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 Part 3: Charles Fry (c1832 - 1905)

Working life and marriage to Sarah Louisa Bryant

Charles Fry was the fourth child of George Fry and Charlotte Augusta Goss. He was baptised 29 January 1832 at St Stephen's Parish Church, Bristol. He was a master mariner and ship owner and consequently does not appear in many census records - being away at sea many of those times! He married Sarah Louisa Bryant (c1833 - 1905) 04 October 1860, at St Paul's Church, Bedminster Parish, Bristol. They never had any children but Sarah was involved in the upbringing of Sarah's niece Agnes Trickey.

In 1868, Charles and Sarah sailed to Bombay (now Mumbai), India, on board his sailing ship, the 'Glenlyon'. In their company was the 18-year-old Agnes. At their destination, she met Charles William Cayzer (whom Charles Fry knew from a previous visit) and fell in love. She stayed behind to marry him as Charles Fry had to return to England with his cargo. Sarah accompanied Charles on many voyages, as was a captain's wife's privilege at the time. In 1881, the couple were actually in England to be counted in the census, living at Hampton Terrace, Westbury on Trym Parish, Bristol. Charles retired from life on the sea and became a Marine Superintendent in Liverpool for his nephew-in-law Charles Cayzer's company. Age and illness made his work difficult to undertake (he was obliged to physically check the cargo holds as part of his duties) though it took a long time for him to be persuaded to retire. In 1899 he moved back to Bristol. Sarah died in April 1905 and Charles felt the loss of his constant companion keenly. He died exactly three months later, 20 July 1905. [1]

Footnotes

[1] England and Wales Census 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911, Robson's Directory Gloucestershire 1839, Somerset Marriages post 1754, National Burial Index, Australian Death Index 1787-1985, 1793-94 Matthew's New History of Bristol or Complete Guide and Bristol Directory, Pigot’s 1830 Directory Gloucestershire (Ancestry.co.uk and Findmypast.com); General Registry Office (GRO) certificates; Bristol Mercury newspaper archive (http://newspapers.bl.uk/blcs/); London Parish Registers (www.parishregister.com); The National Archives (www.nationalarchives.gov.uk); Mark George's website which includes the Fry family (htttp://freepages.genealogy.rootsweeb.ancestry.com/~markgeorge/WebPages/index.html#surnames); 'A Victorian Shipowner: A Portrait of Sir Charles Cayzer, Baronet of Gartmore' (1978) Augustus Muir and Mair Davies, published by Cayzer, Irvine and Company Limited; Cayzer Family Archive (Registered Charity Number: 1122921)