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Frederick Arnold
c1829-1892
Frederick was born in Thatcham, Berkshire, the illegitimate son of Maria Blake. He was baptised on the 26th December 1830, in Thatcham as Frederick Blake son of Maria Blake.
Maria Blake married Henry Arnold on the 18th April 1830, in Thatcham. (before Frederick was baptised) Frederick was known as Frederick Arnold
According to census records Frederick’s mother Maria was born c1806-c1811, in Thatcham, Berkshire. Maria died aged 72 in 1881, she was buried on the 17th February, at St Mary, Thatcham.
Henry Arnold was an Agricultural/Farm Labourer. He was born on the 8th November 1804, in Thatcham, Berkshire. Henry was baptised on the 16th December 1804, the son of George and Maria Arnold (nee Rhodes) who were married on the 8th September 1801, in Thatcham. Henry died aged 69 in 1873, he was buried on the 29th January, a St Mary, Thatcham.
Henry and Maria had the following children baptised in Thatcham:
Mary Ann, 5th January 1832
George, 20th February 1834
Richard, 9th March 1836
Henry, 5th March 1837
Maria, 23rd June 1839
Eliza, 17th April 1842
Sarah, 22nd June 1845
Lucy Martha, 5th August 1849 (born Lucy in 1847)
Emily, born 1850 (no baptism found yet!)
The 1851 census records Henry (47), Maria (45) and their children, Frederick (21), an Agricultural Labourer, Mary A. (19), Richard (16), Henry (14), Maria (12), (recorded as Anarea) Eliza (12), (recorded as Elizabeth) Sarah (5), Lucy (3) and Emily (8 months), living in Broad Street, Thatcham.
In 1861 Federick (31) was working as a Labourer, lodging at 6, Sleaford Street, Battersea.
The 1881 census records Frederick (51) as a Railway Labourer, lodging in Longfield Road, East
Grinstead, Sussex.
In 1891 Frederick (63) was recorded as an inmate in the Newbury Workhouse.
Frederick died aged 63, in the Newbury Workhouse, on the 17th January 1892. He was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 20th January.
Newbury Weekly News
Dated 21st January 1892
ARNOLD – January 16, at the Workhouse, Newbury, Frederick Arnold, aged 63
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