Fanny was born in about 1846 in Clerkenwell , the daughter of John LeightonMatilda Deacon according to the 1861 census
In 1861 she was 16, living with her parents in Frederick Street, St Pancras, London, Middlesex, England[1].
In 1911 she was 66 years old, living with her husband James Webster (56), daughter Fanny Matilda and her sister Caroline Leighton[2]
Leighton Family and the Sandemanian Church
The Leighton family were nonconformists and 18 members of the family joined the Sandemanian Church in London and there were 16 marriages between Leightons and other Sandemanians. A history of the Leighton Family and the Sandemanian Church has some of the details.
Sources
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M75P-DN4 : 11 December 2017), Fanny Leighton in household of John Leighton, St Pancras, London, Middlesex, England; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWRK-W8D : 20 December 2018), Fanny Webster in household of James Webster, Charlton And Kidbrooke, Charlton, London, England; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
Source: S36 Record ID Number: MH:S36 User ID: 61FDBB65-B4FF-40B2-83FB-24F5D370B4CC Author: Bea Leighton Title: Leighton Web Site Text: MyHeritage.com family tree CONT Family site: Leighton Web Site CONT Family tree: Leighton family tree 28.feb.2011 Media: 74000841-2 Type: Smart Matching Record ID Number: MH:SC411 Page: Fanny Leighton Event: Smart Matching Role: 2008792 Data: Date: 22 JUN 2011 Text: Added by confirming a Smart Match Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
Source: S52 Record ID Number: MH:S52 User ID: 53DA8D88-D535-4001-A049-72305916DE02 Author: George Leighton Title: Leighton Web Site Text: MyHeritage.com family tree CONT Family site: Leighton Web Site CONT Family tree: Leighton Family Tree Media: 52556592-1 Type: Smart Matching Record ID Number: MH:SC412 Page: Fanny Leighton Event: Smart Matching Role: 1000114 Data: Date: 22 JUN 2011 Text: Added by confirming a Smart Match Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Fanny by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Fanny: