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Frances Rebecca was born in 1856 in the Oxfordshire village of Kirtlington, youngest of eight children of stonemason Thomas YOUNG and his wife Rebecca. By the age of 14 she was a housemaid to the POPE family in Marylebone where her older sister Martha was cook. She met Frank MANSFIELD, a wheelwright and carman of Bethnal Green and married him in 1877 back in Kirtlington. They lived in Mape Street, Bethnal Green where Frank took over his father's cabbie business. They had three known children, Alice, Frank and Helena, all born in Bethnal Green, but there is a family story of five other children who did not survive. Frank also died young. The carman's yard transferred from Mape St to Seabright St and operated continuously for 20 years until 1902. Family tradition has it that Frank’s business was eventually ruined by his wife's addiction to drink. The carman's trade however was increasingly competitive at this time and facing competition from omnibuses (horse-drawn) and this probably played a significant role in the end of Frank’s business. The family moved briefly to Walthamstow where Frank continued as a cab-driver, and then to Camden Town where he returned to his old trade of wheelwright, and where daughter Alice was married.
Frank and Frances remained in Camden Town until Frances died of a stroke in 1925 aged 69. Frank moved to Manor Park to live with his daughter Alice until he died in 1933. Frances Rebecca was said to have been very good looking, but it is also said that she treated her two daughters cruelly. Left in charge of the cabbie yard while her husband was working she was supposed to have flirted with the other Carmen and been casual with the money side of the business. Later, family stories tell of her taking and pawning items such as an umbrella while visiting her daughter Alice to get money for alcohol. |
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2Apr1871 14 8Jun1877 21 23 1Jul1879 23 25 1880 24 26 3Apr1881 24 26 1884 27 29 1888 31 33 5Apr1891 34 36 c 1900 43 45 31Mar1901 44 46 c 1902 45 47 21Dec1902 45 47 1903 46 48 6Dec1925 68 70 7Aug1933 79 |
born at Kirtlington, Oxford, daughter of Rebecca & Thomas, a
stonemason living with her parents and five older siblings in Kirtlington domestic servant to the POPE household in Marylebone where her sister
Martha was cook married at Kirtlington to Frank MANSFIELD of Bethnal Green, a
wheelwright dau Alice born at 7 Mape St son Frank born census: at 7 Mape St with 2 children; Frank a master carman dau Helena born Frank listed in PO directory as carman at 1a Seabright St, Bethnal
Green Rd at 1˝ Seabright St with Frank, a master carman, two daughters and her sister from Kirtlington Frank gave up carman’s business and moved to Walthamstow at Walthamstow with husband and two daughters; Frank was a cab-driver moved to Camden Town dau Alice married at Camden Town Frank listed in PO directory as wheelwright at Kings Place, King St,
Camden Town Frances of 18 Hawley Crescent St Pancras died at 199 Dartmouth Park
Hill from stroke Frank, of 49 Durham Rd, died at Central Home Leytonstone |
b=born m=married d=died
C=Christened B=Buried
census
returns show Frances was born in Kirtlington about 1856. There is a suitable baptism there:
C
18May1856 Frances Rebecca d Thomas & Rebecca YOUNG, mason
registration
of her birth however has not been found in the GRO index or by searching in the
free BMD index
a Frances Rebecca YOUNG was born 24Dec1853 at
Pewsham nr Chippenham , Wilts,
father: Frederick YOUNG, farmer; mother:
Annie Maria YOUNG. This family was not
found in the 1861 census at Pewsham, but was there in 1851; Frederick was a
farmer of 26 acres b Malmesbury.
