Birth: 21 April 1882 Ilfracombe, Devon, UK
Father: John Sollis 1834-1922
Mother: Jane Hooper 1844-1900
Christening: 2 June 1882 Holy Trinity, Ilfracombe, Devon, UK
Marriage: April-June 1903 Barnstable, Devon, UK
Wife: Eliza Jane Brooks 1879-1951
Death: 20 August 1959 Ilfracombe and District Tyrrell Hospital, Ilfracombe, Devon, UK
Margaret Jane Sollis [Luff] 1903-1986
Roderick John Charles Sollis 1915-1981
Birth of Frederick Sollis in FreeBMD in April-June 1882 in Barnstable (5B 493).
Entry in Ancestry Devon, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1920 for Frederick Sollis baptised 2 June 1882 in Infracombe, parents John and Jane Sollis.
Entry in FreeReg for the baptism of Frederick Sollis on 2 June 1882 at Holy Trinity, Ilfracombe, Devon, parents John, a railway guard, and Jane Sollis of Ilfracombe.
His brother was registered in January-March 1884 in Barnstable, baptised on 19 June 1884 at Holy Trinity, Ilfracombe when they lived in Ilfracombe, and buried on 10 July 1886 at Holy Trinity, Ilfracombe.
His brother was born on 14 September 1890, registered in October-December 1890 in Barnstable, and baptised on 29 December 1890 at Holy Trinity, Ilfracombe when they lived in Ilfracombe.
In the 1891 census as Frederick Sollis aged 3, born in Ilfracombe, Devon, and living with his parents (John and Jane), three brothers (Alfred, Charles and John), and two sisters (Annie and Ellen) at 9 Berkley Place, Ilfracombe, Devon.
His mother died on 30 January 1900, her death was registered in January-March 1900 in Barnstable, and she was buried on 3 February 1900 at Holy Trinity, Ilfracombe when she lived at 9 Berkley Place, Ilfracombe.
In the 1901 census as Frederick Sollis aged 28, born in Ilfracombe, Devon, single, a mason, and living with his widowed father (John), brother (Charles), sister (Elizabeth Jane) and her son (Gordon Sollis) at 9 Barkley Place Ilfracombe, Devon.
Marriage of Frederick Sollis and Jane Brooks in FreeBMD in April-June 1903 in Barnstable (5B 1053).
His daughter was born on 11 June 1903 in Ilfracombe, and registered in July-September 1903 in Barnstable.
In the 1911 census as Frederick Sollis aged 28, born in Ilfracombe, Devon, and living with his wife (Jane) and daughter (Maggie) who were living with his mother-in-law (Eliza Ann Brooks), brother-in-law (Roderick John Brooks), four sisters-in-law (Amy, Constance E, Drothy May and Edith May Brooks) and an adopted child (Muriel Langdon) in six rooms at 3 Strand, Ifracombe, Devon.
His son was born on 20 September 1915, registered in October-December 1915 in Barnstable, and baptised on 12 December 1915 with his daughter at St Philip and St James, Ilfracombe in 1915 when he was a mason of 11 Hermitage Road.
In the 1921 census as Frederick Sollis aged 39 years 2 months, born in Ilfracombe, North (not indexed) Devon, a general mason employed by Mr C Somp Builder of Church Street, Ilfracombe, one child under 15 aged 5, and living with his wife (Jane) and son (Roderick) in five rooms at 11 Hernitage (sic) Road, Ilfracombe, Devon.
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Frederick Sollis born 21 April 1882, married, a mason (L W W C ilegible and ARP Decontain?) and living with Eliza J Sollis (wife?), and Roderick J C Sollis (son?) at 11 Hemitage Road, Ilfracombe, Devon.
Death of Frederick Sollis in FreeBMD in July-September 1959 aged 77 in Barnstable (7A 242).
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate alendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 for Frederick Sollis died 20 August 1959 in Devon, probate 7 September 1959 in London. "Sollis Frederick of 11 Hermatage Road Ilfracombe Devon died 20 August 1959 at Ilfracombe and District Tyrrell Hospital Ilfracombe Probate London 7 September to Roderick John Charles Sollis gardener and Margaret Jane Luff (wife of James Luff). Effects £208 3s. 2d."
There are twenty four entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Frederick Sollis.
Frederick Sollis was the father of Margaret Jane Sollis, wife of James Luff, my half second cousin once removed.
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