Rachel Louisa Smurthwaites1

#21250, (1876 - 1958)
Extended Family
ChartsSamuel Fernee & Mary Harris - collapsible 6 generation descendant chart

Children of Rachel Louisa Smurthwaites and Thomas Fernee
BirthRachel Louisa Smurthwaites was born on 28 Oct 1876.2
 
MarriageShe married Thomas Fernee, son of Thomas Fernee and Mary Ann Jarvis, on 20 Apr 1901 in St Leonard's, Streatham, Surrey.
Details from the register: Thomas Fernee, 25, bachelor, police constable, residence Bedford Hill, Streatham, father Thomas Fernee, shoemaker;
Rachel Louisa Smurthwaites, 24, spinster, Sunny Hill Road, Streatham, father Robert Smurthwaites, general labourer;
They were married after banns and the witnesses were Thomas Fernee and Emily Jane Smurthwaites.1 
Photograph2
Thomas Fernee & Rachel Louisa Smurthwaite
1901
1911 CensusThomas and Rachel Louisa Fernee appeared on the 1911 Census of Balham, London, at 9 Midmoor Road. They had been married 9 years and Rachel was the mother of 6 children, all still living. Thomas was 35 years old, born in Highgate, and a Police Constable for the Metropolitan Police. Rachel was 34 and born in Streatham. Their children were Emily Mary (9), Violet Louise (7), Thomas Stanly (5), Robert Charles (4), Vera Constance (2), and Ada Maud (1). Also with them was nephew Frederich Reinhard Reimer Fernee (4 months old, birthplace Balham). Their dwelling had 4 rooms.3 
DeathRachel died on 8 Feb 1958 in Streatham, Surrey.2,4
 
Last Edited11 Aug 2019

Citations

  1. Marriages of Streatham, London. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Thomas Fernee & Rachel Louisa Smurthwaites, 1901, #381.
  2. Correspondence with Michael Fernee.
  3. 1911 Census for England & Wales, RD 26 SD 4 ED 34 Schedule 434.
  4. GRO Indexes to Deaths, images viewed at Ancestry. Rachel L Fernee, Mar Q 1958, Wandsworth RD.
  5. Baptisms of All Saints Streatham, Surrey. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Emily Mary Fernee, 1902, #34.
  6. Baptisms of St Leonard Streatham, London. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Violet Louise Fernee, 1904, #538.
  7. Baptisms of St Mary Balham, London. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Thomas Stanley Fernee, 1905, #1947.
  8. General Register Office Online Birth Index. Evelyn Smurthwaites Fernee, mother's surname Smurthwaites, Dec Q 1912, Wandsworth RD.
  9. FreeBMD. John A Fernie [sic] birth, mother's surname Smurthwaites, Dec Q 1914, Wandsworth RD.
  10. FreeBMD. Olive Fernee, mother's surname Smurthwaites, Dec Q 1916, Wandsworth RD.
  11. FreeBMD. Richard S Fernee, mother's surname Smurthwaites, Mar Q 1919, Wandsworth RD.