Birth | Thomas Fernee was born on 17 Apr 1860 in 2 Grapes Place, St Pancras, Middlesex. Details from certificate: Thomas, father Thomas Fernee, Carman, mother Mary Fernee formerly Smith, informant was mother M Fernee of 2 Grapes Place, Kentish Town, registered 28 May 1860.1,2 |
(with Parents) 1861 Census | He appeared on the 1861 Census of Kentish Town, St Pancras, Middlesex with his parents. Thos was 11 months old and born in Kentish Town, Middlesex.3 |
Baptism | He was baptized on 25 May 1862 in Kentish Town, Middlesex. He was the son of Thomas, a carter, & Mary Fernee of Grapes Place. His older sister Jane was baptised the same day.2 |
(with Parents) 1871 Census | He appeared on the 1871 Census of St Pancras, Middlesex with his parents. Thomas was 10, a scholar, and born in St Pancras.4 |
(with Mother) 1881 Census | He appeared on the 1881 Census of St Pancras, Middlesex in the household of his mother Mary Fernee. Thomas was 21, a Carman, and born in St Pancras, Middlesex.5 |
Marriage | Thomas Fernee married Frances Emma Simmonds on 17 Apr 1881 in Kentish Town. Details from the register: Thomas Fernee, full age, bachelor, carman, residence 48 Mansfield Place, father Thomas Fernee, carman; Frances Emma Simmonds, full age, spinster, 17 Clarence Road, father Joseph Simmonds, horse keeper; They were married after banns and the witnesses were Robert Fernee, who signed with an X, and Mary Fernee. [The witnesses were probably Thomas' brother and either his sister or his mother]6 |
Research Note | This family tended to get their children baptised in batches, perhaps when the authorities pressed them to do so. |
Note. | On daughter Kate's baptism entry in the parish register in 1886, it was noted that the family were paupers.7 |
1891 Census | Thomas Fernee and Frances Emma Simmonds appeared on the 1891 Census of Pancras, London, at 66 Peckwater Street. At 68 Peckwater Street were Charles and Robert Fernee [his cousins]. Thomas' family lived in three rooms and shared the address with cousin Sarah and her family [surname Denny]. Thomas was 30, employed as a Carman, and was born in Pancras. Frances was 30 and was born in Oxford. Their children Ellen Elizabeth, Florence Amelia, Thomas William, James, Daisy and Rosina were with them.8 |
1901 Census | Thomas Fernee and Frances Emma Simmonds appeared on the 1901 Census of St Pancras, London, at 66 Peckwater Street. The Fernees lived in 4 rooms and another family occupied 2 rooms. Thomas was 40, worked as a Carman, and was born in Kentish Town, London. F. Emma was 38 and born in Oxford. Their children Ellen Elizabeth, Florence Amelia, James, Daisy, Rosina, Alice Maud, George, Mary and Ernest were living with them.9 |
Death | Thomas died in 1909.10 |
Burial | He was buried on 9 Feb 1909 in St Pancras Cemetery.11 |