Family name FRICKER

[phipps1]

Patricia,thank you for that information. I am not presently aware of any Somerset connection but I will look at that very carefully.
Thank you so much for your time and help. I will let you know how I get on and share what I have with you.
Best regards,

philip

[percy porter]

I have a Welsh Fricker who married into my family.

Alan NZ

[phipps1]

Alan, thank you.Was that in NZ ?
I am not presently aware of any New Zealand connection.
The Frickers connected to me went from Cornwall to the Victorian Gold Fields in the 1850s.
Sadly,my source material of this maternal link in my family is packed and on its way to Tasmania from here in China.
I can't access it properly until I arrive there in about July.
Where was the marriage Alan ?
Do you have a Fricker name ?
Some Australian towns connected with the Frickers are Digger's Rest,Lancefield,Romsey,( all Victorian country towns.
I would be interested to know if any of this is connected to your Fricker.
Thank you for your time,I appreciate it.

[percy porter]

I doubt there is any connection, the marriage took place in England to a maternal cousin, he deceased some years ago regretfully.  I do not know of any Frickers here in NZ but doubtless there are a few.

Alan NZ

[phipps1]

Thank you Alan. You could be right,
If I do find a connect in the future,I will happily contact you with what I have got.
I lived in Auckland and sometime in Tokoroa for 31 years. I miss the place very much !
Best regards,
Phipps1

[trish1120]

Hi Phipps1,
Aust Death Index
Thos Thompson FRICKER
Death 1892, Victoria, Age 66, Birth c 1826
Parents GEO Fricker and Mary THOMPSON

+ GEORGE Fricker died 1895 age 61, Coghills Creek, with same Parents

1841 Census in the Scilly Isles, Cornwall Thomas is a Blacksmith.

Do these names ring a bell?

Aust Passenger list have arriving on the "TORNADO" Sept 1856
FRICKER;
GEORGE, 22
MARY ANN, 22 (Mrs)
THOS, 30
CAROLINE, 27 (Mrs)

Trish

[trish1120]

1841 Census
St Mary, Scilly Isles, Cornwall
HO107/154/9/St Mary
George FRICKER, 50, Army Pensioner, Not born in County
Mary, 45
Mary, 25, Tailor
Sally, 20
Eliza, 15, Bonnet Maker
John, 15, Shipwright Apprentice
Elizabeth, 12
GEORGE, 7
All others born in County

1851 Census I am sure George is with his Grandparents. If this is your Frickers you are SO lucky;
HO107/1919/551/61
John THOMPSON, 86, Head, Mar, Farmer, born Scilly Isles
Sarah, 83, Wife, Mar, born Scilly Isles
Honor, 55, Daug, Unm, born Scilly Isles
GEORGE Fricker, 16, Lodger, Shipwright App, born Scilly Isles, Cornwall

Possible Marriage 1855, London, to Mary Ann THOMPSON on FreeBMD

Trish

[trish1120]

I have found George Snr in 1851/1861 and he is born c 1786, Wiltshire.
1871 Mary is a Widow.

Marriage FreeBMD;
Thomas FRICKER, June 1856, Liverpool, 8b 193
On the same page is Caroline MANN

Aust Death Index;
Mary Ann FRICKER, 1885, Victoria age 55
Parents Jno THOMPSON and Mary COLENSO
Now I thought the Thompsons George was lodging with were his Grandparents but they may be his future In Laws
(more research required after we have established this is your Family)

[phipps1]

Triish,WOW ! right on the button !
I am certain I am derived from the brother George who landed in Melbourne on the Tornado in September 1856.with his wife and his brother and sister-in-law
Coghills Creek certainly is a place related to my maternal ancestors.

Working backwards:
My late mother was Norma Gwendoline Rose Fricker,born 17.10.1916 - mother Constance Gertrude Andrew and father George Herbert Fricker. She died 2001 aged 85.

There are two other siblings,Grace now about 96 and Charles,who died aged  about 91,just last year.
.
My Great Grandfather was I think a John George Fricker,School Master of Digger's Rest.

There was a Norman Fricker who died in the 1914-1018 Great War in France and my mother was named after him.Could he be descended from  Thos Fricker ?

My mother once had military discharge papers for (the  1791)George Fricker ,from the early/mid 1800s and I think he was discharged because of problems with his feet , ( going from memory).but I did not find them amongst her things when she died aged about 85 in 2001.She died in Melbourne,Victoria.

My grandmother,Connie Fricker nee Andrew,a daughter of medical Dr. Andrew and Mrs Secker of Edinborough,Scotland,was born in Clunes,Victoria in 1881.
George Herbert Fricker was I think younger than her but he died in either 1949 or 1950 in Melbourne.
My Grandmother,Connie died in Melbourne in 1975 I think,aged 94.


I am struggling somewhat without my meager research papers but I am sure of the above material.

I really appreciate what you have done to open up the lives of these ancestors of mine.
Your kindness and time is appreciated so very much.
Thank you !
Philip