52 Ancestors in 52 weeks: Week 10/52 Samuel Foyne (1792 - 1865) - Worship
Samuel Foyne 1792- 1865
Ahnentafel Number: 34
Context for discovery:
This biography was written as part of the 52 ancestors in 52 weeks exercise devised by Amy Johnson Crow. You can join in too here. The theme for this month is women and this week is worship. Samuel was my 3rd great-grandfather. I do not know if Samuel was religious. But I have records of him attending church at least to be married and for the baptism of his children.
I also hope he worshiped his wife Harriet who, unfortuntately, pre-deceased him.
For the purposes of this exercise, I am going to try and have pictures of all the churches that Samuel Foyn may have visited in his lifetime, either as a baby or a parent, baptising his own children.
Timeline including major world events, children’s Birth Dates/Places/Census et al:
Events written in blue have been taken from http://projectbritain.com/
Birth Date/Place:
Not known
Baptism Date/Place:
25th April 1792 Samuel was baptised at St Michael Southampton[i]His father was recorded as George and his mother, Sarah.
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| Stone font in the southwest corner of St Michael's parish church, Southampton, Hampshire. Black "marble" from Tournai in Normandy, carved in the 12th century.By Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14442221 |
George James Foyne was also christened on the same day at St Michael’s, father George and Mother Sarah at St Michael, Southampton.[ii] Presumably a brother but we don't know if he was a twin or older or younger. TO DO - order these films from Family Search.
1792 Britain goes to war with France
Schooling
Not known
1798 United Irishmen rebel against British rule in Ireland
1801 United Kingdom created
1805 Battle of Trafalgar
1807 slave trade abolished
1811 Luddite protesters
Marriage Dates/Places:
16 December 1814 in Southampton, Hampshire. Harriet's maiden name was GROSSMITH of Bishop’s Waltham. Samuel’s surname is spelled FOYN.[iii]
1815 Corn laws introduced
1815 daughter Louisa –christened twice. 23 June 1815 at Bishop’s Waltham, Hampshire, father Saml FOIN and Mother Harriett. And another on 25 December 1815 at St Mary, Hampshire.[iv] This is the first mention we have of Samuel's trade - Cabin. Maker or Cabinet Maker.
1815 Napoleon defeated at Waterloo
1817 daughter Harriet (Jr). Again, I have found a couple of christenings. One on 17 October 1817 at St Michael and then another at Romsey on 25 October 1818.[v]
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| The larger of the fonts at Romsey Abbey taken by Matt on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/dippy_duck/873020488/in/photolist-cugxSA-cugvBq-GXWTuw-CBmES6-2k9szo-2uqCnk |
1819 daughter Harriet Jnr is buried aged 2 - 31 October [vi]
1819 Peterloo massacre Manchester
1820 son John is christened at Romsey, Hampshire [vii]
1820 George III succeeded by George IV
1823 son Samuel Jr is christened at St Martin in the Fields (I believe this record has sometimes been transcribed incorrectly as Daniel rather than Samuel) [viii]
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| This image was produced by David Castor (user:dcastor) Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Martin-in-the-Fields_baptismal_font-2.jpg |
1825 first locomotive passenger service begins
1828 son George is christened 29 June at St Mary's Parish Southampton [ix]
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| By GaryReggae, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=90947886 |
1829 Catholic emancipation
1830 George IV succeeded by William IV
1830 daughter Rebecca is born 3 November (as per christening record 14 November 1847 in the parish of St James, Clerkenwell)[x]
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1832 Reform act changes parliamentary representation
1832 – wife Harriet dies aged 46 and is buried at St James Clerkenwell[xi]
1833 Factory Act restricts work hours for women and children
1833 Samuel and his three sons John, Samuel and George aged 12, 9 and 6 are admitted to St Pancras Workhouse Camden London. The dates are a bit confusing but I think they were in there for 2 years.[xii]
1834 Tolpuddle Martyrs
1837 Victoria comes to the throne
1838 slavery abolished in British empire
1839 - From British Newspaper Archives I was able to discover an article on Page 2 of the The Hampshire Advertiser published Saturday 2 November that identified Samuel Foyne as a begging-letter imposter who was sentenced to one month's imprisonment and hard labour by the Southampton Police.
