Robert & Margaret married 22 Feb 1879 Middlebrough, St Paul’s

Marriage in St Paul’s Church, Middlesbrough Parish
22 Feb 1879
Robert Featherstone aged 21 a Bachelor and Puddler of 12 Nelson Street, father Robert Featherstone a labourer
to
Margaret Haynes aged 15 Spinster of 12 Nelson Street, father Frank Haynes a coal miner
Both left their mark
Witnesses Robert Montieth and Mary Hutchinson (who left her mark)
Searching for Robert & Margaret in the 1881 census, nothing found apart from this entry
1881 Census
Piece:4915 Folio:68 Page:15     
Registration District:Auckland. Civil Parish:Pollards Lands
Address:12, Thompsons Cottages, Pollards Lands, Co. Durham
FEATHERSTONE, Ann Head Widow F 50 1831 Leaming Yorkshire
FEATHERSTONE, Robert Son Married M 23 1858 Puddler Bishop Auckland Durham
FEATHERSTONE, Mark Daughter In Law Married M 20 1861 Bishop Auckland Durham
FEATHERSTONE, George Son Single M 19 1862 Coal Worker Miner Bishop Auckland Durham
FEATHERSTONE, Elizth Daughter Single F 16 1865 Char Woman Bishop Auckland Durham

I have looked closely at the entry it is Mark, however in the age column, someone has written her age again as 20. transfering it to the female section.

The only entry I can find in 1871, which comes close is again in Auckland, the children match up but the Mothers name is Mary, which does not fit..
I have searched the 1891 with no result?

 

Featherstone-Bunton

Looking for a Featherstone Bunton marriage to complete the family of Benjamin
this is the 1891 census entry which is the only thing we have found that links a daughter Ann
1891 census RG12/1360/26/3
Snakes Lane, Woodford, Essex
Benjamin Featherstone head M 71 gardener Essex, Woodford
Sarah Featherstone wife M 70 Essex, Abridge
William Featherstone son S 40 gardener Essex, Woodford
Ann Bunton dau S 54 dressmaker Essex, Woodford

 

Harriet Featherstone born cir 1822 Litchfield Staffs.

I have her marriage aged 45
Marriage solemnized at St Maryin the Parish of Nottingham,
Entry 431 1867
Oct 6 1867 Between George Samsom, Bachelor aged 42 occupation Frame work knitter of Fisher Gate, Nottingham, father John Samsom (dec’d) Frame work knitter
to
Harriet Featherstone a spinster aged 45 of Fisher Gate, Nottingham, father Charles Featherstone (Dec’d) a coachman
Witnesses Richard Jones his mark & Hannah Lucas
after Banns George signed, & Harriet left her mark
by me Horace Newton Curate

and then this census entry
1871 Census
Piece:3471 Folio:66 Page:63     
Registration District:Mansfield. Civil Parish:Mansfield
Address:Rock Valley, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
SANSOM, George Head M 45 1826 Frame work Knitter Mansfield Nottinghamshire
SANSOM, Harriet Wife F 55 1816 Seamstress Litchfield Staffordshire

Can anyone help finding her in earlier Census’s

 

Jacob or Wilson or both?

I have been sent a birth certificate which reads:
Registration District of Chorlton
1883 Birth in the sub district of Ardwick in the County of Lancaster
Entry 245 21st December 1882 at 10 Churchill Street, Openshaw U.S.D.
Florence a girl, Father Wilson Featherstone a joiner , mother Margaret Featherstone formerly Simpson. Informant M Feathertsone mother of 10 Churchill St, Openshaw, registered 16th January 1883.
Having found the Registration in the March of the following year, I went searching for a marriage of her parents, Looking for a marriage of a Wilson to a Margaret Simpson within 10 years of the birth of Florence, sure enough there is only one:
Civil Registration event: Marriage
Name: FEATHERSTON, Wilson
Registration District: York
County: Yorkshire
Year of Registration: 1877
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Spouse’s last name: Not available before 1912
Volume No: 9D
Page No: 56
MarriageFinder: Wilson Featherston married one of the following people
SIMPSON, Margaret Ann
VEAR, Betsey
PADGET, Arthur
Then I looked for a census entry in 1881 could not find one, but I think the Ardwick area of Manchester has problems with missing folio’s so I tried 1891 and found this,
1891 Census
Piece: 3213 Folio: 19 Page: 32
Registration District: Salford. Civil Parish: Broughton
Municipal Borough: Salford
Address: 51, Choir Street, Broughton, Salford, Lancashire
FEATHERSTONE, Wilson Head Married M 35 1856 Joiner Stanhope Durham
FEATHERSTONE, Mary A Wife Married F 31 1860 Crook Durham
FEATHERSTONE, Robert H Son M 13 1878 Scholar Kirkby Stephen Westmorland
FEATHERSTONE, John W Son M 10 1881 Scholar Manchester Lancashire
FEATHERSTONE, Florie Daughter F 8 1883 Scholar Manchester Lancashire
MCGREGOR, Catherine Lodger Single F 29 1862 Dressmaker Edinburgh Scotland
MCGREGOR, Minnie Lodger F 2 1889 Manchester Lancashire

