John Coles FOURDRINIER

Abt 1804 - 1882  (78 years)

• Name	John Coles FOURDRINIER
  Birth	Abt 1804	St Pancras, London
  Gender	Male
  _UID	5987EBAAB9BD457680BAD55896D5722E184D
  Death	28 Nov 1882	The Limes, Wanstead, Essex   [1, 2]
  Notes	The following description of John's ancestry is coped from Grace's Guide (online at www.gracesguide.co.uk): "Charles Fourdrinier (1768-1841) brother to Henry Fourdrinier and Sealy Fourdrinier 1768 March 15th. Born Born in London, the son of Henry Fourdrinier, a wholesale stationer of Huguenot descent, and his wife Jemima White (1730-1781). 1795 May 25th. Married Mary Jenkin 1797 Birth of son Henry William Fourdrinier (1797-1879) 1799 Birth of daughter Jemima (1799-1853) 1803 Birth of son John Coles Fourdrinier (1803–1882) Charles Fourdrinier worked alongside John Gamble, Leger Didot, and Bryan Donkin at J. and E. Hall's premises, to develop the machine for making paper in continuous rolls, devised by Nicolas Robert and imported by Gamble. In June 1803, at Fort Place, Bermondsey, close to Donkin's own works, the Fourdrinier brothers erected and fitted out a factory, which they rented, and from 1811, leased, to Donkin who manufactured and sold the machines. The intention was that users would pay the Fourdriniers an annual royalty, according to the size of machine supplied. 1807 Birth of daughter Ann Maria 1810 Birth of son Frederick Fourdrinier 1812 Birth of daughter Elizabeth 1817 Changes in partnership. '...Copartnership lately subsisting between us the undersigned, in the business of Wholesale Stationers and Merchants, in Sherborne-Lane, London, under the firm of Charles Fourdrinier, Hunt, and Co has been this day dissolved by mutual consent; and the business will in future be carried on by the undersigned Charles Fourdrinier and Joseph Brooke Hunt only, the said William Abbott and Francis Morse retiring from, the business. 1841 February 7th. Died at Wandsworth aged 73 " 1841 census: at Bay Cottage, Tooting Graveney, Surrey (all FOURDRINIER), Mary (65, independent, born Ireland(?), Anna (30, independent, born in Surrey), Eliza (25, independent, not born in Surrey), John (35, solicitor, not born in Surrey), Mary (13, not born in Surrey). Also two female servants. 1851 census: at 11 Egremont Place, St Pancras, London, John Coles FOURDRINIER (47, solicitor, born Middlesex, St Pancras) and Lavinia FOURDRINIER (43, born Kent, Whitstable). 1861 census (1): at York House, Mitcham Road, Tooting Graveney, Surrey, Henry W FOURDRINIER (head, 63, wholesale stationer, born City of London), Anna M FOURDRINIER (wife, 52, born Balham, Surrey), Charles COLES (father-in-law, widower, 81, proprietor of houses, born Tottenham, Middlesex), John C FOURDRINIER (brother, married 57, stone merchant, born London). Also 2 domestic servants. 1861 census (2): in one of several households at 3 Gloucester Buildings, Camberwell, Lavinia FOURDRINIER (wife, 48 (sic - several years out), no occupation - husband absent, born Canterbury). 1871 census (1) (indexed as FONDRINIER) at 5 Singer Terrace, South Road, Lewisham, Kent John C FOURDRINIER (head, 67, retired oilstone merchant, born St Pancras, Middlesex), Anna Maria FOURDRINIER (sister, unmarried, 63, daughter of wholesale stationer, born Tooting, Surrey) and Eliza FOURDRINIER (sister, unmarried, 58, daughter of wholesale stationer, born Bloomsbury, Middlesex). Also a general domestic servant. 1871 census (2) Lavinia FOURDRINIER (married, 64, clerk's wife) was a patient in the North Wales Lunatic Asylum in Denbigh, Denbighshire. 1881 census at 10 Lan---- Villa, Mornington Road, Leyton Essex, John C FOURDRINIER (lodger, married, 77, solicitor, born St Pancras, Middlesex),. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 FOURDRINIER John Coles 25 January 1883. The Will with a Codicil of John Coles Fourdrinier formerly of Elgin-terrace Catford Lewisham but late of Hazelwood-terrace Herne Bay both in the County of Kent Gentleman who died 28 November 1882 at the Limes Wanstead in the County of Essex was proved at the Principal Registry by Douglas Fourdrinier of 46 Catherine-street Strand in the County of Middlesex Publisher and Ellen Wilkinson Fourdrinier of 42 Rye-Hill-park Peckham in the County of Surrey Widow two of the Executors. Personal Estate £389 2s 1d.
  Person ID	I628	Whitstable, Kent
  Last Modified	2 May 2018

  
  

  Family 1	Jane Ann Hamlyn MOUNTAIN,   b. Abt 1803   d. Bef 12 Apr 1833 (Age 30 years)
  Marriage	14 Oct 1826	St Andrew, Holborn, London
  	John Coles Fourdrinier of this parish bachelor and Jane Ann Hamlyn Mountain of St Leonard Shoreditch in the County of Middlesex, spinster & minor. Married by license, the said minor not having any father or mother living or any testamentary or other guardian to her appointed whose consent is required in such marriages. Both signed. Witnesses John Wyberd, Mary Wyberd.
  Children	1. John Mountain FOURDRINIER,   b. 12 Oct 1825   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Mary FOURDRINIER,   b. 24 Jul 1827, Limehouse, London d. Yes, date unknown   3. Paul FOURDRINIER,   b. 25 Jul 1829, Stepney, London d. Sep 1870, Camberwell RD (Age 41 years)
  Family ID	F262	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 May 2018

  
  

  Family 2	Lavinia Minter,   b. 29 Jun 1807, Whitstable, Kent d. Jun 1882, Camberwell RD (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	14 Sep 1843	St Johns, Waterloo, London   [3]
  	Married by licence. John Coles Fourdrinier, full age, widower, solicitor of Camberwell, father Charles Fourdrinier, wholesale stationer. Lavinia Minter, full age, spinster of York Road, father John Minter, government contractor. Both signed. Witnesses Wm Knight and E Knight, both signed.
  Family ID	F220	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 May 2018

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] BMD index, aged 79, Q4 1882 West Ham 4a/88. (Reliability: 3). [S110] England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 at ancestry.com. [S60] London Metropolitan Archive at Ancestry.co.uk, September 2009 and later, Q3 1843 Lambeth 4/264. (Reliability: 3).