Birth: 1 December 1892 Bridge Street, Helmsley, North Riding, Yorkshire, UK
Father: Joseph Frank 1857-1940
Mother: Annie Brown Leslie 1865-1928
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: July-September 1916 Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, UK
Wife: Mabel Annie Strickland (Stickland) 1890-1935
Death: October-December 1963 Derby, Derbyshire, UK
None known
Birth of Oswald Duncan Frank in FreeBMD in January-March 1893 in Helmsley (9D 431).
His sister was born in Helmsley in 1894.
In the 1901 census as Oswald D Frank aged 8, born in Helmsley, Yorkshire and living with his parents (Joseph and Annie B), sister (Mildred M), and two servants (Margerotta Fletcher aged 26, born in York and a governess, and Annie Huddleston aged 24, born in Rosedale, Yorkshire, both single) in Bridge Street, Helmsley, North Riding, Yorkshire.
His brother was born in Helmsley in 1903.
In the 1911 census as Oswald Duncan Frank aged 18, born in Helmsley, Yorkshire, single and a land agents pupil living with Orlando William Hunt (aged 45, born in City of York and a land agent and employer), his wife (Annie Elizabeth aged 39, born in Wollaton, Nottingham, married for ten years with two children both living ), his son (Osmond Webster aged 9 and born in Gilling West, Yorkshire), daughter (Julia Marcia aged 4 and born in Gilling West, Yorkshire), a governess (Lorna Dulcie Christabel Vanstone aged 19, born in Paignton, Devon and single), two servants (Hower Ethel aged 18, born in Bedale, Yorkshire, single, and a housemaid, and Wardell Elsie aged 17, single and a kitchen maid) and a visitor (James Cuthbertson Walker 24, born in Leeds, Yorkshire, single and a land agents assistant) in fourteen rooms in Winterfield Bedale, Tunstall and Appleton, Yorkshire (North Riding), but there is also an entry for Danald (sic) D (sic) Frank aged 18, born in Helmsley, Yorkshire, single, an etud (sic) estate student, and living with his parents (Joseph and Annie), two brothers (Leslie and Ronald), sister (Mildred M), (step)grandfather (George Wilson), grandmother (Ann Wilson), and a servant (Amy Atkinson aged 21, single and born in Pockley) in seven rooms in Bridge Street, Helmsley, York, but the entry was subsequently crossed out.
Marriage of Oswald D Frank and Mabel A Strickland (Stickland in her entry) in FreeBMD in July-September 1916 in Newcastle T (10B 128).
Five entries in Ancestry UK, City and County Directories, 1766 - 1946 for Oswald D Frank engineer's agent 15 Grey Street, Newcastle, Northumberland and 19 Moorfield, High West Jesmond, Newcastle in 1921 Kelly's Directory.
There are fourteen entries in Ancestry Newcastle upon Tyne, England, Electoral Registers, 1741-1974 for Oswald Dun Frank address 19 Moorfield, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne from 1918 to 1923, other occupant Mabel Annie Frank (wife?) in 1923, and also 15 Grey Street, St Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne from 1919 to 1922 adding his abode as 19 Moorfield.
In the 1921 census as Oswald Donald Frank born in Yorkshire in 1893 and living with Mabel Annie Fanth (sic - wife?), John and Jane Elizabeth Strickland (parents-in-law?), Marie Featenby Strickland (sister-in-law?), Annie Aconley (grandmother-in-law?), Mary Annie Aconley (aunt-in-law?), Ralpha Davison (born in Nawton, Yorkshire in 1902), Lydia Mary Hill (born Wombleton, Yorkshire in 1902), and Jane Jackson (born in Farndale, Yorkshire in 1869) in Helmsley, Yorkshire (North Riding).
His wife died on 30 April 1935 and was buried with her parents in Helmsley Town Cemetery.
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Oswald A (sic - in the index, D on the original) Frank born 1 December 1890 (sic - in the index, the original is illegible), widowed, a Cheeseer Cafe (sic - in the index, Observer Corps on the original), special constable NR ObserverCorps roup, and living with Joseph Frank (father?) at Buckingham House, Bridge Street, Helmsley, Yorkshire (North Riding).
His father died in Helmsley on 22 October 1940.
Death of Oswald D Frank in FreeBMD in October-December 1963 aged 70 in Derby (3A 252).
There are thirty two entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Oswald Duncan Frank.
Oswald Duncan Frank was Felicity's first cousin once removed.
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