Frances (Alcock) Fletcher (1857 - abt. 1940)

Born 1857 in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Fanny's birth was registered in the September quarter of 1857 (Fanny Allcock, mother's maiden name starts Br....)^[1]. As this is two year's after Henry Alcock's (1826-1855) death, her father is unknown.

In 1861 Fanny (3, born Gainsborough) and her mother Amelia (a charwoman, 39, born Barton-on-Humber) were living in Caudwell's Yard, Church Street, Gainsborough ^[2].

Fanny (daughter of Henry Alcock) married Joseph Fletcher (son of Joseph) at All Saints church, Gainsborough, on 2nd June 1879 ^[3].

In 1881 Fanny (aged 24) and Joseph (a boiler maker, born Oakbrook, Derbyshire, aged 30) and their infant son Arthur (born Gainsborough) were living at Gainsborough with a lodger Thomas Scaman (23, born Horncastle, Lincolnshire, a joiner)^[4]

In 1891 Fanny (34) and Joseph (40) were living at Darnall, Attercliffe Cum Darnall, West Riding, Yorkshire, with their children Arthur (10, born Lincolnshire), Charles (8 born Nottinghamshire), Frances (6 born Lincolnshire), Margaret (4, born Lincolnshire) and Joseph (2, born Linconlshire) ^[5].

In 1911 Joseph (60, born Derby, Derbyshire, a boiler maker), Frances (54, born Gainsborough Lincolnshire), and their children Joseph Fletcher Jun (22 born Gainsborough, a labourer in a malleable iron foundry) and John William (12, born Sheffield) were living in Gainsborough once more ^[6]. Later that year Joseph junior married Lily Atkinson in Lincoln ^[7].

Research notes

Registration of birth date tallies with later census dates. However, this would mean conception no later than September 1856, and although she gives her father's name as Henry at marriage, she is therefore not his daughter, if her father died in 1855.

Sources

1. ↑ GRO Reference: 1857 S Quarter in GAINSBURGH Volume 07A Page 594
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7CC-4RF : 29 December 2020), Fanny Alcock in household of Amelia Alcock, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom; 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.
3. ↑ Gainsborough : All Saints : Register of unspecified type : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/58180640e93790eb7f0f1624 : viewed 5 Feb 2021) marriage Joseph Fletcher to Fanny Alcock 02 Jun 1879
4. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27K-3TWM : 12 December 2017), Francis Fletcher in household of Joseph Fletcher, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 38, Piece/Folio 3295/43, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,965.
5. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7LT5-MN2 : 7 May 2019), Frances Fletcher in household of Joseph Fletcher, Darnall, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Yorkshire, Yorkshire (West Riding) county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
6. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7YZ-VHT : 15 July 2019), Frances Fletcher in household of Joseph Fletcher, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom; 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.
7. ↑ "England, Lincolnshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1990," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL12-53K2 : 16 March 2018), Joseph Fletcher and Lily Atkinson, 08 Jul 1911; citing Marriage, 08 Jul 1911, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, Lincolnshire Record Office, Lincoln; FHL microfilm 1,542,066.