Is this a miss transcription, it should be Margaret , not Mary, It is not it is written Mary A. but I cannot find either a death for Margaret or a Marriage to a Mary A.
Going the other way I could not find a Wilson in 1871, but in 1861 I find a Jacob Wilson, born in the right place, Stanhope:
RG09/3724 F28 Page 4, Cowshill Stanhope
Ralph Featherston Head aged 39 Marr Lead Miner Stanhope Durham
Elizabeth Featherston Wife aged 34 Marr Grocer Stanhope Durham
Elizabeth Featherston Daur aged 12 Scholar Stanhope Durham
John Wm Featherston Son aged 11 Scholar Stanhope Durham
Dorothy Ann Featherston Daur aged 7 Scholar Stanhope Durham
Jacob Wilson Featherston Son aged 4 Stanhope Durham
Alfred R.A. Featherston Son aged 2 Stanhope Durham

and knowing that he had another name came up with:

1871 Census
RG number: RG10 Piece: 4949  Folio: 60 Page: 25
Registration District: Weardale. Sub District: St John
Enumeration District: 9. Civil Parish: Stanhope
Address: Cows Hill, Stanhope, Durham
FEATHERSTONE, Ralph Head M 49 1822 Grocer Stanhope County Durham
FEATHERSTONE, Elizabeth Wife F 44 1827 Stanhope County Durham
FEATHERSTONE, Elizabeth Daughter F 22 1849 Stanhope County Durham
FEATHERSTONE, John W Son M 21 1850 Stanhope County Durham
FEATHERSTONE, Dorothy A Daughter F 17 1854 Stanhope County Durham
FEATHERSTONE, Jacob W Son M 14 1857 Stanhope County Durham
FEATHERSTONE, Alfred R Son M 12 1859 Stanhope County Durham
FEATHERSTONE, Joseph A Son M 4 1867 Stanhope County Durham

So what happened to Jacob Wilson I cannot find him in any other census? Under Jacob or Wilson.

 

Scallywag, Bigamist, Womanizer, or ….?

