which school?

[cecile]

I am looking for some info on where my grandfather went to school about 1890 . It has been 'common knowledge' in the family over the years that he went to boarding school some say in the Isle of Man others say  the Isle of Wight!! 
Does anyone have any idea where I would start to look and was there a boarding school in the Isle of Man in those days? or even the Isle of Wight?

Incidentally, his name was Robert George Fraser and he was born in Liverpool in 1880.
I know that it is the old needle in a haystack, but it would be interesting if anyone had any ideas to go on.

Many thanks
Cecile

[Necromancer]

Do you know his family - parents & siblings in 1891 ?


Theres a Robert G Fraser (c1881 Liverpool), Father Robert (born Glasgow) a Plumber & Painter in Toxteth Park area

1891 - RG12/2932; Folio 41; Page 18 - Toxteth Park
26, Beloe Street
 
Robert Fraser 34 Widow   Head Plumber Painter Glasgow
Ann D Fraser 12  dau Liverpool
Robert G Fraser 10  son Liverpool
Thomas E Fraser 5  son do
Mary E Fraser 3  dau do

Helen Seffler 19  Servant

[cecile]

Hi

Spot on!!  That is the correct family

Cecile

[Necromancer]

just wondering if there'd be enough money in that role to send him to Boarding school ?

Then again, Widowed Dad was able to employ a servant  ......

[cecile]

Hi again
His father was quite a wealthy man apparently, he owned lots of property in Liverpool as well as his plumbers and painters business.

Although it strates that he was a widower - that is not strictly true!!  He and his wife were seperated and  later divorced and he married again in 1897. She also married later.

Cecile

[Necromancer]

sounds feasible then - what job did Robert jnr end up doing when he left school ?

[cecile]

He went into the army.  He collected the rents from the many houses that his father owned = but spent the money on parties for his friends - so the tale goes - (which didnt go down well with his father) he ended up leaving home and 'doing his own thing' which seemed to end up as odd jobs here and there and getting married somewhere along the way and eventually joining up again in 1914.

Although he didnt seem to do much with his life, I just wondered if he had in fact had the boarding school education that I was always told about from other members of the family.

Cecile

[Teea]

There was, and is, a school of some renown at Castletown on the Isle of Man. It is King William's College and was founded in 1833.
http://www.rootschat.com/links/06qw/ will tell you more.

Teea

[cecile]

Hi Teea

Many thanks for that - I will have a read through it all.

Cecile