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The Fieldgate Connection
This connection page is
dedicated to the surname "FIELDGATE"
James
FIELDGATE
was baptized on 07 May 1843 at the local Parish church of St
Michael's in Newhaven, Sussex, son of Thomas
FIELDGATE
and Maria
MITCHENER. He
married Elizabeth
Frances LEVETT
on the 6th JUNE 1865 at St Michael's in Newhaven, Sussex,
James's occupation was a Mariner. Although
both James and Elizabeth were baptized at the local parish
church, they decided to bpatized their own children at the local
Dissenter Chapel in Meeching Road in Newhaven, Sussex. They went
on to have a large family of 13 children. Unfortunately not all
of them survived. There were 2 siblings that died in their
infancy.
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Name: |
Life
Span: |
| 1.
James Fieldgate |
[b
1866-1929] |
| 2.
George Thomas Fieldgate |
[b
1868-1868] Died
in Infancy |
| 3.
Joseph Fieldgate |
[b
1870- |
| 4.
Rosina Maria Fieldgate |
[b
1872- |
| 5.
Elizabeth Frances Fieldgate |
[b
1874- |
| 6.
John Fieldgate |
[b
1876-1876] Died
in Infancy |
| 7.
Annie Louisa Fieldgate |
[b
1877-1941] |
| 8.
George William Fieldgate |
[b
1880-1880] Died
in Infancy |
| 9.
Jack Edwin Fieldgate |
[b
1881- |
| 10.
Charles Levett Fieldgate |
[b
1882- |
| 11.
Henry Mitchener Fieldgate |
[b
1885- |
| 12.
Cordelia Victoria Jubilee Fieldgate |
[b
1887-1960] |
| 13.
Alice Williamson Fieldgate |
[b
1890-1955] |
The
last 4 children had family "surnames" as middle names.
Apart from Cordelia, who was given the names of Victoria and
Jubilee having been born in Queen Victoria's Jubilee year of
1887. The
other "surnames" were Levett
taken after their mother's maiden name, Mitchener
taken after their Paternal Grandmother's maiden name, and Williamson
taken after their Maternal Grandmother's maiden name. It was
common practise at this time to use "surnames" of the
female lines, so that the name carried on, and was not forgotton.
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Census
1851 - Newhaven, East Sussex
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Name:
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Rel:
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Marital:
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Age:
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Occupation:
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Birth
Yr:
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BirthPlace:
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Fieldgate
- Maria
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Head
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Marr
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34
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Mariner
Wife
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b
1816
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Newhaven
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Fieldgate
- Maria
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Dau
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Unm
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11
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Scholar
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b
1839
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Newhaven
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Fieldgate
- Thomas
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Son
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Unm
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09
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Scholar
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b
1841
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Newhaven
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Fieldgate
- James
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Son
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Unm
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07
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Scholar
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b
1843
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Newhaven
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Fieldgate
- Lucy
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Dau
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Unm
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05
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Scholar
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b
1846
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Newhaven
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Fieldgate
- Joseph
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Son
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Unm
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02
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b
1849
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Newhaven
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Census
1861 - Cocksparrow, Newhaven, Sussex
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Name:
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Rel:
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Cond:
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Age:
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Occup:
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Birth
Yr:
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BirthPlace:
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Fieldgate
- Maria
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Head
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Marr
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44
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Master
Mariner Wife
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b
1816
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Newhaven
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Fieldgate
- Lucy
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Dau
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Unm
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15
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b
1846
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Newhaven
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Fieldgate
- Joseph
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Son
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Unm
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12
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Scholar
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b
1849
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Newhaven
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Fieldgate
- Harriet
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Dau
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Unm
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08
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Scholar
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b
1852
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Newhaven
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Mitchener
- Harriet
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Mother
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Wid
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67
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Pilots
Wid
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b
1794
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Rodmell
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The
older members of the family were not at home on Census night.
They were probably at sea, because they were all Mariners. Maria
Fieldgate
states that she was Master Mariner's wife of "Mer Lew".
I suspect this was a ship's name. Her
husband Thomas
Fieldgate
and his 2 sons Thomas
Jnr
and James
were all missing from the Census of 1861. Maria had her widowed
elderly mother staying with her at this time. Her mother
Harriet's maiden name was Funnell
and she married John
Mitchener
in Newhaven, Sussex. Harriet was from a small village called
Rodmell in the County of Sussex. Again the "surnames"
being used in the next generation by James
and Elizabeth
Fieldgate. Go
to "The
Funnell Connection"
to read more on Funnell's.
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