1840 vaccination for poor begins
1845 Irish potato famine
THE FOYNES MOVE TO BIRMINGHAM
1847 Samuel Foyn Jnr. married Mary Hocknell at Parish of St Martin Birmingham.[xiii]
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| St Martin in the Bull Ring, Birmingham, from the 1875 book History of Old St. Martin's, Birmingham by J. T. Bunce. |
1848 Public Health act
In March 1848 I find a Samuel Fein aged 56 in the London Workhouse.[xiv]
1850 Harriet of John and Jane Foyne 1st grandchild born
1851 Census - I find Samuel Foyne, a bedstead maker, is living at number 86 Loveday street, Birmingham as one of four lodgers - one a brush maker, one a stitcher and one a boot binder with a widow shoe binder and her son and an errand boy. His older brother John Foyne, Cabinet Maker, is on the next page, living with his wife Jane and their 1 year old daughter Harriet at 87 Loveday Street St, Mary, Birmingham. [xv]
1851 daughter Rebecca married Edward Conner 19 January 1851 at the Parish Church Deptford.[xvi]
1851 Edward James Conner born – 2nd grandchild
1853 – Rebecca Mary Conner – 3rd grandchild born
1854 Crimean War begins
1856 – Edward G Conner born – 4th grandchild
1858 Mary Foyn born of John, cabinet maker and Jane of Smallbrook Street, St Jude Birmingham 5th grandchild
1858 – Clara Rebecca CONNER born – 6th grandchild
1859 William of John and Jane Foyne born – 7th grandchild
1860 – Walter Conner born – 8th grandchild
1861 Census - I find John Foyne (cabinet maker) with wife Jane and daughters Harriet and Mary Jane and son William living with 69 year old Samuel Foyn at 8 Court No. 9 Smallbrook Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire. [xvii] Samuel Foyn Jr (Cabinet Maker) and his wife Mary, a boot binder, are living at 72 Pool Street Wolverhampton. [xviii]
1865 – Samuel Senior’s daughter Louisa Foyn dies[xix]
1865 - Louisa Foyn born 17 February and baptised 16 November of Harriet Foyn, umbrella trade, of 8 Court Smallbook Street, Birmingham – 1st great-grandchild born.
Death Date/Place:
Samuel Foyne Senior dies 25th October 1865 Workhouse Dudley Road Birmingham – 73 years old, Cabinet Maker[xx]
1867 2nd reform act doubles the electorate enabling 1/3 of adult males to vote in elections.
1871 Probate granted for the effects of Harriett Foyne (Wife of George Foyne, cabinet maker) late of Barr-street Birmingham in the county of Warwickshire died 22 September 1871.[xxi]
JOHN FOYNE MOVES TO WORCESTER
1871 Census – son John cabinet maker unemployed lodging at 48 Dolday Court All Saints Worcester, with wife Jane and son William aged 12[xxii] . Samuel Jnr now a widower living at Old Inkleys, 37 Edgbaston St Birmingham, Warwickshire
1879 – son John Foyn dies aged 58 Birmingham[xxiii] and buried Witton Cemetery[xxiv]
1881 Census
Samuel Foyne Jr aged 57, cabinet maker, is in the Union Workhouse.
1891 Samuel Foyne, aged 57, widower, Cabinet Maker born Seven Dials, London is living at Wolverhampton Union Workhouse, Bliston Road, Wolverhampton[xxv]
1895 There is a grave for Samuel Foyne at Merridale Cemetery, Wolverhampton - death date 22 September. He is described of Great Brickiln Street St Mark, a cabinet maker.
Military Service Dates/Places:
Not found
Organizations/Associations Dates/Places:
Not found
Occupation Dates/Places:
Carpenter/cabinet maker
Criminal record:
To be located
Immigration/Migration Dates/Places:
Moved to Birmingham to be with sons
Burial Date/Place:
I am assuming the Workhouse
Probate:
Not able to be found and unlikely given workhouse
FAN CLUB (Friends and Neighbours)
Baptism sponsors/godparents – not found
Marriage Witnesses Officiants – not found
Accompanying passengers on shipping list – not applicable
Newspaper – see above
Census – other lodgers/neighbours – as above
City directories – others living in household/on street
Land Deeds – witnesses/buyers/sellers
Maps – neighbours
Military – unit members
Death – informant/undertaker
Informant was Edward Shubotham Workhouse Dudley Road Birmingham
Obituary – not found
Probate – not found and unlikely given poorhouse
Cemetery – no record
CONCLUSION
Samuel Foyne Senior lived to see at least three of his five children marry. Louisa did not marry and I have not been able to confirm if and who George married. Samuel had at least 8 grandchildren and at least one great-grandchild that I know about.
Much of this post is a repetition of one I did at the end of December on the Foynes but there is some new information.
We are keen to find out where the Foynes were from originally. Were they English through and through from Romsey? Were they from Ireland? Were they from somewhere more exotic like Norway or Sweden? We have asked a researcher in England to do a bit more digging for us and I look forward to the results of his research.