Robert Featherstonehaugh was born in 1835 in Appletreewick, Yorkshire, to Alexander and Elizabeth (Gibson) Featherstonhaugh (West Yorkshire Parish Records). In the 1841 and 1851 census he is living with his parents in Appletreewick.
In 1861 he is located in Manchester as a waiter living with a Publican and the census indicates he was married. It also indicates he was born in 1836, Appletreewick, Yorkshire.
In 1862 Robert Featherstonhaugh marries Caroline Priestley in Huddersfield, Yorkshire; his father is Alexander, and Robert is a spirit merchant. (Marriage certificate) They had four children, Elizabeth (Lilley), Polly, Jane and John Alexander as found in the various census. Polly died young and John Alexander at 20.
He seems to have vanished in the 1871 census for that area and the only possibility is an R Featherstonaugh(Ancestry spelling), West Derby…right age, servant, unmarried, but birthplace is Liverpool…this could be wrong of course. Caroline is still living in Huddersfield, as Head of the household.
In 1881 his wife Caroline is still in Huddersfield but it indicates she was deserted. There is a marriage in 1881 between Robert Featherstone and Harriet Gott, nee Woodcock, in Dewsbury, Yorkshire. The parish records say his father is Alexander. The census for that year includes the fact that Robert was born in 1842 and there was a son Frederick Woodcock, 11, and a daughter of 3 months, Jane Gott. Obviously, Frederick is not Robert’s. Harriet had married a George Gott in 1878 (FreeBMD) but her husband dies in 1878, so this Jane could not have been his. In later census she is down as Featherstone.
By this time Robert has dropped the ‘haugh’ from his name and it is just Featherstone.
The 1891 census has him living in Clifton, as a maltser, born Appletreewick in 1839, married; and Harriet is marked as Head in that census and with her children in Dewsbury. Caroline is still in Huddersfield married but also marked as head.
1901 census has Robert a widower, born Appletreewick in 1941, and an estate labourer living in Skipton by himself; Caroline is still in Huddersfield, living with her daughter Jane and Harriet is in Dewsbury living with her daughter Jane! (Robert had a sister Jane so presumably these daughters are named after her.)
Caroline dies in 1904 (FreeBMD). In 1911 Harriet is still in Dewsbury, and Robert, born 1836 in Appletreewick, is down as a widower and living in Skipton, with Eliza Watson, housekeeper. He is living 3 Carrs Yard, Skipton, Pensioned Gen.Labourer on Estate, born in Skipton, widower having had 2 children born 1 died. (Obviously incorrect)
It appears that Harriet died in 1918(FreeBMD) but Robert dies in the Skipton Workhouse in 1916, with his nephew Alexander Lister as informant (death certificate).
Now we have not been able to establish a marriage for him earlier than 1861; nor have we been able to establish another Robert Featherstone(haugh)’s birth in Appletreewick or Skipton for the right time. In the census his ages vary considerably, as does his marriage status. It is a well-known fact that the census have many errors, but trying to see through these problems, we think we have come up with the fact he was at least a bigamist!
(Note: there is another Robert Featherstonehaugh, his nephew, born in 1865 but we have traced him through various census, always marked single; he appears never to have married, and to have died in 1912.)
If anyone has further information regarding Robert, or his wives, we would be very interested in hearing it. It certainly has been fascinating digging out the details for this fellow!
Cath Greenwood and Monica Taylor

 

A Finnish Connection

We have a marriage between a John Featherstone and Blanche Borissow, in Manningham, Bradford, West Yorkshire, on 2 August 1865

in St Jude’s Church. They have  a son John Borissow Featherstone born 1 July 1866 and baptised in St Jude’s 6th Aug 1866.

John the father dies before the 1871 census

1871 Census
RG number: RG10 Piece: 4484  Folio: 64 Page: 30
Registration District: Bradford. Sub District: Horton
Enumeration District: 62. Civil Parish: Manningham
Municipal Borough: Bradford
Address: Marlborough Road, Manningham, Bradford, Yorkshire
FEATHERSTONE, Blanche Head Widow F 32 1839 Governess Wakefield Yorkshire
FEATHERSTONE, John B Son M 4 1867 Bradford Yorkshire
FEATHERSTONE, Maria Niece F 14 1857 Niece Staithes Yorkshire
ALLEN, Martha P Visitor F 27 1844  Governess  Whetstone Leicestershire
APPLEWHITE, Mary Servant F 20 1851 Domestic Servant Shields County Durham

We have a clue to John’s roots if his brother had a child called Maria born in 1857 at Staithes in Yorkshire.

I found this entry which I think is her in 1861

1861 Census
RG number: RG09 Piece: 3650 Folio: 79 Page: 9
Registration District: Whitby. Sub District: 3 Lythe
Enumeration District: 7.  Civil Parish: Hinderwell
Address: Front Street, Hinderwell, Staithes, Yorkshire (North Riding)
FEATHERSTONE, Joseph Head Married M 33 1828 Grocer & Draper Boulby Yorkshire
FEATHERSTONE, Maria Wife Married F 32 1829 Boulby Yorkshire
BURTON, Mary Ann Daughter F 11 1850 Scholar Boulby Yorkshire
FEATHERSTONE, James Buster Son M 8 1853 Scholar Staithes Yorkshire
FEATHERSTONE, Mary Daughter F 6 1855 Scholar Staithes Yorkshire
FEATHERSTONE, Maria Daughter F 4 1857 Staithes Yorkshire
MIDGLEY, Mary Ann Servant F 19 1842 House Servant Staithes Yorkshire

 

I cannot find a marriage for her parents Joseph & Maria in the indexes. The only entry in the 1841 census gives Joesph aged 15 living in another household probably as a servant with  a family called Herbert.

What makes this interesting is that there are two incidences of the name John Borissow in the USA.

