William Dean FURMAGE b. 18 Jan 1844 Blandford St Mary, Dorset, England d. 4 Nov 1884 Colon, Panama: Our Family History

1844 - 1884 (40 years)

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Name	William Dean FURMAGE
Birth	18 Jan 1844	Blandford St Mary, Dorset, England [1, 2]
Baptism	28 Apr 1844	Blandford St Mary, Dorset, England [2]
Gender	Male
Reference Number	P1844-010
Death	4 Nov 1884	Colon, Panama [3, 4, 5]
Death	Cause: Continuous Fever
Person ID	I1332	Furmedge
Last Modified	19 Jun 2026

Father	John FURMAGE, b. Abt 1810, Lytchett Minster, Dorset, England d. 31 Dec 1872, Blandford St Mary, Dorset, England (Age 62 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Mary Ann MONCKTON, b. Between 1815 and 1825, Dorset, England d. Abt Sep 1904, Lambeth, Surrey, England (Age 89 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	17 Oct 1843	Dorchester, Dorset, England [6, 7]
Family ID	F591	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Fanny LONG, b. 1851, Blandford Forum, Dorset, England d. 18 Aug 1916, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 65 years)

Marriage 12 May 1880 Southampton, Hampshire, England [8, 9]

Children

>	1. Frank Stannard FURMAGE, b. 27 Mar 1884, Southampton, Hampshire, England d. 16 Mar 1953, King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 68 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F592 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 19 Jun 2026

Event Map

	Birth - 18 Jan 1844 - Blandford St Mary, Dorset, England
	Baptism - 28 Apr 1844 - Blandford St Mary, Dorset, England
	Marriage - 12 May 1880 - Southampton, Hampshire, England
	Death - Cause: Continuous Fever - 4 Nov 1884 - Colon, Panama

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Notes
William’s surname appears to be recorded as Furmadge on his parish baptism register entry; his father’s name has been recorded as James, not John.

Sources

[S2] England & Wales, GRO Birth Index, (Name: General Register Office;), William Dean Furmage, Registered: Jan-Mar 1844, District: Blandford, Dorset, Vol: 8, Page: 19.
[S558] St Mary (Blandford St Mary, Dorset), Parish Register, William Dean Furmadge, Baptism Register Entry, 1844, PE/BLM: RE 2/1, Page: 42; digital image accessed on www.ancestry.co.uk; original data: Dorset History Centre.
[S40] England & Wales, National Probate Calendars, William Furmage, Southampton, Hampshire, died Colon, Isthmus of Panama, Administration Principal Registry 1884; digital images accessed on www.gov.uk.
[S85] British Armed Forces & Overseas Deaths and Burials, W D Furmage, Entry in the Register of Deaths at Sea of British Nationals, BT 159/4B & Registers of Seamen’s Deaths, Categorised by Cause, BT 157/Box 5; Digital images accessed on www.findmypast.co.uk.
[S817] Hampshire Advertiser, Southampton, Hampshire (online archive), Death Notice for William Dean Furmage, second engineer, s.s.Nile, published 29 November 1884, Page: 4.
[S3] England & Wales, GRO Marriage Index, (Name: General Register Office;), John Furmage: Registered: Oct-Dec 1843, District: Dorchester, Dorset, Vol: 8, Page: 103.
[S557] Holy Trinity (Dorchester, Dorset), Parish Register, John Furmage, Marriage Register Entry 1843, PE/DO(HT): RE 3/4, Page: 24; digital image accessed on www.ancestry.co.uk; original data: Dorset History Centre.
[S3] England & Wales, GRO Marriage Index, (Name: General Register Office;), William Dean Furmage: Registered: Apr-Jun 1880, District: Southampton, Hampshire, Vol: 2C, Page: 16A.
[S559] Southampton Observer and Hampshire News, Southampton, Hampshire (online archive), Furmage - Long, Marriage Notice, St Lawrence’s Church, Southampton, published 22 May 1880, Page: 5.