Fanny Voillet1

#20174, (c 1831 - 1897)
Extended Family
ChartsSamuel Fernee & Mary Harris - collapsible 6 generation descendant chart

Children of Fanny Voillet and Edwin Fernee
BirthFanny Voillet was born circa 1831 in Switzerland.2
 
1851 CensusShe appeared on the 1851 Census of St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, at 4 Chesham Place. Fanny was 20, unmarried, born in Switzerland, and a Lady Maid in a large household. (Her future husband was a footman in a nearby household).3 
MarriageShe married Edwin Fernee, son of Edwin Fernee and Eliza Foden, on 18 Jul 1853 in St George Hanover Square, Middlesex.
Details from the marriage register: Edwin Fernee, full age, bachelor, Butler, residence Curzon Street, father Edwin Fernee, gardener;
Fanny Voillet, full age, spinster, Curzon Street, father James Voillet, farmer;
They were married in the parish church after banns and the witnesses were [his brother] Henry Fernee and Susanna B--tten.4 
1861 CensusFanny Voillet and Edwin Fernee appeared on the 1861 Census of Butleigh, Somerset. Edwin was 33, a Servant (Butler) and was born in Hornsey, Middlesex. Fanny was 30, birthplace not recorded. Their children Fanny Voillet, Augusta Anne, Edwin Charles and Florence were with them.5 
1871 CensusFanny Voillet and Edwin Fernee appeared on the 1871 Census of Barnes, Surrey, at Castlenan. Noted to be "a family in charge". Edwin Furnee was 41, a Butler out of employment, and was born in Highgate, Middlesex. Fanny was 40 and born in Switzerland. Their children Edwin Charles, Florence, Eleanor, Lydia, Ann Mary and Alice Delphine were living with them.2 
1881 CensusFanny Voillet appeared on the 1881 Census of Barnes, Surrey, at 42 Lilian Road, enumerated 3 Apr 1881. Fanny was married, 50, Wife of Traveller, was born in Switzerland, and was a British Subject. Her husband was not home when the census was taken. Her children Edwin Charles, Florence, Ann Mary, Alice Delphine and Joseph Ainsworth were living with her and her husband's aunt Ann Mary Fernee was visiting.6 
(Widowed) Death RegistrationEdwin's death, registered in Mar 1889, left Fanny a widow.7
 
1891 CensusShe appeared on the 1891 Census of Croydon, Surrey, at 15 Queen Street. Fanny was 60, a widow living on her own means, and was born in Switzerland (British Subject). Her children Florence, Ann Mary and Joseph Ainsworth were with her.8 
DeathFanny died on 25 Apr 1897 in Fern Villa, Croydon, Surrey.
"On Sunday, the 25th of April, at Fern Villa, Croydon, Mrs. Fanny Fernee (nee Voillet), aged 66."1,9 
Last Edited28 Jan 2017

Citations

  1. The London Times (Times Digital Archive), 1 May 1897, p 1 col B.
  2. 1871 Census for England & Wales, RG10/871 folio 25 page 9 & 10.
  3. 1851 Census for England & Wales, HO107/1477 folio 104.
  4. Marriages of St George Hanover Square, Middlesex. Registers from Westminster Archives. Image viewed at Findmypast.com, Edwin Fernee & Fanny Voillet, 1853, #87.
  5. 1861 Census for England & Wales, RG9/1666 folio 37 page 15 [eccles dist Wells].
  6. 1881 Census for England & Wales, RG11/847 folio 63 page 38.
  7. GRO Indexes to Deaths, images viewed at Ancestry. Edwin Fernee, age 58, Mar Q 1889, Fulham RD.
  8. 1891 Census for England & Wales, RG12/587 folio 19.
  9. GRO Indexes to Deaths, images viewed at Ancestry. Fanny Fernee, age 66, Jun Q 1897, Croydon RD.
  10. Website International Genealogical Index, parish register extraction (www.familysearch.org).
  11. Baptisms of Greenhill, Middlesex. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Augusta Anne Fernee, 1856, #1181.
  12. Baptisms of the parish of St Mary Islington, Middlesex. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Edwin Charles Fernee, 1859, #1497.
  13. Baptisms of Christ Church Southgate, Middlesex. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Eleanor Fernee, 1862, #464.
  14. General Register Office Online Birth Index. Alfred Ainsworth Fernee, mother's surname Voillet, Jun Q 1866, Richmond RD.
  15. Comment: this is the only Fernee family in Richmond RD.