 

 

 

 

How do I find the marriage Of Elizabeth & Unknown Featherstone

northern daily mail
west hartlepool
6 september 1917
LOCAL CASUALTIES
mr and mrs jermy, of 8 hawkridge street, west hartlepool, have received official news that their son, private g featherstone, d.l.i., is in trent bridge hospital, nottingham, suffering from severe gunshot wounds on the left thigh. prior to enlisting he was employed by mr thomasson, hay and corn merchant.

Search marriages – results for spouse of ELIZABETH FEATHERSTONE
Result Year Surname Forename Initial Ref Number Click to contact
1 1902 FEATHERSTONE ELIZABETH H-999-37-0-171 Hartlepool
2 1902 JERMY WILLIAM H-999-37-0-171 Hartlepool

1911 Census
RG number: RG14 Piece: 29606
Reference: RG14PN29606 RG78PN1718A RD545 SD1 ED6 SN240
Registration District: Hartlepool. Sub District: Hartlepool
Enumeration District: 6. Parish: West Hartlepool
Address: 8 Hawkridge St West Hartlepool, Co.Durham
JERMY, William Head Married M 62 1849 Railway Signalman Wroxham Norfolk
JERMY, Elizabeth Wife Married F 43 1868 House Duties Dary Coates Hull Yorks
FEATHERSTONE, Hannah Bell Stepdaughter Single F 16 1895 Disengaged General Domestic West Hartlepool Durham
FEATHERSTONE, John Stepson M 14 1897 Bood Deal Asstant West Hartlepool Durham
FEATHERSTONE, George M Stepson M 12 1899 West Hartlepool Durham
FEATHERSTONE, Seth S L Stepson M 8 1903 West Hartlepool Durham

1901 Census
RG number: RG13 Piece: 4637 Folio: 106 Page: 16     
Registration District: Hartlepool. Sub District: Hartlepool
Enumeration District: 29. Ecclesiastical Parish: West Hartlepool St Oswald
Civil Parish: West Hartlepool
Address: 28, Crimdon Street, West Hartlepool, Co Durham
FEATHERSTONE, Eliz Head Widow F 32 1869 N K Yorkshire
FEATHERSTONE, Sarah Daughter Single F 8 1893 West Hpool Durham
FEATHERSTONE, Hannah Daughter Single F 6 1895 West Hpool Durham
FEATHERSTONE, John Son Single M 4 1897 West Hpool Durham
FEATHERSTONE, George Son Single M 2 1899 West Hpool Durham

 

Baptisms needed to prove Children

I have the following:
Civil Registration event: Marriage
Name: FEATHERSTONE, Alexandria This is the son of Henry born 1863
Registration District: Keighley
County: Yorkshire
Year of Registration: 1890
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
Spouse’s last name: Not available before 1912
Volume No: 9A
Page No: 305
MarriageFinder: Alexandria Featherstone married one of the following people
BAILEY, Mary
WOOD, Hannah
HINDLE, Thomas

1901 Census
RG number: RG13 Piece: 4080 Folio: 5 Page: 1
Registration District: Keighley. Sub District: Haworth
Enumeration District: 1. Ecclesiastical Parish: Ingrow St Johns with Hainworth
Civil Parish: Haworth
Address: 7, Keighley Road, Haworth, Yorkshire (West riding)
FEATHERSTONE, Alexander Head Married M 37 1864 Manager Worsted Weaving Dpt Appletreewick Yorkshire
FEATHERSTONE, Mary Wife Married F 36 1865 Cross Roads Yorkshire
FEATHERSTONE, Harry Son Single M 9 1892 Cross Roads Yorkshire
FEATHERSTONE, Florrie Daughter Single F 8 1893 Cross Roads Yorkshire
FEATHERSTONE, Luther Son Single M 6 1895 Cross Roads Yorkshire

1911 Census
RG number: RG14 Piece: 26111
Reference: RG14PN26111 RG78PN1509 RD492 SD3 ED1 SN11
Registration District: Keighley. Sub District: Haworth
Enumeration District: 1. Parish: Haworth
Address: Myrtle Cottage Cross Roads Via Keighley, Yorkshire (West riding)
FEATHERSTONE, Alexander Head Married M 47 1864 Weaving Manager Appletreewick Yorks
FEATHERSTONE, Mary Wife Married 20 years 5 children 3 living F 46 1865 Cross Roads Yorks
FEATHERSTONE, Harry Son Single M 19 1892 Clerk Cross Roads Yorks
FEATHERSTONE, Florrie Daughter Single F 18 1893 Spinner Cross Roads Yorks

There are only 3 other children born in the Keighley District in the period between the marriage and the 1911 census

They Are Ellen 1901, Matilda, 1893, and Maurice 1897.

