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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 (1778-1825)

  • Mother:

  • Mary Hopkins (1786-1850)

  • 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)

  • Ashby Folville, Leicestershire

  • 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 (1883-1941)

  •  

  • 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/irene-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:

  • 19 Jan 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 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 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

  • Occupation (3):

  • 1939 (age 89-90)

  • Horticultural builder (retired) 9 Rosebery Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk (widower)

  • Death fact (1):

  • 1941 (age 91-92)

  • 1941 Mar Qtr, Cambridge, 3b/1323 (aged 92)

  • Death fact (2):

  • 18 Feb 1941 (age 92)

  • Cause of death: bronchitis & myocarditis senectus

  • Residence (2):

  • 1941 (age 91-92)

  • 9 Rosebery Road, Felixstowe

  • Death:

  • 18 Feb 1941 (age 92)

  • Evelyn Nursing Home, 58 Warkworth Terr, Cambridge

  • Will:

  • 24 Nov 1941 (age 92)

  • Probate Ipswich to Norman Fawkes, engineer (£3310)

Note on Husband: Thomas Fawkes

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.

Note on Child 1: Frank Attfield Fawkes (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/irene-fawkes.html

Note on Child 1: Frank Attfield Fawkes (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.