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Thomas Fawkes's other family: with Harriet Martin (1836?-1898)
Harriet Attfield's parents: John Attfield (1796-1873) and Ann Lines (1800-1862)

Family of Thomas Fawkes and Harriet Attfield

Husband: Thomas Fawkes (1819-1895)
Wife: Harriet Attfield (1824-1886)
Children: Frank Attfield Fawkes (1849-1941)
Marriage 22 Apr 1848 The Parish Church, St Giles, Camberwell
Witnesses 22 Apr 1848 John Attfield, Sophia Ann Hainge

Husband: Thomas Fawkes

Name: Thomas Fawkes
Sex: Male
Father: Arthur Fawkes (1778-1836)
Mother: Mary Hopkins (1786- )
Note: FAWKES Thomas of Queen Adelaide Road Penge Surrey gentleman died 7 October 1895 at Chelmsford; Probate London 26 November to Frank Attfield Fawkes engineer. Effects £3900 11s. 5d.
Birth 1819 Ashby Folville, Leicestershire
Baptism 5 Mar 1819 (age 0) Christened, Ashby Folville, Leics
Occupation (1) 22 Apr 1848 (age 28-29) Plumber, Camberwell (on marriage cert.)
Census (1) 1851 (age 31-32) Plumber, with wife, living with John & Ann Attfield, Whetstone
Census (2) 1861 (age 41-42) Gas fitter, 21 High St, Lambeth
Census (3) 1871 (age 51-52) Builder & decorator, 6 Camberwell Green (married, wife absent)
Census (4) 1881 (age 61-62) Retired builder, "Ashby Folville", Penge, Surrey
Occupation (2) 12 Oct 1887 (age 67-68) Gentleman, Sunnyside, Queen Adelaide Road, penge
Census (5) 1891 (age 71-72) Retired builder, 17 Adelaide Road, Penge (married)
Death fact 1895 (age 75-76) 1895 Dec Qtr, Chelmsford, 4a/263
Residence 1895 (age 75-76) Queen Adelaide Road, Penge (on will)
Death 7 Oct 1895 (age 75-76) Chelmsford, Essex
Will 26 Nov 1895 (age 75-76) Probate London folio 1242 to Frank Attfield Fawkes

Wife: Harriet Attfield

Name: Harriet Attfield
Sex: Female
Father: John Attfield (1796-1873)
Mother: Ann Lines (1800-1862)
Birth 5 Sep 1824 Whetstone, Friern Barnet, Middlesex
Baptism 3 Oct 1824 (age 0) St James the Great, Friern Barnet, Middlesex
Census 1841 (age 16-17) Living with parents
Residence 22 Apr 1848 (age 23) Whetstone, Middx (address on marriage cert.)
Death fact (1) 1886 (age 61-62) 1886 Mar Qtr, Croydon, 2a/174
Death fact (2) 5 Feb 1886 (age 61) Cause of death: heart disease
Death 5 Feb 1886 (age 61) 17 Queen Adelaide Road, Penge, Surrey

Child 1: Frank Attfield Fawkes

Name: Frank Attfield Fawkes
Sex: Male
Spouse: Sarah Smith Hartridge (1849-1930)
Children: Avis Fawkes (1882-1935)
Marmaduke Fawkes (1884-1941)
Attfield Fawkes (1885-1962)
Irene Fawkes (1886-1977)
Norman Fawkes (1891-1987)
Note 1: Frank Attfield Fawkes was an extraordinary individual. His main business was as a manufacturer of horticultural buildings. In 1881, he published "Horticultural buildings. Their construction, heating, interior fittings, &c., with remarks on some of the principles involved and their application".
Frank Attfield Fawkes was also an author of at least 17 different books, ranging from "Babies: how to rear them in health and happiness, etc." (1883) to "Adventures of a Chemist ... A series of unusual detective short stories" (1930). Under the pen-name "X" he also wrote "Marmaduke, Emperor of Europe. Being a record of some strange adventures in the remarkable career of a political and social reformer who was famous at the commencement of the twentieth century" which was published by the local firm E. Durrant & Co., Chelmsford, in 1895.
I am endebted to Dr E. Charles Nelson for the above information
See also: http://www.decoware.co.uk/ire ne-fawkes.html
Note 2: FAWKES Frank Attfield of Siegbert Rosebery Road Felixstowe Suffolk died 18 February 1941 at The Evelyn Nursing Home Cambridge. probate Ipswich 24 November to Norman Fawkes engineer. Effects £3558 19s. 10d. Resworn £3310 1s. 10d.
Birth 1849 Camberwell, Surrey
Birth fact 1849 (age 0) Birth: Mar Qtr, Camberwell, 4/65
Census (1) 1861 (age 11-12) "Grandson", living with John Attfield, Whetstone
Occupation (1) 31 Oct 1878 (age 28-29) Partnership with Charles Portway for manufacture of horticultural equipment. T.H.P.Dennis & Co, dissolved (London Gazette 5.11.1878)
Census (2) 1881 (age 31-32) Civil engineer, living with parents, unmarried
Residence (1) 5 Feb 1886 (age 36-37) London Road, Chelmsford (in attendance at mother's death)
Census (3) 1891 (age 41-42) Fonthill, New London Rd, Chelmsford
Census (4) 1891 (age 41-42) Manufacturer of horticultural equipment
Census (5) 1901 (age 51-52) The Red House, London Rd, Widford End, Chelmsford
Occupation (2) 1910 (age 60-61) Crompton and F. A. Fawkes Limited, Anchor Works, Anchor Lane, Chelmsford (horticultural builders), Kelly's Dir. for Essex, 1910
Census (6) 1911 (age 61-62) Retired joinery designer & manufacturer, Hillside, Orwell Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk
Death fact (1) 1941 (age 91-92) 1941 Mar Qtr, Cambridge, 3b/1323 (aged 92)
Death fact (2) 18 Feb 1941 (age 91-92) Cause of death: bronchitis & myocarditis senectus
Residence (2) 1941 (age 91-92) 9 Rosebery Road, Felixstowe
Death 18 Feb 1941 (age 91-92) Evelyn Nursing Home, 58 Warkworth Terr, Cambridge
Will 24 Nov 1941 (age 91-92) Probate Ipswich to Norman Fawkes, engineer (£3310)