Birth: 7 June 1863 Clerkenell, Middlesex, UK
Father: Robert John Fryer 1822-1896
Mother: Sarah Jane Bruff 1827-1908
Christening: 25 August 1867 St Thomas Charterhouse, Islington, Middlesex, UK
Marriage: 24 July 1881 St James, Shoreditch, Middlesex, UK
Wife: Florence Isadore Curtress 1862-1905
Death: After 1907
Sarah Florence Fryer [Parker] 1884-a1907
Florence Kate Fryer 1886-a1901
Edward Henry Fryer 1887-1975
ydia Maria Fryer 1888-a1911
Charles George Fryer 1891-a1901
Dorothy Amelia Fryer 1892-a1901
Mabel Constance Fryer [Cowles] 1893-1976
Birth of William Edward Fryer in FreeBMD in July-September 1863 in Clerkenwell (1b 550).
His sister was born in Clerkenwell in 1866 and baptised at Saint Thomas Chartrhouse, Finsbury on 2 September 1866 when the family were living at 11 Northampton Square.
Two entries in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for William Edward Fryer born 7 June 1863 and baptised 25 August 1867 at Saint Thomas Charterhouse, Finsbury, London, parents Robert John and Sarah Fryer.
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1917 for William Edward Fryer baptised 25 August 1867 at Charterhouse St Thomas, Islington, parents Robert John and Sarah Fryer. "Page 417 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of St Thomas Charterhouse in the County of Middlesex in the Year 18 [...] Born 1863 7 June baptised 1867 25 Augst No. 3331 William Edward, parents Robert John, a Iron Turner, and Sarah Fryer of 11 Northampton Street".
In the 1871 census as William Fryer aged 7, born in Clerkenwell, London, and living with his parents (Robert S and Sarah), brother (John), and two sisters (Jane and Sarah) at 11 Northampton Street, Clerkenwell, London. Another family lived at the same address.
In the 1881 census as William E Fryer aged 17, single, an upholsterer, and living with his parents (Robert J and Sarah), two sisters (Jane C and Sarah E), and cousin (John Bruff aged 28, born in Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, single and a general labourer) at 11 Northampton Street, Clerkenwell, London. Another family lived at the same address.
Marriage of William Edward Fryer and Florence Curtress in FreeBMD in July-September 1881 in Shoreditch (1c 169).
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932 for the marriage of William Edward Fryer aged 19, father Robert John Fryer, and Florence Curtress on 24 July 1881 at St James, Shoreditch, Hackney. "Page 81 1881 Marriage solemnized at St James Church in the Parish of Shoreditch in the County of Middlesex. No. 161 24 July 1881 William Edward Fryer aged 19, a Bachelor and Upholsterer of 11 Northampton St, father Robert John Fryer, a Spring Maker, and Florence Curtress aged 19, a Spinster of 2 Tyson St, father Henry Curtess, a Carman. Married in the Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Eastablished Church after Banns [...] in the Presence of us Joseph Phillips and Lydia Curtess".
His daughter was baptised on 6 January 1884 at Charterhouse St Thomas, Islington when he was an upholster living at 11 Northampton Street, daughter Florence Kate on 27 December 1885 and his son Edward Henry on 1 May 1887 at South Hackney St John of Jerusalem when he was an upholsterer living at 175 Cassland Road, and Lydia Maria was baptised 5 August 1888 at St Leonard, Shoreditch when he was an upholsterer living at 111 Sandrigham Road.
In the 1891 census as William E Fryer aged 27, born in Clerkenwell, London, a cabinet upholsterer and employer, and living with his wife (Florence), son (Edward), three daughters (Florence, Lidia and Sarah), a servant (Eleanor Cartrett aged 17, born in Bethnal Green, London, and single), and three lodgers (Thomas Arrowsmith aged 22, born in Old Ford, London and a cabinet upholster, his wife Jane aged 20 and bone in Holloway, London, and son Thomas aged 5 months and born in Hackney, London) at 111 Sandringham Road, Hackney, London.
Seven entries in Ancestry London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for William Edward Fryer address 111 Sandringham Road, Hackney from 1889 to 1897.
I cannot locate him in the 1901 census - his wife Florence, married and head, was living with his children at at 269 Amhurst Road, Hackney, London.
His wife died in Hackney in 1905.
He was a witness at the marriage of his daughter Sarah Florence to William Charles Parker on 3 June 1907 at All Hallows, Tottenham, Haringey when he was an upholsterer.
Entry in Ancestry Public Member Trees for William Edward Fryer born in Clerkenwell on 7 June 1863, parents Robert John Fryer and Sarah Jane Bruff, his baptism at 2 Saint Thomas Charterhouse, Finsbury, on 25 August 1867, his marriage to Florence Isadore Curtress on 24 JUly 1881 in Shoreditch, and his children
William Edward Fryer was the father of Mabel Constance Fryer, wife of Reginald Sidney Cowles, my fifth cousin.
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