Frederick Wheat

Frederick was the fourth son of John and Lucy Wheat (née Matthewson).

His father was born in Sneinton in about 1839 and his mother in Sheffield in about 1841 and were married in 1864 (JAS Radford).

John and Lucy had six children, five sons and a daughter who were born in Nottingham: John Henry birth reg. 1865 (JFM); Arthur b. 1867; Rose Adeline birth reg. 1870 (JFM); William Edward b. 1874 (AMJ); Frederick b. 7 March 1876 and Ernest b. 1880 (OND). John Henry and Rose Adeline were baptised at Radford Christ Church on 6 March 1870, res. Holland Buildings and William Edward and Frederick were baptised at Nottingham St Ann on 2 February 1885, res. 47 Lewis Street.

John, a lace maker, were living on Truman Street in 1871 with their three children, John (6), Arthur (4) and Rose (1) but had moved to 47 Lewis Street by 1881; John was still employed as a lace maker and his eldest son, John, a clerk (hosiery warehouse). They were still at the same address when two of their children were baptised in 1885.

The couple had moved to 19 Berkeley Street by 1891. Five of their children were in the home on the night of the census: Arthur an electrical engineer, Rose a hosiery machinist, William a clerk, Frederick an apprentice fitter and Ernest (u/1y).

The eldest son, John Henry, a hosiery warehouseman, had married Esther Florence Ann Bench (b. Dudley, Birmingham) at Nottingham St Mark in March 1887, and in 1891 they were living at 72 East Lamartine Street, with their children Lena and Thomas Henry. A second son, Sydney, was born in 1896. By 1901 John, his wife, daughter Lena, a pupil teacher, Thomas a warehouseman and Sydney, were living at 93 Blue Bell Hill Road.

Arthur married Fanny Bycroft (b. Fulleby Lincolnshire) at Nottingham St Ann on 22 May 1893 and their son Percy J. was born in about 1895. In 1901 Arthur and his family were living at 27 Stewart Place, and at the same address in 1911: Arthur, a mechanic (small machines), Fanny and Percy, a clerk.

William Edward married Edith Alice Dabell in 1898 and their daughter Dorothy Alice was born the following year. In 1901 Edward, a bank clerk, Edith and Dorothy were living at 372 Lenton Boulevard, Nottingham. By 1911 Edward was a bank branch manager, and his wife and daughter, together with a domestic servant, were living at 60 St Anns Well Road. Dorothy married Ernest A Hopewell, a company director (furnisher), in 1923.

Frederick, an engineer and machine fitter had moved to London by 1901 where he was living at 82 Arthur Road, Lambeth. He married Elizabeth Ann Attfield (b. 11 November 1860) in 1906 (reg. Croydon) and in 1911 Frederick, a mechanical inspector (adding machine maker) and Elizabeth, a teacher (County Council), were living at 59 Albert Road, South Norwood, Surrey, with his widowed mother-in-law Louisa Attfield (77) and sister-in-law, Kate Louisa Attfield (48), who was the family's housekeeper. Frederick's widow, Elizabeth Ann, died on 1 July 1928; she was still living at 59 Albert Road, South Norwood.

By 1901 only Rose, a lace jennier, and Ernest, a clerk (cycle firm), were still living with their parents who had now moved to 4 Curzon Street. An 'In Memoriam' notice to Frederick in a local newspaper in 1919, gave his former address as Curzon Street.

Rose died on 9 February 1911 and at the time of the census a few months later, her father John, who at 77 was still working as a lace maker, and her mother were living on their own at 4 Stewart Place, Alfred Street South.

Ernest, a clerk (cycle manufacturer) had married Gertrude Millicent Kirk in 1908 (JAS) and in 1911 was living with his wife and mother-in-law, Lucy Annie Mary Kirk, at 19 Lomas Street, Nottingham. Ernest died of pneumonia on 21 February 1919. There were probably no children of the marriage.

John snr. died on 11 December 1916 and his widow Lucy on 20 February 1924.

Of Lucy's three surviving children:

John's wife, Esther, died in 1917 (reg. JFM) and at some point he moved to Branksome, Dorsetshire, where he died on 25 September 1934. Probate was awarded to his three children, Lena Louisa, spinster, Thomas Henry, warehouseman, and Sydney, schoolmaster.

Arthur may have moved to Surrey where he died in 1943 (OND Surrey) aged 76.

William Edward divorced his wife, Edith Alice, in 1925. He was recorded on subsequent electoral registers at (Bank House) 58/60 St Ann's Well Road. He has not yet been traced after the 1920s but may have died in Bournemouth.