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I am trying to find Annie Lilian Ferguson born Lewisham 1896 mother Jane Mercy Dunn no father's name given. Later, on her marriage certificate she is called Ferguson-Dunn and all her children are registered as this surname.


On 1902 I have Jane Mercy Dunn as Jane W Dunn living as a single servant in Beckenham Kent with no daughter with her.

On 1911 I have Annie living with Johanna Ferguson, widow, living in Fulham at the same address as on her later wedding certificate. It says she is Johanna's daughter. No christian names given on this but Annie's birth and place are exact.

My Auntie, who is 84, said that they were always told that Johanna Ferguson was their Grandma and that Jane Mercy Dunn was a close family friend. But that has been found to be untrue. She visited Jane many times as a child and also has a photo of Johanna Ferguson

Where is Annie on 1901? Thanks

Linda

Could Annie snr be an abbreviation for JohANNa in 1901?

FERGUSSON, Edward Head Married M 52 1849 Auctioneers Porter Bushey, Hertfordshire
FERGUSSON, Annie Wife Married F 42 1859 Bushey, Hertfordshire
FERGUSSON, Annie L Daughter Single F 5 1896 Fulham, London

Piece: 54 Folio: 84 Page: 27
Registration District: Fulham
Civil Parish: Fulham

Address: 7, Everington Street, Fulham County: London

Where was your Johanna from on the 1911 - could you give us that address?

Is this her mother working as a servant please?

1891 England Census
about Jane M Dunn
Name: Jane M Dunn
Age: 35
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1856
Relation: Servant
Gender: Female
Where born: Islington, London, England

Civil parish: Beckenham
Ecclesiastical parish: St George
Town: Barnes
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Bromley
Sub-registration district: Bromley
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 625
Folio: 35
Page Number: 11
Household Members: Name Age
Thomas E Garrard 54
Rosina M Garrard 57
Frank Garrard 22
Percy Garrard 19
Kate M Garrard 18
Jane M Dunn 35 **********single born Islington. Cook.
Charlotte M A Butler 19
Amelia C Jaggard 27

looks like the 1901 posted is correct -

this is them in 1911

1911

Reg. District: Fulham
Sub District: North West Fulham
Parish: Fulham
Enum. District: 24
Address: 273 Lellie Road Fulham SW
County: London


FERGUSON Wife Widow F 52 1859 Furniture Dealer In the County of Bushey
FERGUSON Daughter F 15 1896 Domestic Lewisham
JOHNSON, E Boarder Widower M 64 1847 Auctioneers Porter Cambridge Heath



related thread -

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1307451

Annie Lilian was actually registered as Dunn, probably given her father's surname as a last middle name:

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Annie Lilian F Dunn
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1896
Registration district: Lewisham
Inferred County: Greater London, Kent, London
Volume: 1d
Page: 1179

Could Edward Ferguson be the father and his wife accepted her and brought her up?

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London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
about Jane Mercy Dunn
Name: Jane Mercy Dunn
Record Type: Baptism
Estimated Birth Date: abt 1855
Baptism Date: 1 Aug 1855
Father's Name: Joseph Dunn Engineer Deceased**************
Mother's Name: Eliza Dunn
Parish or Poor Law Union: Hoxton Christ Church
Borough: Hackney
Register Type: Parish Registers

Marriages Sep 1915 (>99%)
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Dunn Annie L F Trowbridge Fulham 1a 729
Trowbridge Walter A Dunn Fulham 1a 729




NB Johanna Ferguson married Henry James Trowbridge in 1914

Marriages Sep 1914 (>99%)
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Ferguson Joanna Trowbridge Fulham 1a 868
Trowbridge Henry J Ferguson Fulham 1a 868

Thankyou very much MarieCeleste and Choccy

We cannot yet find the link between Annie and Johanna except that Annie was registered with the surname Ferguson when her Mother was Dunn.

On her marriage certificate is says that her Father is Thomas Tendar Dunn. although the J's T's and F's all look very similar so it could be Jendar or Fendar. I have never found anyone with this name and wondered if she just made it up as she was illegitimate, although it says he is a furniture dealer which is what Johanna is on her certificates, although why you would pick such a strange name is beyond me.

Another complication is that on Johanna's second marriage cert. it states that her Father is a John Page, when I look up a marriage between Ferguson/Page it gives Johanna Page married a Charles Daniel Ferguson but on the 1901 census you have found, which I am certain is correct it states his name as Edward.

Hope I haven't boggled your brain! This lot, although fairly recent in ancestor terms have caused me so many difficulties.

Linda

Linda - just to clarify, Annie was not registered as Ferguson, she was registered as Dunn as I posted above. A child's surname is not actually given on the birth certificate - where it may say " Annie Lilian Ferguson" that is her first and middle names.

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London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
about Walter Albert Trowbridge
Name: Walter Albert Trowbridge
Age: 26
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1889
Spouse Name: Annie Lillian Ferguson Dunse
Spouse Age: 20
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 16 Aug 1915
Parish: Fulham St Augustine
Borough: Hammersmith and Fulham
Father Name: James Henry Trowbridge
Spouse Father Name: Thomas Feudar Dunse *******reads Dunn Furniture Dealer
Register Type: Parish Register

I see that after looking at the certificate again, thanks..and thanks to Mel as well

It looks to me as if Johanna always lived in Fulham area and Annie was born in Lewisham so I can't work out how they 'married' up.

I have a photo of Annie and she certainly looks 'foreign', when I showed my husband he said straight away she looked Indian, so perhaps somehow Johanna adopted her, I think it will remain a mystery although over the years I had discovered more and more.

Walter Albert Trowbridge and Annie were my Auntie's parents. I found the grave at Gunnersbury Cemetery last week of Jane Mercy Dunn, who never married.

London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
about Johanna Page
Name: Johanna Page
Spouse Name: Charles Daniel Ferguson
Spouse Age: Full Age
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 2 Jan 1877
Parish: St Marylebone
Borough: Westminster
Father Name: John Page **** Coachman
Spouse Father Name: Archibald Charla Ferguson
Register Type: Parish Register

Wonder why Jane Mercy Dunn's probate was registered in Wales?

England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
Name: Jane Mercy Dunn
Probate Date: 14 Aug 1942
Death Date: 10 Jun 1942
Death Place: London, England
Registry: Llandudno

She lived 15 Victoria Gardens, Kensington and died in St Charles Hospital, Kensington. Probated was granted to an Alice Banks, a widow. Effects £63 1s 6d.

Have to go out now.

Hi MaryCeleste,

Yes I don't know why the will was registered in Wales.. Auntie says that Alice Banks and her were companions and lived together for quite a number of years..but of course Auntie never knew that she was her Grandmother, that must have been quite sad for Jane, but obviously something that was discussed and decided that was the way it was to be.

Linda

Hi

Just to say that a lot of war years probates seem to have been granted from Llandudno, - perhaps the administration was moved out of London at that time.

Sue

Thanks Sue

Linda