Birth: 5 December 1893 Deadwater Hill, Headley, Hampshire, UK
Father: Joseph Draper 1862-1929
Mother: Frances Eliza Gale 1867-1899
Christening: 25 May 1895 All Saints, Headley, Hampshire, UK
Marriage: July-September 1929 Paddington, London, UK
Wife: Ivy Doreen Thomas 1903-1966
Death: April 1955 Paddington, London, UK
Cremated: 7 April 1955 Kensington and Chelsey, London, UK
Henry Alexander Draper 1930-2017
Birth of Frank Draper in FreeBMD in January-March 1894 in Alton (2C 179).
Entry in Headley Baptisms for Frank Draper born on 5 December 1893, and baptised on 25 May 1895, parents Joseph, a labourer and Frances Eliza Draper of Deadwater Hill.
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1912 for Frank Draper born on 5 December 1893, baptised on 25 May 1895 at Headley, All Saints, Surrey, parents Joseph and Frances Eliza Draper. "Page 100 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Headley in the County of Southampton in the year One thousand eighthundred and ninety-five [...] 1895 May 25 797 Frank son of Joseph, a labourer, and Frances Eliza Draper of Deadwater Hill Privately Baptized (Born 5.12.1893)".
His mother died in Deadwater, Headley in 1899.
In the 1901 census as Frank Draper aged 7, born in Headley, Hampshire, and living with his widowed father (Joseph), brother (George), and two sisters (Fanny and Lilly) in four rooms at Oakhanger, Selborne, Hampshire.
In the 1911 census as Frank Draper aged 17, single, a gardener and nurseryman, and boarding with William Spreadborough (aged 45, born at South Warnborough, Hampshire, and a carter at a nursery), his wife (Mary aged 46, born in Old Basing, Hampshire, and married for 22 years with four children, three still living), and two sons (George aged 4 and born in Frensham, Surrey, and William Charles aged 19, born in South Warnborough, Hampshire, single ands a carter at a nursery) in five rooms at The Jude, Kingsley, Alton, Hampshire
In the 1921 census as Frank Draper born in Headley, Hampshire in 1894 and living with eight others in Lambeth, London, Surrey.
Three entries in Ancestry All London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Frank Draper addresses 23 Lancaster Gate, Paddington, Westminster in 1923 with three others, and 11 Craven Road, Hyde Park, Paddington, Westminster in 1927 and 1928 with four others.
Marriage of Frank Draper and Ivy D Thomas in FreeBMD in July-September 1929 in Paddington (1A 277).
His son was born in Lambeth in 1930.
Eight entries in Ancestry All London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Frank Draper addresses 27 Warwick Avenue, Maida Vale, Paddington, Westminster in 1930 and 1931, other occupants Ivy Doreen Draper (wife?) and five or six others, 1 Sevington Street, Harrow Road, Paddington, Westminster from 1934 to 1936 other occupants Ivy Doreen Draper (wife?) and six others, and 12 Rundell Road, Harrow Road, Paddington, Westminster from 1937 to 1939 other occupants Ivy Doreen Draper (wife?) and three others.
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Frank Draper born 5 December 1893, married, a wireless worker in a factory, and living with Doreen Draper at 12 Rundell Road, Paddington, London. Another family lived at the same address. I cannot locate his son - he is not listed with his parents.
Eleven entries in Ancestry All London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Frank Draper address 51 Croxley Road, Harrow Road, Paddington, Westminster from 1945 to 1955 other occupants Ivy D Draper (wife?), Henry Alexander Draper (son?) from 1951 and five others.
Death of Frank Draper in FreeBMD in April-June 1955 aged 61 in Paddington (5D 173).
Entry in Deceased Online for Frank Draper cremated 7 April 1955 in Kenningston and Chelsea.
There are five entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Frank Draper.
Frank Draper was my fourth cousin once removed.
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