Person:Levi Feary (1)

Levi Feary was born on 2nd September 1902 in Coventry, Warwickshire, and baptised there at St Thomas's Church the following month. He was the son of Harriet Mitchell, formerly Bastock, and a motor engineer named Edward Scholes Feary. Levi appears to have been named after Edward's younger brother. As Levi's parents were not married, his birth was registered as Levi Feary Mitchell. In Coventry the family lived at house 2 in 11 Court, Thomas Street, a small back-to-back house facing a courtyard that could only be accessed through a narrow arch between 82 and 83 Thomas Street.

Levi was the third child that Harriet and Edward had had together, but his older two siblings had both died as babies. Harriet also had four surviving sons from her marriage, the youngest of whom was about nine when Levi was born. Levi's parents went on to have three more children after him: a girl called Florence in 1903 then twins called Lily and Percy in 1904, although Lily died as a baby in 1905.

In October 1909, when Levi was just seven years old, his mother Harriet died of tuberculosis, aged 43. The 1911 census finds Levi still living at house 2 in Court 11, Thomas Street with his father, younger brother Percy and three of his older half brothers.

Some time after 1911, Levi's father moved to Lincolnshire, where he was originally from, and Levi and his brother Percy went too. Levi does not appear to have married. His father died in 1943, aged 67.

Levi died in 1954, in Lincolnshire, aged 51.

1. ↑ Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   b. Levi Feary MITCHELL, December Quarter 1902, Coventry Registration District, Vol. 6d, page 514

2. ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Parish registers of St Thomas, Coventry, 1849-1913. (Warwick: Warwickshire County Record Office).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of St Thomas Coventry in the County of Coventry & Warwick in the Year One thousand nine hundred & two
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parent's Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   407 [Born] Sep 2	1902 Oct. 5	Levi	Edward & Harriet	Mitchell	11Ct 2H Thomas St.	Turner	R.E. Healey, Vicar

3. ↑ England. 1911 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom: The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.))
   Class RG14; Piece 18522; Schedule SN356, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: 11C2H Thomas Street, Coventry, Warwickshire
   3 rooms occupied
   Edward Scholes Feary, head, male, 35 [1875/6], widower, Turner Iron - Motor Manuf, worker, b. Lincoln
   Samuel Mitchell, boarder, male, 26 [1884/5], single, Assistant Butcher, worker, b. Warwick
   Alfred Mitchell, boarder, male, 22 [1888/9], single, Milling machine - Motor manuf, worker, b. Warwick
   Frederick Mitchell, boarder, male, 17 [1893/4], single, Errands for Tobacconist, worker, b. Coventry, Warwickshire
   Levi Feary Mitchell, son, male, 8 [1902/3], School, b. Coventry, Warwickshire
   Percy Feary, son, male, 6 [1904/5], School, b. Coventry, Warwickshire

4. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Levi FEARY, December Quarter 1954, North Kesteven Registration District, Vol. 3b, page 93, aged 51 [1902/3]