| Birth | George Fernee was born on 26 Mar 1842 in Highgate, Middlesex.
He had a twin brother named James.1,2 |
| (with Parents) 1851 Census | He appeared on the 1851 Census of St Mary's Hornsey, Middlesex with his parents. George was 9, a scholar, and born in Highgate.2 |
| 1861 Census | He appeared on the 1861 Census of Birmingham, Warwickshire, at 383 St John Street. George was 19, a Dairyman, and was born in Highgate, Middlesex. He and his brother James were nephews to John & Sarah Norris.3 |
| Note | Family knowledge is that he was an Australian bushman for a time. Several siblings were there.4 |
| Passenger List | He was listed on an emigrant arrival list dated 1863 for the ship Mary Shepherd , arriving in Adelaide from Plymouth. His entry reads: 3125 Fernee George, labourer, from County of Middlesex, age 20, an assisted passage. The ship had many young labourers aboard and no other members of the Fernee family.5 |
| Marriage | He married Mary Ann Robbins in 1870.6
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| 1871 Census | George Fernee and Mary Ann Robbins appeared on the 1871 Census of Birmingham, Warwickshire, at 10 Barford Street, enumerated 2 Apr 1871. George Furnee was a lodger, age 29, Laborer, and born in Middlesex. Mary A was 20, a polisher and born in Birmingham. Their son Sylvanus Ainsworth was listed as living with them.7 |
| Death | George died on 12 May 1874 in Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding.8,9,10
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| Burial | He was buried in Attercliffe Municipal Cemetery, Yorkshire West Riding.9 |