Frecknall/Head Lymington/Milford 1880

[deoxy]

Hello, Sorry for the delay in replying. The kitchen boiler broke down on Sunday and it's taken this long to do the washing up.....! Not really, it just feels like it. Thanks for describing the house and the information about the builder. . William Frecknall b. 1836 Worksop married Ann Selina Reeve (who was born about the same time, Worksop) in Sheffield in 1855. I don't know why the boys seemed to die young. Wiliam's father died age 36 of pulmonary congestion. This usually means tuberculosis but could cover  anything that affects the lungs. Their first child was Annie Amelia  b. Brentford, Islington and died there in 1857, then they had Wiliam Robert Reeve Frecknall b. 1857  Brentford and died 1874. They had another 7 children. William lived until 1917. Arthur, one of his sons died age 36 and his son (my grandfather) died age 83. Regards, Sandra 

[janem]

Really interesting to see the replies and to know the house they lived in is still there.
My g grandafther was Williams second son Frederick,b in 1858 in Wiltshire. The first child born in Milford was Henry in 1867.Frederick also became a schoolteacher, in Pennington initially.
Not sure why so many died:I did read there wa a cholera epidemic in Milford in 1892,but also a cousin of mine, a Frecknall, was born with a congenital heart condition.

[deoxy]

In the 1861 census William and Ann were living in Berkshire. William Robert Reeve Frecknall was 3 (died in Lymington age 22), Frederick John Howard Frecknall was 2 and there was a son George Edward Frecknall age 3 months who died in 1863 in Stainsby, Derbyshire. The next child was Florence born in 1863 Stainsby, baptised at Ault Hucknall and died in Lymington in 1925 age 63,   Charles Nelson Frecknall born in Stainsby, Derbyshire 1864, baptised at Ault Hucknall, married in Chertsey in 1896, died in 1924, Lymington age 60.  Henry Ernest Frecknall born Lymington 1866, married 1888 Lymington. Walter Augustus Frecknall born 1868 Lymington, died Lymington 1884 age 16. Percy Reeve Frecknall born Lymington 1870, married Camberwell 1891, died Lymington 1897 age 27.  Arthur Reeve Frecknall, my great grandfather, born 1871 Lymington. married Islington 1890, died South Stoneham 1906 age 36. Maud Agnes R Frecknall born 1873 Lymington who was still living with dad William in 1891 and as far as I know she and Florence didn't marry. I wondered if it might be lung cancer that they died of but I think a congenital heart condition is more likely. I think a few death certificates are needed. Also I inherited a rhesus negative blood group from my Frecknall mother and wonder if it came from the Frecknall line or her mother's side.  The photo is of Arthur's son, Harry, my grandfather and my grandmother.