See also

Family of Frank Attfield Fawkes and Sarah Smith Hartridge

Husband: Frank Attfield Fawkes

  • Name:

  • Frank Attfield Fawkes

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Thomas Fawkes (1819-1895)

  • Mother:

  • Harriet Attfield (1824-1886)

  • 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)

Wife: Sarah Smith Hartridge

  • Name:

  • Sarah Smith Hartridge

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • William Mays Hartridge (c. 1821-1891)

  • Mother:

  • Louisa Marion Long (c. 1823-1881)

  • Note:

  • FAWKES Sarah Smith of Siegbert Rosebery Road Felixstowe Suffolk (wife of Frank Attfield Fawkes) died 21 June 1930; Probate Winchester 2 August to Marmaduke Fawkes medical practitioner. Effects £1080 1s. 8d.

  • Birth:

  • 1849

  • Woodbridge, Suffolk

  • Birth fact:

  • 1849 (age 0)

  • 1849 Sep Qtr, Woodbridge, 12/1*1

  • Census (1):

  • 1851 (age 1-2)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1871 (age 21-22)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (3):

  • 1881 (age 31-32)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (4):

  • 1911 (age 61-62)

  • Wife in household

  • Death fact:

  • 1930 (age 80-81)

  • 1930 Jun Qtr, Woodbridge, 4a/1036 (aged 80)

  • Death:

  • 21 Jun 1930 (age 80-81)

  • Felixstowe, Suffolk

Child 1: Avis Fawkes

  • Name:

  • Avis Fawkes

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Note:

  • FAWKES Avis of Siegbert Rosebery Road Felixstowe Suffolk spinster died 30 May 1935 at Kersey Towers Nursing Home Felixstowe; Administration Ipswich 1 July to Frank Attfield Fawkes gentleman. Effects £95 17s.

  • Birth:

  • 1882

  • Clapham, Surrey

  • Birth fact:

  • 1882 (age 0)

  • 1882 Dec Qtr, Lambeth, 1d/506

  • Census (1):

  • 1891 (age 8-9)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1911 (age 28-29)

  • Private governess, 5 trinity Road, Springfield, Chelmsford (boarder, unmarried)

  • Death fact:

  • 1935 (age 52-53)

  • 1935 Jun Qtr, Deben, 4a/1131

  • Death:

  • 30 May 1935 (age 52-53)

  • Kersey Towers Nursing Home, Felixstowe, Suffolk

Child 2: Marmaduke Fawkes

  • Name:

  • Marmaduke Fawkes

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Linda Esperanza Funnell (1880-1977)

  • Children:

  • Nirvana Ayscough de Fontenelle Fawkes (1914-1984)

  •  

  • Marmaduke Ayscough Fawkes (1915-1993)

  •  

  • Marguerite Irene Hope Fawkes (1917-2004)

  • Note 1:

  • Appointment as Commander of the Military Division of the Most Excellent order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) in recognition of services during the War:

    Surgeon Lieutenant Marmaduke Fawkes, M.B., R.N.

    For valuable services in H.M. ships during the War, at the R.N. Hospital, Haslar and at the R.N. Air Station, Barrow.

    London Gazette, Supplement, 19.8.1919, page 2

  • Note 2:

  • FAWKES Marmaduke of Midhurst Sussex died 14 August 1941. Probate Winchester 5 November to Linda Esperanza Fawkes widow. Effects £4405 10s.

  • Birth:

  • 25 Nov 1883

  • Chelmsford, Essex

  • Birth fact:

  • 1884 (age 0-1)

  • 1884 Mar Qtr, Chelmsford, 4a/369

  • Occupation (1):

  • 11 Jun 1910 (age 26)

  • Bachelor of Medicine, Midhurst, Sussex (on marriage cert.)

  • Occupation (2):

  • 3 Jan 1914 (age 30)

  • Medical practitioner (MB), Church Hill, Midhurst, Sussex (on daughter Nirvana's birth cert.)

  • Occupation (3):

  • 1939 (age 55-56)

  • Physician, White House, South End, Midhurst, Sussex

  • Death fact:

  • 1941 (age 57-58)

  • 1941 Sep Qtr, Midhurst, 2b/894 (aged 57)

  • Occupation (4):

  • 1941 (age 57-58)

  • Medical Practitioner, The White House, South St, Midhurst (on death cert.)