I have found births and death registrations for Matilda and Maurice, problem being that Matilda’s falls in the same quarter as one of the children Florrie.
Anybody see if there are baptisms for any or all, it could have been twins. This would pick up maybe which are and are not the deceased children, one of the most difficult things to prove without baptisms.

 

Looking for Fred

Looking for Fred: Have him on a list of Next of Kin of his brother Albert William in 1901/1902 Milta service record, and his entry in 1901 census, one of 16 children 14 of whom survived. There is another Fred born in Laxton, it’s not the right one.
1901 Census
RG number: RG13 Piece: 4482 Folio: 128 Page: 32
Registration District: Sculcoates. Sub District: Drypool
Enumeration District: 6. Ecclesiastical Parish: St Andrews
Civil Parish: Sculcoates
Address: 3, Ferrie’s Street, Sculcoates, Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire (East riding)
FEATHERSTONE, Joseph Head Married M 46 1855 Dock Labourer Hull Yorkshire
FEATHERSTONE, Sarah Wife Married F 42 1859 Hull Yorkshire
FEATHERSTONE, Lily Daughter Single F 19 1882 Hull Yorkshire
FEATHERSTONE, Albert Son M 17 1884 Railway Labourer Hull Yorkshire
FEATHERSTONE, Rose Daughter F 12 1889 Hull Yorkshire
FEATHERSTONE, Jessie Daughter F 10 1891 Hull Yorkshire
FEATHERSTONE, Ellen Daughter F 8 1893 Hull Yorkshire
FEATHERSTONE, Fred Son M 7 1894 Hull Yorkshire
FEATHERSTONE, Alfred Son M 5 1896 Hull Yorkshire
FEATHERSTONE, Alice Daughter F 4 1897 Hull Yorkshire
FEATHERSTONE, Joseph Son M 1 1900 Hull Yorkshire
FEATHERSTONE, Annie Daughter F 0 (2 MOS) 1901 Hull Yorkshire

The family in 1911

1911 Census
RG number: RG14 Piece: 28673
Reference: RG14PN28673 RD521 SD6 ED16 SN14
Registration District: Sculcoates. Sub District: Drypool
Enumeration District: 16. Parish: Sculcoates
Address: 3 Ferries St., Sculcoates, Yorkshire (East riding)
FEATHERSTON, Joseph Head Married M 58 1853 Coal Trimmer Hull Yorks
FEATHERSTON, Sarah Wife Married 31 years 16 children 14 still living F 52 1859 Hull Yorks
FEATHERSTON, Ellen Daughter Single F 18 1893 At Home Hull Yorks
FEATHERSTON, Alfred Son Single M 15 1896 Mill Hand Hull Yorks
FEATHERSTON, Alice Daughter F 13 1898 At Home Hull Yorks
FEATHERSTON, Joseph Son M 11 1900 School Hull Yorks
FEATHERSTON, Harry Son M 8 1903 School Hull Yorks
FEATHERSTON, Florence Daughter F 7 1904 School Hull Yorks
FEATHERSTON, Phyllis Daughter F 5 1906 School Hull Yorks

 

 

William Scott Featherston born cir 1849

Percival Cameron Featherston, b. 15 Jan 1885 at Waterdown, Ontario, baptized 4 Feb 1885. Parents were William Scott Featherston, b. about 1849, and Arlotta Lenora Robina Edwards, b. 7 Oct 1860 at Waterdown, Ontario, d. 1 July 1947.

He was listed in the 1891 Canada census at Waterdown, Ontario, age 11. 1901 census shows him as, “Featherston Percival C., male, son, single, Jan 15 1880, age 21″

Percival married Evangelina Magdalena Heiser (b. 4 Feb 1884), on 29 Jan 1908, at Cleveland, Ohio.

Percival became a naturalized a U.S. citizen, 11 July 1918. His address then was: 10803 Earle Ave, Cleveland, Ohio.

Percival died 30 Nov 1949 at Cleveland.

Can anyone find William Scott Featherston?