Frank Storey

Frank was the son of George and Rachel Storey. His father George was born in Great Hale, Lincolnshire, in 1860 (bap. Great Hale parish church 1862), the son of George and Sarah Storey. He married Ellen Turner (b. abt 1863) in 1887 (reg. Newark) and in 1891 they were living at 12 Bells Row, Lovers Lane, Newark, with their two children, George and Sarah Ellen. Both children were born in Newark, George in 1887 and Sarah Ellen in January 1890 and baptised at Newark St Leonard the following month. George jnr. probably died in June 1899 (reg. Nottingham) and was interred in Nottingham St Catherine's churchyard. His mother Rachel was born in East Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, in 1866, the daughter of Henry and Ann Holmes, and was baptised at East Bridgford St Peter in November 1866. Her father was recorded on the 1881 Census as the innkeeper of the Crown Inn, North Collingham. He and his wife had at least ten children, six of whom, including Rachel, a general domestic servant, were still living at home. However, by 1891 only the youngest daughter was living with her parents who were still at the Crown Inn. Rachel has not yet been traced on the 1891 Census. According to the 1911 Census, George and Rachel had been married for 18 years (marriage date c. 1893) but no trace of their marriage has yet been found nor of the death of George's first wife, Ellen. George and Rachel had 11 children, three of whom died before 1911. Their eight surviving children have been traced from census records and birth registrations. With the exception of their eldest daughter whose birth was registered in her mother's surname, all the children were registered as 'Storey' and all but the eldest child were born in Sneinton: Sarah Storey Holmes b. Newark 1894, John Henry b. 1896, James b. 1897 (reg. 1898), Frank b. 1899, William b. 1903, Violet b. 1905, Albert b. 1907 and George b. 1909. Two of the three children who died in infancy were probably Annie b. 1901 d. 1901 and Arthur b. 1902 d. 1903. George, a railway carter, and Rachel appear on the 1901 Census living at 2 Littlewood Place, Sneinton, with their four children Sarah (6), Henry, James and Frank. Also in the household was Ellen [Sarah Ellen] aged 12, who was George's daughter by Ellen Taylor; she has not yet been traced after 1901. By 1911 the family was living at 25 Kingston Street, Sneinton, where they had probably been living since September 1909 (LNWR record). George and Rachel's eight children were in the home on the night of the census: Sarah a 'day girl domestic', John a van boy [London North Western Railway, Nottingham Station], James (13) 'at home' - suggesting he had left school but was not employed - Frank, William and Violet who were school age and Albert and George. Rachel died in 1912 (reg. Storey, J/A/S). The CWGC record gave Frank's father's address as 49 Newark Street, Sneinton. George Storey snr. died in 1945. Frank's brother John Henry, a railway labourer, joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 19 May 1914 and enlisted on a 12 year continuous service engagement on 30 June 1914, his eighteenth birthday. He served continuously to 29 June 1926 when he was Discharged Shore on the expiry of his engagement. He had married in Devonport (Devon) in 1924 and later lived with his wife and family in Hucknall.