  • Death:

  • 14 Aug 1941 (age 57)

  • The White House, South Street, Midhurst, Sussex

  • Cause of death (Facts Pg):

  • 14 Aug 1941 (age 57)

  • Injuries caused by throwing himself from a window while of unsound mind

  • Will:

  • 5 Nov 1941 (age 57)

  • Probate Winchester to Luida Esperanza Fawkes (£4405)

Child 3: Attfield Fawkes

  • Name:

  • Attfield Fawkes

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 14 Jan 1885

  • Chelmsford, Essex

  • Birth fact:

  • 1885 (age 0)

  • 1885 Mar Qtr, Chelmsford, 4a/404

  • Census:

  • 1911 (age 25-26)

  • Assists on farm, Bawdsey, Woodbridge, Suffolk (boarder, unmarried)

  • Occupation (1):

  • 1939 (age 53-54)

  • Incapacitated, 9 Rosebery Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk

  • Residence:

  • 1962 (age 76-77)

  • 20 Berners Road, Felixstowe (on death cert.)

  • Occupation (2):

  • 1962 (age 76-77)

  • Farm Student (Retired)

  • Death:

  • 29 Dec 1962 (age 77)

  • Felixstowe General Hospital, Suffolk

  • Cause of death (Facts Pg):

  • 29 Dec 1962 (age 77)

  • Mitral Incompetence

  • Death fact:

  • 1963 (age 77-78)

  • 1963 Mar Qtr, Samford, 4b/1410 (aged 77)

Child 4: Irene Fawkes

  • Name:

  • Irene Fawkes

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Note 1 (shared):

  • Irene was born in 1886 in Chelmsford, where she attended Chelmsford School of Art. She was awarded the Silver Medal by the City and Guilds of London Institution. In the 1920s and 1930s, she worked as a commercial designer and illustrator, and between 1923 and 1935 produced 22 posters and 13 panel posters for London Transport. She also taught drawing and design at the Sir John Cass Technical Institute, Jewry Street, London (now incorporated in London Metropolitan University) between 1927 and 1935.

    Three posters by Irene Fawkes were reproduced in "By Underground to Kew: London Transport posters: 1908 to the present" by Jonathan Riddell and William T. Stearn (1994)

    I am endebted to Dr E. Charles Nelson for the above information. An illustrated article by Dr Nelson has been published in the 2006 Yearbook of The Heather Society: E. C. Nelson, 2006 Miss Irene Fawkes' Heather: the "cover story". Heathers 3: ii, 19-21 (2006).

    For more details see http://www.heathersociety.org.uk/yearbook.html

    and http://www.decoware.co.uk/irene-fawkes.html

  • Note 2:

  • FAWKES Irene of 20 Berners Rd Felixstowe Suffolk died 13 August 1977. Probate Ipswich 13 September £779.

  • Birth:

  • 27 Feb 1886

  • Chelmsford, Essex

  • Birth fact:

  • 1886 (age 0)

  • 1886 Jun Qtr, Chelmsford, 4a/408

  • Census:

  • 1911 (age 24-25)

  • Art teacher, 34 Hamlet Road, Chelmsford (unmarried)

  • Residence (1):

  • 18 Feb 1941 (age 54)

  • 9 Rosebery Road, Felixstowe (in attendance at death of father)

  • Residence (2):

  • 29 Dec 1962 (age 76)

  • 20 Berners Road, Felixstowe (on death cert. of Attfield Fawkes)

  • Residence (3):

  • 1977 (age 90-91)

  • Artist (retired), 20 Berners Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk

  • Death fact:

  • 1977 (age 90-91)

  • 1977 Sep Qtr, Ipswich, 10/2285

  • Death:

  • 13 Aug 1977 (age 91)

  • Osbourne House Nursing Home, 17/19 Montague Road, Felixstowe

Child 5: Norman Fawkes

  • Name:

  • Norman Fawkes

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Margaret Turner Henderson (1903-2001)

  • Children:

  • Margaret Fawkes (1924- )

  • Note 1:

  • MARRIAGES: FAWKES - HENDERSON - On the 7th Nov. at St. Paul's, Whitley Bay, Norman, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Attfield Fawkes, of Felixstowe (formerly of Chelmsford), to Margaret Turner (Peggy), younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Henderson, "Springfield", the Gardens, Monkseaton.

