Frederick Scott

Frederick Scott was the son of Sarah Ann Scott, father not recorded. Frederick was born in Worksop, birth registered 1894 (J/F/M), and baptised at Worksop St Mary (Priory) on 20 March 1895. His mother was about 17 years old when Frederick was born. Frederick's mother Sarah Ann was born in Worksop in 1877, the daughter of Ann Scott (b. Worksop 1860), father not recorded. Ann was the second child of Edward and Sarah Scott (née Greatorex m. 1858) who in 1871 were living at Marecroft, Worksop, with their three children, Henry, Ann and William. Ann Scott married William Marsden at Worksop St Mary (Priory) in July 1879 and according to the 1911 census, she had had eight children, three of whom died before 1911. Seven 'Marsden' children have been traced on census or birth registrations, one of whom is known to have died in childhood: George b. 1880, William b. 1882, Frances b. 1885 d. 1887, Annie b. 1890, Edwin b. 1888, Arabella b. 1892 and Frances Gertrude b. 1898. It is possible that Ann included her daughter, Sarah Ann Scott, as one of the eight children. No records have been traced for Sarah Ann Scott after the birth of her son Frederick in 1894 but she had died by the time the CWGC record was compiled so may have died before 1911. In 1881 Ann and William Marsden were living at 63 Marecroft, Worksop, with their first child, George, while Ann's daughter, Sarah Ann (3) was living with her maternal grandparents, Edward and Sarah Scott, at 61 Marecroft, Worksop. Edward Scott died later that year and his wife probably died in 1887. In 1901, Frederick (7) was living at Pelham Street, Worksop, with members of the Marsden family: George (23), a labourer, who was described as head of household, his parents William (49), a coal miner hewer, and Ann (44), and his siblings William, Edwin, Annie, Arabella and Frances Gertrude. By 1911 Frederick, an underground roadman in the mines, was living at 15 Pelham Street, Worksop, with his uncle, Edwin Marsden (23), a coal miner hewer, his wife Lilian and their two children. Also in the home was Edwin's father, William Marsden (57) a labourer (quarry). William's wife, Ann, was living at 4 Plants Yard, Bridge Street, Worksop, and described as head of household. Also in the home on the night of the census were her daughters, Arabella and Frances Gertrude, her married son William, his wife Isabella (m. 1908) and their daughter Queeny (b. 1909) together with another grandchild, George Marsden (9). George Marsden (George Robert b. 1902) was probably the son of Ann's eldest son George who had married Nellie Price in 1902 (J/F/M). A report of Frederick's death in 1915 recorded that before he enlisted he had been lodging with his uncle William Marsden and his wife at 24 Trent Street, Worksop. William served in the war in the Royal Marine Light Infantry and was killed in 1917 leaving a widow and three children. (See 'Extra information')