Great Grandfather: Frederick Arthur NEW (1899 - ????)

Frederick's childhood

My great grandfather was born on the twenty-first of June 1899 at his parent;s home of 2 Nile Cottages, Trafalgar Street in the town of Gillingham in Kent.  His father was Scottish born 36 yar old Frederick William New, a labourer and his mother was 30 year old Ellen New Née Curtis a local to Gillingham.  In the house when he was born were his four siblings; his 9 year old brother John, 8 year old William and 5 year old Ellen Lavinia and 3 year old Olive, all born in the same town as Frederick.

On the 31st March 1901, when Frederick was 1, the national census took place.  The family were living in Gillingham at supported by Frederick's father's career as a ship labourer in the dockyard.

Frederick's marriage and family

On the twenty-third of June 1923, two days after his 24th birthday Frederick married 23 year old Constance Margaret Russell.  At the time of marriage Frederick was working as a labourer and living at 42 Skinner Street, Gillingham while his wife was living in the same town at 26 King Edward Road.  Her profession was domestic servant.  Frederick's father was working as a driller and his new father-in-law was a general labourer.

The following year in 1924 Frederick's first child was born in the Medway district (which includes the town of Gillingham where they were marriage).

There was a large gap between the birth of the first and second child but 12 years later, in 1936, their second child was born.  The family were living at Waterside Lane in Gillingham and Frederick was working as a road labourer.

In 1954 Frederick's second child married in the neighboring town of Chatham.  Frederick was then 55 and working as a labourer at the dockyard.

Frederick's wife, Constance, died in Chatham, neighboring town to Gillingham where they spent their married life in 1967.  So far I haven't located Frederick's death records.