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FEWER surname

MayoAglish (Mayo)

I am researching the surname FEWER. My ancestors came from Ireland,maybe Kilkenny but not sure.

They emigrated to Newfoundland Canada maybe around the 1750's. I have a Edmund +Richard Fewerthat were there before 1800. Edmund married Frances O'Leary and she may also have been born in Ireland. any help would be appreciated as Fewer is not a common name but most I have seen listed in Griffiths lived in Kilkenny and Waterford in 1850.Trying to link my 1750 names to the 1850 still in Ireland.Thanks

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Hi Sharon
I searched rootsireland for R & E Fewer (+ surname variants) in the 1700's and this is the first that came up:
Name: Richard Feor Date of Birth:
Date of Baptism: 09-May-1756
Address: Parish/District: TRINITY WITHIN(CATHED.)
Gender: County Co. Waterford
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Father: Edmund Feor Mother: Margaret Ryan
Occupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1: Michael Murphy Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2: Joanna Mollony

Family Search has none in the 1700's.

I tried marriages on roots:
Date of Marriage: 27-Oct-1768
Parish / District: St Patrick's Parish County: Co. Waterford
Husband Wife
Name: Patrick Donnevan Ann Feor
Address:
Denomination: Roman Catholic Roman Catholic
Date of Marriage: 03-Nov-1734
Parish / District: St Patrick's Parish County: Co. Waterford
Husband Wife
Name: Martin Cassin Ann Feore
Address:
Denomination: Roman Catholic Roman Catholic

Unfortunately they have changed the search criteria so you have to have at least the first letter of a first name rather than being able to search for just a surname so I did most of the alphabet for marriages only 1700 to 1760 & here are the 'hits':

Date of Marriage: 09-Jan-1754
Parish / District: Trinity Within County: Co. Waterford
Husband Wife
Name: Richard Norris Joanna Feor
Address: Cathedral
Denomination: Roman Catholic Roman Catholic
Occupation:
Age:
Status:
Husband's Father Wife's Father
Name:
Address:
Denomination:
Occupation:
Husband's Mother Wife's Mother
Name:
Address:
Denomination:
Occupation:
Witness 1 Witness 2
Name: Edmund Feor Walter Sinnot
NOTE EDMUND IS A WITNESS

Date of Marriage: 24-Apr-1760
Parish / District: St John's Parish County: Co. Waterford
Husband Wife
Name: Robert Feoir Helen Power
Address:
Denomination: Roman Catholic Roman Catholic

Here's a C of I record - do you know whether they were RC or C of I?
Date of Marriage: 27-Jan-1735
Parish / District: Trinity C of I County: Co. Waterford
Husband Wife
Name: Stephen Fewer Elizabeth Ward
Address: Trinity Parish
Denomination: Church Of Ireland Church Of Ireland

You might need to do a bit of research to ascertain whether Feor is an early version or alternative spelling of Fewer. If not, & they were C of I, the last record could be yours.
I did try birth/baptisms for Stephen but no luck.
I tried death/burial records for a few letters 1700 to 1780 but no luck.
Col

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Thank you for this information! I am a Fewer descendent and stories have been passed down over the years about their immigration from Ireland. They came from the area around Waterford (Waterford crystal is something that has been a love of our family with pieces passed down over generations) and worked as cod fisherman off the Newfoundland coast. Eventually they settled in Newfoundland (family lore says they were one of the earlier families to settle there permanently). Sometime in the late 1800s my line of Fewers migrated to the shipyards of Camden/Philadelphia. They settled in the town of Gloucester and many Fewers still live in the greater Philadelphia/South New Jersey area today. Any additional information would be appreciated! It has been challenging trying to learn more about my Fewer ancestors. 

fergen.albert

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