John Faulkner ¹

  General Notes:

From Pat Avis, NSW, Australia:



John Faulkner baptised23rd February 1809 Lutterworth
Died17th February 1891Lutterworth

In the 1851 Census we find -
John Faulkner 42 years - Shoemaker - born Lutterworth
Mary Faulkner 40 years - his wife
Joseph 16 years - son
Mary Ann 7 years - daughter
James 4 years - son

living at Elylane, Lutterworth.

In the publication Butchers, Bakers and Candlestick makers - trades in a
Victorian

street, Lutterworth, Leicestershire there are a several mentions of this John
Faulkner.

Mary Faulkner is listed in the 1841 Census as a shoebinder. In 1863 John
Faulkner is a Newsagent in Ely Lane and by the time the 1871 Census is taken he
has moved to Church Street where he lived with his wife Mary, son James and
daughter Emma. Ten years later he was a widow and was running the business with
son James. By the 1891 Census John had died and James had become the head of
the household.

Lutterworth Memorials Cemetery Inscriptions.

In loving memory of John Faulkner who departed this life February 17, 1891 age
82 years, also of Mary, wife of the above who departed this life September 16,
1880 aged 69 years.

  Noted events in his life were:

• He was employed. ² 1851: Shoemaker; 1863-: Newsagent

• He was employed in 1881 in Lutterworth, Leicester, England. ³ News Agent

• He had a residence in 1881 in Lutterworth, Leicester, England. ³ Church Street

John married Mary. (Mary was born about 1811, died on 16 Sep 1880 and was buried in Lutterworth, Leicestershire.)