Re: Frances Ella Freeman of 22 Portway, Warminster, Wiltshire, widow, died 7th July 1940. Probate was granted at Winchester on 7th October 1940 to Florence Emily Savage, spinster, and Amy Herbert Stidston, widow. Effects: £371 15s. 11d.
Category: Persons – Surname beginning with F
Information about persons whose surnames begin with the letter F.
Rowland Fitz Of Boreham (Such Men Form The Backbone Of English Character)
From The Warminster & District Parish Magazine, August 1933:
Warminster, St. John’s. Rowland Fitz
On St. James’s Day we laid to rest the mortal remains of Rowland Fitz, who has passed on to his rest after many months of weary suffering and acute pain. The choir was present, and the hymns ‘‘Fight The Good Fight’’ and ‘‘Glory Be To Jesus’’ were sung and a large congregation were present.
It is wonderful what the influence of a good, quiet man can have in the vicinity in which he lives. Wherever one went, people were deeply moved at the news of Rowland Fitz’s death at such a comparatively early age. A man of fine physique, a zealous and most conscientious workman, home-loving, deeply religious without any outward show or boast, and devoted to his wife and children. Such men form the backbone of English character. Even men who were seldom in his company readily testify to his fine Christian character and his charm and gentle manner. By his death St. John’s has bid farewell to a son of whom she is proud.
Our deepest sympathy goes out to Mrs. Fitz and her daughters in their irreparable loss. No patient was ever nursed with more tender devotion, patience and care, night and day, than was Rowland Fitz by his wife and daughters. Even when on the verge of exhaustion they carried on, hoping against hope. Such love and charity are never wasted, even though they may seem to us to be. These deeds are noted in the Book of Life. We pray for the comfort of the Holy Spirit for those who mourn his loss and that eternal rest may be granted to him who is gone before.
Burial. July 25th – Rowland Fitz, of 27, Boreham, aged 53 years. R.I.P.
Fear Surname At Warminster Common
Writing in 1922, in his Notes On Some Surnames, Victor Strode Manley stated:
“FEAR – At least 3 families [with the surname Fear] in Warminster Common in 1913.”
Residents In Warminster, Surnames Beginning With F, 1922
1922
Private residents in Warminster,
Surnames beginning with F.
Henry Ernest Falwasser, 22 East Street.
Mrs. Fatt, 9 East Street.
Sidney Selwyn Fatt, 1 Silver Street (apartment).
Alfred Ernest Field, 24 East Street.
Bert Field, 16 The Close.
Thomas Joseph Field, 2 Park Cottages, Boreham.
H. Filmer, Woodcock House.
Captain Fisher, Weymouth Street.
Alec James Fitz, 2 East Street.
Ephraim James Fitz, Southview, Imber Road.
Miss E. Fitz, 65 Boreham.
Roland Fitz, 60 Boreham.
Albert Fletcher, 11 The Close.
Alfred Edwin Foot, 17 Market Place.
Edwin Foreman, 14 George Street.
Edwin Stanley Foreman, 30 Church Street.
Frank Stuart Foreman, 25 George Street.
Jeremiah Foreman, 40 Market Place.
John Lewis Foreman, Yard House, East Street.
William Henry Foreman, West Parade.
Miss M.M. Forster, Isolation Hospital (matron), Bradley Road.
Herbert Sidney William Fox, 30 East Street.
Frank Stephen Foyle, 5 Imber Road.
Fred Francis, 15 High Street.
Miss E. Francis, 16 George Street.
Henry Franklin, 9 Silver Street.
Miss Frost, West Parade.
Dr. Frederick Isaac Flower
From Contemporary Biographies, Wilts And Dorset, At The Opening Of The Twentieth Century, edited by W.T. Pike, published 1906:
Medical.
Flower. Frederick Isaac Flower, Ivy House, Warminster; son of the late Isaac Flower, of Codford St. Peter, Wilts; born at Codford St. Peter, August 1st, 1842; educated at Queenwood College, Hampshire, and Middlesex Hospital; M.R.C.S. Eng., 1865, L.S.A. 1864. Medical Officer of Health, Warminster Urban Rural Distrct; Medical Officer and Public Vaccinator to Warminster and Corsley District and Workhouse, Warminster Union; Surgeon to the County Police, Warminster; certified Factory Surgeon. Married Eva Henrietta, daughter of William Lush, of Fyfield House, Andover, and has issue one son, Arthur Isaac, who served in the Wilts Imperial Yeomanry in the Boer war, and three daughters.
A Ferris Family Affair
The Warminster And West Wilts Herald, Saturday 9th January 1892, reported:
A Family Affair. – Mark Ferris, of Warminster, was summoned by his mother-in-law, Sarah Ferris, for assaulting her on December 19th. Complainant said that she went to the defendant’s house about a baby, and a quarrel ensued, and the defendant knocked her down and kicked her. Defendant said that his mother-in-law would not leave the house when he wanted her to. The Bench advised Mrs Ferris not to go to the defendant’s house, and they dismissed the case. The eloquence of the complainant and of the defendant was well matched in force and extent.
Presentation To Heytesbury Teacher
The Warminster And West Wilts Herald, Saturday 11 June 1887, reported:
HEYTESBURY. PRESENTATION TO A TEACHER. – Miss Emma Furnell, who has just completed her pupil teachership at the Heytesbury National Schools and has obtained an appointment as assistant teacher at Ringmer National School, Sussex, has been presented by the scholars and teachers of the Heytesbury Schools with a beautiful photographic album, in appreciation of her services; and Mr. and Mrs. Wright (master and mistress of the schools), have presented her with a Jubilee photographic frame.
Isaac Feltham
An advertisement in The Warminster Herald, Saturday 29th November 1873:
ISAAC FELTHAM, CHITTERNE & HEYTESBURY,
BEGS most respectfully to inform Agriculturalists, Farmers, &c., in Wilts, Hants, Dorset, Somerset, Berks, Gloucester, and Oxon, that he has taken to the Business of THOMAS MERRITT, DESTROYER OF VERMIN, in Houses, Ricks, Barns, Granaries, Stables, Store-houses, &c., and who, for upwards of 20 years, has been well-known in the above Counties as the most skilful and sure killer of those Vermin so destructive in the above mentioned places.
I.F. is confident that those who honour him with a trial , will never regret it, as his receipt excels any other in the whole world. Punctuality and moderate charges will be strictly adhered to.
Ferrett Baptisms At Gussage All Saints, Dorset, 1813 – 1889
From the Register of Baptisms at Gussage All Saints, Dorset, 1813 – 1889:
19th April 1858
Harriett Ferrett, daughter of Symeon and Ellen Ferrett.
Abode: Gussage All Saints.
Father’s occupation: labourer.
11th January 1860
Mary Elisabeth Ferrett, daughter of Symeon and Ellen Ferrett.
Abode: Gussage All Saints.
Father’s occupation: labourer.
1st June 1862
Martin Edward Ferrett, son of Symeon and Ellen Ferrett.
Abode: Gussage All Saints.
Father’s occupation: carter.
6th March 1864
Louisa Jane Ferrett, daughter of Symeon and Ellen Ferrett.
Abode: Gussage All Saints.
Father’s occupation: labourer.
31st August 1868
Eliza Ann Ferrett, daughter of Symeon and Ellen Ferrett.
Abode: Gussage All Saints.
Father’s occupation: labourer.
Death Of Mary Ann Ford
From The Warminster Herald, Saturday 1st August 1868:
Died. On the 29th ult., at Boreham, after a long and painful illness, Mary Ann, the wife of Mr. W. Ford, carpenter, aged 51.