Fourdrinier, Jemima^[1]

1772 - 1836  (63 years)

• Name	Fourdrinier, Jemima
  Born	19 Nov 1772
  Gender	Female
  Died	17 May 1836	Littlemore, Oxford County, England
  Buried	21 May 1836	St. Mary's Church, Littlemore, Oxford County, England
  Notes	Fourdrinier family was of French Huguenot extraction.
  Person ID	I527	McFadyen and Parker
  Last Modified	2 Aug 2006

  
  

  Father	Fourdrinier, Henry,   b. 25 Feb 1730, Of Lombard Street, London, England ,   d. 11 Jan 1799, At his house at Stamford Grove, London, England  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	White, Jemima,   b. 11 Mar 1730,   d. 6 Sep 1781, London, England  (Age 51 years)
  Married	May 1765	London, England   [2]
  Photos		The Fourdrinier Family Charles Fourdrinier; Henry Fourdrinier; Mary Fourdrinier; Henry Fourdrinier; John Rawson Fourdrinier; Jemima Fourdrinier; Sealy Fourdrinier; Minerva Manning attributed to John Downman Date: circa 1786, original is oil on copper Measurements: 18 1/8 in. x 24 1/4 in. (460 mm x 615 mm) On display at the National Portrait Gallery A Huguenot entrepreneur, Henry Fourdrinier senior (1730-99) was a wealthy paper-maker and wholesale stationer. He is shown seated in the middle of his family with his sons Henry junior (1766-1854), in red, and Sealy (1774-1847), standing, in green. In 1807, the brothers perfected a machine for aking continuous paper, of any dimension, at greatly increased speeds. At a Parliamentary hearing in 1837, Marc Isambard Brunel called the Fourdriniers' machine 'one of the most splendid inventions of the age'. The family are probably shown in their garden in Putney with a patriotic view of Windsor Castle added in the distance. The inscribed monumental urn commemorates their deceased wife and mother, Jemima (1730-81).
  Family ID	F1370	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Newman, John,   b. 1767, Cambridgeshire, England ,   d. 1824  (Age 57 years)
  Married	29 Oct 1799	St. Mary's Church, Lambeth, Oxford County, England   [3]
  Children	1. Newman, Cardinal John Henry,   b. 21 Feb 1801, London, England ,   d. 11 Aug 1890, Oratory, Edgbaston, Birmingham, England  (Age 89 years)   2. Newman, Charles Robert,   b. Abt 1806,   d. 1884  (Age 78 years)   3. Newman, Francis William,   b. 27 Jun 1805, 17 Southampton Street, Bloomsbury Square, London, England ,   d. 7 Oct 1897  (Age 92 years)   4. Newman, Harriette Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1804   5. Newman, Jemima Charlotte,   b. Abt 1811,   d. 25 Dec 1879, Derby, England  (Age 68 years)   6. Newman, Mary Sophia,   b. 9 Nov 1809,   d. 5 Jan 1828  (Age 18 years)
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2022
  Family ID	F171	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  The Fourdrinier Family Charles Fourdrinier; Henry Fourdrinier; Mary Fourdrinier; Henry Fourdrinier; John Rawson Fourdrinier; Jemima Fourdrinier; Sealy Fourdrinier; Minerva Manning attributed to John Downman Date: circa 1786, original is oil on copper Measurements: 18 1/8 in. x 24 1/4 in. (460 mm x 615 mm) On display at the National Portrait Gallery A Huguenot entrepreneur, Henry Fourdrinier senior (1730-99) was a wealthy paper-maker and wholesale stationer. He is shown seated in the middle of his family with his sons Henry junior (1766-1854), in red, and Sealy (1774-1847), standing, in green. In 1807, the brothers perfected a machine for aking continuous paper, of any dimension, at greatly increased speeds. At a Parliamentary hearing in 1837, Marc Isambard Brunel called the Fourdriniers' machine 'one of the most splendid inventions of the age'. The family are probably shown in their garden in Putney with a patriotic view of Windsor Castle added in the distance. The inscribed monumental urn commemorates their deceased wife and mother, Jemima (1730-81).

  
  

• Sources

  [S13] Parker Linage, Various - Last update Rowland Leslie Parker 1994-03, (A compilation of many family authors over the years.). [S44] Published Paper or Magazine. Married [May] Mr. Henry Fourdrinier, stationer, in Lombard-street, to Mrs. Jemima Manning, late of Bishopsgate-street (Court Mag, May 1765, issue:758). [S44] Published Paper or Magazine. Married Oct. 29, 1799, John Newman, Esq., of Mansion-house-street, to Miss Fourdrinier, daughter of the late Henry Fourdrinier, Esq, of Lombard-street (Gentlemand's. Magazine. Nov 1799, 992)