Mary Ann Mobberley, born 8 July 1848
Married Tom (Thomas) Merriman 1 March 1869 at the Church of Holy Trinity, Dean Forest.
Mary Ann and Ton had 3 children together
Ether Ann Merriman, born 21 Sept 1870 at Westbury on Severn
Leah Merriman, born 29 Oct 1871 at Westbury on Severn
Albert Merriman, born 31 Dec 1873 at Westbury on Severn
Mary Ann died 14 August 1874

Tom Merriman married Matilda Bennett on 1875 and they took passage to NZ in 1878 and raised another 9 children (one of whom I am descended from).

Hope that helps a little.
Rose

I have had a quick look on it but cannot find any reference to Thomas Felton. However, it is worth checking it out from time to time as new information is added regularly. As with most sites, you can look things up but to get the full information you have to make a subscription. Hope this might be helpful.

Slowhands, I know you are a man of few words, fair enough, but I'm really not sure what your point is ?
Apologies if I've not made myself clear.
I don't recall saying or even suggesting I was looking for direct descendants of Thomas William b1852.
Are we saying all of Heather's ancestors are descended from this Thomas, surely not ?
Furthermore Heather says Thomas "disappears in 1900"... I took this as an observation based on the Records so far seen by Heather, who infers she hasn't looked at SA ?. As you know people don't just "disappear" off the planet, although they do perhaps go "off the radar" as t'were.

I was just trying to encourage Heather that she might enjoy looking into possible links with South Africa and her Felton ancestors, as per her family's own rumours, not mine.

Offline reply sent

The fact is my quick look into the LDS "Africa" records gave some Felton hits in SA, apparently English men, by far the major hit was for the John William Felton I refer. This was coincidence (perhaps) - I was NOT searching for a William forename which as you know is not a rare one..

This was my first ever look into Africa records, it won't be the first although they are probably beyond the scope of this forum. So I was looking partly for personal reasons but mainly hoping to show Heather that she might enjoy looking into possible links with South Africa and her Felton ancestors, as per her family's own rumours.

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Hi Heather,
as a mechanical engineer with mining roots, I'm curious wrt your search for ancestors in South Africa, where engineers & miners were certainly in demand in the late 1800s.
The following "hits" from the LDS site may interest you, perhaps the names will be familiar with some in your known family line ?.

"South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers, 1660-1970,"
name: John William Felton
event: Membership
event date: 28 Sep 1874
event place: Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
residence:
gender:
age:
marital status:
birth date:
estimated birth year:
father:
mother:
parent's residence:
spouse:
spouse's age:
spouse's marital status:
spouse's estimated birth year:
spouse's residence:
banns or license:
entry number: 75
page:
film number: 2214276
digital folder number: 4434429
image number: 00847

I guess this refers to John joining the Dutch Reformed Church, perhaps as a precursor to marrying a Dutch girl ?.
https://familysearch.org/search/records/index#count=20&query=%2Bsurname%3Afelton%7E...

"South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers, 1660-1970,"
name: John William Felton
event: Marriage
event date: 01 Feb 1875
event place: Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
residence: Kaapstad
gender: Male
age: 20
marital status: Single
birth date:
estimated birth year: 1855
father:
mother:
parent's residence:
spouse: Julia Christiana Graves
spouse's age: 21
spouse's marital status: Single
spouse's estimated birth year: 1854
spouse's residence: Kaapstad
banns or license: Banns
entry number: 4
page:
film number: 2214378
digital folder number: 4434435
image number: 00629

NB: Kaapstaad is Afrikaans for Cape Town.
It was from the late 1860s onwards when diamonds then gold were discovered in the Transvaal(Afrikaans/Dutch) region of South Africa, inland from Cape Town. This caused huge expansion of the city & population.

