Frank Richardson

Born: 23 Nov 1872

Died: 15 Aug 1944

Married: Catherine Randall

Mother: Augustine Walmisley

Father: Ernest Richardson

Descendant: Violet Richardson

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Frank Engleheart Richardson was born 23 Nov 1872 in Blackheath in Kent.

His parents were Ernest and Augustine Richardson, and in 1881 he is 8 years old and living with them at 8 Buenos Ayres, Margate, Kent along with three brothers Charles, Ronald and John, and his sisters Mabel and Violet.

In 1891 he was living with his widowed mother in Andrew Villa, Keymer (near Burgess Hill).

By 1901 he has married Catherine and is living with his three children at 62 Islingwold Road, Brighton.

In 1911 he is living with his family at 88 Albion Hill, Brighton, he is a joiner working for a motor car company.

Birth

BMD: Registered Birth in Apr-May-Jun 1873: Richardson, Frank Engleheart: Lewisham 1d 830

Marriage

At the age of 20 whilst working as a carpenter he married Catherine Edith Randall in the parish church in Brighton on the 13th May 1893. His residence at the time was 15 Polham Square, and his father's name was given as Ernest Murray Richardson, Gentleman, Deceased. The witnesses were Edward Evans and Alice Charles.

1893. Marriage solemnized at Parish Church in the Parish of Brighton in the County of Brighton
When Married.	Name and Surname.		Age	Condition.	Rank or Profession	Residence at the Time of Marriage	Father's Name and Surname	Rank or Profession of Father
May 13th 1893	Frank Engleheart Richardson		20	Bachelor	Carpenter	15 Polham Square	Ernest Murray Richardson (deceased)	Gentleman
	Catherine Edith Randall		19	Spinster	---------	39 Albion Hill	James Randall	Police Constable
Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church After Banns by me Robert James C. Parker
This marriage was solemnized between us		Frank Engleheart Richardson			In the Presence of us		Edward Evans
		Catherine Edith Randall					Alice Charles

Templates - Marriages

At the time his occupation was listed as a carpenter. He was listed as living at 15 Polham Square, Brighton, and she at 39 Albion Hill, Brighton.

Children

They subsequently had seven children, Mabel, Frank, Violet, Charles, James, Ronald, and Raymond. Five of these are photographed at Catherine's funeral.

His son Frank married Violet Gertrude Strong (a.k.a. Auntie Gert), they are pictured with their nephew Frank Victor Allfrey. It's quite a coincidence (and quite confusing!) that Frank (junior) married a girl with the same name as his sister, but then both the Allfrey's and the Richardson's had more than their fair share of Frank's and Ernest's as well.

From the census:

• Mabel Edith Richardson ~1894 (Reg. Q4 1895, Brighton vol.2b p.256)
• Frank Ernest Richardson (born 18 March 1896, m. Violet Gertrude Strong ~1921, d. <= March 1974)
• Violet Emily Ada Richardson (born 21 November 1897)
• Charles James C. Richardson ~1900 (Birth registered Q1 1900, Brighton vol.2b p.203)
• Ronald Albert E. Richardson (born 31 May 1902 - wood carver, widowed by 1939, Brighton 2b 197)
• James Richardson ~1905
• Raymond P M E Richardson (reg Oct-Dec 1913)

By 1911, 6 children had been born and were still alive.

In 1911 their daughter Mabel is 17 and staying with her grandparents James Randall and Harriet Randall at the Sir George Thomas's Inn, Slindon, Sussex.

All Richardson's whose mother was a Randall born in Brighton:

• Raymond P. M. E. Richardson, Registered Oct-Nov-Dec 1913 Brighton, Vol. 2b p.326
• William B. Richardson, Registered Jul-Aug-Sep 1929, Brighton, Vol. 2b p.343

A Charles Richardson died in Brighton in Q4 1979 who was born on 7th August 1900, Brighton vol.18 p.0353

The 1939 register lists him as living at 4 Windmill Street, Brighton, Sussex. The members of the household are:

• Frank E. Richardson, born 23 Nov 1872, Carpenter Joiner - Motor Finisher
• Catherine E. Richardson, 18 Nov 1873, Unpaid Domestic Duties
• Ronald A. E. Richardson, born 31 May 1902, Wood Carver, Widowed. Carved the family book-ends in the shape of monkeys (speak no evil, hear no evil). He was deaf and dumb.
• three closed entries (people born after 1914)

Memories of Frank from Tim Allfrey

His grandson Tim (Frank Allfrey) said that he smoked ‘Digger Shag’ tobacco in his pipe, and smelled of this. His wife, Edith, smelled of (probably) lavender and always wore an apron. Frank had a hanging wart the size of a pea on his nose. He suffered from prostate problems. Frank and Edith called Tim ‘boy.’

Tim and his family went to his grandparents on Sunday afternoons for tea and supper. They played ‘Napp’, a card game, in the evening. Card games at this time were illegal. They therefore closed the curtains and gambled for cardboard milk discs, which Ernest Frank Allfrey (Beryl and Tim’s father) had brought from work.

Afterwards they had a beef joint (‘which you couldn’t afford now’) for a cold supper. Supper was always at 9pm. Frank Engleheart went to pub on the corner for a jug of stout and people had a glass of stout with beef. Tim said the dripping was lovely and they had it with salt. They went home and Tim hated the idea of going to school the next day. Beryl went to their grandparents also on Sundays but tended to leave in the evenings to see a film.

Death

Frank Engleheart Richardson died on the Fifteenth of August 1944 at 33 Clyde Road, Brighton.

33 Clyde Road, Brighton

He was 71 years old, and a Motor Coach Finisher (Motor Coach Builders).

He died of a cerebral haemorrage.

The death was registered on the 16th August 1944 by F.E. Richardson (son), present at the death. Resident at 21 Mile Oak Garden, Portslade-by-Sea.

Death Certificate

Other Records

Possibly unrelated records:

This is more likely to be Francis E.W. Richardson: Passenger Lists: May 7th, 1915: To Quebec. F.E.Richardson (farmer) 43, Miss Richardson (Domestic) 21.