Claudia Sophia (Roach) Fricker was born in Barbados.
Baptism
Claudia Sophia Roach was the daughter of Richard Thomas Roach & Margaret Elizabeth Olton. Claudia was baptised on 22 January 1874 in Saint John, Barbados, Caribbean.[1][2]
Family
Claudia met George on his whirlwind trip around the world in the colonial wars. He was a soldier stationed at St. Ann's Garrison and he married her instantly on 27 April 1892 in St. Paul's chapel, St. Michael, Barbados[3] and Frank was born in Barbados later in the year. [4] Subsequently they travelled around the world with their family. Victoria May Fricker was born in Rangoon, British India on 22 January 1901, her sister Millicent was also born in Rangoon. George and Claudia returned to England during their tour where Ernest was born. After George's retirement from the Duke of Wellington's regiment, their youngest son, Charles Fricker was born.
Claudia was 37 years old in the 1911 England census and lived at 10 Northfield Place in Bradford, Yorkshire with her family. [5]
Son Frank Edmund Fricker (1892-1983) was absent and with the Royal Artillery.
Name
Relation
Status
Sex
Age
Occupation
Birth Place
George Edmond Fricker
Head
M
M
40
Bandmaster
London
Claudia Fricker
Wife
M
F
37
Barbados
Thomas Fricker
Son
S
M
16
Worsted Spinner
South Africa
George Fricker
Son
S
M
15
Worsted Spinner
South Africa
Ernest Fricker
Son
S
M
13
Doffer at Mill
Halifax
Millicent Fricker
Daughter
S
F
11
At School
Burma
Victoria Fricker
Daughter
S
F
10
At School
Burma
Helen Fricker
Daughter
S
F
4
Litchfield
Claudia Fricker
Daughter
S
F
3
Litchfield
Emily Costello
Sister-in-Law
M
F
34
Frame Cleaner at Mill
Barbados
Annie Costello
Her Daughter
S
F
2
Hollyhead
Mary Cassidy
Boarder
S
F
20
Worsted Spinner
Ireland
John Cassidy
Boarder
S
M
18
Worsted Spinner
Ireland
Note
Note: Claudia Sophia Fricker ( Roach ) and Claudia 3
↑Baptism:
"Caribbean, Select Births and Baptisms, 1590-1928" Ancestry Record 60245 #10307 (accessed 1 March 2022)
Claudia Sophia Roach baptism on 22 Jan 1874, daughter of Richard Thomas Roach & Margaret Elizabeth Olton, in Saint John, Barbados, Caribbean.
↑ "Barbados Church Records, 1637-1887," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:68P1-132C : 15 August 2022), Claude Sopia Roach, 22 Jan 1874; citing Baptism, Barbados, Department of Archives, Blackrock; FHL microfilm ..
↑ "Barbados Church Records, 1637-1887," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6Z9Y-S8LQ : 16 August 2022), Claludia Roach in entry for George Edmond Fricker, 27 Apr 1892; citing Marriage, Saint Michael, Barbados, Department of Archives, Blackrock; FHL microfilm .
↑1911 Census:
"1911 England Census"
The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1911England #39177267 (accessed 1 March 2022)
Claudia Fricker, wife, in household of George Edmond Fricker (40) at 10 Northfield Place Bradford. Born in Barbados
Child Birth or Baptism: "West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1910" West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; New Reference Number: WDP57/1/1/2 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2252 #305806690 (accessed 1 March 2022) Name: Claudia Fricker; Gender: Female; Spouse: George Edmund Fricker; Child: Alfred Ernest Fricker.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Claudia Sophia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Claudia Sophia: