Looking for my Gt grandparents Joseph & Hannah Fearon,Keswick

[LaCala]

Please can anyone help me.My 2Gt Grandfather Joseph Fearon married Hannah from Abbey Holme. They both died and were buried in St Johns Parish Church,Keswick in 1873.I live in Spain but visited the Churchyard last year and could not find any Fearon graves or even any Vicar.I cannot find any record of the marriage either but have been told that a lot of records were lost in a firs at Abbeyholme in recent years. Please can anyone help me as I have hit a brick wall now.I tried emailing the Minister at St Johns,Keswick but it was returned as not able to deliver it.

Many thanks

[annaS]

I have been looking at the 1871 census, and there are quite a number of Joseph Fearon's in Cumberland on there.  Do you have any idea about the names of the children that they had, and what sort of age Joseph may have been.  There is no Hannah listed, but that doesn't mean to say that she used the name of Hannah during her lifetime.

Anna

[heywood]

welcome to Rootschat 

Do you  have the death details?

1861 has a Hannah Fearon b 1805 Abbey Holme. Her husband is William. There are several children including a Joseph.

Keswick is Cockermouth registration district.
Free BMD has a death for a William, 70 yrs in March quarter 1873 and a Hannah 69 yrs in March quarter 1874.

regards
heywood

[LaCala]

Thanks very much for the email.I have just noticed my mistake. My 2xGt Grandfather was William and not Joseph Fearon.He was born in July quarter 1804 in Braithwaite and died  13 Mar 1873 in Portinscale,Keswick.He is buried in St Johns Church,Keswick-His parents were Joseph Fearon and Jane Reay (Wray).
Hannah, his wife, was born in Mowbray, Abbey Holme abt 1804 and she died 09 Mar 1874 in Portinscale,Keswick.She is buried with William in St Johns Church,Keswick.I cannot find her marriage or maiden name or anything else about her so it is intriguing me.
They had 9 children:
Joseph b 1830,Caldbeck,Crosthwaite.Died Sept 1905 Barton upon Irwell, Lancs
Mary b Abt 1832, Crosthwaite.Died 1894 Workington
Jane bAbt 1834 Braithwaite,Keswick
William b 14 Feb 1836 Keswick.Died 07 June 1864 Keswick
John b 1837 Keswick
Isaac b 14 Jan 1841 Applethwaite, Under Skiddaw,Keswick.Died after 1901
Anne b.Jul 1843 Keswick
Henry b Aug 1845 Keswick
James b1850 Keswick. Died after 1901

With such a collection you can see how I failed to understand why I couldnīt find any evidence of them in the graveyard at St Johns!!

If any of this rings any bells I would be extremely grateful as I have no idea if or when I will be able to get back to the UK again to go and search records etc for myself

[rosie99]

Hi LaCala

Welcome to rootschat 

Buying one of the childrens birth certificates would give Hannah's maiden name.
This could be your Isaac from http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl
Birth March qtr 1841 
Isaac Fearon       
Cockermouth  25 97

(there are some trees on Anc**try that give her surname as Beattie    )

Rosie

[heywood]

I was going to suggest a certificate also. 

Are you sure that they were buried in St John's?There are other churches in the area - St Kentigern's Crosthwaite for example.

[rosie99]

With such a collection you can see how I failed to understand why I couldnīt find any evidence of them in the graveyard at St Johns!!

Did you look at the burial registers or are you talking about finding gravestones. 

Rosie

[clearly]

Can I ask where you obtained the information that the couple were buried in St John's Church Keswick.? As Heywood has pointed out, the main church for the area is St Kentigern's, Great Crosthwaite, Keswick, near Keswick School and if someone has told you that the Fearons are in Keswick Churchyard, then they could easily mean in St Kentigern's.
Regarding the name Reay (Wray). In Cumberland this is pronounced Ree-ah as in rear end.  Only if they moved away from Cumbria would Reay be known as Wray.
Finally, Carlisle Archive Centre holds a full transcript of the Abbey Holme (Holm Cultram Registers) from 1752-1974 ref DPH/2/50. There is also a list of Holm Cultram brides marrying outside the parish at DX 1193/44.

[LaCala]

Thanks very much everybody for the advice. I was told they were in St Johns Church, Keswick by a lady who is related by marriage to the Fearons and has been researching our tree for decades - all the info is on my tree on a well known Ancestry site so she has gone through it all and checked for me. It is interesting to see you mention St Kentigerns as one of my ancestors was baptised there. Are the Carlisle Archives online or will I have to write to them to check for me?
Sorry it is a lot of questions again but thanks very much for all the help

La Cala