This site is an extension of Scott Shenton's SHENTON site. It is an attempt to draw 
together all the the whole of the English origins of the family. Both Scott and myself 
have been working on this for some time now. If anyone can help in any way by helping 
in this process, by supplying their own genealogical data the please contact using the 
link above.

Names followed by one or more Asterisks* have the following meanings:

Shenton*
Indicates the oldest ancestor for that particular branch of the family; this only 
applies where and extended family has been traced. Ulimately we hope to just have one 
Shenton* - this will be the common ancestor from which all are descended.
We can but try...

Shenton**
Indicates a solo Shenton that cannot yet be added to any existing family group (ie a 
person in service, a grandchild in a family with no obvious link to a parent. We hope 
that we will be able to link these in at a later date.

Some names have a reference number after the name, eg Alice Shenton, 1849-5146 
This number is in 2 parts, the first part (1849) is the approximate year of birth 
while the second number (5146) is a unique ID number that allows us to track that 
particular person across the census years.

One thing we are very serious about - all data MUST have a reference to a source so 
that anyone can check the validity of it. At the moment only the 1851 census sources 
appear on the site; please click on the links below to access these files:


1851 Reference 0001 - 0100

1851 Reference 0101 - 0200

1851 Reference 0201 - 0300

1851 Reference 0301 - 0410
 
The medium used are "google spreadsheets" and you will need to register with google in 
order to be able to use them. Thus the reference UK1851-1234 refers to reference 
number 1234 on these sheets.

A book by Joseph Shenton (b.1843 Lawton, near Kidsgrove, Staffs) has just been 
reprinted (facsimilie reprint) in the USA. The book, originally publised in 1877, is 
called "Tom Lattimer, The Prodigal" and details the life of Joseph's brother Thomas 
Shenton who was lead astray by strong drink and bad company. It is available from 
Amazon, I ordered mine from Abebooks here in the UK. For notes relating to this book 
please see the STORIES section of this site.
This can be found under "People" on the menu bar.