Birth: 12 October 1915 Bossall, North Riding, Yorkshire, UK
Father: John William Abbey 1884-1932
Mother: Elizabeth Beatrice Aston 1889-1966
Christening: 28 November 1915 St Botolph, Bossall, North Riding, Yorkshire, UK
Marriage: January-March 1940 York, Yorkshire, UK
Wife: Gladys Kathleen West 1912-a1940
Death: February 1992 York, North Yorkshire, UK
Keith R Abbey 1944-a1972
Birth of Frank Abbey, mother's maiden name Ashton, in FreeBMD in October-December 1915 in York (9D 103).
Entry in Ancestry All York, Yorkshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1920 for Frank Abbey born 12 October 1915, baptised 29 November 1915 in Bossall, parents John William and Beatrice Abbey. "Page 137 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Bossall in the County of Yorks in the Year one thousand nine hundred and fifteen sixteen [...] [born] Oct 12th 1915 November 28th 1915 No. 1106 Frank [parents] John William [a] Gardener & Beartrice Abbey [of] Bossall".
His sister was baptised on 1 May 1920 in Easby, when they were living at St Nicholas Cottages, Richmond, Yorkshire.
In the 1921 census as Frank Abbey born in Yorkshire in 1915 and living with John W and Elizabeth B Abbey (parents?), and Alice M and Hilda Abbey (sisters?) in Richmond, Yorkshire (West Riding).
His father died in Richmond in 1932.
Marriage of Frank Abbey and Gladys K West in FreeBMD in January-March 1940 in York (9C 2795).
His son was registered in York in 1944.
Entry in Register of Deaths for Frank Abbey, born 12 October 1915, in December 1992 in York (2 2840).
There are two entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Frank Abbey.
Bossall is 10 miles NE of York in Ryedale. Bootham is just north of the centre of York.
Frank Abbey was the second cousin once removed of Thomas Abbey, husband of Ruth Cross, first cousin once removed of Albert Alfred Cross, husband of Florence Violet Luff, my half second cousin once removed.
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