2012-03-16
Temporal
- europeana19141918:timespan/ad3380688b4e4b1c87a3a67b041f0164
Places
- Western Front
- europeana19141918:place/ea0a8857edd923ab2ccee7d74225a11d
Source
- UGC
- Leaf
Identifier
- 40210
- https://1914-1918.europeana.eu/contributions/3285/attachments/40210
Extent
- 1
Format
- Paper
- Paper
Language
- English
- eng
Is part of
- EnrichEuropeana
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-09-11T08:39:59.598Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2023-06-05T08:05:33.085Z
Table of contents
- Cornelius Kennerk was born at home in the Coombe on Friday 16 September 1898. His red hair made him stand out since the rest of the extended family was dark-haired. He may have inherited this distinctive trait from his mother’s side. The family had five children, one of whom died in infancy. Other children recorded on the 1911 census are Stephen Kennerk (aged 10), Margaret (aged 6) and Michael (aged 4). None of them could read which reflects the poor standard of education amongst Dublin’s working class. Mick’s wife could read but was unable to write, as evidenced by her ‘x’ on Con’s birth certificate. When she was pushed to it, she could attempt a signature. Con's parents had married just a year previously on Sunday, 17 January 1897. His mother was a blonde-haired servant girl from no. 35 Watling Street named Elizabeth Cleary. Despite a short sojourn on the North side of the city, the young couple moved to the south side where Elizabeth set up home with the domestic skills she had learned at her mother’s County Dublin fireside. She made excellent brown bread and was very house proud despite the paralysis in her hand. In 1900, the family moved to no. 4 Hackett’s Court and the following year to no.1 The Coombe. By 1911, they were lodging at no. 23 Hendrick Street, not far from Usher’s Quay.