looking for samuel featherby

[sooper nan]

i am looking for the birth place of samuel i now he was in  1841 census as living in norfolk  it was stated born in northamptonshire have checked  in their local county record office as being  incorrect the only clue i have he was born the year 1766   have put on norfolk board  but no luck any info could help                many thanks            sooper nan                   

[suzard]

1841 census does not state he was b northampton

1841 just says Y=yes or N=no for whether they were born in the county they were living in - if he was from another country (not county) it may state that

Suz

[sooper nan]

1851 census states his son james was from northampton by then samuel had died so you see thats all i have to go on               thanks for your time to reply

[lizdb]

From the info we have, it is impossible to even hazard a guess as to where Samuel was born, or even exactly when, as 1841 census ages are rounded.

I expect you already this info, but I will post to give an idea of what is known:

1841
HO107 755 9
Dray And Horses Public House Tottenhill Norfolk
James Featherby 45 Publican N
Elizabeth 45 Y
Samuel 75 N
James 9 Y

(Are you assuming Samuel is James father, or have you any further info?)

1851
HO107 1830 77 6
Watlington Norfolk
James Featherby (indexed Featherly) 57 Plumber and Glazier bn Northampton
Elizabeth wife 58 bn Oxfordshire Caldecot (so much for the Y in 1841!)
James 19 son bn Norfolk Tottenhill
Ann Morley widow 84 lodger bn Norfolk Gurton?
David James Unm 14 servant boy bn Norwich

IGI
submitted entry
5 Nov 1827
marriage Oxborough Norfolk
James Featherby to Elizabeth Morley.

[sooper nan]

hi lizdb             we  are assuming samuel is james father as we have a copy of the 1841 census from library it states do for samuel as same surname    ann morley is wrote down as quinton norfolk have checked no such place but found one in northampton   ?                   

[lizdb]

Hi
Yes they were all Featherby's in 1841 - I just didnt type it in every time! But what I meant was are you just assuming Samuel Featherby is James Featherby's father, he could be Uncle or cousin or something!

[timandra]

Hi,

I too am looking for Samuel and James Featherby.

I have noted that James' wife (Elizabeth Ann Morley) was from Quinton (seen on one of the census returns - can't remember which one) - there is a Quinton in Northamptonshire. Also, somewhere I remember seeing that James was said to have come from Thornton - there is a village in Buckinghamshire named Thornton. Thorton and Quinton are only 6 miles apart!

Maybe this is the way to go on researching these two!