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NameJohn Frederick Feeney 
[3, His death, aged 16, Q2 of 1869, King’s N dist, vol 6c, p. 262], [2, Vol 2, p.1966]
[3, His death, aged 16, Q2 of 1869, King’s N dist, vol 6c, p. 262], [2, Vol 2, p.1966]Birth1808, Ireland
Deathca May 1869, King’s Norton district, Staffs
GeneralOf Edgbaston. Newspaper proprietor in 1851.
Spouses
Marriageca Aug 1850, Aston district, Warks [3, Their marriage, Q3 of 1850 in Aston dist, vol 16, p. 302]
ChildrenConstance Selina (ca1857-1949)
Notes for John Frederick Feeney
FreeBMD has a marriage record for a John Frederick Feeney marrying in Q3 of 1850 in Aston district, Warks to one of these four ladies:
Harriet Kempson
Elizabeth Meakin
Emma Richards
Barbara Warden
For these:
Harriet Feeney d. aged 82 in Q1 of 1891 in Birmingham dist., vol 6d, p. 142 but a bit old.
Several Elizabeth Feeneys d. but with not very good fits.
No Emma Feeneys with a reasonable fit.
Barbara Feeney d. aged 68 in Q3 of 1894, in Cheltenham dist., vol 6a, p. 210, possible fit.
The next move is to look at 1851 and 1861 censuses.
In 1841 his wife was almost certainly Rebecca with three sons, aged 5, 3 and 1. He was a reporter and they were living at 32 Graham St, Ladywood, Birmingham. Rebecca was not born in Warks, nor in Ireland.
In 1851 his wife was Barbara, born in Edgbaston, Warks in c. 1824 and he had three children aged 13 to 6. The eldest would thus have been born when Barbara was 14, which is unlikely so I suspect she was a second wife and that the children’s mother had died.
In 1881 Constance, his daughter, was with Barbara Feeney who was Head in a large household in Cheltenham, Clos. So it looks certain that Barbara Warden was John Frederick’s wife, confirmed by the fact that Barbara had her unmarried sister Laura Warden staying with her. Interestingly it now appears obvious that Constance’s son was named after her father.
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Harriet Kempson
Elizabeth Meakin
Emma Richards
Barbara Warden
For these:
Harriet Feeney d. aged 82 in Q1 of 1891 in Birmingham dist., vol 6d, p. 142 but a bit old.
Several Elizabeth Feeneys d. but with not very good fits.
No Emma Feeneys with a reasonable fit.
Barbara Feeney d. aged 68 in Q3 of 1894, in Cheltenham dist., vol 6a, p. 210, possible fit.
The next move is to look at 1851 and 1861 censuses.
In 1841 his wife was almost certainly Rebecca with three sons, aged 5, 3 and 1. He was a reporter and they were living at 32 Graham St, Ladywood, Birmingham. Rebecca was not born in Warks, nor in Ireland.
In 1851 his wife was Barbara, born in Edgbaston, Warks in c. 1824 and he had three children aged 13 to 6. The eldest would thus have been born when Barbara was 14, which is unlikely so I suspect she was a second wife and that the children’s mother had died.
In 1881 Constance, his daughter, was with Barbara Feeney who was Head in a large household in Cheltenham, Clos. So it looks certain that Barbara Warden was John Frederick’s wife, confirmed by the fact that Barbara had her unmarried sister Laura Warden staying with her. Interestingly it now appears obvious that Constance’s son was named after her father.
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