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Michael Faraday                               1791-1867   Michael was born on 22 September 1791, the son of James Faraday and Margaret Hastwell, at Newington Butts, Surrey.   Faraday's father, James Faraday, was a blacksmith who came from Yorkshire while his mother Margaret Hastwell was the daughter of a farmer.   Early in 1791 James and Margaret moved to Newington Butts, which was then a village outside London.   The family were held closely together by a strong religious faith, being members of the Sandemanians, a form of the Protestant Church which had split from the Church of Scotland.   When Faraday was thirteen years old he had to find work to help the family finances and he was employed running errands for George Riebau who had a bookselling business.   Not only did he bind books but he also read them.   This was the beginning of a fantastic journey into a life of discovery in the fields of Electricity and magnetism.   Read his biography. Sarah Barnard                                   1800-1879 Sarah was born on 7 January 1800, the daughter of Edward Barnard and Mary Boosey, at Clerkenwell, Islington, Middlesex. I have not identified any children.

Birth of Parents

Michael Faraday

b: 22 Sep 1791         Newington Butts, Surrey son of James Faraday and Margaret Hastwell

Sarah Barnard

b: 7 Jan 1800         Clerkenwell, London daughter of Edward Barnard and Mary Boosey

Marriage

12 Jun 1821 Michael Faraday Sarah Barnard

1841 Census	HO107-734	7 June 1841	Mayfair, St George Hanover Square, Middlesex
20 Albemarle Streete			Born in this County?
Michael Faraday Mary Faraday A. Reed Plus 6 Servants	Age 45 Age 40 Age 20	Ind. Ind. Ind.	Yes Yes Yes		22 Sep 1791 abt 1800 abt 1820

1851 Census	HO107-1476	31 March 1851	Mayfair, St George Hanover Square, Middlesex
21 Royal Institution of Great Britain
Michael Faraday Sarah (Wife) Jane F. Barnard (Niece) Plus 6 Servants	Age 59 Age 57 Age 8	Professor of Chemistry Scholar	Newington Pentonville St Marylebone	Surrey Middlesex Middlesex	22 Sep 1791 7 Jan 1800 abt 1842

1861 Census	RG9-44	8 April 1861	May Fair, St George Hanover Square, Middlesex
21 Royal Institution of Great Britain
Michael Faraday Jane Barnard (Niece) Plus 5 Servants	Age 69 Age 18	Professor of Science	Newington Islington	Surrey Middlesex	22 Sep 1791 abt 1832

1861 Census	RG9-458	8 April 1861	Hampton, Middlesex
Old Office Road
Sarah Faraday (Head)(M) Caroline Deacon (Visitor)(M) Plus 2 Servants	Age 61 Age 66	Gentlewoman Gentlewoman	Clerkenwell Liberty, London	Middlesex Middlesex	7 Jan 1800 abt 1805

Death

Michael Faraday

Died 25 Aug 1867, Age 75,     Hampton Court       1867 3Q Kingston 2a 141 Burial: The Sandemanian plot in Highgate Cemetery, London

The Times, Saturday, Aug 31, 1867                     DEATHS   On the 25th inst., at Hampton Court Green, Michael Faraday, of the Royal Institution, in his 76th year. LONDON   23 Oct 1867                                         Probate FARADAY, Michael, Esq. The Will of Michael Faraday, late of the Royal Institution, Albemarle-street and of Hampton Court, both in the County of Middlesex, Esquire, Professor of Chemistry, deceased, who died 25 August 1867, at Hampton Court, aforesaid, was proved at the Principal Registry, by the oath of James Faraday, of Park-road, Haverstock Hill, in the County aforesaid, Gas Engineer, the Nephew, one of the Executors.   Effects under £6,000

The Times, Wednesday, Sep 11, 1867   The Late Professor Faraday, - At the last setting of the Academy of Sciences, M. Dumas announced the death of Professor Faraday in the Following Terms:- The labours of that incomparable philosopher are known to the whole world; but the ineffable kindness, frankness, and ingenuousness of his nature could only be appreciated by his intimate friends. It is nearly 50 years ago when I first met Mr. Faraday, and from that time I had frequent intercourse with him. I therefore had an opportunity of watching his glorious upward progress, and saw his natural and simple modesty increase in the same proportion as the strength of his genius and the splendor of his services. If his discoveries have immortalized him, and if he is remembered as one of the most fruitful minds of this century, he also leaves, to the honour and dignity of science be it said, the example of a pure life and a noble heart. England will not be alone in the mourning of his death.

1871 Census	RG10-253	3 April 1871	Islington West, Islington St Mary, London
320 Liverpool Road
Sarah Faraday (Widow) Jane Barnard (Niece) Plus 2 Servants	Age 71 Age 38	Gov't, Annuities, & Interest Gov't, Annuities, & Interest	Pentonville Pentonville	Middlesex Middlesex	7 Jan 1800 abt 1832

Death

Sarah (Barnard) Faraday

Died 6 Jan 1879, Age 78,       1879 1Q Islington 1b 169 Burial: The Sandemanian plot in Highgate Cemetery, London

The Times, Thursday, Jan 9, 1879                            DEATHS   On the 6th Jan., at Barnsbury Villa, 320 Liverpool Road, N., Sarah Faraday, widow of the late Michael Faraday, in the 79th year of her age.

LONDON   24 Feb                                                 Probate FARADAY Sarah, The Will with a Codicil of Sarah Faraday, late of 320 Liverpool-road, Islington, in the County of Middlesex, Widow, who died 6 January 1879, at 320 Liverpool-road, was proved at the Principal Registry by George Barnard, of 8 Harrington-square, in the said County, Gentleman, the Brother, and Jane Barnard, of 320 Liverpool-road, Spinster, the Niece, the Executors.   Effects under £5,000

	MICHAEL FARADAY   BORN 22 SEPTEMBER   1791   DIED 25 AUGUST   1867   SARAH,HIS WIFE   BORN 7 JANUARY   1800   DIED 6 JANUARY   1879
HIGHGATE CEMETERY (West) PHOTO BY Ed Daly