Person:Frederick Ralston (1)

Frederick Ralston was born in 1882 in the southern suburbs of Manchester. He was the eldest child of a grocer named Joseph Alexander Ralston and his wife Eliza Ann Hicks. Frederick married in 1903 to Edith Fitzgerald. She appears in the 1911 census living at 19 Claremont Road in Moss Side, South Manchester but Frederick was not at home. Edith said she'd had only one child, who was living with her in that census aged 6, implying born 1904/5. It appears that the couple had another child in 1915.

Frederick died in 1924, aged 41. His address was given as 202 Moss Lane East - the grocer's shop he had lived at with his father since before 1901. His father was still alive at the time, but appears to have retired to Westmorland, having remarried then in 1922. Frederick's estate was valued at just over £525 and administration was granted to his widow Edith.

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

   b. Frederic William RALSTON, December Quarter 1882, Chorlton Registration District, Vol. 8c, page 279

2. ↑ England. 1891 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.)
   RG12/3184/146/53, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: 28 Egerton Terrace, Chorlton upon Medlock, Manchester, Lancashire
   5 or more rooms occupied
   Joseph A. Ralston, head, married, male, 36 [1854/5], Grocer, employer, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Eliza A. Ralston, wife, married, female, 30 [1860/1], b. Hadley, Shropshire
   Fred W. Ralston, son, single, male, 8 [1882/3], Scholar, b. Manchester, Lancashire
   Selina C. Ralston, daughter, single, female, 7 [1883/4], b. Manchester, Lancashire
   Kate McNulty, servant, single, female, 16 [1874/5], Gen serv dom, b. Ireland
   Ellen L. Ralston, daughter, single, female, 4 [1886/7], b. Manchester, Lancashire

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.)
   RG13/3710/119/2, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: 202 Moss Lane East, Moss Side, Manchester, Lancashire
   5 or more rooms occupied
   Joseph Alexander Ralston, head, widower, male, 46 [1854/5], Grocer, employer, working at home, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Frederick W. Ralston, son, single, male, 18 [1882/3], Grocer, worker, working at home, b. Manchester, Lancashire
   Selina C. Ralston, daughter, single, female, 17 [1883/4], working at home, b. Manchester, Lancashire
   Ellen L. Ralston, daughter, single, female, 14 [1886/7], working at home, b. Manchester, Lancashire
   Dorothy Ralston, daughter, single, female, 7 [1893/4], b. Manchester, Lancashire

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

   d. Frederick W. RALSTON, December Quarter 1924, Chorlton Registration District, Vol. 8c, page 719, aged 41 [1882/3]

5. ↑ ^5.0 5.1 England. National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1858 onwards. (Ancestry.com).

   1925
   RALSTON Frederick William of 202 Moss-lane east Moss Side Manchester died 5 November 1924 at Nell-lane Auxiliary Hospital Withington Manchester Administration (with Will) Manchester 7 January to Edith Phyliss Jessie Ralston widow. Effects £525 3s. 4d.