Richards Surname

[KGarrad]

Which census is this? 1871?

It does look like a huge co-incidence doesn't it? Ancestry is playing up for me at the moment, but have you check earlier or later census for this family to check that surname?

Oops!

Quoted the wrong reply!

It was the 1881 census quoted by Annette in reply #15:

Just found 'missing' John in 1881 who wasn't with family in Whitehaven.

He is a boarder in Boldon, Durham  19 - coal miner (ref.RG11 - 5018 - 8 - 4) - born Manchester.

[garstonite]

Thanks KGarrad  ..I was only quoting the familysearch record of Sarah Fee in 1881...says head on there ...
allan

[philRichards]

I remember now. I was told her name was Sarah See. It was not until I looked at the census I realised it was Elizabeth but forgot the surname.

I have ordered Donalds BC for the bargain price of £9.25 just to confirm Elizabeths surname.

Thanks again guys, the beers on on me.


Phil

[Ruskie]

Fee, Sarah  Inmate  Unmarried  F  34  Domestic Servant  b Whitehaven
Fee, Elizabeth  Daughter  F  14  Scholar  b Whitehaven
Fee, John  Son  M  12  Scholar  b North Shields
Fee, Joseph  Son  M  8  Scholar  b North Shields
Fee, Margaret  Daughter  F  4  Scholar  b North Shields

Wow - what a lot of illegitimate children ....

Thanks, I will have a look for the 'Feb' family in other censuses (I am watching TV and rootschatting during ad breaks  )

Phil, when written, the capital letters F and S are often confused, so it is likely that this is the same family.

[KGarrad]

Thanks KGarrad  ..I was only quoting the familysearch record of Sarah Fee in 1881...says head on there ...
allan

Ancestry says the same!

When I quote census data, I prefer to look at the original document
That way I can avoid some of the transcription errors!!

Can't find this John Fel/Feb in any other census?

[Ruskie]

Can't find this John Fel/Feb in any other census?

I can't see him either. I did find Andrew Brocklebank though that didn't help .... 

[philRichards]

So it looks like they never married? I do know they had 18 children, but not all survived. I also think Donald was killed when his ship was torpedoed outside South Shields pier...

[Ruskie]

So it looks like they never married? I do know they had 18 children, but not all survived. I also think Donald was killed when his ship was torpedoed outside South Shields pier...

Who are you referring to? John and Elizabeth? If you are, KGarrad found a marriage earlier in this post which looks like their marriage, assuming that we are on the right track in assuming that John married Elizabeth Fee:

June qtr 1885
Gateshead district    vol 10a, page 1083
Richard, John
+ and on the same page +
Fee, Elizabeth

[philRichards]

I found more info on the work house.

It looks like Elizabeth might have been born there as her mother and siblings are listed.

Sarah 34
John 12
Joseph 8
Margaret 4


http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Tynemouth/Tynemouth1881.shtml