Birth: 19 December 1902 Easton, Bristol, UK
Father: Robert Fry 1865-1928
Mother: Annie Louisa Dumbleton 1869-1949
Christening: 4 April 1909 All Hallows, Easton, Bristol, UK
Marriage: 1 October 1932 St Francis of Assisi, Ashton, Bedminster, Bristol, UK
Wife: Maudie Shaw 1907-1993
Death: April-June 1982 Bristol, Avon, UK
David Michael Robert Fry (Foy) 1935-a1974
Austen Fry 1937-2019
Terrence Fry 1937-2009
Birth of Arthur Francis R Fry in FreeBMD in January-March 1903 in Bristol (6A 114).
His sister was baptised on 28 September 1905 at Easton, Bristol when they were living at 167 Easton? Road.
Entry in Ancestry Bristol, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1922 for Arthur Francis Robert Fry aged 7 baptised 4 April 1909 at Easton, Bristol, parents Robert and Annie Fry. "Page 92 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of [blank] in the County of [blank] in the Year One thousand nine hundred and nine [...] 18 April 4th No. 7345 Arthur Francis Robert [born] 1902 [parents] Robert [a] Pork Butcher & Annie Fry [of] 8 John Street". His sister Lilian Beatrice May born 1897 was baptised on the same day in the previous entry. The blanks were filled in on Page 89 as All Hallows, Bristol, and eight.
In the 1911 census as Arthur Francis Robert Fry aged 8, born in Bristol, and living with his parents (Robert and Annie Louisa), brother (Frederick Edgar John) and four sisters (Lilian Beatrice May, Olga Ada Amelia, Rose Annie Sheela and Violet Mildred Florence) in four rooms at 15 Luxton Road/Street, St Philip and St Jacob, Bristol, Gloucestershire.
His brother was baptised on 16 March 1910 at St Philip, Bristol when they were living at 8 John Street, Easton Road, Bristol
Entry in Ancestry UK, Railway Employment Records, 1833-1956 Numerical register of engine cleaners: 1-2988 1914-1935. "[No.] 11052 Fry Arthur Francis Robert [born] 19 December 1902, [E.S] 14.10.20 to 14.4.21 Discharged Trade Depression 3.2.22 Seniority Date 2.8.21 [Station] Treherbert Bristol 24/4/26 [Dates of Examination and results] 20.5.24 Rejected V.V. left leg 11.11.24 Passed ? V.V. Right leg Eczema both legs".
In the 1921 census as Frank Fry born in Bristol, Gloustershire in 1903 and living with Robert and Annie Fry (parents?), Fred Fry (brother?) and Flossie, Lily and Rose Fry (sisters?) in Bristol, Gloucestershire.
Marriage of Arthur Francis R Fry and Maudie Shaw in FreeBMD in October-December 1932 in Bristol (6A 17).
Entry in Ancestry Bristol, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938 for the marriage of Arthur Francis Robert Fry aged 30, father Robert Fry, and Maudie Shaw on 1 October 1932 at St Francis of Assisi, Ashton, Bristol. "Page 26 [...] 1932 Marriage solemnized at The Parish Church in the Parish of St Francis Ashton Gate Bedminster in the Counties of Bristol and Somerset. [No.] 52 October 1st 1932 Arthur Francis Robert Fry [aged] 30 [a] Bachelor [and] Engine Cleaner G.W.R. [of] 39 Croydon Street, Lawrence Hill [father] Robert Fry (Deceased) [a] Butcher, [and] Maudie Shaw [aged] 23 [a] Spinster [of] 45 Gaythorne Road [father] Robert Shaw [an] Engineer. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns [...] In the Presence of us R Shaw [and] Annie L Fry".
His first son was born in Easton in 1935, and the twins in Weston super Mare in 1937.
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Arthur F R Fry born 19 December 1902, married, a G W R (Great Western Railways) Fireman, and living with Maud Fry (wife?), David M and Terrence Fry (sons?) and one other (son?) at 46 Westleigh Park, Bristol, Gloucestershire.
Entry in Weston Daily Press Bristol 7 October 1947 "Man hit, dragged by engine but the man was hit and fell down under the step. He was dragged for about eight yards. This was told that driver, Arthur Francis Robert Fry, Queensdale Crescent, Knowle, at the inquest yesterday on Patrick Lawrence Sullivan (65), of 35, Lion Street, Easton."
Death of Arthur Francis R Fry, born 19 December 1902, in FreeBMD April-June 1982 in Bristol (22 789).
There are thirty entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Arthur Francis Robert Fry.
Note that Bristol was a county from 1373 to 1974 when it became part of Avon.
Arthur Francis Robert Fry was the father of David Michael Robert Fry, husband of Ann Harding, my second cousin.
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