John & Julia have the following children:
name: John Jesse Jacobus Felton
event: Baptism
event date: 05 Mar 1876
event place: Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
residence:
gender:
age:
marital status:
birth date: 23 Feb 1876
estimated birth year:
father: John William Felton
mother: Julia Christani Graves Felton

name: Jessie Christiana Felton
event: Baptism
event date: 11 Nov 1877
event place: Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
residence:
gender:
age:
marital status:
birth date: 29 Sep 1877
estimated birth year:
father: John William Felton
mother: Julia Christina Gravis Felton

name: Florence Maria Felton
event: Baptism
event date: 16 Feb 1879
event place: Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
residence:
gender:
age:
marital status:
birth date: 12 Dec 1878
estimated birth year:
father: John William Felton
mother: Julia Christina Graves Felton

There is also this unrelated entry, seems curious given the child has an "English" name but clearly Dutch parents, perhaps political wrt the Boer War etc:
name: Henrietta Francis Felton
event: Baptism
event date: 08 Apr 1885
event place: Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
residence:
gender:
age:
marital status:
birth date: 26 Jan 1885
estimated birth year:
father: Hendrik Johannes Felton
mother: Petronella Johanna Dorothea Staal

The LDS site also shows this baptism for a wholly? Dutch family:
name: Johana Thobia Faltein
event: Baptism
event date:
event place: Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
residence:
gender:
age:
marital status:
birth date:
estimated birth year:
father: Johan Pieters Faltein
mother: Johanna Wilhelmina De Villiers

from the basenote we are given
She married Thomas William Felton, from Stourbridge, Staffordshire, in 1879 in Christchurch, New Zealand and in a later note
Thomas, the father, disappears after 1900
which rather rules out this chap /family in SA from 1874

"South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers, 1660-1970,"
name: John William Felton
event: Membership
event date: 28 Sep 1874
event place: Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
residence:
gender:
age:
marital status:
birth date:
estimated birth year:
father:
mother:
parent's residence:
spouse:
spouse's age:
spouse's marital status:
spouse's estimated birth year:
spouse's residence:
banns or license:
entry number: 75
page:
film number: 2214276
digital folder number: 4434429
image number: 00847

I guess this refers to John joining the Dutch Reformed Church, perhaps as a precursor to marrying a Dutch girl ?.
https://familysearch.org/search/records/index#count=20&query=%2Bsurname%3Afelton%7E...

"South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers, 1660-1970,"
name: John William Felton
event: Marriage
event date: 01 Feb 1875
event place: Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
residence: Kaapstad
gender: Male
age: 20
marital status: Single
birth date:
estimated birth year: 1855
father:
mother:
parent's residence:
spouse: Julia Christiana Graves
spouse's age: 21
spouse's marital status: Single
spouse's estimated birth year: 1854
spouse's residence: Kaapstad
banns or license: Banns
entry number: 4
page:
film number: 2214378
digital folder number: 4434435
image number: 00629

NB: Kaapstaad is Afrikaans for Cape Town.
It was from the late 1860s onwards when diamonds then gold were discovered in the Transvaal(Afrikaans/Dutch) region of South Africa, inland from Cape Town. This caused huge expansion of the city & population.

John & Julia have the following children:
name: John Jesse Jacobus Felton
event: Baptism
event date: 05 Mar 1876
event place: Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
residence:
gender:
age:
marital status:
birth date: 23 Feb 1876
estimated birth year:
father: John William Felton
mother: Julia Christani Graves Felton

name: Jessie Christiana Felton
event: Baptism
event date: 11 Nov 1877
event place: Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
residence:
gender:
age:
marital status:
birth date: 29 Sep 1877
estimated birth year:
father: John William Felton
mother: Julia Christina Gravis Felton

name: Florence Maria Felton
event: Baptism
event date: 16 Feb 1879
event place: Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
residence:
gender:
age:
marital status:
birth date: 12 Dec 1878
estimated birth year:
father: John William Felton
mother: Julia Christina Graves Felton

There is also this unrelated entry, seems curious given the child has an "English" name but clearly Dutch parents, perhaps political wrt the Boer War etc:
name: Henrietta Francis Felton
event: Baptism
event date: 08 Apr 1885
event place: Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
residence:
gender:
age:
marital status:
birth date: 26 Jan 1885
estimated birth year:
father: Hendrik Johannes Felton
mother: Petronella Johanna Dorothea Staal

The LDS site also shows this baptism for a wholly? Dutch family:
name: Johana Thobia Faltein
event: Baptism
event date:
event place: Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
residence:
gender:
age:
marital status:
birth date:
estimated birth year:
father: Johan Pieters Faltein
mother: Johanna Wilhelmina De Villiers

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Searching for John William Felton born abt 1855, LDS suggests a few including my favourite:
name: John William Felton
gender: Male
baptism/christening date: 08 May 1853
baptism/christening place: Christ Church, Tynemouth, Northumberland, England
birth date: 14 Apr 1853
father's name: Matthew Felton
mother's name: Isabella

In the 1861 Census they're in Seaton Delaval, nr Blyth Northumberland. Until I started researching my brother-in-law's family 2 weeks ago I'd never heard of it, now I know it was a major coal mining area AND near the seaport of Newcastle On Tyne. I cannot find him in the UK after 1871 where he is still single at home ??.

