See also
Husband:
Thomas William FISK (1859-1922)
Wife:
Betsy GRAY (c. 1863-1934)
Children:
Marriage:
c. 18831
Name:
Thomas William FISK
Sex:
Male
Father:
-
Mother:
Birth:
14 Nov 1859
Baptism:
18 Oct 1860 (age 0)
Hales3
private baptism, mother Emily a single woman
Census:
1861 (age 1-2)
Hales4
Address: Hales Green, Hales
1, living with grandmother Hannah (63, field hand), mother Emily (25, shoebinder), siblings William (6, scholar) and Anna (3), uncle William (29, engine driver of a steam threshing machine), and aunt Matilda (21, shoebinder)
Census:
1871 (age 11-12)
Kirby Cane5
Address: The Green, Kirby Cane
11, living with grandparents Thomas LONG (58, farmer of 112 acres employing 4 men 1 woman and 1 boy) and Sarah LONG (56, farmer's wife), visitor Charlotte FORD (70), and servants Leah SQUIRES (18, dairy maid) and George FALGATE (14, agricultural servant)
Census:
1891 (age 31-32)
Tharston6
Address: Railway House Wood Lane, Tharston
31, railway signalman, living with wife Betsy (27), children Edith Elizabeth (7, scholar) and Herbert William (3), and boarder Arthur James GRAY (20, railway porter)
Census:
1901 (age 41-42)
Tharston7
Address: Railway Cottages Tharston Street, Tharston
41, signalman G.E.R., living with wife Betsy (37), son Herbert W (13, cattleman on farm), and lodgers George RICHES (28, signalman G.E.R.) and Charles BROWN (20, porter G.E.R.)
Census:
1911 (age 51-52)
Tharston8
Address: Railway Cottages, Tharston
51, railway signalman, living with wife Betsy (47), son-in-law and daughter Robert STEARMAN (30, railway shunter) and Edith Elizabeth STEARMAN (27), their children Herbert Robert William STEARMAN (6, scholar) and Madelin Edith STEARMAN (3), and lodgers Ernest William James SHEPPARD (24, railway porter) and Alfred Robert SMITH (25, railway porter)
Electoral Register:
1920 (age 60-61)
Tharston9
Address: Railway Cottage, Tharston
residing at Railway Cottages, Tharston; qualification by a) residence b) occupation
Death:
18 Dec 1922 (age 63)
Probate:
15 Jan 1923
Norwich, Norfolk12
FISK Thomas William of Yaxham-road East Dereham Norfolk died 18 December 1922 Probate Norwich 15 January to Betsy Fisk widow. Effects £373 4s.
MI:
-; Forncett St. Mary10
In affectionate remembrance of / Thomas William / the dearly beloved husband of / Betsy FISK / who departed this life / Dec 18th 1922 / aged 63 years / "We cannot Lord thy purpose see / but all is well that's done by thee" / also of Betsy FISK / wife of the above / who died Aug 23 1934 / aged 71 years / Reunited
Name:
Betsy GRAY
Sex:
Female
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
c. 1863
Tacolneston13
Census:
1871 (age 7-8)
Tacolneston14
Address: Norwich Road, Tacolneston
7, scholar, living with parents Robert (48, agricultural labourer) and Mary (43), and siblings Charles (18), George (14), Alfred (10, scholar), Lucy (3) and James (1)
Census:
1881 (age 17-18)
Fundenhall15
Address: Farm House, Fundenhall
18, boarding in the household of Elizabeth BROWNE (widow, 61)
Census:
1891 (age 27-28)
Tharston6
Address: Railway House Wood Lane, Tharston
27, living with husband Thomas William (31, railway signalman), children Edith Elizabeth (7, scholar) and Herbert William (3), and boarder Arthur James GRAY (20, railway porter)
Census:
1901 (age 37-38)
Tharston7
Address: Railway Cottages Tharston Street, Tharston
37, living with husband Thomas W (41, signalman G.E.R.), son Herbert W (13, cattleman on farm), and lodgers George RICHES (28, signalman G.E.R.) and Charles BROWN (20, porter G.E.R.)
