Jessie Lydia Fernee1

#20313, (1871 - 1944)
FatherWilliam Fernee1 (1824 - 1896)
MotherEmily Bew1 (c 1826 - 1898)
RelationshipGreat-granddaughter of Samuel Fernee
Extended Family
ChartsSamuel Fernee & Mary Harris - collapsible 6 generation descendant chart

Children of Jessie Lydia Fernee and Herbert William Owens
  • Stanley Herbert Owens7
  • Dorothea Jessie Grace Owens8
BirthJessie Lydia Fernee was born on 26 May 1871 in Islington, Middlesex.2,3,1
 
(with Parents) 1881 CensusShe appeared on the 1881 Census of Islington, Middlesex with her parents. Jessie L was 10, a scholar, and born in Islington.2 
(Witness) Marriage Jessie Lydia Fernee witnessed the marriage of Levi Luff to her sister Constance Marion Fernee on 31 Aug 1887 in All Saints Holloway, Middlesex.4 
BaptismJessie Lydia Fernee was baptized on 27 May 1888 in St George Tufnell Park, Islington, Middlesex. She was the daughter of William, a jeweller, & Emily Fernee of 491 Dalmeny Road. Jessie was baptised the day after her 17th birthday.1 
(Other) 1891 CensusShe appeared on the 1891 Census of Hornsey, Middlesex, in the household of Augustus Henry and Ellen Grace Slade. Jesse L was recorded as a sister-in-law, age 19, working as a Dress Maker, and born in Holloway, London.5 
MarriageJessie Lydia Fernee married Herbert William Owens on 31 Aug 1895 in Holy Trinity Stroud Green, Middlesex.
Details from the register: Herbert William Owens, 27, bachelor, clerk, residence 88 Regina Road, father William Owens, news agent;
Jessie Lydia Fernee, 24, spinster, 4 Carlisle Road, father William Fernee, Goldsmith;
They were married after banns and the witnesses were Fredk C Cutbush and Ada C Owens.6 
1901 CensusHerbert W & Jessie L Owens appeared on the 1901 Census of Islington, London, at 37 Sparsholt Road. Herbert was 33, a railway clerk, and born in Balham, Surrey. Jessie was 29 and born in Islington. They had one child, Stanley H, age 4.7 
1911 CensusHerbert William and Jessie Lydia Owens appeared on the 1911 Census of Stroud Green, Hornsey, Middlesex, at 22 Womersley Road. They had two children, Stanley Herbert (14) and Dorothea Jessie Grace (6). Herbert was 43, a Railway Clerk, born in Balham Surrey. Jessie was 39, born in Islington. They had been married 15 years and had no other children.8 
Photograph9
Marked - Sisters of Jessie Owens (Fernee): Back row: Nell, Flo, Deeds (Edith)
Front row: Conn, Jessie
Taken in the garden of 4 Carlisle Road
Photograph by Picasa
ProbateHer husband's estate was proved in 1930. Entry from the probate calendar:

OWENS Herbert William of 22 Womersley-road Crouch End Middlesex died 26 June 1930 at Clare Hall South Mimms Hertfordshire. Probate London 16 August to Jessie Lydia Owens widow. Effects £1677 17s 8d.10
 
DeathJessie died on 8 Jan 1944.9,11
 
ProbateHer estate was proved on 2 Mar 1944 in Llandudno. Entry from the probate calendar:

OWENS Jessie Lydia of Hill Side 22 Womersley-road Crouch End Middlesex widow died 8 January 1944 at St Bartholomews Hospital London. Probate Llandudno 2 March to Stanley Herbert Owens salesman and Dorothea Jessie Grace Owens spinster. Effect £1576 10s 1d.12
 
Last Edited29 Jan 2017

Citations

  1. Baptisms of St George Tufnell Park, Islington, Middlesex. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Jessie Lydia Fernee, 1888, #785.
  2. 1881 Census for England & Wales, RG11/261 folio 8 page 9.
  3. FreeBMD. Jessie Lydia Fernee, Sep Q 1871, Islington RD.
  4. Marriages of All Saints Holloway Islington. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Levi Luff & Constance Marion Fernée, 1887, #30.
  5. 1891 Census for England & Wales, RG12/1064 folio 69.
  6. Marriages of Holy Trinity Stroud Green. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Herbert William Owens & Jessie Lydia Fernee, 1895, #36.
  7. 1901 Census for England & Wales, RG13/165 folio 48.
  8. 1911 Census for England & Wales, RD 132 SD 1 ED 18 Schedule 235.
  9. E-mails from J Grogan to J Kolthammer.
  10. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1858-1966. Images viewed at Ancestry.com. Herbert William Owens, 1930.
  11. FreeBMD. Jessie L Owens, age 72, Mar Q 1944, London City RD.
  12. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1858-1966. Images viewed at Ancestry.com. Jessie Lydia Owens, 1944.