Samuel Fee b. Abt 1839

[JANICE BRUCE]

Hello,

I'm hoping someone might have come across Samuel Fee born about 1839 in Ireland.

 He was a gunner in the Royal Artillery when he got married in 1863 in Pembrokeshire, in Wales to Sarah Warlow.  According to the Certificate his father was a William Fee, a Tailor.  Their first child was born in Pembrokeshire and then the family moved to Dumbarton in Scotland where most of the other children were born.  They are there in the 1871 and 1881 Census.  By the time of the 1891 Census they had moved back to Wales and he had left the army and was down as a Pensioner, Greenwich.  Their youngest son was born in Pembrokeshire and his wife was a Widow by the 1901 Census.

Unfortunately, I only know that his place of birth was Ireland and that his father was William Fee who was a Tailor.  I have been unable to find him in the 1861 Census, so it is probable that he was still in Ireland on the Census night.  I have not been able to find his army records although I haven't exhausted all possible records yet!

I was hoping that someone in their research may have come across the surname Fee in Church records etc.  My instinct tells me he was born in what is now Northern Ireland, but of course I could be wrong. 

Thank you.

Janice

[celia]

Hello Janice
Don't know if you have looked on the Family Search I.G.I =International Genealogical Index or not Now i don't know about Ireland & Scotland,but in England i decided years ago that there were no Catholic religions records on the I.G.I. I did a search 5 years each side of 1839 in Ireland.
For Samuel Fee only one has come up the right year but the father is not as you have.It is a submitted one so no source, i will give it to you anyway .Then maybe someone on the Ireland board can go from there.

Samuel Fee
Birth no date given but says Ballymackilreiny,Bandridge,down,Ireland.
Christened. 1st January 1838 Drumgooland Parish Bandbridge,Down Ireland

Father Samuel Fee Mother Mary

Celia

[JANICE BRUCE]

Hello Celia,

Thank you for your reply to my post.
 
I had looked on the IGI for Samuel Fee, and I did see the entry for 1838.  I have also found a number of his children baptised mainly in Dunbarton in Scotland.

Thanks.

Janice

[celia]

http://www.army.mod.uk/unitsandorgs/arms_and_services/index.htm

Janice
the above site will take you to the R.A Page if you click on
Royal Regiment of Artillery there is some info where to obtain records. Hope this is of some help

Celia

[bs3true]

Hello Janice: We have an ancestor, John Fee, born in Ireland 1841. According to his marriage registration in Co Monaghan, his father was Samuel Fee from Roughan, Donacavey Parish. I believe this is nearby, but in Co Tyrone.  John's first son was christened Samuel Fee, born in 1865,  christened near Clontibret in Monaghan, but registered in Keady, Co Armagh.  I am wondering if John could also have had an older brother Samuel.  Just 'grasping-at-straws', I know, but perhaps some part of this will match with what you know... David & Elizabeth in Ottawa, Canada.

[celia]

bs3tru
You may have to wait a while to hear from Janice her post is old with only 10 post.Hopfully she is still around and might get your message.

Celia

[aghadowey]

bs3tru
You may have to wait a while to hear from Janice her post is old with only 10 post.Hopfully she is still around and might get your message.

Celia

Janice was here 3 Feb.2009 so there's a chance she will see this thread and reply.

[JANICE BRUCE]

Hello David & Elizabeth,

I've just returned from a trip to the USA with my family.  Imagine my surprise when I checked my emails to see that someone had responded to such an old post!
I'm afraid I don't know much about Samuel Fee's family other than the information obtained from his marriage certificate.  According to this his father's name was Wiilliam Fee who was a tailor.
That being said, as Fee doesn't appear to be a very common name (?) it is possible that your John Fee's father, Samuel, could be William Fee's brother??  Or possibly some other relation.  But as you say perhaps we are all "grasping at straws"...but it could be a possibility!
As I said in my original post I am relying on a "feeling" that Samuel Fee was born in what today is known as Northern Ireland.  Partly, I suppose because he was in the Royal Artillery.  I have no way of knowing what religion he was or what County he was born/baptised in.  Unfortunately, I haven't got any further information since my original post.
I wish you luck in your future research and who knows perhaps with a little bit of luck (& some hard work!!) we might all get lucky and find out for sure whether they are related or not.

Janice

[aghadowey]

As I said in my original post I am relying on a "feeling" that Samuel Fee was born in what today is known as Northern Ireland.  Partly, I suppose because he was in the Royal Artillery.  I have no way of knowing what religion he was or what County he was born/baptised in.  Unfortunately, I haven't got any further information since my original post.

Am a bit puzzled by this bit of your post and why you think a connection to Royal Artillery implies a connection to Northern Ireland. In 1800s all of Ireland (not just present Northern Ireland) was British.