William Fenton de Wend-Fenton

1840 - 1899  (58 years)

• Name	William Fenton de Wend-Fenton
  Birth	7 Aug 1840	SS Owen Glendower, off the Cape of Good Hope
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Feb 1899	Conway, Caernarfonshire, Wales
  Person ID	I85395	First tree
  Last Modified	12 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	Col. James Douglas de Wend,   b. 3 Jun 1806, Stoke near Gosport, Hampshire, England d. 15 Jun 1856, Northamptonshire, England (Age 50 years)
  Mother	Jessy Fenton,   b. 1815, Penistone, Yorkshire, England d. 22 Feb 1897, Underbank Hall, Yorkshire, England (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	16 Jul 1839	Stamford, Lincolnshire, England
  	James is described a Lt. 44th Regiment at the time of his marriage
  Family ID	F74584	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  He served in the 52nd Regiment of Foot from 1858 to 1868. 1871 census: Lincolnshire, age 30, land agent, staying with his aunt mMary and her husband John Torkington He changed his surname in 1898 by deed poll from de Wend to de Wend-Fenton, after the death of his mother Jessy Fenton, possibly under the terms of her Will.