Birth: July-September 1898 Rotherham, West Riding, Yorkshire, UK
Father: Charles Edward Read 1871-1939
Mother: Rachael (Rachel) Adams 1875-1946
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: 25 June 1924 Barnsley, West Riding, Yorkshire, UK
Husband: William Kerr Connell 1893-1952
Death: 20 August 1978 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Buried: Cathcart Cemetery, Cathcart, East Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
John Kerr Connell c1925-1972
Alberta Helen Lindsay Connell c1936-a1945
Birth of Frances Alberta Read in FreeBMD in July-September 1898 in Rotherham (9C 711).
Her sister was born on 14 November 1899 and registered in October-December 1899 in Rotherham.
In the 1901 census as Frances A Read aged 2, born in Rotherham, Yorkshire, and living with her parents (Charles Edward and Rachael), and sister (Evelyn R) at 33 Gilberthorpe Street, Rotherham, Yorkshire.
Her sister was registered in July-September 1901 in Rotherham.
Her brother was born on 14 October 1902 and registered in October-December 1902 in Rotherham.
Her brother was registered in October-December 1904 in Worksop.
Her brother was registered in July-September 1906 in Worksop.
Her brother was registered in July-September 1909 in Hemsworth.
In the 1911 census as Frances Alberta Read aged 12, born in Rotherham, Yorkshire and living with her parents (Charles Edward and Rachel), three brothers (Albert Cyrie, Charles Edward and Thomas Allen), and two sisters Evelyn Rachal and Jessie Amelia) at six rooms at 12 Crosshills, Hemsworth near Wakefield, Yorkshire West Riding.
Her sister was born on 8 April 1912 and registered in April-June 1912 in Hemsworth.
In the 1921 census as Frances Alberta Read born in Rotherham, Yorkshire in 1898 and living in Barnsley, Yorkshire West Riding.
Marriage of Frances A Read and William K Connell in FreeBMD in April-June 1924 in Barnsley (9C 602).
Her son was born circa 1925 in Tanzania or Tanganyika, most probably the latter.
Entry in Ancestry UK and Ireland, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960 for Mrs Frances Connell aged 28 of 6 Bedford Place W.C. departed 5 August 1927 on Matiana, British India Shipping and Navigation Company, Limited for Dar es Salaam, Tanzania accompanied by Wm Kerr (husband) and John Kerr (son) destination Tanganyika,
Entry in Ancestry UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 for Francis (sic- on the original) Alberta Connell of Tanganyika arrived 17 December 1929 in London on Llanstephan Castle, Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company Ltd, 1st class, from Mombasa, Kenya (sic in the index, DaresSalem on the original) accompanied by William Ken (sic - on the original) Connell (husband) and John Ken (sic - on the original) Connell (son) destination c/o Johnstone, 6 Bedford Place, Russell Square, London.
Entry in Ancestry UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 for Mrs Frances A Connell of Tanganyika, arrived on 12 May 1933 1st class, London on Madura, British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd, from Beira, Mozambique (sic - in the index, D/Salaam on the original), address c/o Crown Agents for the Colonies, London accompanied by Wm Kerr Connell (husband) and John Kerr Connell (son).
Entry in Ancestry UK and Ireland, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960 for Frances Connell aged 35, address 66 Oakfield Avenue, Hillhead, Glasgow departed on 21 September 1934 on Madura, B I S N Company, Limited for Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Entry in Ancestry UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 for Frances Alberta Connell aged 37 of Tanganyika, arrived 2 April 1936 in London on Matiana, British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd from Beira, Mozambique (sic - Dar es Salaam, on original) destination The Orchard Hotel, London, accompanied by William Kerr Connell (huband).
Her daughter was born circa 1936 in Tanzania or Tanganyika, most probably the latter.
Entry in Ancestry UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 for Frances A Connell arrived 22 December 1937 in London on Dunluce Castle, Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company Ltd from Cape Town, South Africa (sic - in the index, Dar es Salaam on the original) destination Crosshills Hemsworth, Yorks accompanied by Helen L Connell (daughter aged 1).
Entry in Ancestry UK and Ireland, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960 for Frances Alberta Connell aged 39, address 41 Leinster Gardens W2, departed 28 May 1938 on Malda, B I S N Company, Limited for Dar es Salaam, Tanzania accompanied by Dr W K Connell (husband) and Alberta Helen L Connell (daughter) 2nd class, and Raymone Petit (aged 20 and a nurse of the same address), all bound for Tanganyika.
Entry in Ancestry UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 for Frances Connell aged 40 arrived 8 December 1938 on Llangibby Castle, Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company Ltd, from Cape Town, South Africa (sic - in the index,Tanga on the original) accompanied by Helen Connell (daughter) destination 7 Bolton Broom Cottage, Ackworth, Yorks
Entry in Ancestry UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 for Frances Connell aged 47 of Tanganyika, arrived 28 November 1945 at Southampton on Capetown Castle, Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company Ltd, from Durban, South Africa (sic - in the index, Mombasa on the original) accompanied by Helen Connell (daughter), destination Broom Cottage, Ackworth near Pontefract, Yorks
Her husband died on 31 October 1952 at Ardchattan, 2 Wellshot Drive, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, confirmed by Frances Alberta Read or Connell widow and David Cambell.
Entry in Scotlands People for Frances Alberta Connell, mother's maiden name Adams, in 1978 aged 80 in Cambuslang (573/197).
Entry in The Glasgow Herald 23 August1978 "Connell. Peacefully, at home, on Sunday 20th August 1978 Frances Read, beloved wife of the late Mr. William Kerr Connell, dearly beloved mother of Helen Lindsay Street, and grandmother of Catherine Low, and Nigel, Peter, and Jacques Connell. Funeral at Cathcart Cemetery (main gate) today (Wednesday) at 2.45 p.m.
There are eighteen entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Frances Alberta Read adding her marriage on 25 June 1924, birth of her son and daughter in Tanzania, and her death on 20 Aug 1978 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Cambuslang is a town on the south-eastern outskirts of Greater Glasgow. Cathcart Cemetery is a cemetery in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, 6 miles south of Gasgow.
Frances Alberta Read Felicity's third cousin twice removed.
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