William Bromley Featherstone b. 1857 Openshaw, Manchester, Lancashire, England: Featherstone One Name Study


William Bromley Featherstone

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  • Name William Bromley Featherstone 
    Born 1857  Openshaw, Manchester, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Birth Mar 1857  8c.481, Chorlton, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    1861 Census 07 Apr 1861  18 Belle Vue Street, Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • mechanical engineer
    • Role: Son
    1871 Census 02 Apr 1871  17 Coleshill Street, St George, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • annuitant
    • Role: Son
    Name William Featherstone  [6
    Occupation 02 Apr 1871 
    a office boy 
    Occupation Between 1876 and 1892  [7
    Engineer 
    Reference Number 6279 
    Reference Number P1550 
    Notes 
    • until I get more proof I cannot be sure the two entries below relate to our William.
      Parish of Lambeth 1st week of Christmas Qr 1911 Admission and Discharge Book for The Workhouse, Princes Road

      December 10th Sunday next meal after admission S Featherstone Wm Draughtsman born 1856 CofE class 1 for diet



      Parish of Lambeth 12th Wk Christmas 1911 Admission and Discharge Book for The Workhouse, Prince's Road

      December 23rd Sat first meal S Featherstone Wm Engineer born 1856 CofE class 1 for diet



      Southwark Union, London

      Christchurch Institution Admissions

      7 May 1927 Wm B Featherstone age 70 Draughtsman Case Paper 52740 Directions Belmont
    Person ID I6279  Featherstone Main
    Last Modified 23 Apr 2021 

    Father James Featherstone,   d. Sep 1870, 8d.198, Manchester, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Mary Brimelow,   b. Abt 1827, Tyldesley, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 08 Oct 1844  St Matthew, Manchester, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9
    Married Dec 1844  20.709, Manchester, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11
    Family ID F2490  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Caroline Sutton,   b. 12 Sep 1849, Lambeth, London, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 17 Jul 1880  St Saviour, Lambeth, London, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Married Sep 1880  1d.494, Lambeth, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    1901 Census 03 Apr 1881  South Norton Place, St Andrew, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [14
    • Head f household Jane Farquhar
      William B was a Gas engineer
    Last Modified 18 Nov 2022 
    Family ID F2984  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1] Index birth registrations England & Wales, (1837-2010).

    2. [S1901] 1901 Census England & Wales, (31.3.1901), 1901 census RG13/2910/189/16
      180 Foleshill Road, Coventry, Warwickshire
      Wm B Featherstone head M 44 Prof engineer Openshaw, Lancs
      Caroline Featherstone wife M 44 Lambeth, Surrey.

    3. [S1] Index birth registrations England & Wales, (1837-2010), Taken from index by WP FEATHERSTONE
      birth registration index William Bromley Featherstone Mar 1857 Chorlton LAN 8c 481 (Reliability: 3).
      {TMG Surety 3.22.}

    4. [S1861] 1861 Census England & Wales, UK Gov., (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2005;), 1861 census RG9/2869/75/43
      18 Belle Vue Street, Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire
      James Featherstone head M 37 mechanical engineer Lancashire, Manchester
      Mary Featherstone wife M 34 Lancashire, Manchester
      Alfred Featherstone son 13 scholar Lancashire, Manchester
      Walter Featherstone son 10 scholar Lancashire, Manchester
      Edith Featherstone dau 9 scholar Lancashire, Manchester
      James Featherstone son 7 scholar Lancashire, Manchester
      Mary Featherstone dau 6 scholar Lancashire, Manchester
      William Featherstone son 4 scholar Lancashire, Manchester
      Florence Featherstone dau 2 Lancashire, Manchester
      Frank Featherstone son 11mo Lancashire, Manchester
      Mary J Henry serv 15 housemaid Scotland, Wigton
      Abigail Tipton serv 14 nurse Shropshire.

    5. [S1871] 1871 Census England & Wales, (2009), 1871 census RG10/116/39/35
      17 Coleshill Street, St George, Westminster, London
      Mary Featherston head W 44 annuitant Tyldesley, Lancashire
      Walter Featherston son U 20 mechanical draughtsman Manchester
      William Featherston son 14 office boy Manchester
      John Featherston son 8 scholar Manchester.

