My Great Uncle was born Frederick Weymouth Matthews on 09/08/1891 in Kings Norton (this was in Worcestershire at this time but only became part of Birmingham in the 1960s).
Moved around with family (dad James Mum Maria and two brothers Ernest & Wilfred)
He was in Cardiff in 1911 and I have recently found out he died in 1977 in Southend on Sea in Essex. (hence the reason he is being mentioned on here)
I also found out last week that on the 1939 census he was in Enfield in Middlesex but the shock is it mentions he was married.
Now her name is NOT on this census and he died alone (he has no headstone) so what I want to know is
1. When did he arrive in Southend.
2, What was his wifes name and did she come to Southend with him or not? &
3. anything that may help me track his timeline etc and if there are other family here
I'm hoping this info. at least answers part of your question 2 and a little bit of 3 if it's the correct FWM
From the
London Electoral Register I have found these entries
1939 50A Hertford Road Enfield
Frederick Weymouth Matthews &
Alice Matthews
Years 1936, 1937, 193820 Lincoln Way
Frederick Weymouth Matthews &
Alice Matthews
others at same address
S & R Ethel Brace married 1931 Sheffield mmn Wikeley
R A & D L Truefitt married 1928 mmn Rhoder
Years 1934, 1935 Enfield538 Hertford Road
Frederick Weymouth Matthews &
Alice Matthews
also at that address
H G & G D Siddens maiden name Dellow married 1930 Edmonton,
Siddens at that address for years 1931, 1936, 1937 and again 1963, 1964 but no Matthews
Years 1930, 1931, 1932 Enfield21 Lowden Road
Frederick Weymouth Matthews &
Alice Matthews
M L & D M Seaward,
M L are at that address from 1921, 1925,26,27,28,1933, 34,35,36 she married F C Seaward NO Matthews with them on those years
1929 Enfield9 Tenby Road
Frederick Weymouth Matthews &
Alice Matthews
J & M March at the same address this couple are there in 1928, 1930, 1931 but no Matthews
No middle name for Frederick – so this might not be them
Years 1923, 1928193 Archway RoadFrederick & Alice Matthews
other persons at the same address
D E & E M Richardson married 1914 mn Jenrick
1925, 1931, 1932 34 35 36 37 only the Richardsons NO FW & A Matthews
Do you have any idea when Frederick moved back from Wales to London?
Do you know if there was an Alice Matthews in the family?
Of course Alice may just be a relative and not his wife
Was hoping to find Frederick Matthews with his distinctive middle name Weymouth on London Electoral Register before 1929 and after 1939 but it’s proving to be difficult.
The records I found on LER
he’s listed as Frederick Matthews and there are many with that name – it was purely by chance I looked at one record and it gave his middle name Weymouth and there was Alice.
I have been looking for marriages of a Frederick W Matthews to Alice ? after 1911 census as he was in Wales and up to 1929 London Electoral Register Entry as he with Alice
These are the marriages I’ve come up with from FreeBMD - difficult as none have a full middle name only an initial
Dec 1915 Aston
Frederick W Matthews to Alice Townsend
Dec 1915 Devonport
Frederick Matthews to Alice Alford
Mar 1920 Doncaster
Frederick Matthews to Alice Barker
Sep 1921 Islington
Frederick W Matthews to Alice Davey
I was leaning towards the Islington one but it's just speculation as his brother Ernest married in Islington - I can't see the 1921 marriage entry on Ancestry but here's his brothers marriage
28 Oct 1917 Christ Church, Highbury Grove, Islington
Ernest Harold Matthews 23, motor driver 58 Whistler St father James, motor driver
Rose Annie Barber 19, same address, father Thomas Robert Charles Barber, pastry cook
witness were TRC Barber & Lilian Harriet Barber
Will take another look tomorrow just in case I've missed something obvious.........
Frederick death entry was in Southend might this be a possibility for Alice
Matthews Alice age 73 Dec 1949 Southend 4a 761
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