Another possible:
John William Felton, baptised 10 Sep 1854, Solihull Warwickshire, parents John & Mary Anne. HOWEVER he is still in Solihull in 1891 Census.

Also of interest may be the sole African birth offered, and at Cape Town too !.
Perhaps a brother of the aforementioned John; if so it looks unlikely this John is one of yours given his Salisbury parents ??

name: William G. Felton
titles & terms:
event: Death
event date: 17 May 1885
event place: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts
residence: Plymouth
street address:
gender: Male
age: 34
marital status: Married
occupation: Ropemaker
birth date:
birthplace: Cape Town, Africa
estimated birth year: 1851
burial date:
burial place: Plymouth
cemetery:
father: Robert
father's titles & terms:
father's birthplace: Salisbury, Eng.
mother: Elizabeth
mother's titles & terms:
mother's birthplace: Salisbury, Eng.
additional relatives:
spouse:
volume/page/certificate number: v 365 p 349
film number: 960229
frame number:
digital folder number: 4223253
image number: 374

Leading to:
name: John Felton
event: Census
event date: 1861
gender: Male
age: 7
relationship to head of household: Visitor
birthplace: Wiltshire
record type: Household
registration district: Alderbury
sub-district: 3 Britford
ecclesiastical parish:
civil parish: Milford New Sarum
county: Wiltshire
(ie Salisbury...???)

Of course this is NO evidence at all that your family did extend to the Cape, or that John William for example was an engineer/miner, but hopefully it helps you in your search which should be an interesting one.

Good Luck, Jeff

http://www.on-the-rand.co.uk/Key%20Events%20In%20South%20African%20Mining%20History.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Cape_Town

http://jebbo.co.uk/genealogy/tree.html

http://www.freereg.org.uk/

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Staffordshire
Wolverhampton St George
18 February 1849
William FELTON
Bachelor, Puddler, Monmore Green

father: John FELTON, labourer
married

Sarah CARTWRIGHT, Spinster, Dressmaker - father: Daniel CARTWRIGHT, nailer

abode: Monmore Green

witnesses: Michael MANSELL, and Ann GARDENER
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1851 Census, Staffordshire, Dudley

Harks Hill

William FELTON, 38 - Puddler, born Bridgenorth
Sarah FELTON - 32 - born Swindon
Ann CARTWRIGHT - 16 - sister
Selina FELTON - 3 months

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George FELTON in 1851 is with his Grandparents in Swindon
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1841 Census, Staffordshire, Kingswinford

FELTON

Samuel - 20 - Puddler - not born in County ** with them on the 1861 census Widower age 38 - born Horsehay, Shrops
Ann - 20 - born in County
William - 13 - not born in County

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'1871 Census, Swindon' Cambia Place (which is very close to the GWR works)

John FELTON - 58 - Furnaceman born Dawley, Shropshire
Thomas FELTON - 18 - fitter born Kingswinford

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As once again Swindon was the Great Western Railways.... and looking at Thomas William FELTON - on a Public Members Tree on Ancestry....

New Zealand, Immigration Passenger Lists 1855-1973 (10 February 1874)

Thomas William FELTON, engine fitter, Staffordshire

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There is a Joseph FELTON - on the (Railway Records Ancestry) at Swindon - boilermaker (bound for 4 years)- finished 24 July 1869, and John did have a brother Joseph on earlier census returns, and this could be him on the 1871 census

1871 Census, Vessels, Hampshire

Joseph FELTON, age 24 unmarried Engine room Artificer, born Stafford, Kingswinford.

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and the 1861 Census has another son George A FITTON - born 1849, Swindon, Staffordshire ( there is a Swindon, in Staffordshire)

1851 Census, Staffordshire, Wombourne Swind

with David CARTWRIGHT and his family - all born Swindon is

George FELTON, visitor, age 2, born Swindon

(think the 1861 Census, has Sarah FITTON abt 1829, born Sulindon, Staffordshire, which is probably, Swindon)

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and looking at the 1841 Census, for Swindon, Staffordshire, David CARTWRIGHT does have a daughter Sarah aged 13.

