1 Thomas FRITH
Occ: Framesmith (stocking frames).
Reli: Church of
England
Priory
Row
Spouse: Elizabeth YATES
Birth: 1771, Hinkley
Leicester England
Death: 1857, Hinkley
Leicester England
Marr: 8 Sep
1799, St. Mary's, Hinkley, Leicestershire England
Children: Thomas (1802-1892)
Edward
(1810->1890)
Anne (1812-)
English
Branch
Birth: Jan 1802, Hinkley
Leicester England
Death: 16 Jan
1892, no 1 Ireson's Yard
Bapt: 25 Jan 1802, at St. Mary, Hinckley
Occ: stocking seamer.
Spouse: Hannah GARROT
Birth: 1800, Hinkley
Leicester England
Death: 30 Dec
1884
Marr: 12 May
1823
Children George (1825-)
William (1828-)
Sarah (1834-)
Maria (1836-)
Mary (1838-)
Thomas 3rd (1840-)
Thomas Jr.
(1.1) married Hannah in 1823 and had 6 children.
1851 Census:
Whole family described as stocking makers. The widowed Elizabeth aged 70, described as pauper
as well as a seamer. They lived at Priory Row and
all natives of Hinckley .The
youngest was Thomas (iii) aged 10
being described as a stocking seamer. All the family were either framework knitters or seamers. Elizabeth was presumably in
receipt of parish relief - hence her designation as pauper.
1861 Cencus: All
the family still at Priory Row but 20-year-old Thomas is missing. Probably
gone to London by then
Thomas (iii)
was married in Shoreditch, London to Elizabeth Mary West
in 1864. He was the founding London Frith.
He had become a butcher by then. There were 8 children. The first born, Thomas
William (Thomas iv) was born in Liverpool Road, Islington in 1866.
1871
Census: Thomas and Hannah, now 70
years old, still at the framework knitting at Priory Row but now Mary and
Maria gone. One of them married a Mr. Powell and went to live in Burton on
Trent but can't tell which one as the only sighting is of a Mrs. M.
Powell. Still at home with mum
and dad were George and Sarah aged 46 and 36. Also members of household were
grandsons William (11) and Thomas (8)- both surnamed
Frith.
1863 A son Thomas
was born in Hinckley Union Workhouse in Sep. to a Sarah Frith
(unmarried).
1881
Census: Thomas and Hannah, aged
80, still on the stocking frames at Priory Row. With them George (55) unmarried, desc.
as odd job man and grandson Thomas (17), shoe finisher
by trade.
1884: Hannah
(84) dies 30 December at Priory Row, Daughter M. Powell of Burton on Trent in
attendance.
1892: Thomas
dies on 16 Jan aged 90 at No.1 Ireson's Yard. His
daughter Sarah in attendance, now named Mrs. Pratt, lived next door at No. 2.
Philadelphia
Branch
Birth: May 1810, Hinkley
Leicester England
Death: aft 1890
Bapt: 3 Jan 1810, at St. Mary, Hinckley
Occ: Mechanic(1851) Machine -Hosiery machinist
Reli: Church of
England
Spouse: Elizabeth BROOKES
Birth: 25 Dec
1811, Hathern Liecester
England
Father: Thomas BROOKES
Mother: Margaret
Marr: 27 Feb
1832, Longborough by Banns Leicester England
Children: Emma
(1833-)
Ann (1835-)
Mary (1837-)
Harriett (1844-)
Elizabeth (1845-)
Henry Edward (1848-1927)
William C. (1853-)
1851
census 9 Russel
Square Leicester England
1857
Immigrated to US
1858
Frith, Edward - Country of Former Allegiance : England
Date of Declaration of Intent : Apr 27, 1858
Court of Declaration of Intent : Common Pleas
Document Name : Edward Frith
Document Signature : Edward Trith
1860
Phila. City Dir. - Edward mechanic Centre bel Hancock
1890
Phila. City Dir. - Edward 1675 Dounton st. Philadelphia Pa
1.3 Anne FRITH
Birth: Mar 1812, Hinkley
Leicester England
Bapt: 13 Mar 1812, at St. Mary, Hinckley
Nothing is
known of what happened to Ann
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