James Fearnley 1807-1894

Coal merchant, land proprietor, gentleman!

 

James as an old man - outside the Camp, St Albans - courtesy of Suzanne

Writing about the photos above & below . Top 2 lines written by Conrad Fearnley Sander for his granddaughter Jennifer Rawlins . Last 3 lines written by Evelyn- for her daughter Jennifer

Conrad as a baby, likely with his mother, Eliza Fearnley. Do not know where taken- not the Camp! : maybe leaving James'house in Welling, Kent

a photo of James Fearnley (grandfather of Fearnley Sander) information about the photo  written on the back of it (Fearnley Sander´s and my grandmother´s handwriting) and an unidentified lady in a gig. I don´t know who she is! Could it be Eliza Fearnley, Fearnley Sanders mother? Perhaps Michael can identify her, I´d love to know!-Suz.

1807. James Fearnley was baptised to James Fearnley & Dinah Mesnard , address Village, on 23/8/1807. born 30/7/1807 Lewisham - Ancestry London C of E baptisms

1835. James Fearnley married Mary Susannah Paine on 25/12/1835 at St Paul Deptford , Kent- FS

1841. Eliza Fearnley is born to James & Mary Lewisham Mar 1841

1841C.James Fearnley, commercial dealer, is living Fredericks Place Lewisham. Badly transcribed on FMP!!- surname Fearnley on the original!!!

James	Frawley	Male	30	1811	Commercial dealer Kent, England
Mary	Frawley	Female	30	1811	Kent, England
Mary	Frawley	Female	2	1839	Kent, England
Eliza	Frawley	Female	4mths	1841	Kent, England
Ann	Paine	Female	25	1816	Kent, England

 

1851C. James Fearnley, coal merchant and wharfinger, is living Greenwich Road Greenwich

James	Fearnly	Head	Married	Male	43	1808	Coal Merchant & Wharfinger	Lewisham, Kent, England
Mary	Fearnly	Wife	Married	Female	41	1810	-	Deptford, Kent, England
Mary	Fearnly	Daughter	-	Female	12	1839	Scholar	Lewisham, Kent, England
Eliza	Fearnly	Daughter	-	Female	10	1841	Scholar	Lewisham, Kent, England
James	Fearnly	Son	-	Male	8	1843	Scholar	Lewisham, Kent, England
Martha	Fearnly	Daughter	-	Female	6	1845	Scholar	Lewisham, Kent, England
Amy	Perry	Servant	-	Female	18	1833	General Sert	Greenwich, Kent, England

 

1861C. James Fearnley, land proprietor, is living 18 the Grove Lewisham Very badly transcribed on FMP!!- all surnames Fearnley on the original!!!

James	Frampton	Head	Married	Male	52	1809	Lamp/Land Proprietor	Lewisham, Kent, England
Mary	Frampton	Wife	Married	Female	50	1811	-	Deptford, Kent, England
Mary S	Fenney	Daughter	Unmarried	Female	22	1839	-	Lewisham, Kent, England
Eliza	Fenney	Daughter	Unmarried	Female	20	1841	-	Lewisham, Kent, England
Henry Jane	Fenney	Son	Unmarried	Male	17	1844	Taper Maker	Lewisham, Kent, England
Martha	Fenney	Daughter	Unmarried	Female	16	1845	-	Lewisham, Kent, England

1863. He is living at Perry Hill, Sydenham when his father dies, leaving <£30000. This enabled him to retire - from Conrad's 1942 memoirs

1871C. James Fearnley, retired coal merchant, 64 is living Howards Park, Lewisham, with wife Mary 62- but cannot find in FP

Where is the evidence for this Michael? "whose nursery land was sold to accommodate London’s expansion, and turned him into a landed proprietor".

1875. His wife, Mary Susanna Fearnley,65, dies Lewisham Jun 1875. No probate

1875. Likely moves from Lewisham to Welling - some ~12 k between the two

1881C. James Fearnley, is living Belle Grove, Bexley, Dartford, Kent ( does say Welling on the top of the census return!) . Both his name and that of 2 of his Sander grandchildren incorrectly written in the original!! 3 of the places of birth wrong too! This took some finding!

James	Ferney	Head	Widower	Male	72	1809	Annuitant	Sevenoaks, Kent, England
Mary L	Ferney	Daughter	Single	Female	37	1844	-	Sevenoaks, Kent, England
Elizabeth D	Saunders	Grand Daughter	Single	Female	7	1874	Scholar	Sevenoaks, Kent, England
Fredrick	Saunders	Grand Son	Single	Male	5	1876	Scholar	St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
Alice	Handstone	Servant	Single	Female	23	1858	Gen Domestic	-

 

. But in his grandson's, Conrad's, 1942 Memoirs, he talks of childhood visits to his grandfather's home in Welling Kent: these would have been ~1881-1889. He also speaks of visits to cousins in St Mary Cray: this would be this family: at Grassmeade, St Mary Cray . James S Fearnley a brother of Conrad's mother, Eliza Fearnley 1841

1891C. James Fearnley, 53!- should be 83! - is living Camp Road, St Albans with his married daughter, Eliza Sander

Frederick	Sanden	Head	Married	Male	44	1847	Nursery Man	Germany
Eliza	Sanden	Wife	Married	Female	43	1848	Living On Under Means	Lewisham, Kent, England
Mary	Fearnely	Sister In Law	Single	Female	46	1845	Living On Under Means	Lewisham, Kent, England
Patty	Fearnely	Sister In Law	Single	Female	42	1849	Living On Under Means	Lewisham, Kent, England
James	Fearnely	Father In Law	Widower	Male	53	1838	Living On Under Means	Lewisham, Kent, England
Mary	Taylor	Servant	Widow	Female	38	1853	Domestic Servant General	Gravesend, Kent, England
Charlotte	Herbert	Servant	Single	Female	25	1866	Domestic Servant General	Hythe, Kent, England
Emma	Beer	Servant	Single	Female	20	1871	Domestic Servant General	Crediton, Devon, England

 

1894. James Fearnley, gentleman, 84, of the Camp, St Albans, dies 14/8/1894 St Albans Sep 1894. Probate £ 2156, changed to £ 5691, to James Samuel Fearnley, paper manufacturer, Mary Susannah Fearnley, spinster, and Frederick Sander, orchid importer and grower

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