Frances Bignell

Frances Lucy Mary Bignell 

Born: 7 February 1875, St. Saviour Southwark 

Father: Thomas Benjamin Bignell (b. 1855)

Mother: Frances Lucy Bignell (b. 1856)

Brothers: Ton Henry Bignell (b. 1877), Albert M Bignell (b. 1879)

Sisters: Isobella Rose Bignell (b. 1880), Ettie Maud Bignell (b. 1881) Virginia Steptama Bignell (b. 1884), Winifred Julia Bignell (b. 1887), Norah Mary Bignell (b. 1889)

Marriage:        6 December 1902, Southwark 

Husband:         William Joseph White 

                        b. 1 December 1866

                        Clerk

Issue –

#1 William Harold White (b. 14 June 1908)

#2 Isabel Lucy White (b. 5 March 1908)

In 1881 – 

She is at 10 Castle Street, Camberwell, London. Her father is listed as ‘Shoe Maker (Employs 1)’. Her mother is unlisted. Frances, Tom, Albert and Isobella are unlisted. 

In 1891 – 

She is at Boyson Road, Newington, London. Her father is listed as ‘Slipper Maker’. Her mother is unlisted. Frances is listed as ‘Assistant Pupil Teacher’. Ton, Albert, Isabella, Ettoe, Winifred and Nora are unlisted.

In 10/95 – 

PT at Board School, Walworth.

In 10/97 – 

Appointed to London School Board. 

In 1901 – 

She is at 138 Boyson Road, Newington, London. Her father is listed as ‘Slipper Maker’. Her mother is unlisted. Frances, Isabel and Ettie are listed as ‘School Teacher’. Her brother, Ton, is listed as ‘Auctioneers Clerk’. Her brother, Albert, is listed as ‘Bank Clerk’. Her sisters, Virginia and Winifred are unlisted. Her cousin, Frederick A Searl (b. 1887), is listed as ‘Junior Clerk’. 

In 10/03 – 

Address is 138 Boyson Road, Camberwell Gate, London, S.E.

In 10/03 – 

Marries William White on 06.12.02 in Walworth.

In 1911 – 

She is at 19 Calais Street, North Camberwell, London. Her husband is listed as ‘Ledger Clerk’. Frances and her children, William and Isabel, are unlisted.  

In 1921 – 

She is at 11 Calais Street, North Camberwell, London. Her husband is listed as ‘Clerk (Brewers)’. Frances, her children, William and Isabel, and her nephew, Victor Albert Thomas Bignell (b. 1917), are unlisted.  

In 1939 – 

She is at 4 Calais Gate, Lambeth, London. Her husband is listed as ‘Clerk Retired’. Frances is unlisted. Their daughter, Isabel Lucy, is listed as ‘Stenographic’. 

d.         13 June 1955, Wandsworth

WHITE Frances Lucy Mary of 4 Calaid Gate, Myatts Park, Camberwell, London, S.E.5, widow, died 13 June 1955 at The Hostel of God, Clapham, London. Probate London 12 July to William Harold White, bank manager. Effects £651, 6s.