    Chelmsford Chronicle - Friday 09 November 1923

  • Note 2:

  • FAWKES Norman of 20 Berners Rd Felixstowe Suffolk died 26 May 1987. Probate Ipswich 1 July £51918.

  • Birth:

  • 6 Jul 1891

  • Chelmsford, Essex

  • Birth fact:

  • 1891 (age 0)

  • 1891 Sep Qtr, Chelmsford, 4a/456

  • Census:

  • 1911 (age 19-20)

  • Electrical engineer's apprentice, living with sister Irene

  • Occupation:

  • 1941 (age 49-50)

  • Engineer (on father's will)

  • Death fact:

  • May 1987 (age 95)

  • Death Registration, Ipswich, Suffolk (aged 95)

  • Death:

  • 26 May 1987 (age 95)

  • Ipswich, Suffolk

Note on Husband: 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 Husband: 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.

Note on Wife: Sarah Smith Hartridge

FAWKES Sarah Smith of Siegbert Rosebery Road Felixstowe Suffolk (wife of Frank Attfield Fawkes) died 21 June 1930; Probate Winchester 2 August to Marmaduke Fawkes medical practitioner. Effects £1080 1s. 8d.

Note on Child 1: Avis Fawkes

FAWKES Avis of Siegbert Rosebery Road Felixstowe Suffolk spinster died 30 May 1935 at Kersey Towers Nursing Home Felixstowe; Administration Ipswich 1 July to Frank Attfield Fawkes gentleman. Effects £95 17s.

Note on Child 2: Marmaduke Fawkes (1)

Appointment as Commander of the Military Division of the Most Excellent order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) in recognition of services during the War:

Surgeon Lieutenant Marmaduke Fawkes, M.B., R.N.

For valuable services in H.M. ships during the War, at the R.N. Hospital, Haslar and at the R.N. Air Station, Barrow.

London Gazette, Supplement, 19.8.1919, page 2

Note on Child 2: Marmaduke Fawkes (2)

FAWKES Marmaduke of Midhurst Sussex died 14 August 1941. Probate Winchester 5 November to Linda Esperanza Fawkes widow. Effects £4405 10s.

Note on Child 4: Irene Fawkes (1) - shared note

Irene was born in 1886 in Chelmsford, where she attended Chelmsford School of Art. She was awarded the Silver Medal by the City and Guilds of London Institution. In the 1920s and 1930s, she worked as a commercial designer and illustrator, and between 1923 and 1935 produced 22 posters and 13 panel posters for London Transport. She also taught drawing and design at the Sir John Cass Technical Institute, Jewry Street, London (now incorporated in London Metropolitan University) between 1927 and 1935.

Three posters by Irene Fawkes were reproduced in "By Underground to Kew: London Transport posters: 1908 to the present" by Jonathan Riddell and William T. Stearn (1994)

I am endebted to Dr E. Charles Nelson for the above information. An illustrated article by Dr Nelson has been published in the 2006 Yearbook of The Heather Society: E. C. Nelson, 2006 Miss Irene Fawkes' Heather: the "cover story". Heathers 3: ii, 19-21 (2006).

For more details see http://www.heathersociety.org.uk/yearbook.html

and http://www.decoware.co.uk/irene-fawkes.html

Note on Child 4: Irene Fawkes (2)

FAWKES Irene of 20 Berners Rd Felixstowe Suffolk died 13 August 1977. Probate Ipswich 13 September £779.

Note on Child 5: Norman Fawkes (1)

MARRIAGES: FAWKES - HENDERSON - On the 7th Nov. at St. Paul's, Whitley Bay, Norman, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Attfield Fawkes, of Felixstowe (formerly of Chelmsford), to Margaret Turner (Peggy), younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Henderson, "Springfield", the Gardens, Monkseaton.

Chelmsford Chronicle - Friday 09 November 1923

Note on Child 5: Norman Fawkes (2)

FAWKES Norman of 20 Berners Rd Felixstowe Suffolk died 26 May 1987. Probate Ipswich 1 July £51918.