Frances Summers

Frances Sarah Summers 

Born: 1868, Madeley 

Baptised: 10 January 1868, Dawley

Father: Richard Dixon Summers (b. 1839)

Mother: Fanny Summers (b. 1839)

Stepmother: Florence Mary Summers (b. 1838)

Brothers: Charles Richard Dixon Summers (b. 1869), Frederick John Summers (b. 1872), Cecil Henry Summers (b. 1876)

Sisters: Florence Summers (b. 1864), Minnie Ellen Summers (b. 1866), Lucy Annie Summers (b. 1874)

Marriage:        21 October 1894, Burton upon Trent 

Husband:         Thomas Brown 

                        b. 1870

                        d. 7 February 1907

Issue – 

#1 Harold Lester Brown (b. 1895)

#2 Thomas Arthur Brown (b. 1900)

#3 William Edward Brown (b. 1901)

#4 Lucy Annie Brown (b. 1904)

In 1871 – 

She is at High Street, Dawley. Her father is listed as ‘Currier and Leather Merchant’. Frances, her mother and siblings (Florence, Minnie and Charles) are unlisted. There are two servants, Mary Morgan (b. 1853) and Hannah Morgan (b. 1855).

In 1881 – 

She is at High Street, Dawley. Her father is listed as ‘Currier and Nail Manufacturer Employing 3 Men’. Frances, her stepmother and siblings (Minnie, Florence, Charles, Frederick, Lucy and Cecil) are unlisted. There is a servant, Fanny Brasenall (b. 1866). There is a visitor, William Stuttle (b. 1828), listed as ‘Iron Founder’. 

In 1891 – 

She is at Bentinck Street, Doncaster as a lodger. Jane Bryant (b. 1836) is listed as widow and ‘Living on Own Means’. Fanny is listed as ‘School Teacher’. 

In 1901 – 

She is at 91 Glovers Road, Aston. Frances is listed as ‘Leather and Grinder Dealer’. Her children, Harold and Arthur, are unlisted. Her husband’s brother, Sydney Brown (b. 1876), is listed as ‘Insurance Collector’. There is a servant, Margaret Spindler (b. 1886). 

In 1911 – 

She is at 2 Pool Hill, Dawley. Frances is listed as widow and ‘Assistant Certificated Teacher’. Her son, Harold, is listed as ‘Iron Planners Help’. Her children, Edward and Lucy, are unlisted. 

In 1921 – 

She is at 2 Pool Hill, Dawley. Frances is listed as widow and ‘Trained Certificated Assistant Teacher’. Her son, Thomas, is listed as ‘Machine Hand (Iron)’. Her daughter, Lucy, is unlisted. 

d.         16 December 1923, Shropshire 

BROWN, Frances Sarah of 2 Pool Hill, Dawley, Shropshire widow died 16 December 1923. Probate Shrewsbury 22 February to Frank Clayton, schoolmaster. Effects £751, 3s, 7d.