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| Name |
Elizabeth Mary Barbara RATCLIFF[8] |
| Birth |
26 Oct 1880, Edgbaston, Warwickshire UK[16],[17] |
| Birth Memo |
Registered: Vol. 6C Pg. #446 |
| Baptism |
21 Nov 1880, Great Alne, Alcester, Warwickshire UK |
| Death |
30 Dec 1921 Age: 41 |
| Death Memo |
Breast cancer; day of death not certain |
| Father |
John Francis RATCLIFF (1849-1915) |
| Mother |
Elizabeth Mary SMITH (1855-1880) |
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| Spouses: |
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Henry Francis (Frank) ADKINS[8] |
| Birth |
14 Nov 1878, Kings Norton, Staffordshire UK |
| Death |
20 Aug 1950, Paternoster House, Ottery St Mary, Devonshire UK[46] Age: 71 |
| Burial |
Ottery St Mary parish church |
| Occupation |
Solicitor with Douglas Wenham; later accountant with William Wenham |
| Education |
Attended Rossall School, Fleetwood, Lancashire UK. See notes |
| Father |
Thomas ADKINS (1850-1921) |
| Mother |
Ellen SOTHAM (1843-~1937) |
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| Marriage |
11 Apr 1907, St Alphege Church, Solihull, Warwickshire[45] |
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| Notes for Elizabeth Mary Barbara RATCLIFF | | I have a number of very touching letters and notes written to her children by Barbara when she knew that she was about to die of cancer. | | Notes for Henry Francis (Frank) (Spouse 1) | [10]1881 Census - Living in New Road Woodleigh, Kings Norton, Staffordshire UK
Lived at Grays, 5 Church Hill, Solihull Warwickshire UK to 1929
Lived at Eastcroft, Herbert Road, Solihull to January 1939
Lived at Paternoster House, Ottery St Mary, Devonshire UK from January 1939 until his death.[11]
While at Rossall School he won a book prize of Dickens' Curiosity Shop which is endorsed 'Rossall School H. F. Adkins 1st Arithmetic examination Xmas 1896 from CBD. The book has been returned to the school for its historic archive.
Frank's ambition was to be an accountant. However, his father wanted him to become a solicitor so he joined up with Douglas Wenham, a relation of his brother in law (sister Evelyn's husband). As independent solicitors they were not successful and the partnership failed, perhaps also because his heart was not in it. He then took the opportunity to become an accountant under the management of his brother in law William Wenham. He provided accounting services for various people and companies and was paid secretary of Oulton Golf Club. He moved the family to Ottery St Mary on the outbreak of war in order to protect them from the danger of bombing. From then on he was frequently away from home in the week. The family had a presence in that part of Devon until 2000 when his son Dennis moved up to Cheshire.
17 Aug 1916: 33559 Private in the Worcestershire Regiment[45]
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