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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Thomas Fradley Wives
« on: Monday 10 June 13 01:06 BST (UK)  »
Hi Crisane,

This information is amazing thank you for finding it - I passed lots of it on to my Dad, he never knew he had a Great Grandad Benjamin!   And it cleared up who the real Granny Grainger was!   :)  plus all the other relatives that went with them both, I did manage to find two photos one of Elizabeth Fradley Daughter of Benjamin and of her husband.    I have discovered that Fradley information is much easier to find than all the other family names in my Tree - I will check out the familysearch.org for the others too.  Thank you again!  you have been wonderful!  :)

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Thomas Fradley Wives
« on: Sunday 09 June 13 15:51 BST (UK)  »
Hi Crisane - actually I think you have solved the problem for me -  Granny Grainger was not the Jane Agnes Grainger - she was Eliza Ann Grainger/Fradley - mother of Thomas Fradley - his Dad still being Benjamin.   I think the Thomas Fradley and Jane Agnes Grainger are maybe distant relations but not what my Dad initially thought!   Thank you for your help, am pretty sure this is it.  :)

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Thomas Fradley Wives
« on: Sunday 09 June 13 15:09 BST (UK)  »
The Boatman part is Very interesting too - I have Thomas Fradley married to Jane Agnes Grainger - both of them listed as Boat man and Boat woman -  So it is also interesting to read from you that Thomas Fradley married to Drucilla was also a Boatman - the Canal boats were in the family, my Nanas brother Ben also worked on the canals.   
I did also find that Benjamin Fradley (born from William Fradley) did have a brother called Solomon Fradley - he eventually had a Son - Thomas Fradley born 1823 - so I was in the frame of mind that the Thomas Fradley who married Jane Agnes Grainger was in fact a Great Uncle...not Great Grandfather.

I did find a post from 2009 on this forum which my relatives were posting on but I don't know who they were...they had all the information - hoping they may check on here now and then...I think the post is closed so I can't contact them now.   It was in that post I discovered Thomas Fradley apparently was married twice.   ???

 :)

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Thomas Fradley Wives
« on: Sunday 09 June 13 14:52 BST (UK)  »
Hi Crisane!  wow great information thank you!   
I am in the midst of doing my family tree - But the name Thomas Fradley is really getting confusing.  Both Thomas Fradley, married to Drucilla, and Thomas Fradley Married to Jane Agnes Grainger do both exist in my family, the part I am really unsure about is that both of these Thomas Fradleys have Benjamin as the Father - when I look through the Census on Marriages - however as you have rightly pointed out the Dates do not match.   Here is the path I was following...
William Fradley born 1775 married Margaret
They had a Son - Benjamin Fradley born 1795 - married Elizabeth Hassal
Ben and Elizabeth have a son - Benjamin Fradley born 1838 - then the trail kind of runs dry - I thought this Benjamin might be the father of Thomas Fradley - but I can't find any Son or wife connection to Eliza Ann Williams.  If I could find a Benjamin who had two sons - Benjamin and Thomas then it would be much easier.
My Dad thought that Thomas Fradley and Jane Ages Grainger were his Great Grandparents - but I think this is wrong, as my Dads Mums Dad was Thomas Fradley and his father according to the Census was Benjamin -  so you can see how it is getting lost...
Thank you for your time, really appreciated. :) :)

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Family History Beginners Board / Thomas Fradley Wives
« on: Sunday 09 June 13 06:04 BST (UK)  »
Hi,  I am looking for any information on Thomas Fradley - His mother was Eliza Ann Williams I believe, and his father was Benjamin Fradley.  My Grandmother Elizabeth (Betty) Fradley was the daughter of Thomas Fradley as mentioned, and Drucilla Matilda Garrett.   I have seen on old posts that Thomas Fradley had been married twice and I wondered if his First Wife was Jane Agnes Grainger (or Granny Grainger as my Grandma would call her)  My Grandmother Elizabeth Fradley married John Thomas Astbury (Both have now passed) I am doing the family tree and am getting really confused with the Thomas Fradley side.    Elizabeth had a brother Ben and sisters Edith, Rhoda and Drusilla, all I believe are now passed also.  Any help is greatly appreciated!   :)

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