Research Note | On his daughter Lilian's baptism record, his name was recorded as Archibald Taylor Fernee & his wife's given name was Sapphire. His name was Archibald Thomas on his birth registration but Archibald Taylor on his marriage record. |
Birth | Archibald Thomas Fernee was born circa 1873 in Ealing, Middlesex.2,1 |
(with Parents) 1881 Census | He appeared on the 1881 Census of St Pancras, Middlesex with his parents. Archibald was 7, a scholar, and born in Ealing, Middlesex.2 |
(with Parents) 1891 Census | Archibald T Fernie [sic] appeared on the 1891 Census of Clapham, London with his mother and stepfather. He was 18, worked as a Butcher, and was born in Slough, Bucks.3 |
MarriageRegistration | The marriage of Archibald Thomas Fernee and Sophia Ann Lucas was registered in the quarter ending Sep 1899 in Wandsworth RD.4 |
1901 Census | Archibald and Sophia Fernee appeared on the 1901 Census of Clapham, London, at 3 Lower Cedars Mews. Archibald and Sophia were visitors to Frederick & Sophia Lucas [Sophia's parents?]. Archibald was 27, a Servants Register office keeper working on own account, and was born in Slough Buckinghamshire. Sophia was 26 and born in Brixton Surrey. They had one child, Dorothy, aged 9 months.5 |
1911 Census | Archibald and Sophia appeared on the 1911 Census of Wandsworth, London, at 24 Merton Road. They occupied 7 rooms. Archibald was 38, born in Ealing Middlesex, and was a Registry office agent working on his own account at home. Sophia was 36, born in Battersea, and assisted in the business. They had been married 11 years and had six children. Their children were Dorothy (11), Archibald A (8), Bertie (8), Lily (5), Leslie (3), and Connie (20 months.)6 |
Death | Archibald died on 12 Apr 1917 in France. Information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission: A Fernee, Private with The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 27th Labour Company, service number G/50306.7 |
Burial | He was buried in Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, France.7 |