James Faulkner ¹

  General Notes:

From Pat Avis, NSW, Australia:

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.

found in 1901 census RG 13 PC 2951 Fo 7 Pg 5

  Noted events in his life were:

• He had a residence in 1881 in Lutterworth, Leicester, England. ² Church Street

• He was employed in 1881 in Lutterworth, Leicester, England. ² Insurance Agent

James married Sarah before 1881. (Sarah was born about 1848 in Charlwood, Surrey, England ².)