William James Fedden 1847-1903

 

1847.. William Salmon born illeg. to Ann Salmon in Cambridge Heath Road, exactly opposite Arsochotte? Stree - tBethnal Green Jun1847

1850. Harriet Salmon born Alpha Place , Cambridge Road

1851C. William Jones was living Alpha Place, Bethnal Green

Henry	Fedden	Head	Married	Male	32	1819	Cooper	Whitechapel, Middlesex, England
Ann	Fedden	Wife	Married	Female	25	1826	Rope spinner	St George in the East, Middlesex, England
Albert	Fedden	Son	Unmarried	Male	10	1841	Scholar	St George in the East, Middlesex, England
Frans	Fedden	Daughter	Unmarried	Female	7	1844	Scholar	St George in the East, Middlesex, England
William	Jones	Son	-	Male	4	1847	-	Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England
Harry	Jones	Daughter	-	Female	1	1850	-	Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England

1851 Henry Salmon born ?? Place, Green Street

an 1857. Poor Law Resettlement document shows that

Henry Fedden has the 3 illegitimate children- William, Harriet & Henry - of Ann Salmon in his care

From sometime onwards from 1851 then, William has taken the surname Fedden, and Henry Fedden becomes his father, whether biological or not?

Henry Fedden had married to Elizabeth Williams in 1838,: she likely still alive (dying in 1858?) and thus Henry could not marry Ann Salmon : but he does so in 1860

1860. William Henry Fedden, batchelor, cooper, marries Ann Salmon on 20/11/1860 in the parish church of South Hackney . His father Ehlert Fedden, upholsterer; hers Thomas Salmon, coffee house keeper

 

1861C. William Fedden, 14, was living 19, Satchwell Street, Bethnal Green

Henry	Fedden	Head	Married	Male	40	1821	Cooper	Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Ann	Fedden	Wife	Married	Female	32	1829	Box...	Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England
Herriot	Fedden	Son	Unmarried	Male	22	1839	Cooker	Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England
Frances	Fedden	Daughter	-	Female	16	1845	Servant	Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England
William	Fedden	Son	-	Male	14	1847	Scholar	Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England
Harriet	Fedden	Daughter	-	Female	11	1850	Scholar	Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England
Harry	Fedden	Son	-	Male	8	1853	Scholar	Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England
Eliza	Fedden	Daughter	-	Female	1	1860	-	Bethnal Green,

No birth for a William Fedd*n. No mother given for Harriet Fedden( not Jones?) Mar 1850.- Irrelevant with the above Poor law doc! The mother of Eliza B G Dec 1859 was Cooper

1882.William James Fedden, aged 36, railway porter, married Elizabeth Parchment, 20, on 9/10/1882 in St.Judes, Bethnal Green. He was living at 58 Warley St., she at 19 Pollards Rd. His father, Henry Fedden, was a cooper, hers, William Parchment, deceased, a weaver. Her sister Louisa Parchment, her mark, was one of the witnesses. A Fedden Family Tree exists on Ancestry. William is 16 years older than she is.

Elizabeth & William Fedden had 5 children who survived infancy:

They also had 5 other children who died:

Note. 10 different addresses in 20 years [including the 1891C]. The 10 Baptisms..

1890. 14/9/1890 Lucy Alice Fedden was born at 31, Bonner Street, B.G. Father a railway checker. B.c. in Lynne's book which I have.

1891C. Elizabeth Fedden, 28, living with her husband, William J Fedden 47, railway porter, & 4 children at 30 Bourne Street, Bethnal Green. All born B.G.

1901C. Elizabeth Fedden, 38, living with William Fedden 54, railway porter, & 5 children in 4 rooms at 23 Hamilton Road. Charlotte[Lottie] 17 and Maud 15 were Gum Sorters, and William A. was a Hatter.

1903. ,William James Fedden , died 'Mar' 1903, aged 56: how did Elizabeth cope?

Footnote

1904. Elizabeth Fedden remarried, aged 45, 3/10/1904 at St.Johns, Bethnal Green, Thomas Samuel Causton, aged 58[actually ~67]. Her address 21 Bruely/Brierly?? Street, B.G.. He was an engine driver, who seemingly could not sign his name. .[born 1837, one of 13 siblings, to William Causton 1806-1862 & Elizabeth Lane 1813-1865]. One of the witnesses was William Fedden, presumably her 20 yr old son. I thought she might have known this Engine Driver through her dead husband's work, but actually she was friends with his 18 year old daughter, Esther Causton, back in 1896, when Esther was a sponsor to her daughter Florence Maud Fedden. .

1911C, Elizabeth Causton, 48, married 7 years, 1 child who had died, is living in 3 rooms at 53 Median Road Lower Clapton Hackney with husband Thomas Samuel Causton, 73, no occupation,, together with Florance Maud Feddon 9, Lucy Alice Feddon 20, domestic in Feather Mill, ,& Maud Elizabeth Feddon, 25, cook restaurant, her children [I think the 1 child that died was probably Joseph Causton, born & died Mile End Mar 1905, or ,less likely, Albert Frederick Causton, b.Sep 1906 West Ham and died there a year later, aged 1].

Thomas S Causton died Jun 1919, aged 82, Whitechapel.

Elizabeth was living in Hackney in 'Jun' 1934 [see quote below'],and

1935. died , as Elizabeth Causton, in Shoreditch, aged 73, in Dec 1935. Elizabeth was in her 70's when she died and had had cancer and had her breast removed; she also had brittle bones and could not be moved much when in hospital.[info. from Queenie[Alice] Brigden, her granddaughter, 2008]

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. . . .Elizabeth Parchment 1862 with daut. Florrie Fedden 1902. Photo taken~1912. . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth Parchment, 1920s?

Quote from the great grandson of Samuel,1823-1885, grandson of Alfred 1862-1934 & son of Theodora 1891, Geoffrey Lewis :" my mother and my grandmother[Alfred's widow] took me with them to visit "Cousin Lizzie" who lived in one of those houses in Hackney of which quite a few survive, with stairs up to the front door and other stairs down to the basement. A lot of them were built about the end of the Victorian Era in what was then still surburban Hackney for the professional classes but a lot of them remained unsold and were given over to multiple occupation. I would guess that Elizabeth[1862] rented a couple of rooms. I think it must have been 1934 and we had gone to tell her of cousin Alfred's death"

Elizabeth's granddaughter, Queenie [nee Alice Parker, daughter of Lucy Fedden] Brigden,1924, remembers her gran: who lived with her youngest daughter Florrie at one stage, but as Florrie's family grew[births 1924-1930] she then went to live with her eldest daughter Lottie, who was always moving: lived in Hoxteth[?] at one stage This was presumably after Elizabeth's second husband, Thomas Samuel Causton, had also died , in 1919. Queenie remembers her grandmother as "Always a very clean smart old lady".

 

 

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