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WICKS, Frederick William
1872 - 1937 (65 years) Has no ancestors but one descendant in this family tree.
1872 - 1927 (55 years)-
Name WICKS, Frederick William Birth 1872 Truro, Cornwall, England 
Gender Male Death Mar 1937 Person ID I1785 Edgoose Last Modified 30 Jan 2026
Family 1 TIGHE, Anne, b. 1872 d. 1927 (Age 55 years) Marriage 25 Nov 1894 Rathdown, Ireland Children 1. WICKS, Frederick d. 6 Jun 1915 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] Family ID F3143 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 2 WOOF, Jessie S., b. 8 Sep 1881 d. 1973, Launceston Registration District, Cornwall (Age 91 years) Marriage 5 Jan 1931 St. Mary's Church, Launceston, Cornwall Family ID F3144 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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FREDERICK WILLIAM WICKS 1872-1915
The birth of Frederick William WICKS was registered in 1872.
(GRO September Q 1872 [KNEEBONE] Truro 05C 159)
The 1881 census for Pydar Street, Truro St. Mary, Cornwall:
George T. WICKS, head, widower, aged 39, bookbinder, born at Reading, Berkshire;
George C. WICKS, son, aged 14, bookbinder, born at Truro;
Emily WICKS, daughter, aged 11, born at Truro;
Alfred WICKS, son, aged 10, born at Truro;
*Frederick (sic) WICKS, son, aged 8, born at Truro;
Florence WICKS, daughter, aged 6, born at Truro;
AdaWICKS, daughter, aged 4, born at Truro;
Catherine DONITHORNE, aged 30, domestic servant, born at Penzance, Cornwall.
(RG11/2311/40/2)
The 1891 census of Hut Encampment Barracks, Pembroke, Wales:
Fred. Wm. WICKS, soldier, aged 18, private in Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, born at St. Mary's, Truro.
(RG12/4531/149/21)
He passed through the Military musicians' training centre at Knellor Hall in London. After passing out he was sent to Dublin. It was here that he met and married Annie TIGHE at the church of St. Michael, Kingstown, Ireland, on 25 November 1894.
He is to be found in the 1901 Ireland census. When the Boer War began he was posted with his battalion to South Africa.
He was invalided out two and a half years later, moving with his large family to Castle Street, Launceston in Cornwall. There he took up bookbinding and printing.
His wife gave birth to a total of 14 children, only one of whom died in infancy.
In World War 1 he was a drummer in the 5th Batallion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry.
On 5 January 1931, after the death of his wife Annie, he married Jessie WOOF at St. Mary's Church, Launceston.
He died in 1937.
NOTES & QUERIES:
Source 1: Email from Andy RATHBONE (andrath at hotmail.co.uk) on 29 March 2020, grandson of Frederick William's sixth child Patrick Ernest WICKS.
Source 2: More detailed information on Frederick William WICKS together with portrait photographs of him and his wife can be found online at http://launcestonthen.co.uk. Frederick's year of birth is incorrectly given as 1875. His birth was registered in the September quarter of 1872 and his mother's maiden name was KNEEBONE.
Thank you Andy RATHBONE.
(revised 02.04.2020)