It seems inconceivable that this Frances
Rebecca could be the Frances of Kirtlington.
m
18Jun1877 at St Mary's Kirtlington OXF after banns
Francis
MANSFIELD bch 23, wheelwright, Bethnal Green LND & Frances Rebecca YOUNG
spr 21, of Kirtlington
f:
James MANSFIELD, carman; Thomas YOUNG, mason; w: Benjamin YOUNG; Martha x YOUNG
b
31Jul879 Alice
b 1880 Frank (from census) said to have
died young
b c1884 Helena, but known as Milly; (from
daughter Florence); m Lionel SALMON who was killed in WW1
no
christenings found; family story is of 8 children, only 2 surviving - Alice and
Helena
b
31Jul1879 Alice MANSFIELD girl at 7 Mape St; f:Francis MANSFIELD carman;
m:Frances Rebecca MANSFIELD formerly YOUNG
r
10Sep1879 at Church, Bethnal Green, MDX by F R MANSFIELD of 7 Mape St Bethnal
Green
d
16Dec1925 Frances Rebecca MANSFIELD female age 69, of 18 Hawley Crescent,
St.Pancras, wife of Francis MANSFIELD wheelwright
at 199 Dartmouth Park Hill from
cerebral haemorrhage certified by W M Cotter MB
r
17Dec1925 by Helena SALMON of 111 Fortess Rd, St.Pancras at North St.Pancras,
LND
d 27Aug1933
Francis MANSFIELD male age 79, formerly wheelwright of 49 Durham Rd, East Ham
at Central Home, Leytonstone from
cystitis and carcinoma
r
28Aug1933 by T.W.SHORT son-in-law of 49 Durham Rd, Manor Park at South Leyton,
West Ham, ESX
Thomas YOUNG he mar 49 1811 stonemason Kirtlington OXF
Rebecca YOUNG wi mar 44 1816 Forest Hill OXF
Martha YOUNG da unm 18 1842 Forest Hill OXF
William YOUNG so unm 14 1846 Kirtlington OXF
Stephen
E YOUNG so 12 1848
scholar Kirtlington OXF
Thomas
R YOUNG so 10 1850
scholar Kirtlington OXF
John YOUNG so 8
1852 scholar Kirtlington OXF
Frances
R YOUNG da 4 1856
scholar Kirtlington OXF
Lucy POPE he unm 71 1800 income from dividends Gt.Staughton HUN
Robert POPE br wdr 64 1807 solicitor Gt.Staughton HUN
Daniel POPE br unm 60 1811 annuitant Gt.Staughton HUN blind
Martha YOUNG se unm 27 1844 cook Forest Hill OXF
Frances R YOUNG
se unm 14 1857 housemaid (se=servant) Kirtlington OXF
Frank MANSFIELD he mar 26 1854 master carman Bethnal Green
Frances MANSFIELD wi mar 24 1856 Kirtlington OXF
George MANSFIELD br 12 1868
scholar Bethnal Green
Alice MANSFIELD da 2 1878 Bethnal Green
Frank MANSFIELD so 1 1879 Bethnal Green
John WILLOUGHBY lo unm 22 1858 ostler Whitechapel
Francis MANSFIELD he mar 37 1854 cab proprietor (groom); employer Bethnal Green
Frances MANSFIELD wi mar 35 1856
Kirtlington OXF
Alice MANSFIELD da 11 1880
scholar Bethnal Green
Helena MANSFIELD da 9 1882
scholar
Bethnal Green
Martha BADSEY vi mar 47 1844 dressmaker; neither Forest Hill OXF
John HARRIS he mar 56 1835 fishmonger; neither Bethnal Green
Sarah HARRIS wi mar 48 1843
Carfew {Corfu?} British subject
Agnes
E CONEY sd sin 21 1870 general servant domestic (sd=stepdaughter) Shoreditch
Mansfield
family had 4 rooms occupied; Harris family had 2 rooms
Martha
BADSEY is Frances’ married sister
Francis
MANSFIELD he mar 46 1855 cab driver worker
London, Bethnal Green
Frances
MANSFIELD wi mar 44 1857
Oxford,
Kirtlington
Alice MANSFIELD da sin 21 1880
London, Bethnal Green
Helena MANSFIELD da sin 17 1884 upholsterer
(trimming) worker London, Bethnal Green
next
to: Charles 25 & Annie HOWARD 23 and son, carpenter, b New Chesterton,
Cambs
also : Maria HOMIG 56 b Germany and 2 children
Arthur 27, Anna 15, both b London