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Part 2: George Fry (c1783 - 1868)
Marriage to Joanna Goss
George Fry was the youngest child of William Fry and Hannah (surname unknown). He was born c1783 and baptised 10 October 1783 in Winscombe, Somerset, England. He married Joanna Goss (1787 - 1820) 22 October 1811 at Westbury on Trym Parish Church, Gloucestershire. Joanna was born about July 1787 in Bristol and baptised 07 September 1788 at St Nicholas Parish Church, Bristol. Her parents were listed as Andrew Goss and Mary (surname unknown). George and Joanna had one child, George Jr born 1814. Joanna died 28 February 1820, aged 32, and was buried 04 March at Holy Cross Temple Church.
Marriage to Charlotte Augusta Goss
George married again 07 August 1825 at St Andrew Clifton Parish Church. His bride was Charlotte Augusta Goss and it is quite likely Charlotte and Joanna were sisters. George's second marriage was illegal (a law that came from the church's prohibition of marriage by affinity and was only overturned with the Deceased Wife's Sister Marriage Act 1907) which is why it took place in a different parish. Charlotte's parents were known to be Andrew Goss and Mary Elizabeth (surname unknown). Andrew was a butcher in King Street, Bristol, in the 1790s. Charlotte was born c1801 and baptised 23 August 1801 at St Nicholas Parish Church, Bristol. She and George had ten children.
Like his father-in-law, George was a butcher with a business/home in Prince's Street for some 30-40 years. In the mid-1830s he was sued as an insolvent debtor but recovered. When he retired, he and Charlotte moved to 5 Nelson Street where he died 05 June 1868. Charlotte died 20 August 1876 in Bristol.
Mr Fry Sr [George
Fry], copied
1862,
Anonymous
Mrs Fry Sr
[Charlotte Augusta Fry née Goss], copied
1862,
Anonymous
Children of George and Joanna
George Jr (c1814 - 1877) was born c1814 and baptised 17 July 1814 at St Stephen Parish Church, Bristol. He married Eliza Davis (? - ?) 26 June 1837 at St Andrews Clifton Parish Church. They had two known children, George and Eliza. George was a butcher like his father and a greengrocer at 56 Stoke's Croft. He apparently rented a stall for his butcher business and in June 1839 was sued as an insolvent debtor. Later that year, he and his family went to Australia as free settlers, embarkation number 3896, possibly arriving in South Australia before settling in Tasmania (known as Van Diemen's Land at the time). He leased a farm from the Van Diemen's Land Company and became a successful farmer and merchant. He died 05 May 1877 in Tasmania. [1]
Children of George and Charlotte
Henry c1826 - ? (This person is still being researched.)
Charlotte Elizabeth c1828 - ? (This person is still being researched.)
Alfred c1830 - ? (This person is still being researched.)
More information about Charles (c1832- 1905) appears in Part 3.
Samuel c1833 - ? (This person is still being researched.)
Eliza Augusta c1834 - ? (This person is still being researched.)
Lucy Ann c1836 - ? (This person is still being researched.)
Frederick c1840 - ? (This person is still being researched.)
Edward Carey c1843 - 1918 (This person is still being researched.)
Emma Ellen c1846 - ? (This person is still being researched.) [2]
Next: Charles Fry
Footnotes
[1] Information about George Fry Jr's life in Australia came from someone who is likely a descendant of George Fry Jr.
[2] 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)