Census:
1911 (age 47-48)
Tharston8
Address: Railway Cottages, Tharston
47, living with husband Thomas William (51, railway signalman), son-in-law and daughter Robert STEARMAN (30, railway shunter) and Edith Elizabeth STEARMAN (27), their children Herbert Robert William STEARMAN (6, scholar) and Madelin Edith STEARMAQN (3), and lodgers Ernest William James SHEPPARD (24, railway porter) and Alfred Robert SMITH (25, railway porter)
Electoral Register:
1920 (age 56-57)
Tharston9
Address: Railway Cottage, Tharston
residing at Railway Cottages, Tharston; qualifications by a) husband's occupation b) husband's occupation
Death:
MI:
-; Forncett St. Mary10
In affectionate remembrance of / Thomas William / the dearly beloved husband of / Betsy FISK / who departed this life / Dec 18th 1922 / aged 63 years / "We cannot Lord thy purpose see / but all is well that's done by thee" / also of Betsy FISK / wife of the above / who died Aug 23 1934 / aged 71 years / Reunited
Name:
Edith Elizabeth FISK
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Birth:
c. 1884
Tacolneston17
Census:
1891 (age 6-7)
Tharston6
Address: Railway House Wood Lane, Tharston
7, scholar, living with parents Thomas William (31, railway signalman) and Betsy (27), brother Herbert William (3), and boarder Arthur James GRAY (20, railway porter)
Census:
1901 (age 16-17)
Tharston18
Address: Railway Cottages Tharston Street, Tharston
17, dressmaker, visitor in the household of James E£ SPRATT (29, signalman G.E.R.)
Census:
1911 (age 26-27)
Tharston8
Address: Railway Cottages, Tharston
27, living with husband Robert (30, railway shunter), children Herbert Robert William (6, scholar) and Madelin Edith (3), parents Thomas William FISK (51, railway signalman) and wife Betsy FISK (47), and lodgers Ernest William James SHEPPARD (24, railway porter) and Alfred Robert SMITH (25, railway porter)
1939 Register:
1939 (age 54-55)
East Dereham19
Address: 7 Lynn Hill, East Dereham
widowed, unpaid domestic duties, b.23.11.1883
Death:
c. 1959 (age 74-75)20
Name:
Herbert William FISK
Sex:
Male
Birth:
c. 1887
Tharston21
Census:
1891 (age 3-4)
Tharston6
Address: Railway House Wood Lane, Tharston
3, living with parents Thomas William (31, railway signalman) and Betsy (27), sister Edith Elizabeth (7, scholar), and boarder Arthur James GRAY (20, railway porter)
Census:
1901 (age 13-14)
Tharston7
Address: Railway Cottages Tharston Street, Tharston
13, cattleman on farm, living with parents Thomas W (41, signalman G.E.R.) and Betsy (37), and lodgers George RICHES (28, signalman G.E.R.) and Charles BROWN (20, porter G.E.R.)
Death:
13 Feb 1910 (age 22-23)22
Newspaper Report 2:
19 Feb 1910 (age 22-23)
Norfolk News about Herbert's accidental death
MI:
St. MKary's Church; Forncett St. Mary22
In Loving Memory • of • HERBERT WILLIAM • ONLY BELOVED SON OF • THOMAS & BETSY FISK • OF THARSTON • WHO MET HIS DEATH BY ACCIDENT • ON G.E.R. • BORN MAY 29TH 1887. • DIED FEBY 13TH 1910. • "WHAT I DO THOU KNOWEST NOT NOW • BUT THOU SHALL KNOW HEREAFTER" • THY WILL BE DONE
Parish register - marriage. 1883 Q3 Depwade 4B 377. Cit. Date: Q3 1883.
Civil Registration - birth. 1859 Q4 Loddon 4B 209. Cit. Date: Q4 1859.
Parish register - baptism. Hales. Cit. Date: 18 October 1860.
1861 Census. RG09 1228 80 4. Cit. Date: 1861.
1871 Census. RG10 1830 95 12. Cit. Date: 1871.
1891 Census. RG12 1545 128 4. Cit. Date: 1891.
1901 Census. RG13 1862 125 1. Cit. Date: 1901.
1911 Census. RG14 PN11462 RD230 SD3 ED8 SN69. Cit. Date: 1911.
Electoral register. Norfolk, Southern Division, Spring 1920 Register Page 9. Cit. Date: 1920.
Memorial. Forncett St. Mary.
Civil Registration - death. 1922 Q4 Mitford 4B 237. Cit. Date: Q4 1922.
National Probate Calendar. 1923 Page 245. Cit. Date: 15 January 1923.
Civil Registration - birth. 1863 Q2 Depwade 4B 238. Cit. Date: Q2 1863.
1871 Census. RG10 1837 90 14. Cit. Date: 1871.
1881 Census. RG11 1970 76 13. Cit. Date: 1881.
Civil Registration - death. 1934 Q3 Mitford 4B 234. Cit. Date: Q3 1934.
Civil Registration - birth. 1884 Q1 Depwade 4B 257. Cit. Date: Q1 1884.
1901 Census. RG13 1862 125 2. Cit. Date: 1901.
1939 Registration. RG101/6525B/023/40 : TQDC. Cit. Date: 1939.
Civil Registration - death. 1959 Q1 East Dereham 4B 574. Cit. Date: Q1 1959.
Civil Registration - birth. 1887 Q3 Depwade 4B 229. Cit. Date: Q3 1887.
Find A Grave. Forncett St. Mary.
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