    6. [S1881] 1881 Census England & Wales, UK Gov, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2004;).

    7. [S1591] UK, Mechanical Engineer Register, UK, Mechanical Engineer Register
      William Bromley Featherstone, engineer and manager Dundalk Gas Company, Dundalk elected July 1888 erased 5 May 1892 arrears 90
      age 31
      Mr W B Featherstone was from 1873 to 1876 draughtsman with Messrs J+C Hawksley. From 1876-1880 he was draughtsman and Superintendant of Works for Messrs C&W Walker at Donnington. From 1880-1881 he was at the Edinburgh Gas Works. From 1881-1882 at the Norwich Gas Works as draughtsman. From 1882-1885 he was assistant engineer to Singapore Gas Works and since the 1st September has been Engineer Manager to Dundalk Gas Works where he has been very successful. His age is 31.

    8. [S1957] Marriage Register St Matthew, Manchester, (Period, -2015), marriage solemnized at St Matthew Church in the parish of Manchester in the County of Lancashire
      October 8th 1844
      James Featherstone full age bachelor draughtsman of Manchester father Joshua Featherstone salesman
      Mary Brimelow 19 years spinster of Manchester father William Brimelow
      married in the Church of St Matthew
      signed Jas Featherstone and Mary Brimelow in the presence of R C Kirkpatrick and Ellen Lowe Earlodge?.

    9. [S1728] Find My Past-Marriages Images, First name(s) James
      Last name Featherstone
      Sex Male
      Marital status Single, of full age
      Year 1844
      Date 08 Oct 1844
      Place -
      Spouse's first name(s) Mary
      Spouse's last name Brimelow
      Spouse's sex Female
      Spouse's age 19
      Spouse's birth year 1825
      Spouse's marital status Single
      Father's first name(s) Joshua
      Father's last name Featherstone
      Spouse's father's first name(s) William
      Spouse's father's last name Brimelow
      Town Manchester
      County Lancashire
      Country England
      Register type Marriage.

    10. [S2] Index Marriage registration England & Wales, (1837-1965), marriage registration index Dec 1844 Manchester LAN 20 709
      James Featherstone and Mary Brimelow.

    11. [S564] Lancshire BMD, Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1844
      SurnameForename(s)SurnameForename(s) Church / Register OfficeRegisters At Reference
      FEATHERSTONE James BRIMELOW Mary Manchester, Liverpool Road, St. Matthew Manchester.

    12. [S612] Marriage Register St Saviours, Lambeth, (Period, to 2011), marriage solemnized at St Saviour's Church in the parish of St Saviours, Lambeth in the county of Surrey
      July 17 1880
      William Bromley Featherstone full age bachelor civil engineer of 5 Cambria Terrace father James Featherstone deceased civil engineer
      Caroline Sutton full age spinster of 5 Cambria Terrace father George Sutton optician
      married after banns both signed in the presence of George Sutton and William Sutton.

    13. [S2] Index Marriage registration England & Wales, (1837-1965), Collected May 2000
      marriage registration index Sep 1880 Lambeth SRY 1d.494
      Fanny Isabel Cuthbertson, William Bromley Featherstone, Frederick Wallace Girdler, Caroline Sutton.

    14. [S1881] 1881 Census England & Wales, UK Gov, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2004;), 1881 Scottish census Parish: St Andrew; ED: 30; Page: 2; Line: 20
      South Norton Place, St Andrew, Midlothian
      Jane Farquhar head 36 house keeper Portgordon, Banffshire
      Annie Anderson boarder 13 scholar Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
      Alexander Muir lodger 22 Clerk Telegraph C. S. Oyne, Aberdeenshire
      Adam Duncan lodger 22 Druggists Assistant Falkland, Fifeshire
      William B Featherstone lodger 24 gas engineer England
      Caroline Featherstone lodger 31 England
      David Ramage lodger 24 glass blower Edinburgh.