Ambrose GREENWELL SR.

Birth:
4 Jul 1800
Dunton, Bassett, Leicester, England
Death:
12 Jul 1884
Enderby, Leicester, England
Notes:
                   Ambrose Greenwell received a good education and became one of the most
efficient school teachers in Leicestershire.  After his marriage to Mary Barrs,
who was born in Warwickshire he engaged exclusively in weaving, which he had
learned as a youth.

Ambrose went to America after the death of his wife Mary and lived with his
son Francis in Philadelphia.  Sometime later he returned to England and died at
Enderly at age 77.  He was known in England as a "Primitive Methodist."  This
information came from family records.  LDS Ordinances from FHLSLC Special
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Mary BARRS
Birth:
Chr:
6 May 1798
Stretton on Dunsmore, Warwick, England
Death:
12 Nov 1839
Enderby, Leicester, England
Children
Marriage
1
Francis GREENWELL
Birth:
22 Apr 1826
Dunton, Bassett, Leicester, England
Death:
 
Marr:
 
2
William GREENWELL
Birth:
28 Sep 1828
Dunton, Bassett, Leicester, England
Death:
24 Sep 1864
Dunton, Bassett, Leicester, England
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   William was killed in a coal mine in England.
3
John GREENWELL
Birth:
27 Oct 1830
Dunton, Bassett, Leicester, England
Death:
29 Jul 1891
Ogden, Weber, Utah
 
Marr:
 
4
Ambrose GREENWELL
Birth:
29 Apr 1833
Dunton, Bassett, Leicester, England
Death:
27 Oct 1897
Ogden, Weber, Utah
Elizabeth Brindley HILL 
Marr:
25 Sep 1854
Walsall, Stafford, England 
Notes:
                   Ambrose Greenwell was sealed to Elizabeth Brindley Hill in the Endowment House
by Brigham Young on 6 Jul 1861.  One of the witnesses was W. W. Phelps.

Other wives:  Lucy Ringrose and 3 others.
5
Mary Elizabeth GREENWELL
Birth:
1834
Dunton, Bassett, Leicester, England
Death:
31 Mar 1900
 
Marr:
 
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Ambrose Greenwell Sr. - Mary Barrs

Ambrose Greenwell Sr. was born at Dunton, Bassett, Leicester, England 4 Jul 1800. His parents were John Greenwell and Ann Ford or Foard.

He married Mary Barrs . Mary Barrs was christened at Stretton on Dunsmore, Warwick, England 6 May 1798 daughter of Thomas Barrs and Mary Sylvester .

They were the parents of 5 children:
Francis Greenwell born 22 Apr 1826.
William Greenwell born 28 Sep 1828.
John Greenwell born 27 Oct 1830.
Ambrose Greenwell born 29 Apr 1833.
Mary Elizabeth Greenwell born 1834.

Ambrose Greenwell Sr. died 12 Jul 1884 at Enderby, Leicester, England .

Mary Barrs died 12 Nov 1839 at Enderby, Leicester, England .