Person:Frederick Mitchell (11)

Frederick Charles Mitchell was born in 1893 at Coventry in Warwickshire, son of Harriet Mitchell, formerly Bastock, and her husband Alfred Mitchell, a labourer. His birth was registered as 'Charles Frederick Mitchell' but he was generally known as Frederick (or Fred), and his death was registered as 'Frederick Charles Mitchell'. He was the youngest of the couple's five sons, although one had died as a baby leaving four surviving sons.

Some time between 1893 and 1899 something happened to Frederick's father, leaving him in Coventry Union Workhouse, apparently disabled and unable to look after himself or his family. There must have been a very real danger of the whole family having to enter the workhouse. Frederick's mother started a relationship with a man named Edward Scholes Feary, having six children with him between 1899 and 1904, although at least three of those died as babies. The family briefly moved to Rugby around 1899, but returned to Coventry by 1900. The 1901 census finds Frederick living with his mother, Edward Feary and his brothers at house 11 in Court 2 Thomas Street - a small courtyard property with two rooms to the south-west of the city centre. Between 1901 and 1902 the family moved over the road to house 2 in Court 11, Thomas Street.

In October 1909, Frederick's mother died aged 43. A couple of months later his father Alfred died in Coventry Union Workhouse, aged 54. Frederick was therefore an orphan at the age of 16. The 1911 census finds Frederick still living at house 2 in Court 11 Thomas Street with Edward Feary, who clearly continued to look after Frederick and his brothers after their mother's death, as well as looking after the children that he and Harriet had had together.

At the time of the 1911 census, Frederick was working as an errand boy for a tobacconist.

Frederick appears to have died at the age of 27, in 1921.

1. ↑ General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   b. Charles Frederick MITCHELL, December Quarter 1893, Coventry Registration District, Vol. 6d, page 495

2. ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Parish registers of St John the Baptist, Coventry, 1734-1908. (Warwick: Warwickshire County Record Office).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of S. John Baptist, Coventry in the Counties of Coventry and Warwick in the Year 1894
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parent's Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   2089	1894 January 24th	Fredrick	Alfred & Harriett	Mitchell	2 Court 2 House Sherbourne Street	Labourer	A.W. Cotton

3. ↑ England. England. 1901 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG13; Piece 2907; Folio 116; Page 4, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: 2 Court 11 House, Thomas Street, Coventry, Warwickshire
   2 rooms occupied
   Harriet Mitchell, wife, married, female, 34 [1866/7], b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Samuel Mitchell, son, single, male, 15 [1885/6], Brazier: Cycle work, worker, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   George Mitchell, son, single, male, 14 [1886/7], Automatic Machine Turner Cycle Trade, worker, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Alfred Mitchell, son, single, male, 12 [1888/9], b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Fred Mitchell, son, male, 5 [1895/6], b. Coventry, Warwickshire
   Edward Mitchell, son, male, 7 mo [1900], b. Coventry, Warwickshire
   Edward S. Feary, Boarder, single, male, 25 [1875/6], Engine Making; Turner / Fitter, worker, b. St Swithun, Lincolnshire

4. ↑ England. 1911 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom: The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), (formerly the UK General Register Office.))
   Class RG14; Piece 18522; Schedule 356, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: 11C2H Thomas Street, Coventry, Warwickshire
   3 rooms occupied
   Edward Scholes Feary, head, male, 35 [1875/6], widower, Turner Iron - Motor Manuf, worker, b. Lincoln
   Samuel Mitchell, boarder, male, 26 [1884/5], single, Assistant Butcher, worker, b. Warwick
   Alfred Mitchell, boarder, male, 22 [1888/9], single, Milling machine - Motor manuf, worker, b. Warwick
   Frederick Mitchell, boarder, male, 17 [1893/4], single, Errands for Tobacconist, worker, b. Coventry, Warwickshire
   Levi Feary Mitchell, son, male, 8 [1902/3], School, b. Coventry, Warwickshire
   Percy Feary, son, male, 6 [1904/5], School, b. Coventry, Warwickshire

5. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Frederick C. MITCHELL, September Quarter 1921, Coventry Registration District, Volume 6d, page 583, aged 27 [1893/4]