Frederick Easom

Frederick was the son of Thomas and Edith Maria Easom (née Rossiter).

Frederick's father, Thomas, was born in Hucknall in 1883, the son of Thomas and Hannah Easom (née Spencer m. Basford parish church 1877). His mother, Edith Maria Rossiter, was born in Pinxton in 1878.

Thomas and Hannah Easom probably had 12 children, two of whom died in infancy: all the births were registered in Basford Nottingham; Ellen birth registered 1879 JFM, Hannah b. 1880, Thomas b. 4 January 1883, Elizabeth b. 1884, Betsy Ann b. 1886, Samuel birth reg. 1888 JFM, William birth registered 1891 JFM, Emily/Emma b. 1892, John b. 1895, George b. 1897 d. 1898 JFM, Alice b. 1898 d. 1899 JAS Basford and James b. 1900.

Their children were born in either Bulwell or Hucknall Torkard where the family was living at the time of the 1881 and 1891 Census. However, they had moved to 39 Prospect Court, Shirebrook by 1901. Hannah died in 1908 (AMJ) and Thomas married Annie Jaynes the same year (reg. OND Mansfield). Thomas and Annie were living at 149 Station Road, Shirebrook, in 1911; also in the household on the night of the census were his sons John and James and Annie's two unmarried daughters and her granddaughter. Annie died in 1918 and by 1921 Thomas was living with his married daughter Elizabeth Easter and her husband at 29 Merchant Street, Shirebrook. Thomas was a miner (unemployed) and his sons also worked at local collieries.

Thomas and Edith Maria were married in 1903 (AMJ Mansfield) and had six children who were born in Mansfield Woodhouse: Johnson Thomas b. 1904, Charley b. 1905, Phyllis May b. 1907, William Arthur (Arthur) b. 1913, Frederick b. 1919 and Edith Ellen b. October 1921. The birth registrations for Johnson, Charley and William gave their mother's maiden name as Rossiter, but that of Frederick and Ellen as Sewell.

Thomas, a miner, his wife and their three children Johnson, Charley and Phyllis, were living at 2 Meadow Cottages, Mansfield Woodhouse, in 1911. They were still at the same address in 1921; Thomas and his sons Johnson and Charley were miners at Sherwood Colliery, Phyllis was engaged on 'home duties', Arthur was school age and Frederick was under two years old. Their sister Edith was born later that year.

Charley, Frederick and Edith were still living with their parents at 2 Meadow Cottages in 1939 when the England & Wales Register was compiled, but there was also one other member of the household whose record remains closed. Charley was a colliery hewer, Frederick a labourer in a steel foundry and Edith a shoe factory press operator. Thomas was still working as a colliery hewer but was also a special constable. His daughter Edith later joined the Women's Land Army; she married Arthur Bumstead in 1945 (JFM).

Charley had married Eunice Emily Elliott in 1927, but in 1939 she was living at 196 Denewood Crescent, Nottingham, and working as a spooler cotton hand.

Johnson Thomas had married Irene Eather-sic in 1930 and they were living on Wordsworth Avenue, Mansfield Woodhouse, in 1939 (one closed record). Phyllis had married Albert E Spencer in 1929 and they and their son William (b. 1935) were living on Lawrence Avenue, Mansfield Woodhouse (two closed records, twins Ronald & Donald b. 1937). William married Jessie Jephson in 1939 and they were living with his parents-in-law on Silverdale Avenue, Mansfield Woodhouse.

Edith Maria Easom died in 1950 aged 72 and her husband Thomas died in 1957 (reg. JFM) aged 74.