Mary Smith1

#16340, (1830 - 1911)
Extended Family
ChartsSamuel Fernee & Mary Harris - Children & Grandchildren
Samuel Fernee & Mary Harris - collapsible 6 generation descendant chart

Children of Mary Smith and Thomas Fernee
BirthMary Smith was born in 1830 in Watford, Hertfordshire.2
 
MarriageShe married Thomas Fernee, son of John Fernee and Mary Mullings, on 4 Mar 1849 in St Mary Islington, Middlesex.
Information from the register: Thomas Fernee, full age, bachelor, carman, residence 8 Queen's Road, father John Fernee, cowkeeper;
Mary Smith, full age, spinster, 14 Rutland Terrace, father Henry Smith, carpenter;
They were married after banns and the witnesses were [Thomas' siblings] Charles Fernee and Ann Peet.3 
(Other) 1851 CensusMary Smith appeared on the 1851 Census of Kentish Town, St Pancras, Middlesex, in the household of John Fernee. Mary was 20, married, and born in Watford. She was recorded as John's daughter in law and her husband was also there.4 
1861 CensusMary Smith and Thomas Fernee appeared on the 1861 Census of Kentish Town, St Pancras, Middlesex, at 2 Grapes Cottages. Thos Furney was 37, a Carter, and born in Highgate. Mary was 30 and born in Watford, Herts. Their children Robert, Ann, Mary, Jane and Thomas were with them.5 
1871 CensusMary Smith and Thomas Fernee appeared on the 1871 Census of St Pancras, Middlesex, at 2 Grapes Court. Thomas was 46, a Carman in General for contractor, and was born in Highgate. Mary was 41 and born in St Pancras. Their children Robert, Ann, Jane, Thomas, Stephen, George and Joseph were living with them.6 
Newspaper Published 16 Sep 1879 in the Daily News. Mary Fernee, of No 2, Grapes-place, deposed that she was outside the prisoner's door at a quarter to four on Saturday afternoon, and heard cries for help coming from the prisoner's house. [testifying in Marylebone police court re a man assaulting his wife - they also lived at No. 2, Grapes-place, Kentish-town]7 
1881 CensusMary Fernee appeared on the 1881 Census of St Pancras, Middlesex, at 2 Grapes Cottages. Mary was a widow, age 50, a Charwoman, and born in Watford, Herts. Her children Robert, Thomas, George, Joseph and Elizabeth Ellen were living with her.8 
1891 CensusMary Smith appeared on the 1891 Census of St Pancras, London, at 73 Holmes Road, enumerated 5 Apr 1891. Mary was 60, a widow, worked as a Laundress, and was born in Watford, Hertford. Her daughter Elizabeth Ellen was with her, and they lived in two rooms.9 
1901 CensusMary Smith appeared on the 1901 Census of Pancras, London, at 73 Holmes Road. Mary Ann was a widow, age 70, Charwoman, and was born in Watford, Herts. She occupied 1 room.10 
DeathMary died in 1911 in Pancras RD.11
 
Last Edited28 Jan 2017

Citations

  1. Surname from son's birth certificate.
  2. 1881 Census for England, Scotland, and Wales (Family History Library, on CD), RG11/0219 folio 140 page 48.
  3. Marriages of St Mary Islington, Middlesex. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Thomas Fernee & Mary Smith, 1849, #347.
  4. 1851 Census for England & Wales, HO107/1498 folio 263 page 49.
  5. 1861 Census for England & Wales, RG9/124 folio 51 page 51 [eccles dist St John the Baptist].
  6. 1871 Census for England & Wales, RG10/246 folio 63 page 51.
  7. Daily News (London, England, Tuesday, September 16, 1879; Issue 10424. image online at 19th Century British Library Newspapers, a Gale digital collection.
  8. 1881 Census for England & Wales, RG11/219 folio 140.
  9. 1891 Census for England & Wales, RG12/137 folio 170.
  10. 1901 Census for England & Wales, RG13/152 folio 54.
  11. GRO Indexes to Deaths, images viewed at Ancestry. Mary Fernee, age 80, Sep Q 1911, Pancras RD.
  12. General Register Office Online Birth Index. Emma Fernee, mother's surname Smith, Jun Q 1850, Saint Pancras RD.
  13. Baptisms of the parish of St Pancras, Middlesex. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Robert Fernee, 1851, #2257.
  14. Baptisms of the parish of St Pancras, Middlesex. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Ann Fernee, 1853, #2958.
  15. Baptisms of the parish of St Pancras, Middlesex. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Mary Fernee, 1855, #2587.
  16. Baptisms of Kentish Town, Middlesex. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Jane Fernee, 1862, #322.
  17. Copy birth certificate of Thomas Fernee, born 17 April 1860, registered 28 May 1860 in the Registration District of St Pancras.
  18. Baptisms of Kentish Town, Middlesex. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Thomas Fernee, 1862, #323.
  19. Baptisms of Kentish Town, Middlesex. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Stephen Fernee, 1865, #75.
  20. Baptisms of Kentish Town, Middlesex. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. George Fernee, 1865, #76.
  21. Baptisms of Kentish Town, Middlesex. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Joseph Fernee, 1867, #346.
  22. General Register Office Online Birth Index. James Fernee, mother's surname Smith, Jun Q 1869, St Pancras RD.
  23. Baptisms of St Luke New Kentish Town, Middlesex. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Elizabeth Ellen Fernee, 1873, #228.