Celia Fernee1

#19406, (1860 - 1944)
FatherJohn Robert Fernee1 (1817 - 1891)
MotherEmma Barnard1 (c 1824 - 1870)
RelationshipGreat-granddaughter of Samuel Fernee
Extended Family
ChartsSamuel Fernee & Mary Harris - collapsible 6 generation descendant chart
Celia Fernee Coveney
(labeled "great aunt Cecilia")

Child of Celia Fernee and Adam James Coveney
  • Marguerite Celia Coveney7 (c 1895 - 1977)
BirthCelia Fernee was born in 1860 in Islington, Middlesex.1,2
 
(with Parents) 1861 CensusShe appeared on the 1861 Census of Islington St Mary, Middlesex with her parents. Celia was age 9 months and born in Islington.1 
(with Father) 1871 CensusShe appeared on the 1871 Census of Islington, Middlesex in the household of her father John Robert Fernee. Celia was 10 and born in Islington.3 
(with Father) 1881 CensusCelia Fernee appeared on the 1881 Census of Islington, Middlesex in the household of her father John Robert Fernee. Celia was 20, a Milliner, and born in Islington.4 
(with Father) 1891 CensusCelia Fernee appeared on the 1891 Census of Islington, London in the household of her father John Robert Fernee. Celia was 30, single, employed as a Milliner, and born in Islington.5 
MarriageCelia Fernee married Adam James Coveney on 15 Jul 1893 in St James Islington, Middlesex.
Information from the register: Adam James Coveney, 31, widower, felt hat manufacturer, residence 139 St James Road, father James Coveney (deceased), printer;
Celia Fernée, 32, spinster, 139 St James Road, father John Robert Fernée (deceased), watchmaker;
They were married after banns and the witnesses were [Celia's brother in law] Thomas Mortimer Shedel and [Celia's brother] Walter John Fernée.6 
Note.Adam had a daughter, Amy, from his first marriage. 
1901 CensusJames and Celia appeared on the 1901 Census of Luton, Bedfordshire, at 11 Cardiff Road. James was 38, manager at a straw hat manufactory, and born in St Lukes, London. Celia was 39 and born in Islington. Their children were Amy (14) and Marguerite (6). They had one domestic servant and a visitor (Thomas Sheder [sic], 49, born Islington.)7 
1911 CensusAdam James and Celia appeared on the 1911 Census of Luton, Bedfordshire, at Studley Road. They lived in a large 9-room house and had one servant. Adam James was 48, born in Clerkenwell, and was a manager in Hat Manufacturing. Celia was 49, birthplace Islington, and was the mother of 2 children, one of whom was living. With them was their daughter Marguerite (16.)8 
Photograph9
Cecilia Fernee Coveney & her husband Adam
riding with a friend
DeathCelia died in 1944.10
 
Last Edited22 May 2013

Citations

  1. 1861 Census for England & Wales, RG9/138 folio 45 page 32.
  2. FreeBMD. Celia Fernee, Sep Q 1860, Islington RD.
  3. 1871 Census for England & Wales, RG10/254 folio 60 page 27.
  4. 1881 Census for England & Wales, RG11/239 folio 94 page 67.
  5. 1891 Census for England & Wales, RG12/163 folio 22 page 37.
  6. Marriages of St James Holloway Islington. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Adam James Coveney & Celia Fernée, 1893, #11.
  7. 1901 Census for England & Wales, RG13/1514 folio 30.
  8. 1911 Census for England & Wales, RD 178 SD 2 ED 13 Schedule 389.
  9. E-mails from Jessica Yonwin, England, to J Kolthammer.
  10. GRO Indexes to Deaths, images viewed at Ancestry. Celia Coveney, age 83, 1944, Luton RD.