Re: Searching for all family members - Richard FEVER & Amy RICKWOOD
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Re: Searching for all family members
christine munro 11/23/03
Some further information regarding Richard FEVER/FEAVER who married Amy RICKWOOD.
I am very confident that he is the son of Frederick FEVER and his wife Ann nee PHIPPS who married in Borden, Kent, in July, 1851.I just need some proof.Here's what I know and the reasoning behind my strong suspicion regarding Richard's origins.
Frederick and Ann FEVER had several children, including:-
i) George, born 1854 in Chatham Kent (per the 1881 Census)[He married Jemima Ann ROSE at Murston Kent in 1875]
Charles, born early 1856 in Ospringe Kent
ii) William, born ca 1859 in Teynham Kent (per the 1871 Census)[He married Emma BROADBENT in November, 1882, in Faversham]
iii) Caroline, born ca 1863 in Murston Kent (ditto)
iv) Jane, born ca 1865 in Teynham Kent (ditto)
v) James, born ca 1867 in Tong Kent (ditto)
vi) Mary, born ca 1869 in Murston Kent (ditto)
vii) Emily, born ca 1872 in Murston Kent (per the 1881 & 1891 Census)
In 1871, Frederic [sic] FEVER and the above children, minus George and Emily, were living in Eastchurch, Kent.See reference RG10 0989 f23 pg5 sc22.Eastchurch was then in the Sheppey district.
Richard FEVRE [sic], born ca 1854 in Bredgar Kent, was also living in the Sheppey district, and in Eastchurch, on the same night.His reference is RG10 0989 f49 pg8 sc36.
In 1891, the widowed Richard FEVER was living in Murston, not far from where (his parents ?) Frederick and Ann FEVER were living with their son James and daughter Emily.
A few doors up were living Charles, the son of Frederick and Ann, his wife Rose C. [nee BARNETT], and a baby son, Frederick.[Young Frederick married in Ohio, USA, in 1919 and died there in late 1952.He'd migrated some time before his marriage, as he was drafted to serve in the US Army in 1917-1918.]
A few doors down, and on the next page, Frederick's son William, was living with his wife Emma and their 3 children.
As the various households were all living in the same village and in close proximity to each other, and most of them were working in the brickfields in some capacity or other, there has to be a connection between Frederick and Richard, and a close one at that.
Murston was not a big place.In 1891, it was inhabited by 907 people in total, occupying 179 properties.That means there was an average of 5.1 people in each occupied household, similar to the average household of the 1960s with two parents and three children.
The FEAVERs weren't living in Sittingbourne, Chatham, Canterbury or Maidstone, where there is a far greater chance of people with the same family name and occupations co-incidentally living reasonably close to each other.Small towns with small populations are less likely to harbour co-incidences of that nature.
As if that is not sufficient reason to think that Richard is the son of Frederick and Ann FEVER, there is this to consider, as well:-
I mentioned in my previous post on the subject, Richard cannot be found in the 1861 Census indexes in FMP, Ancestry or FamilySearch.He was probably living with his parents in that year, as he was only 7 or 8 years old.
Frederick, Ann, Richard, George, Charles & William FEVER (&c), all of whom were born prior to the 1861 Census, are all missing from the 1861 Census indexes.They must have been in the same household.Either they refused to fill in the schedule and the Enumerator never caught up with them prior to lodging the booklet, or the entry was lost or so illegible that none of their birthplaces, ages, given names or surname could be entered in the index databases in any recognisable form.
The latter reason has been ruled out so far, as while trawling through the pieces of 1861 for the likeliest places to find the missing FEVER household, the vast majority of the returns are very clear.I've found several transcription errors in the indexes of 1861 and other years, but the originals are perfectly legible, at least 96% of the time.
Another reason to consider Richard belongs to Frederick and Ann FEVER is that they had married in July, 1851, as stated above.
Richard was born ca Dec 1852-Mar 1853 and registered in the March qtr of 1853 in the Milton district, while George, the next child, was born and registered in the June quarter of 1854, in the Medway district.
That leaves plenty of time between the marriage and the birth of George for Richard to have been conceived and born in 1852-early 1853.
The timings and the locations, along with the elder family members being completely missing (so far) from the 1861 Census indexes, is a strong indication that they were a single family and they were in the same household.
Now for something completely different; a quick run through the ancestral line of Frederick FEVER and almost certainly of Richard FEVER.
The parents of Frederick FEVER were Thomas FEVER, a labourer, and Frances Maria nee HUGHES.They had married at Eastling Kent in 1814.
Thomas was baptised on 13th October, 1793 at Throwley Kent, the son of John FEVER and Ann nee HARRIS.
John FEVER married Ann in Throwley on 11 Jan 1790.
John was the illegitimate son of Susannah FEVER, and was baptised at Frittenden Kent on 16th of June, 1766.
Susannah was the daughter (and probably the only child) of Charles FEVER and his wife Susannah EASTON.They had married in Frittenden in 1746.Their daughter Susannah was baptised there on 6 Dec 1747.
Charles FEVER was baptised in Frittenden on the 17th Sep 1721, the 2nd son of John FEVER and Katherine nee VOUSLY, who had married in Frittenden in 1713.
I am descended from the next child of John and Catherine, Francis FEVER, who was baptised in Frittenden on 17 Mar, 1722.
At first glance, judging by the dates of the two boys' baptisms, it is reasonable to assume that Charles' baptism took place well after his early weeks of life.However, the old Julian calendar was still in use, and Francis' birth/baptism year was really in what would now be 1723.Under the old date system, the New Year kicked in on Lady Day, the 24th March.
I've traced John, the father of Charles and Francis (& several other children), in Sussex, and his parents and grandparents.The earliest FEVER record for the family found so far is a marriage in 1689.
Now, to bring this line of thought back to the original family under discussion, I am the 4th cousin 4 x removed of Frederick FEVER.This means that my g-g-grandfather, John FEVER, born in Staplehurst Kent in 1845, is Frederick's 4th cousin.
In turn, this means that if Richard FEVER/FEVRE/FEAVER &c is indeed the son of Frederick FEVER and Ann PHIPPS, then he is my 5th cousin 3 x removed.
So, to the big question.Does anyone have Richard FEVER's birth certificate, &/or one or both of his marriage certificates, or have they examined the baptism register of Bredgar?
If so, could anyone please confirm for me the parents named on the birth certificate, or the father and his occupation as named on either of Richard's marriage certificates?
I will be very pleased to receive any information on Richard and his family background, as well as his descendants, as that will allow me to confirm the line of descent for another branch of the Kent FEAVER clan, the vast majority of which are relations of mine.(There are a few records in Kent belonging to the Somerset-Dorset FEAVER clan, usually occurring in and around Chatham when the men were serving in the Marines or other Militia).
I hope all this information is of help to as many fellow FEAVER researchers as possible.
Cheers,
Heather.