Fred Henry Lakin

Fred Henry Lakin was the son of Robert Lakin and Mary Robey who married in the Radford registration district in 1860. Their children included: John (b.1862), Mary A. (b.1866), Robert (b.1870), Lucy Ann (b.1871), Emma (b.1874), Sydney (b.1880) and Fred Henry (b.1882). All were born in Hyson Green. The Lakin family lived at: 14 Hyson Street, Hyson Green [C.1881]; 7 Speechley Street, Hyson Green [C.1891 & C.1901]. Mary Lakin probably died in the Basford registration district, aged 52, in 1893. Robert Lakin a lace warper, died, aged 70, at Nottingham soon after the 1911 census took place. However, quite where he was living in his final year of life is unclear. In 1909 Fred Henry Lakin married Lucy Ellen Harris at Nottingham. In 1911 they were living at 8 Dursley Terrace, Hyson Green. They had one child: George Henry (b.1912). In his death notice it was mentioned that Fred Henry Lakin was ‘late of Charlesworth Avenue’, New Basford [n.e.p.8.12.1916]. His widow lived at 5 Gate St., Radford Woodhouse [CWGC]. Lucy Ellen Lakin never remarried and was still living at 5 Gate Street, Radford Woodhouse when she died at Nottingham in May 1963 aged 79.