Agnes FROME

[BGB]

This lady who was born c.1895 was a children's author. But her name is a pen name not her real name. It is believed she was born in or around Frome but from examination of births and the 1901 census no conclusive evidence has been found. Does anyone know anything about this lady, please?
BGB

[Jo Harding]

Hello BGB,

I think your best hope would be to ask about records in the Frome Museum. They have an extansive database too and may have something about her.

http://www.fromemuseum.org/

Jo

[BGB]

Hello Jo,
Thank you for the idea. I'll contact the musem as you suggest.
Regards
BGB

[trish1120]

Someone else is interested in Agnes;
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,472447.msg3322379.html


Trish

[trish1120]

1891 Census
100 Broadway,
Frome, Somerset
RG12/1906/78/17

James WHEELER, 23, Head, Mar, General Labourer, born Frome, Somerset
Martha Wheeler, 19, Wife, Mar, born Upton Lovell, Wiltshire
AGNES Wheeler, 6mths, Daug, born Frome, Somerset

1901 Census we have;
Martha WHEELER, 29, Head, Mar, born Upton, Wilts
AGNES R Wheeler, 10, Daug
William R Wheeler, 4, Son
Edith D Wheeler, 3mths, Daug
Children born Frome, Somerset

[hassle]

Hello,
We are wondering if this Agnes was the children's author we are looking for.Do you have any more news on this family and who is the lady in the picture?
Did Agnes have a son called Paul born in London when she was about 26yrs?. 
Did she move to London about 1916-17?
Did she return to her home in Frome?
Did she possibly emigrate to Australia?
Be grateful for any help
Anne Collard Kember

[BGB]

Thank you for your reponses. Yes, Anne Kember and I are working together. What I did was  first, by reference to births of Agnes between 1890 and 1899 and second from the 1901 census was to list the various Agneses with their surname. There were around 6 who were born in Frome. Then I looked for births in range of 1916 to 1925 where the boy was called Paul + first surname. This surname was also given for the mother. (A splendid feature of Ancestry Co. is the system permits searches by first name.)
I repeated it 6 times for the Frome births and the only common name for both was Wheeler. So I thought we were home and dry. But then, after a further check, Agnes Wheeler married in Frome c. 1909! Another thing we know is that Agnes Frome had a sister with whom she lived in the 1920s. Don't know where though, maybe London.
So the search continues. There were many Agnes born in Somerset in that period. A Miss Mead is now under suspicion but has yet to be fully checked.
Regards
BGB

[BGB]

THis is to say thank you to all who replied with constructive suggestions to my appeal for information about Agnes Frome, children’s writer.

She has now been definitely identified!

There was a suggestion to check the Bodleian Library booklist (OLIM). This led to  an A. D . Frome (with no first names.)

Then, a site was identified which claimed to list all old writers! It is called www.kingkong.demon.co.uk
The particular section used was www.authorandbookinfo.com/ngcoba/fr.htm

This identified A.D. Frome as Agnes Dora Rimmer, Frome being a nom-de-plume.
Home and dry thank you.
BGB
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[michaelstgeorge]

Hoping to contact BGB or Anne Collard Kember (hassle) who have posted on this thread with questions about details of their research and possibly something to add. I can't post it publicly.

I don't see a way to send private messages through this site. Can anyone help?

I'm happy to post an email address where I can be reached if it is not an infraction to do so.

Thanks,
Michael