CARTWRIGHT

David - 45 - Nailer
Sarah - 45
Edward - 20 - Nailer
Sarah - 13
Eliza - 10
Thomer - 8 or 6
Ann - 5
James- 3

William MOBBERLEY - christening 16 January 1820 - Old Swinford, Worcs IGI

married Ann DEELEY - 1 April 1839 age 20, Lye, Worcestershire

1841 census, Sedgley, Staffordshire

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married Susanna JORDAN - April 1856, Dudley, Staffordshire

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Ann DEELEY

born 27 May 1821, Old Swinford, Worcs - parents John DEELEY 1783 and Mary HILL

Maude Eliza MABERLEY was born in Coleford, (then part of Wales?)and emigrated to New Zealand. She married Thomas William Felton, from Stourbridge, Staffordshire, in 1879 in Christchurch, New Zealand. Alternative spellings are MOBBERLEY and MABBERLEY. Both Maude and Thomas are 'dead-ends' in our family tree, so any help would be gratefully received. This website is fabulous so a big "Thank you",
Heather Elwood

Name: Thomas William Felton
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1852
Registration district: Stourbridge
Inferred County: Worcestershire
Volume: 6c
Page: 181

a very possible family (Kingswinford in Stourbridge district !):-

1841 ?
John Felton abt 1816 Kingswinford, Staffordshire
Elizabeth Felton abt 1816 Kingswinford, Staffordshire
Marry Amn Felton abt 1838 Staffordshire, England Kingswinford, Staffordshire
John Felton abt 1840 Staffordshire, England Kingswinford, Staffordshire

1841
Thomas Westwood abt 1806 Staffordshire, England Kingswinford, Staffordshire
Susanna Westwood abt 1811 Staffordshire, England Kingswinford, Staffordshire
Elizabeth Westwood abt 1831 Staffordshire, England Kingswinford, Staffordshire
Sarah Westwood abt 1836 Staffordshire, England Kingswinford, Staffordshire
Hannah Westwood abt 1838 Staffordshire, England Kingswinford, Staffordshire
Ann Westwood abt 1839 Staffordshire, England Kingswinford, Staffordshire

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
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Marriages Dec 1848 (>99%)
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Felton John Birmingham 16 452
WESTWOOD Susanna Birmingham 16 452

1851
John Felton abt 1813 Dawley, Shropshire, England Head Kingswinford, Staffordshire
Susannah Felton abt 1811 Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England Wife Kingswinford, Staffordshire
Sarah J Westwood abt 1836 Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England Daughter-in-law Kingswinford, Staffordshire
Hannah Westwood abt 1838 Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England Daughter-in-law Kingswinford, Staffordshire
John Felton abt 1840 Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England Son Kingswinford, Staffordshire
Emma Westwood abt 1843 Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England Daughter-in-law Kingswinford, Staffordshire
Elizabeth Felton abt 1844 Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England Daughter Kingswinford, Staffordshire
Matilda Westwood abt 1846 Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England Daughter-in-law Kingswinford, Staffordshire
Alfred Felton abt 1849 Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England Son Kingswinford, Staffordshire

1861
John Felton abt 1813 Howay, Shropshire, England Head Kingswinford, Staffordshire
Susanna Felton abt 1811 Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England Wife Kingswinford, Staffordshire
Joseph Felton abt 1847 Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England Son Kingswinford, Staffordshire
Alfred Bradley Felton abt 1849 Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England Son Kingswinford, Staffordshire
Thomas Felton abt 1853 Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England Son Kingswinford, Staffordshire

1871 New Town, Swindon WILTS
John Felton 58 Dawley Shrops Furnaceman
Thomas Felton 18 Kingswinford Fitter

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Name: John Felton
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1814
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1873
Age at Death: 59
Registration district: Wolverhampton
Inferred County: Staffordshire
Volume: 6b
Page: 310

