James Fernee1

#20142, (1842 - 1910)
FatherEdwin Fernee1 (1806 - 1878)
MotherEliza Foden1 (c 1808 - 1873)
RelationshipGreat-grandson of Samuel Fernee
Extended Family
ChartsSamuel Fernee & Mary Harris - collapsible 6 generation descendant chart
James Fernee (1842-1910)
photo taken in Sheffield and sent to relatives in Australia

Child of James Fernee and Emma Shorthouse

Children of James Fernee and Elizabeth Hillman
OccupationJames Fernee was a Steel Maker, then a Works Manager. He worked melting steel for Messrs. Kitsons of Monk Bridge, Leeds circa 1870 and was also employed by Messrs. Charles Cammell's & Co for 13 years.2 
BirthHe was born on 26 Mar 1842 in Highgate, Middlesex.
He had a twin brother named George.1,3 
(with Parents) 1851 CensusHe appeared on the 1851 Census of St Mary's Hornsey, Middlesex with his parents. James was 9, a scholar, and born in Highgate.3 
EventHe recalls visiting his Great Uncle George at Islington on Pentonville [sic] when he was 17 ( circa 1859). Before then he used to call at George's son John, a compensation balance maker at 22, Cross Street in Islington.2 
1861 CensusJames Fernee appeared on the 1861 Census of Birmingham, Warwickshire, at 383 St John Street. James was 19, a Lapidary, and was born in Highgate, Middlesex. He and his brother George were nephews to John & Sarah Norris.4 
MarriageRegistrationThe marriage of James Fernee and Emma Shorthouse was registered in the quarter ending Jun 1862 in Kings Norton RD.5,6 
1871 CensusJames Fernee and Emma Shorthouse appeared on the 1871 Census of Wortley, Yorkshire, at 59 Grange Street, enumerated 2 Apr 1871. James was 29, a Steel Refiner, and was born in Highgate, Middlesex. Emma was 34, had Household Duties, and was born in Litchfield, Staffordshire. Their daughter Emma Elizabeth was listed as living with them.5 
(Widowed) DeathHis wife Emma died in Jun 1871.7  
MarriageRegistrationThe marriage of James Fernee and Elizabeth Hillman was registered in the quarter ending Dec 1878 in Wortley RD.8,6 
1881 CensusJames Fernee and Elizabeth Hillman appeared on the 1881 Census of Brightside Bierlow, Yorkshire, at 306 Grimesthorpe Road. James was 39, a Manager (Gas Furnaces), and was born in Hornsea, Middlesex. Elizabeth was 34 and born in Tipton, Staffords. Their children Emma Elizabeth and Edward Hillman were living with them.8 
Newspaper Published 26 Sep 1884 in the Birmingham Daily Post. The following Patents were sealed during the week ended September 25, 1884: [including] Richard Hanson, Old Whittington, near Chesterfield, and James Fernee, Sheffield - furnaces. January 5, 1884.9 
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James Fernee's business card
Newspaper 28 Oct 1887
Notice is hereby given, that the Partnership lately subsisting between us the undersigned, John Radford and James Fernee, and carried on under the style or firm of Radford and Fernee, at the Crucible Cast Steel Works, Black Bull-street, Leeds, in the county of York, in the trade of Manufacturers of Steel Castings, was this day dissolved by mutual consent; and that the said business will henceforth be carried on by the said James Fernee, and that all debts due and owing to and by the said firm will be received and paid by the said James Fernee. As witness our hands this 13th day of September, 1887.
John Radford.
James Fernee.11
 
Newspaper Published 10 Jan 1891.12
J Fernee of Sheffield shares a patent for improvements in apparatus for inflating balls, 1891
1891 CensusJames Fernee and Elizabeth Hillman appeared on the 1891 Census of Norton, Derbyshire, at 28 Chantrey Road. James was 49, a Steel Melter, neither employer nor employed, and was born in Highgate, Middlesex. Elizabeth was 45 and born in Tipton, Staffordshire. Their children Edward Hillman and James were with them.13 
Event In 1901, James Fernee was was visited by his brother Joshua, who had been in Australia for 33 years. They paid a call on their cousin Anthony Storey's daughter Mrs Higgins in Hornsey.2  
1901 CensusHe and Elizabeth Hillman appeared on the 1901 Census of Sheffield, Yorkshire, at 56 Wath Road. James was 59, a steel maker, and was born in Highgate London. Elizabeth was 51 and born in Tipton Staffordshire. Their children Edward Hillman and James were living with them.14 
EventJames Fernee wrote Herbert George Fernee a letter inquiring what he knew about their family history in 1905. He had found Herbert George's name in the directory as living in Camden Town but didn't know how they were related. They exchanged several letters in the following weeks.2 
DeathJames died in 1910.15
 
Last Edited28 Jan 2017

Citations

  1. Transcript from family bible.
  2. Letters from James Fernee [1842-1910], 65, Herschell Road, Sheffield, to Herbert George Fernee [1867- ], dated May and June 1905.
  3. 1851 Census for England & Wales, HO107/1702 folio 195 page 16 [St Michael's Highgate ecclesiastical district].
  4. 1861 Census for England & Wales, RG9/2163 folio 24 page 41.
  5. 1871 Census for England & Wales, RG10/4532 folio 29 page 51.
  6. FreeBMD.
  7. GRO Indexes to Deaths, images viewed at Ancestry. Emma Fernee, age 35, June Q 1871, Aston RD.
  8. 1881 Census for England & Wales, RG11/4661 folio 19 page 32.
  9. Birmingham Daily Post (Birmingham, England), Friday, September 26, 1884; Issue 8187. image online at 19th Century British Library Newspapers, a Gale digital collection.
  10. E-mails from Marie Bennetts, Australia, to J Kolthammer.
  11. The London Gazette, online at www.gazettes-online.co.uk, Issue 25752, 28 October 1887.
  12. The Country Gentleman (London, England), 10 January 1891. image online at 19th Century British Library Newspapers, a Gale digital collection.
  13. 1891 Census for England & Wales, RG12/3801 folio 112.
  14. 1901 Census for England & Wales, RG13/4357 folio 64.
  15. GRO Indexes to Deaths, images viewed at Ancestry. James Fernee, age 68, Dec Q 1910, Sheffield RD.
  16. General Register Office Online Birth Index. Fanny Fernee, mother's surname Hillman, Mar Q 1882, Sheffield RD.
  17. Comment: this is the only Fernee family having children in Sheffield at this time.