Third Generation  

4. James Nenon CONNOR [101229] (Nenon Alexander (Capt.)², Edward¹) was born circa 1835 in Brislington Somerset England and died in 1897 in Mutford Suffolk England at age 62.

General Notes: In a Document received from Roasmund [Bryn] Anthony in August 2013, she included:
James Nenon Connor was a soldier with the 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot, described as "an extravagant army officer of Irish family". I've been unable to discover anything about his army career but his life was briefly described by his granddaughter, Clare Leighton, in her book Tempestuous Petticoat, as "a dramatically alternating pattern of poverty and riches. Whenever a wealthy relative died and left them some money, my mother and her parents moved to Maidenhead, a romantic, fashionable little place up the Thames, which was notorious for illicit honeymoons. There Grandpapa indulged his extravagant taste for sailing and horses until the legacy had been used up, and so many debts contracted that it was necessary to flee. And then, in the intervals between deaths, the family retired to a miniature house in St. John's Wood, where my dandified, Thackery-like grandpapa washed the dishes and avoided contact with his creditors." She names her grandpapa as James Valentine Nenon Connor, although this would appear to be in error and reveals that his father had been Governor of Jamaica and had grown up in the West Indies, a fact I've been unable to confirm.
Grandpapa was an "impecunious aristocrat" and ran up enormous debts, a fact kept hidden from the world. "Grandpapa [would take] the Blue Atlas from outside the Eyre Arms public house in St. John's Wood, when he had been going into the "West-end," yet he would leave this omnibus about two blocks before he reached his club and, hailing a hansom, arrive before the doors in grand style, where he could have been observed tipping the cabby."

Noted events in his life were:

• Military Service: a Soldier in the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers.

• Residence: Marlow Road with his Wife and young Son, 1871, Maidenhead Berkshire England.

James married Eliza JONES [101235], daughter of James Allan JONES [101236] and Charlotte Lucy [101237], on 26 Feb 1857 in Clifton Gloucestershire England. Eliza died 2 Qtr 1864.

James next married Elizabeth Ann TREGLOWN [101238], daughter of William TREGLOWN [101240] and Mary Ann [101256], in 1869 in Kensington Middlesex England. Elizabeth was born in 1841 in Cambourne Cornwall England and died circa 1909 at age 68.

Noted events in her life were:

• Residence: Living with her Sister, Mary A Trelawney, 1901, Hampstead Middlesex England.

Children from this marriage were:

   8 M    i. Nenon Valentine Alexander CONNOR [101247] was born 2 Qtr 1869 in Maidenhead Berkshire England, died in Jul 1869, and was buried in Jul 1869 in St Mary's Ealing Middlesex England. (Infant Death)

   9 M    ii. Valentine Nenon Alexander CONNOR [101248] was born 2 Qtr 1871 in Cookham Berkshire England and died in 1871. (Infant Death)

+ 10 M    iii. Valentine Alexander Nenon CONNOR [101242] was born 2 Qtr 1875 in Marylebone Middlesex England.