James Douglas de Wend (1806 - 1856)

Born 3 Jun 1806 in Stoke near Gosport, Hampshire, England

Husband of Jessy (Fenton) de Wend — married 16 Jul 1839 in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England

Descendants

Died 15 Jun 1856 at age 50 in Northamptonshire, England

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Biography

James was born in 1806. He was baptised at Alverstoke, Hampshire on 13 July 1806 with his parents named as Michael and Sarah.^[1]

He was at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst from 1820 to 1823. In 1825 he sailed for Bengal where he was in the 44th regiment.^[2]

On 16 July 1839 he married Jessy Fenton, daughter of Samuel Fenton, at Stamford, Lincolnshire.^[3] They had the following children:

• William Fenton de Wend, age 10 in the 1851 census, born in about 1841 off the Cape of Good Hope^[4]
• Mary Emma, baptised at Cawnpore, Bengal on 6 March 1842^[5] and buried there on 17 March 1842.^[6]
• Douglas Campbell, baptised at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire on 17 January 1844^[7]
• Jessy, baptised at Chester Cathedral, Chester, Cheshire on 8 May 1846^[8]
• Ida Sophia, baptised at Chester Cathedral on 11 October 1847^[9]
• Mary Adelaide Louisa, whose birth was registered at Northampton, Northamptonshire in the first quarter of 1850^[10]
• Emily, whose birth was registered at Northampton, Northamptonshire in the fourth quarter of 1852^[11]
• Frances Cayley, whose birth was registered at Northampton, Northamptonshire in the fourth quarter of 1852^[12]

1851 census: Northampton, Northamptonshire, age 43, army captain. Daughter Mary A L, born Northampton.^[13]

His death was registered in the second quarter of 1856 at Northampton, Northamptonshire,^[14] He was buried, age 49, at St Giles, Northampton on 20 June 1856.^[15]

Sources

1. ↑ England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N5SJ-TZY
2. ↑ De Wend Papers, website of Centre of South Asian Asian Studies, Cambridge, England, accessed 11 July 2019
3. ↑ England, Lincolnshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1990, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL1J-ZGKC
4. ↑ 1851 census, FindMyPast
5. ↑ "India Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGDX-JRC : 5 February 2020), James Douglas Dewend in entry for Mary Emma Dewend, 1842
6. ↑ "India Deaths and Burials, 1719-1948", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGP4-CLS : 5 February 2020), Mary Emma Dewend, 1842
7. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N5Y3-QMP : 19 September 2020), James Douglas De Wend in entry for Douglas Campbell De Wend, 1844
8. ↑ "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3VK-2KQ : 12 February 2018), James Douglas De Wend in entry for Jessey De Wend, 08 May 1846, Christening; citing item 10 p 5, Cathedral Church, Chester, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 1,655,854
9. ↑ "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3VK-22S : 12 February 2018), James Douglas De Wend in entry for Ida Sophia De Wend, 11 Oct 1847, Christening; citing item 10 p 5, Cathedral Church, Chester, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 1,655,854
10. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:26GX-CX7 : 1 October 2014), Mary Adelaide Louisa De Wend, 1850; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England
11. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2NWN-F8Q : 1 October 2014), Emily Fenton De Wend, 1852; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England
12. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2NWN-F87 : 1 October 2014), Fanny Cayley De Wend, 1852; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England
13. ↑ 1851 census, FindMyPast
14. ↑ England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2N2W-4SB
15. ↑ Northamptonshire Record Office; Northampton, England; Register Type: Parish Registers; Reference Numbers: 233P/31, Ancestry.co.uk

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