Eliza Jane Cross1

#19408, (c 1853 - 1953)
Extended Family
ChartsSamuel Fernee & Mary Harris - collapsible 6 generation descendant chart

Children of Eliza Jane Cross and Walter John Fernee
BirthEliza Jane Cross was born circa 1853 in Islington, London.2
 
MarriageShe married Walter John Fernee, son of John Robert Fernee and Emma Barnard, on 25 Oct 1873 in St Peter Islington, Middlesex.
Information from the register: Walter John Fernee, 23, bachelor, watch maker, residence 10 Upper Terrace, father John Robert Fernee, watch maker;
Eliza Jane Cross, 20, spinster, 1 Twyford Street, father Henry James Cross, law stationer;
They were married after banns and the witnesses were TGJ Cross, MA Cross, and [Walter John's sister] Alice Emma Fernee.3 
1881 CensusWalter J and Eliza appeared on the 1881 Census of Lambeth, Surrey, at 19 Allen Street. Three families live at this address. Walter J was 30, a Telegraph Instrument Maker, and was born in Islington, Middlesex. Eliza was 27 and born in Islington. Their children Harry John, Arthur Walter and Horace were living with them.4 
1891 CensusWalter John and Eliza Jane appeared on the 1891 Census of Islington, London, at 139 St James's Road. Walter John was 40, employed as a Scientific Instrument Maker, and was born in Islington. Eliza Jane was 37 and born in Islington. Their children Harry John, Horace, Cecil Charles, Ella, Walter and Jessie May were with them.2 
1901 CensusThey appeared on the 1901 Census of Enfield, Middlesex, at 7 Durants Road. Walter John was 50, worked as a Machine --- Maker, and was born in Islington, London. Eliza Jane was 47 and born in Islington. Their children Horace, Cecil Charles, Ella, Walter and Jessie May were living with them.5 
(Witness) Marriage Eliza Jane Fernee witnessed the marriage of Francis Walter Johnson to her daughter Ella Fernee on 27 Feb 1904 in St James Enfield Highway, Middlesex.6 
1911 CensusEliza Jane Fernee and her son Charles Cecil appeared on the 1911 Census of Luton, Bedfordshire, at 1 Belmont Road. Eliza Jane was 58, a widow, independent, and born in Bamsbury London. She had borne 7 children of whom 2 had died. Charles Cecil was 29, single, a straw hats dealer working on his own account and born in Islington London. Also in the household was Eliza's daughter Jessie May (21) and visitor Herbert Edward Symonds [Jessie May's future husband] and his daughter Margery Annie (3).7 
DeathEliza died in 1953.8
 
Last Edited13 Aug 2019

Citations

  1. FreeBMD. Walter John Farnee & Eliza Jane Cross, Dec Q 1873, Islington RD.
  2. 1891 Census for England & Wales, RG12/163 folio 22 page 37.
  3. Marriages of St Peter Islington, Middlesex. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Walter John Fernee & Eliza Jane Cross, 1873, #442.
  4. 1881 Census for England & Wales, RG11/589 folio 105 page 15.
  5. 1901 Census for England & Wales, RG13/1273 folio 107.
  6. Marriages of St James Enfield Highway, Middlesex. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Francis Walter Johnson & Ella Fernee, 1904, #411.
  7. 1911 Census for England & Wales, RD 178 SD 2 ED 24 Schedule 46.
  8. GRO Indexes to Deaths, images viewed at Ancestry. Eliza J Fernee, age 100, Mar Q 1953, Surrey SE RD.
  9. Baptisms of St Mark Clerkenwell, Middlesex. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Harry Fernée, 1875, #619.
  10. Baptisms of St Mark Clerkenwell, Middlesex. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Arthur Walter Fernee, 1877, #261.
  11. Baptisms of St Mary Lambeth, Surrey. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Horace Fernee, 1880, #1492.
  12. Baptisms of Holy Trinity Lambeth, Surrey. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Cecil Charles Fernee, 1884, #104.
  13. Baptisms of Holy Trinity Lambeth, Surrey. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Ella Fernee, 1884, #105.
  14. Baptisms of St Andrew Newington, Surrey. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Walter Fernee, 1886, #1238.