Sylvester Driscoll1

#21246, (c 1857 - bt 1906 - 1911)
ChartsSamuel Fernee & Mary Harris - collapsible 6 generation descendant chart

Children of Sylvester Driscoll and Emily Fernee

BirthSylvester Driscoll was born circa 1857 in Lambeth, London.2
 
MarriageHe married Emily Fernee, daughter of Robert Fernee and Sarah Stevens, on 25 Dec 1887 in Kentish Town, Middlesex.
Information from the register: Sylvester Driscoll, 28, bachelor, coal porter, residence 64 Peckwater Street, father Timothy Driscoll (deceased), shoemaker;
Emily Fernee, 22, spinster, 64 Peckwater Street, father Robert Fernee (deceased), coal porter;
They were married after banns and the witnesses were [Emily's brother] Charles Fernee and [Emily's brother Robert's future wife] Florence Head.1 
1891 CensusSylvester and Emily Driscol appeared on the 1891 Census of St Pancras, London, at 20 Peckwater Street. The family lived in 2 rooms. Sylvester was 31 years old, a coal porter, and was born in Lambeth. Emily was 26, employed as a laundress, and born in Pancras. Their two children were William (2) and Albert (1 month.)3 
1901 CensusSylvester and Emily appeared on the 1901 Census of St Pancras, London, at 63 Peckwater Street. Sylvester was 44, worked as a Coal Carter, and was born in Lambeth, London. Emily was 36 and born in St Pancras. Their children were William (12), Albert (10), Lilian (7), Ernest (5), Herbert (3), and Robert (2).
The other family at 63 Peckwater was Emily's widowed sister Sarah Denny and her five chldren.2 
DeathSylvester died between 1906 and 1911.
His wife was a widow in the 1911 census.4 
Last Edited2 Aug 2014

Citations

  1. Marriages of Kentish Town, Middlesex. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Sylvester Driscoll & Emily Fernee, 1887, #300.
  2. 1901 Census for England & Wales, RG13/151 folio 34.
  3. 1891 Census for England & Wales, RG12/139 folio 165.
  4. 1911 Census for England & Wales, RD 9 SD 3 ED 1 Schedule 176.
  5. Baptisms of St John the Baptist Church, Kentish Town, London. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Daisy Driscoll, 1903, #33.
  6. Baptisms of St John the Baptist Church, Kentish Town, London. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Edward Henry Driscoll, 1905, #417.