In the 1851 census 19 Tonman? Street, Deansgate, Manchester, Lancashire.
Head Samuel Fernley, age 39?, street sweeper, born market Drayton.
Wife Sarah Fernley, age 36, housekeeper, born Thorp?, Yorkshire
Son Joseph Fernley, age 14, dyer, Born Sheffield, Yorkshire.
Daughter Elizabeth Fernley, age 12, born Sheffield.
Son John Fernley, age 6, born Sheffield.
Son James Fernley, age 2, born Sheffield.
Son Thomas Valentine Fernley, age 6 weeks, born Manchester.

In the 1881 census 9 Rowland Street, Brightside Bierlow, Sheffield, Yorkshire
Head Thomas Fearnley, age 30, metal caster, born Sheffield, Yorkshire.
Wife Alice Fearnley, age 22, born Bolton, Lancashire.
Son Harry Fearnley, age 6, scholar, born Sheffield
Son John Thomas Fearnley, age 3, born Sheffield.
Daughter Frances Fearnley, age 1, born Sheffield.
Father Samuel Fearnley, age 69, widower, late teemer? for steel melter’s, born Market Drayton, Shropshire, blind.