Frances Mary Bucknall

1886 - 1969  (82 years)

• Name	Frances Mary Bucknall
  Born	24 Jan 1886	Birmingham, Warwickshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	1969	Hove RD   [2]
  Person ID	I791	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2022

  
  

  Father	Theophilus Edward Bucknall,   b. 1851, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England ,   d. 23 Apr 1929, Birmingham  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Eliza Baker,   b. 1853, Hampton-In-Arden, West Midlands, England ,   d. 1929, Birmingham  (Age 76 years)
  Married	5 Oct 1874	St Thomas, Birmingham, Warwickshire.   [3]
  	Marriage: 5th October 1874m The Parish Church of St Thomas, Birmingham Theophilus Edward Bucknall, of full age , Bachelor & Clerk of Islington Road. Eliza Baker, of full age , spinster of Islington Road. were married by Banns by David Wilks, Curate. in the presence of William Cumberledge Pitt & Margaret Emily Bucknall. Grooms Father: Theophilus Bucknall, Gardener Brides Father: John Baker, Bricklayer. [found at Ancestry parish records]
  Family ID	F4689	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Robert Samuel Eachus,   b. 3 Sep 1887, 4 Heaton Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England ,   d. 25 Sep 1949, The Cricket Ground Hotel, Eaton Road, Hove, Sussex.  (Age 62 years)
  Married	15 Apr 1914	All Saints, Birmingham, Warwickshire.   [4]
  	Marriage. 15 April 1914, The Parish Church of All Saints, Birmingham. Robert Samuel Eachus, age 26, Bachelor & Civil Servant, 3 Barford Road, Birmingham Frances Mary Bucknall, age 28, Spinster of 86 Lodge Road. were married by banns by Albert Clease, Rector. in the presence of Alfred Heally Jeff & Ellen Lucy Bucknall Grooms Father: Robert Eachus, Compositor Brides Father: Theophilus Edward, Bucknall. [archive - digital copy]
  Children	1. Brenda Eachus,   b. 13 Jan 1921, Kings Norton < Registration District> ,   d. 18 Jun 2009, Wiltshire, England  (Age 88 years)
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2022
  Family ID	F460	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Known as Nan, Frances Mary attended Bridge Street Seventh Standard School and upon leaving took the Civil Service examination for Telegraphista, passing highly placed. She had to leave her job when she married Robert Eachus in 1914. After the start of WW1 Nan re-joined the Civil Service and one of her jobs was interviewing people qualifying for the newly-established Old age Pension. Nan was very much into spiritualism and the occult She claimed that when she lived in Windsor Terrace in the grounds of the Birmingham Oratory she, on more than one occasion, met the ghost of Cardinal Newman. Census Listings; 1891 249 Camden Street, All Saints, Birmingham. daughter, age 5. Scholar (91-274) 1901 3 Nursery Road, Aston Manor, Birmingham. daughter, age 15. (01-316) 1911 86 Lodge Road, Birmingham, Warwickshire. daughter, age 25. Telegraphist, G P O Birmingham. (N 89)

  
  

• Sources

  [S170] See P.R.O. [S75] P.R.O. Index. [S574] free B M D, free B M D. [S680] Marriage entry, Church Records, Marriage entry, Church Records.