John Fownes
1798 John Fownes, son of George Fownes, of the Company of Needlemakers was granted freedom of the City[1]
1811 John Fownes, son of John Fownes, needle maker, was freed of his servitude[2]
1811 John Fownes of Coventry Street, Haymarket was a Glover & Brace & Belt-Maker[3]
1815 With his wife Jane, John had a son, George, who became a Professor of Chemistry[4]
1821 Birth of son, Frederick John Fownes, in Middlesex, son of John Fownes and his wife Jane.
1829 John Fownes, of Coventry Street, was a hatter, glover, brace and bell-maker[5]
1834 John Fownes of Coventry Street, Haymarket was a needle maker[6]
1839 John Fownes of Coventry Street, was a hatter and glover[7]
1847 John Fownes was of Grange Terrace, Michael's grove, Brompton[8]
1849 George Fownes FRS of Grange Terrace, Brompton, died age 34.[9]
- It seems likely there was a connection with the Fownes family of Fownes Gloves but not sure what it is.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ City of London; Freedom Admission Papers
- ↑ City of London Freedom Admissions
- ↑ 1811 London and County Directory
- ↑ DNB
- ↑ 1829 London Post Office Directory
- ↑ London, Electoral Registers
- ↑ 1839 Robson's Directory of London and Birmingham
- ↑ 1847 Boyles April London Court and Fashionable Guide
- ↑ Parish register