Frecknall/Head Lymington/Milford 1880

[janem]

I am looking for information on Frederick William John Frecknall and Selina Ann Head.
They were both school teachers and single:Frederick at Hordle in 1881 and Selina in Lymington, at the time of 1881 cencus.
They married in Southampton in June 1881.Their first child Frederick william Claude was born in 1883 in Pennigton schoolhouse.
Frederick Frecknall was born in East Grafton Wiltshire,but there were several Frecknalls that moved into the area and I wonder if there is any link between them.
I cannot find any information about Selinas background.

[bekahsgran]

Hi
According to the 1871 census Selina A Head aged 12 is the daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth Head. Here is the census details if they are any help
Pennington, Hampshire 1871
Stephen Head head Marr 49 Coal Dealer and Farmer b Boldre, Hants
Elizabeth Wife Marr 50 b Lymington, Hants
Stephen Son 14 Labourer Agricultural b Pennington, Hants
SELINA A Daur 12 b Pennington, Hants
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Anne

[janem]

Thank You thats great.
My e-mail is Moderator comment - address removed to prevent spamming.  Please use pm facility to swap e-mail addressesThanks again I am really pleased to get this information.

[bearkat]

There are a few HEAD families in Comyn's New Forest, a  directory of the residents of Boldre 1817.  If you can get one generation further back you may be able to connect to one of them.  Most likely - Stephen and Ann nee CLARK of Pilley, youngest child listed  was born 1817.

[deoxy]

hello again, I found another claude in the Frecknall family.  Our ggg grandfather William's brother John Nelson Frecknall (Frecknell) who is about 8years younger than William, in 1882 married Charlotte Elizabeth Walker and their. son was christened in 1883 in the same year that William Frederick Claude was born or christened . His name was Frederick Charles Claude Frecknell.  I wonder if John Nelson Frecknell was a son of the original because  it's only two generations on that line by 1883 instead of three on the Frederick William John line. Deoxy

[janem]

Hi,I have just found this message...sorry.
Getting mixed up with my William Frecknalls!
My line goes:
William Frecknall married an Elizabeth Nelson died c 1851
William Frecknall b Worksop 1837.I know he had a brother John..but didnt know this was John Nelson.So he married Charlotte Walker and had a son Frederick Charles Claude Frecknall?
Frederick William John B East Grafton Wiltshire 1858
Frederick William Claude b Hampshire b 1883.
Right thanks I will check some cencus info.

[HampshireGirl]

Hi, quite an old post to reply to but I've only just joined so hope you're all still around.

I live in the house in Milford that the Frecknalls (widow William, born in Worksop) and seven of his children lived in 1891. Intrigued to know more about them - a lot of the children seem to die as young adults.

Also, the will of Charles Nelson Frecknall is in the Hampshire Records Office, if that's of interest to anyone!

[deoxy]

Hello, Sorry only just saw these last two posts. Hello Janem and Hampshire Girl.  Its interesting to hear from someone living in our relatives house. Could you describe it and the immediate area if you wouldn't mind. I think the place next door on one of the censuses was a brickworks. I'd like to see the will of Charles Nelson Frecknall but I can't get to the records office as I am agoraphobic and I think it's only available on microfiche. I'll be sending away for  photocopy of a photograph eventually, from Hants record office of William 1836's son Henry Ernest Frecknall who is in a pamphlet called Lymington Men of Note I think about various public figures. He was the organist and choirmaster at St. Thomas' church there. I'l be back later with more details about the family. I'll be in trouble if I abandon the Sunday dinner...... Regards Deoxy.

[HampshireGirl]

Hi - the house is unusual in that it was one of the first Victorian concrete buildings (and very cold!). The man who built it (Peterson) was a judge in India and interested in their building methods, obviously oblivious to the difference in climate! He built the Sway Tower (aka Peterson's Folly) using the same method - unwashed pebbles from Milford beach. My husband curses him every time he needs to hang a picture on the foot thick walls and half a ton of rubble pours out! Peterson claims to have been influenced from beyond the grave by Christopher Wren but was also a philanthropist and provided a lot of work for local agricultural labourers when farming started to disappear. The house is at the top of a hill half a mile from the sea whereas most of his buildings are in Sway. I often wondered whether they just got fed up lugging the rubble and just dumped it here instead!

It's just a very plain, almost Georgian looking three storey semi. The top floor is an attic room with its own little staircase and probably would have had sea views before the trees got so tall. You can just see the Isle of Wight in the winter. I think most of the cottages around were thatched but they've all but disappeared since this house was built, around the time they were trying to turn Milford into an upmarket holiday resort.

I think before living here they may have been in the old school house, but I don't think it exists any more unless it's been incorporated into the school buildings.

Anyway, hope that's enough! What happened to all the men, they seem to have died quite young.

Enjoy your meal!