See also

George Benjamin Francis (1893- )

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • teaman3

  • Birth:

  • Q1 1893

  • Ringshall, Suffolk, England1 4 3

  • Baptism:

  • 5 Mar 1893 (age 0)

  • St. Catherine's Church, Stowmarket Road, Ringshall, Suffolk, England2

  •  

  • son of Robert Charles Francis (labourer) and Louisa Ellen of Ringshall

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 8)

  • Denham Green, Denham (near Eye), Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • son living in four rooms with his parents Charles and Ellen, brothers Charles and Albert, and sisters Magdalene, Lucy and Freda. Born in Ringshall Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 18)

  • Middletons Lane, Hellesdon, Norfolk, England3

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a teaman and living in seven rooms with his parents Robert and Ellen, brothers Charles, Albert, Victor, Thomas and Jack, and sisters Lucy and Freda. Born in Ringshall Suffolk

Individual Note

Unsure what happened to George after 1911. A George Benjamin Francis was killed in 1916 in France but he was an Australian

Sources

1.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2024, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bosmere 1893 quarter:1 volume:4a page:861. Cit. Date: 25 April 2026.

2.

Suffolk Family History Society All Baptisms Suffolk 1813-1900, (SFK-BPI/P1-1 own copy). Ringshall St. Catherine baptisms entry:633. Cit. Date: 25 April 2026.

3.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:11249 class:RG78 piece:612 registration district:224 sub-district:1 enumeration district:15 schedule:27. Cit. Date: 25 April 2026.

4.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1766 folio:5 page:1 schedule:7. Cit. Date: 25 April 2026.