Biography:
Frederick Sear (480)
10/09/1879 –31/12/1939
Frederick Sear (480)
FREDERICK SEAR; 1879 – 1939
Frederick Sear was born 10 September 1879 in Orchard End, now Seymour Road, Northchurch, to Walter William Sear and Emily Sear née Deacon. His father was a builder. Frederick was one of five children, born to Walter and Emily, the others being James Arthur, born in 1875, William, born 1877, Albert, born in 1885 and Annie, born 1888. Frederick’s mother died in 1890 when she was only 37. Albert died at only 24 in 1909 and William was killed in action in 1917 in World War I.
Frederick and James both worked in the building trade.
In 1893, three years after the death of his wife Emily, Frederick’s father, Walter, married his sister in law Annie Maria Deacon and Frederick had a further 8 half siblings Ada, John, Emily, Charles, Hilda May, Rose (an infant death) another Rose and Margaret who was also died in infancy.
Frederick married Lina May Norris in October 1903. They had one daughter Doris Hilda Mary and in 1911 they were living at 57 Kitsbury Road Berkhamsted and had taken in a lodger, Reginald Brown, a photographer.
By the time of 1939 census Frederick and Lina were living in 2 Victoria Road. Frederick had become incapacitated and he died that year 3 December 1939 and is buried in Rectory Lane Berkhamsted.
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FREDERICK SEAR; 1879 – 1939
Frederick Sear was born 10 September 1879 in Orchard End, now Seymour Road, Northchurch, to Walter William Sear and Emily Sear née Deacon. His father was a builder. Frederick was one of five children, born to Walter and Emily, the others being James Arthur, born in 1875, William, born 1877, Albert, born in 1885 and Annie, born 1888. Frederick’s mother died in 1890 when she was only 37. Albert died at only 24 in 1909 and William was killed in action in 1917 in World War I.
Frederick and James both worked in the building trade.
In 1893, three years after the death of his wife Emily, Frederick’s father, Walter, married his sister in law Annie Maria Deacon and Frederick had a further 8 half siblings Ada, John, Emily, Charles, Hilda May, Rose (an infant death) another Rose and Margaret who was also died in infancy.
Frederick married Lina May Norris in October 1903. They had one daughter Doris Hilda Mary and in 1911 they were living at 57 Kitsbury Road Berkhamsted and had taken in a lodger, Reginald Brown, a photographer.
By the time of 1939 census Frederick and Lina were living in 2 Victoria Road. Frederick had become incapacitated and he died that year 3 December 1939 and is buried in Rectory Lane Berkhamsted.





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