READ, Frederick William

1885 - 1953

Frederick William Read was born at Framlingham, Suffolk on 28 December 1885, son of Jane Elizabeth Read (1861-1930). In 1891, Frederick was a 5-year-old, living at College Road, Framlingham with his 29-year-old mother Jane Eliza Read, born Brandeston, Suffolk and his sibling Ellen Jane Read 2, born Framlingham, and four of Jane's brothers-in-law's Harry 26, Albert Edward 21, Charles Robert 17 and Walter 14, all born in Framlingham. Frederick, a milk retailer, was living with his mother at Framlingham, apart from military service in the First World War, until he married at Woolwich, London in 1918, Agnes Elizabeth Cooper (8 December 1883-9 March 1952) and in 1921 a 35-year-old dairyman grocer, living at College Road, Framlingham with his 37-year-old wife Agnes, who was born at Brandeston, Suffolk. In 1939, a milk retailer, living at 59 College Road, Framlingham with his wife Agnes. He exhibited at the Ipswich Art Club in 1944, 'Swan Street, Framlingham'. Frederick William Read died at 59 College Road, Framlingham, Suffolk on 23 June 1953.