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Fanelly MATTAT in Somerset 1851
« on: Thursday 01 February 24 19:01 GMT (UK) »
Could someone with an appropriate access kindly look up Fanelly MATTAT in the 1851 census for Somerset? She was born, married and died in France so I'm curious as to why she was in Somerset in 1851.
I have only been able for locate her in the 1851 census index on one genealogy site: the other major sites don't seem to have the record for some reason.
She married a James Evans in Cannes in 1857. With Fanelly's assistance he founded the second English church in Cannes in 1864.
I'd also be grateful for details of any other people living at the same address as Fanelly.
Many thanks in advance!

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Re: Fanelly MATTAT in Somerset 1851
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 01 February 24 19:59 GMT (UK) »
She is at 5 Lansdowne Place, Lansdown, Bath.
Douglas Hunter, widower, 51, proprietor of house property, Scotland, Perth
Douglas E. Hunter, daughter, unmarried, 27, Herts., Walton
Fanelly Mattat, visitor, unmarried, 36, independent (various) fundholder etc, France, Bretagne...[illegible]
+ two servants

Yes, the daughter is clearly recorded as Douglas.

ADDED: as others have hinted at below, the head of the family is actually female, I was a bit sloppy here. So both mother and daughter are Douglas.
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Re: Fanelly MATTAT in Somerset 1851
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 01 February 24 20:46 GMT (UK) »
Thank  you Alan!

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Re: Fanelly MATTAT in Somerset 1851
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 01 February 24 20:47 GMT (UK) »
Both mother and daughter are called Douglas. The father was John, a clergyman, according to 1841, where the family is at the same address in Bath


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Re: Fanelly MATTAT in Somerset 1851
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 01 February 24 20:56 GMT (UK) »

Reverend John Hunter
Age    47
Burial    26 Apr 1844, Charlcombe, Somerset

Looking around at this family's history to see if any clues to the connection with Fanelly. Will is on Ancestry - no executor named. Douglas the daughter moved to Scotland and died, unmarried, in the 1880s. One executor was a Rev Isaac Gale. JOhn educated Eton and Oxford - son of James of London

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Re: Fanelly MATTAT in Somerset 1851
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 03 February 24 09:12 GMT (UK) »
Thank you Mabel!

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Re: Fanelly MATTAT in Somerset 1851
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 03 February 24 10:21 GMT (UK) »
Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette 25th April 1844
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DEATHS
April 19, at his residence, Lansdown-place East the Rev. John Hunter, A.M., in his 48th year, youngest* son of the late James Hunter, Esq., of Upper Holloway*, Middlesex

* denotes uncertainty in my transcription because of severe "spine bending" distortion in the image, although the OCD at BNA agrees with both.
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Re: Fanelly MATTAT in Somerset 1851
« Reply #7 on: Saturday 03 February 24 16:51 GMT (UK) »
Thank you again.
Regarding the Douglas Hunter daughter, I see that the 1861 census names her as Dorcas, not Douglas. However, her christening document (27 Jan 1824) confirms that her name really was Douglas, as was her mother's too. And the father was John.

An entry in the National Library of Wales catalogue states "The papers comprise a copy probate (June 1844) of the will (April 1840) of Rev. John Hunter of Bath, an abstract of title (1827-1844) to 3 Laura Place, Aberystwyth, 1861, and letters, Aug.-Sept. 1861. Mrs Hunter is presumably Douglas Hunter, widow of Rev. John Hunter."

It doesn't really help my wondering about why Fanelly Mattat should have been in Bath in 1851!

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Re: Fanelly MATTAT in Somerset 1851
« Reply #8 on: Saturday 03 February 24 19:31 GMT (UK) »
That's why I was looking around the family history to see if there were any French connections.  I can only guess that there's some connection through religious activities, given John Hunter was a vicar, as was Fanelly's husband. That suggests her social circle has church connections

Added: Mrs Douglas Hunter's maiden name was Richardson