This week has been a challenging week. I set myself the challenge of doing a presentation at SAG's Friday Hangout. There were a few technical hiccups which made we want to sink into the floor but I just have to pick myself up, dust myself off and start all over again. The great joy was that, in the process of preparing the talk, I found out even more new information which was fab :)
This week I also participated in a workshop called Creating a Family Heirloom Cookbook which has got me all excited about preparing anj Heirloom book of sorts to commemorate the passing on of a family home this year. On Saturday I took my grandson to his first swimming lesson which was a real joy.
I hope your week more ups than downs and that your family history research was exciting and interesting.
References
[i] FindMyPast, Hampshire Baptisms from Hampshire Genealogical Society
[ii] Ancestry, England, Select Births and Christenings, FHL 1596363, Item 2
[iii] "England, Hampshire Parish Registers, 1538-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGQL-C4WD : 13 February 2021), Samuel Foyn and Harriet Grossmith, 15 Dec 1814; citing Marriage, , possibly other reference information Lancashire Record Office and Hampshire Record Office, England; FHL microfilm 1,041,739.
[iv] "England, Hampshire Parish Registers, 1538-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGQ2-R9B2 : 13 February 2021), Louisa Foyn, 25 Dec 1815; citing Christening, , Lancashire Record Office and Hampshire Record Office, England; FHL microfilm 1,041,733.
[v] "England, Hampshire Parish Registers, 1538-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGQ2-5993 : 13 February 2021), Harriett Foyn, 17 Oct 1817; citing Christening, , Lancashire Record Office and Hampshire Record Office, England; FHL microfilm 1,041,739.
[vi] "England, Hampshire Parish Registers, 1538-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGQ2-KXGV : 13 February 2021), Harriet Foyn, 31 Oct 1819; citing Burial, , possibly other reference information Lancashire Record Office and Hampshire Record Office, England; FHL microfilm 1,041,733.
[vii] "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N143-H99 : 20 March 2020), John Foyne, 1820.
[viii] Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1920 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Board of Guardian Records and Church of England Parish Registers. London Metropolitan Archives, London. London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: DL/T/093/036
[ix] "England, Hampshire Parish Registers, 1538-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGQ2-LXS5 : 13 February 2021), George Foyn, 29 Jun 1828; citing Christening, , Lancashire Record Office and Hampshire Record Office, England; FHL microfilm 1,041,733.
[x] Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1920 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Board of Guardian Records and Church of England Parish Registers. London Metropolitan Archives, London. London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P76/JS1/019
[xi] Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1920 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Board of Guardian Records and Church of England Parish Registers. London Metropolitan Archives, London. London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: DL/T/093/036
[xii] Ancestry.com. London, England, Workhouse Admission and Discharge Records, 1764-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: London Workhouse Admission and Discharge Registers held by the London Metropolitan Archives, London, England. Reference Number: P90/PAN1/220
[xiii] Ancestry.com. Birmingham, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1937 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Anglican Parish Records. Birmingham, England: Library of Birmingham. Reference Number: DRO 34; Archive Roll: M117
[xiv] Ancestry.com. London, England, Workhouse Admission and Discharge Records, 1764-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: London Workhouse Admission and Discharge Registers held by the London Metropolitan Archives, London, England. London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: WEBG/SM/040/007
[xv] Ancestry.com. 1851 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.Original data:Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1851. Class: HO107; Piece: 2057; Folio: 366; Page: 30; GSU roll: 332117-332118
[xvi] Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1936 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P75/PAU/043
[xvii] Ancestry.com. 1861 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.Original data:Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1861. Class: RG 9; Piece: 2150; Folio: 31; Page: 9; GSU roll: 542926
[xviii] Ancestry.com. 1861 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.Original data:Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1861. Class: RG 9; Piece: 1988; Folio: 86; Page: 15; GSU roll: 542898
[xix] FreeBMD. England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office
[xx] Death Certificate, 25th October 1865, Death Samuel Foyne, aged 73, cabinet maker, Dudley Road Workhouse, All Saints Birmingham, Warwick
[xxi] Ancestry, England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Will sand Administrations), 1858-1995
[xxii] 1871 Census Find My Past RG10/3048
[xxiii] Civil Registration, 1837-2005 [database online]. TheGenealogist.co.uk 2022, Volume 6D, Page 36
[xxiv] FindMyPast Warwickshire, Birmingham Burials, Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry
[xxv] 1881 Census, FindMyPast, RG11, Pice Number 2807, Folio 122, Page 38 Schedule 726
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