1881
John Felton abt 1813 Boarder Wolverhampton, Staffordshire Widow

Maude Eliza MABERLEY was born in Coleford, (then part of Wales?)and emigrated to New Zealand. She married Thomas William Felton, from Stourbridge, Staffordshire, in 1879 in Christchurch, New Zealand. Alternative spellings are MOBBERLEY and MABBERLEY. Both Maude and Thomas are 'dead-ends' in our family tree, so any help would be gratefully received. This website is fabulous so a big "Thank you",
Heather Elwood

a possible but probably weak fit, could be a cousin to the "Thomas William who goes to New Zealand"

Name: Thomas William Felton
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1854
Registration district: Wolverhampton
Inferred County: Staffordshire
Volume: 6b
Page: 342

1861
William Fitton abt 1828 Horsehay, Shropshire, England Head Kingswinford, Staffordshire
Sarah Fitton abt 1829 Sulindon,[SWINDON] Staffordshire, England Wife Kingswinford, Staffordshire
Selena Fitton abt 1851 Horsehay, Shropshire, England Daughter Kingswinford, Staffordshire
George A Fitton Wabt 1849 Swindon, Staffordshire, England Son Kingswinford, Staffordshire
Thomas W Fitton 1855 W Hampton, Staffordshire, England Son Kingswinford, Staffordshire
Mary Ann Fitton abt 1861 Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England Daughter Kingswinford, Staffordshire
Samell Fitton abt 1823 Horsehay, Shropshire, England Brother Kingswinford, Staffordshire

1871 Rawmarsh Yorkshire
William Felton 43
Sarah Felton 42
George Felton 22
Thomas Felton 16
May Felton 9
William Felton 7
Harry Felton 5
Thomas Felton 23

Maude Eliza MABERLEY was born in Coleford, (then part of Wales?)and emigrated to New Zealand. She married Thomas William Felton, from Stourbridge, Staffordshire, in 1879 in Christchurch, New Zealand. Alternative spellings are MOBBERLEY and MABBERLEY. Both Maude and Thomas are 'dead-ends' in our family tree, so any help would be gratefully received. This website is fabulous so a big "Thank you",
Heather Elwood

MOBLY Maud Eliza
MOBLY SCREDER
1857 Forest of Dean Monmouth, Coleford 12 356

MOBLY Maud Eliza
MOBLY JORDAN
1857 Forest of Dean Monmouth, Coleford 12 356

Monmouth registration district (Wales) administration only covering West Dean/Coleford area (England)

Name: Maud Eliza Mobly
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1857
Registration district: Monmouth
Inferred County: Monmouthshire
Volume: 11a
Page: 19

1871 Sutter Hill [FUTTERHILL] Coleford
William Moberly 51
Susanah Moberly 48
Sarah Ann Moberly 18
William Moberly 15
Maud Moberly 14
Mercy Moberly 9
Samuel Moberly 29
William Moberly 28
Miriam Moberly 1 Year, 6 Months

MOBBERLEY

William - 41 - Stone Breaker - Tin Brick Maker, born Stourbridge, Worcs
Susanna - 39 - Kingstone Kent
Martha - dau mar 21 - born Stourbridge, Worcs
James COLE - son-in-law 26 Brick Maker, born Oldbury Gloucester
Samuel MOBBERLEY - son - 18 - born Stourbridge Worcester
Susanna MOBBERLEY - dau 15 - born ditto
Mary Ann MOBBERLEY - 13 - born Cwmavon, Glam
Sarah Ann MOBBERLEY - 8 - West Dean Gloucester
William JORDAN - 7 step-son - born Worcester
Maude MOBBERLEY - 4 - West Dean Gloucester (GlosBDM - mother's maiden name SCREDER & JORDAN)
Caroline WILKS - 19 Lodger, born Berkeley
Henry WILKS - 5 months - son - 5 months, born Coleford
Dina JORDAN - 19 Servant born Coleford
John Henry MOBBERLEY -11 - son, born Bream

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Looking at Gloucestershirebdm

Mercy MOBBERLEY 1861 FOD - mother's maiden name both JORDAN and SCREDER

1851 Census West Dean

Whitecroft

MOBBERLEY

William - 31, Tin Brick Maker, born Haymans Green, Stourbridge
Ann - 30 - born Hangary Hill Parish of Swinford, Worcs (nee DEELEY - looking at Gloucestershire BDM)
Samuel - 8 - born Steeping H... Strourbridge
Mary Ann - 3 - born Carnarvon Walk, Glamorgan
John Heny - 7 months, born Bream