William W. Featon
(Abt 1819-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Mary Jane Osborne

William W. Featon 1 2 3 4 5 6

  • Born: Abt 1819, Burton-on-Trent, , STS, ENG 7
  • Marriage (1): Mary Jane Osborne
  • Buried: Coatesville: Hibernia Methodist Episcopal Cemetery, Chester, PA 4 5

   Other names for William were William Featen 7 and William Feten.8 9

   FamilySearch ID: L6F7-VM5.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1850 in West Brandywine Twp., Chester, PA. 10 The 1850 census recorded William Featon, 33, living in the household of William Webb, 53, and his wife Mary, 49, with their children. All three were born in England.

2. Residence: Chester County Septennial Census Returns Index has William Featon, farmer, in West Brandywine in 1856 in West Brandywine Twp., Chester, PA. 3

3. Moved: Chester County Tax Exonerations lists William Featon was given a discount in 1857 for West Brandywine Township taxes because he had left., 1857, West Caln Twp., Chester, PA. 2

4. Census in 1860 in West Caln Twp., Chester, PA. 11 The 1860 census recorded William Fatom [sic], laborer, 30, living with wife Mary J., 30; Mary A., 6; Lydia, 5; Susanna, 3; and James, 2 months old when the census was recorded on 23 Jun 1860. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania except William in England. The post office was Coatesville.

5. He was naturalized Chester County Naturalization: Dockect 7, Petition 485. William Feten, England. in 1860 in , Chester, PA. 9

6. Census in 1870 in West Caln Twp., Chester, PA. 7 The 1870 census recorded William Featen, works in rolling mill, 51, living with wife Mary J., 30; Lydia J., 14; Susanna, 12; Elizabeth, 7; Louisa, 5; and daughter Georgeanna, 2. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania except William in England. The post office was Rockville.

7. Census in 1880 in West Caln Twp., Chester, PA. 1 The 1880 census recorded William Featon, 60, living with wife Mary Jane, 48, and daughter Georgina, 12. William was born in England, the others in Pennsylvania.


William married Mary Jane Osborne. (Mary Jane Osborne was born in 1831 in , , Pennsylvania, USA,5 12 died in 1887 5 12 and was buried in Coatesville: Hibernia Methodist Episcopal Cemetery, Chester, PA 5 12.)


Sources


1 1880 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MWX2-M1T entry for William Featon, 1880.

2 Chester County Archives, Pennsylvania (https://www.chesco.org/193/Records-Guides-Indexes), Chester County Tax Exonerations 1850-1865: William Featon, West Brandywine. http://www.chesco.org/DocumentCenter/View/12213.

3 Chester County Archives, Pennsylvania (https://www.chesco.org/193/Records-Guides-Indexes), Chester County Septennial Census Returns Index, William Featon. http://www.chesco.org/DocumentCenter/View/4149.

4 Find A Grave, William Featon. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=29207681.

5 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, Historical Society of Pennsylvania Gerberich Collection - Gravestone Inscriptions. Chester County printed page 94, online image 472. Hibernia Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery.

6 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 38380. Helen Louise Haddon. Father Wm. Feeton born England. Mother Mary J. Osborne born Pa. Spouse: J. Edward Haddon.

7 1870 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZG7-BJW Elizabeth Featen in entry for William Featen, .

8 Records of Nancy Eitnier, a descendant.

9 Chester County Archives, Pennsylvania (https://www.chesco.org/193/Records-Guides-Indexes), Chester County Naturalizations Index 1798-1906. William Feten. http://www.chesco.org/DocumentCenter/View/3992.

10 1850 United States Census, 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

11 1860 United States Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: West Caln, Chester, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1094; Page: 626; Image: 173; Family History Library Film: 805094 West Caln.

12 Find A Grave, Mary Jane Featon. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=29207683.



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