The Orys and Cook Family Tree » John Freer (1883-1971)

Personal data John Freer 

  • He was born on 08 OR 18-01-1883 in Cwmbran, Monmouthshire, Wales.Source 1
    Name: John Freer Year of Registration: 1883 Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar District: Pontypool County: Gwent, Monmouthshire Volume: 11a Page: 159

    First name(s) JOHN Last name FREER Birth year 1883 Birth quarter 1 Registration month - Mother's last name -
    District PONTYPOOL County Monmouthshire Country Wales Volume 11A Page 159

    (Baptism record and 1939 census give different dates)
  • He was baptized on January 19, 1884 in Llanfrechfa, Monmouthshire..
    First name(s) JOHN
    Last name FREER
    Birth year 1883
    Birth day 8
    Birth month Jan
    Baptism year 1884
    Baptism day 19
    Baptism month Jan
    Place LLANFRECHFA
    Mother's first name(s) Lucy
    Father's first name(s) John
    County Monmouthshire
    Country Wales
    Page 97
    Record set Monmouthshire Baptisms
  • Profession: in the year 1911 Ironmongers Clerk.Source 2
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1891: Bell Street, Shaftesbury Holy Trinity, Shaftesbury, Dorset, England.Source 1
      Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 1628; Folio 5; Page 4; GSU roll: 6096738

      1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Bell Street, Holy Trinity, Shaftesbury, Dorset, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
      John J Freer Head Married Male 37 1854 Engine Driver Stationary Engine Leicester, Leicestershire, England
      Lucy Freer Wife Married Female 38 1853 - Devon, England
      Frederick Freer Son Single Male 15 1876 Pupil Teacher National School Cwmbran, Monmouthshire, Wales
      Lilian M Freer Daughter Single Female 13 1878 Dressmakers Apprentice Cwmbran, Monmouthshire, Wales
      John Freer Son - Male 8 1883 Scholar Cwmbran, Monmouthshire, Wales
      Edith Freer Daughter - Female 4 1887 Scholar Shaftesbury, Dorset, England
      Stanley G Freer Son - Male 2 1889 - Shaftesbury, Dorset, England
      Frank Freer Son - Male 0 1891 - Shaftesbury, Dorset, England
    • in the year 1911: 4 Barton Hill Shaftesbury, Dorset, England.Source 2
      RG14PN12167 RG78PN686 RD257 SD1 ED4 SN194

      1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      4 Barlow Hill Shaftesbury, Shaftesbury, Dorset, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Occupation Age Birth year Birth place
      John James Freer Head Married Male Engineer At Water Works 57 1854 Town and County of Leicester
      Lucy Freer Wife Married Female - 58 1853 Devonshire Broadclyst
      John Freer Son Single Male Ironmonger Clerk 28 1883 Monmouthshire Cwm Bran
      George Freer Son Single Male Cycle Machinist 16 1895 Shaftesbury Dorset
      Bessie Freer Daughter - Female School 13 1898 Shaftesbury Dorset
    • in the year 1939: 3 Coronation Villas, Sherborne U.D., Dorset.
      Freer Household (2 People) 3 Coronation Villas , Sherborne U.D., Dorset, England
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      First name(s) Last name(s) DOB Occupation
      John Freer 18 Jan 1883 Ironmongers Clerk
      Kathleen Freer 29 Nov 1889 Unpaid Domestic Duties
    • in the year 1971: 1214A Christchurch Road, Boscombe East, Bournemouth, Dorset.
  • He died on November 24, 1971 in Bournemouth, Dorset. England, he was 88 years old.
    First name(s) JOHN
    Last name FREER
    Gender Male
    Birth day 8
    Birth month 1
    Birth year 1883
    Age -
    Death quarter 4
    Death year 1971
    District BOURNEMOUTH
    County Dorset
    Volume 6B
    Page 453
    Country England
  • Probate on January 3, 1972 naar London, England.
    Name: John Freer
    Death Date: 24 Nov 1971
    Death Place: Bournemouth
    Probate Date: 3 Jan 1972
    Probate Registry: London
    Effects ¹3,635
  • A child of John James Freer and Lucy Brooks
  • This information was last updated on January 3, 2022.

Household of John Freer

He is married to Kathleen Stowell.

They got married on August 25, 1915 at Shaftesbury, Dorset. England, he was 32 years old.

First name(s) JOHN
Last name FREER
Marriage quarter 3
Marriage year 1915
Registration month -
MarriageFinder™ JOHN FREER married
KATHLEEN STOWELL
Spouse's last name STOWELL
District SHAFTESBURY
District number -
County Dorset
Country England
Volume 5A
Page 592

Child(ren):

  1. Cederick John Freer  1927-2016 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Freer

GEORGE BROOKS
1822-1885
HARRIET MAUNDER
1824-1901
Lucy Brooks
1851-1929

John Freer
1883-1971

1915

Kathleen Stowell
1889-1957

Cederick John Freer
1927-2016

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    Sources

    1. 1891 Census England, 5th April 1891
    2. 1911 Census England, 2nd April 1911

    Historical events

    Christening day January 19, 1884

    • The temperature on January 19, 1884 was about 4.3 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • February 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
      • March 13 » The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
      • March 27 » A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
      • August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
      • October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
      • October 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.

    Day of marriage August 25, 1915

    • The temperature on August 25, 1915 was between 8.9 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1915: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
      • January 13 » The 6.7 Mw  Avezzano earthquake shakes the Province of L'Aquila in Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 29,978–32,610.
      • January 19 » German strategic bombing during World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.
      • January 21 » Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit.
      • January 24 » World War I: British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty engage Rear-Admiral Franz von Hipper's battle cruisers in the Battle of Dogger Bank.
      • March 18 » World War I: During the Battle of Gallipoli, three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles.
      • December 20 » World War I: The last Australian troops are evacuated from Gallipoli.

    Day of death November 24, 1971

    • The temperature on November 24, 1971 was between -3.0 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1971: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 13.1 million citizens.
      • January 21 » The current Emley Moor transmitting station, the tallest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom, begins transmitting UHF broadcasts.
      • April 10 » Ping-pong diplomacy: In an attempt to thaw relations with the United States, China hosts the U.S. table tennis team for a week-long visit.
      • June 11 » The U.S. Government forcibly removes the last holdouts to the Native American Occupation of Alcatraz, ending 19 months of control.
      • August 1 » The Concert for Bangladesh, organized by former Beatle George Harrison, is held at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
      • November 22 » In Britain's worst mountaineering tragedy, the Cairngorm Plateau Disaster, five children and one of their leaders are found dead from exposure in the Scottish mountains.
      • December 16 » Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: The ceasefire of the Pakistan Army brings an end to both conflicts. This is commemorated annually as Victory Day in Bangladesh, and as Vijay Diwas in India.
    

    Same birth/death day

    Source: Wikipedia


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