John Ginn of Ely d. 1900

Son of James in my last post, John moved up to Ely where he married Mary Ann Legge and established the second Hertfordshire Ginn family to settle there.

John was a Grocer/Draper at the time and it is believed had his own business.  The theory is that he got into financial trouble and moved quickly north to avoid creditors because it is known that by 1852 he was in Doncaster and was both there and in Manchester for the next few years.

The couple returned to Ely but it is clear that John's business venture had failed as he continued as an employee rather than an employer, being employed as a draper's assistant/warehouseman.

John died in Ely in 1900.  Mary Ann died in 1894 aged 78.  

John and Mary had ten children:

Martha - married Thomas Woodward in 1865 - children known

Julia - died as a spinster in Birmingham in 1925

John - worked as a clerk in London.  He never married and died in Poplar in 1891.

William -  married Charlotte Lofts in 1874 - descendants known

Christopher - married Rosa Link.  They had two daughters.  Chris was a House Agent and died in West Bromwich in 1925.  Neither daughter had issue

Alfred - died in Birmingham in 1927.  Apparently unmarried.

Charles -married Kate Arculus in 1895.  Descendants are known

Arthur - was mentally handicapped and died in 1900 in Chesterton

Frank - married Edith Link in 1891.  Descendants known

NB  I am indebted to my friend Michael Ginn for much of the information here