Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameKatherine Margaret GILLESPIE
Birthabt 1873, Hythe, Kent
Spouses
1Major Edward FREEMAN, 5C3R
Birth20 Nov 1875, Twickenham, Middlesex, England
Death3 Mar 1916, Flanders, France
FatherHarold FREEMAN (~1850-)
MotherAlice Mary WAKEFIELD (1849-)
Marriage1897
Notes for Katherine Margaret GILLESPIE
Death Of Mrs K M Ffoulkes
The death occurred at the home of her son at Fairham House Ruddington on Saturday of Mrs Katherine Margaret Ffoulkes daughter of the late Major-General Gillespie She was 83. Mrs Ffoulkes who was taken ill last Tuesday was an active woman. She was born in Kent For the past ten years she had lived at Wilford. Her first husband Major E Freeman served in the Army during the First World War She is survived by her sons Major Rollo Freeman who lives near Hereford, Commander Arthur Freeman of Parkstone Dorset ,and Major-General Harold A Freeman Attwood of Ruddington The funeral will take place at Ruddington to-morrow Wed on Saturday
The death occurred at the home of her son at Fairham House Ruddington on Saturday of Mrs Katherine Margaret Ffoulkes daughter of the late Major-General Gillespie She was 83. Mrs Ffoulkes who was taken ill last Tuesday was an active woman. She was born in Kent For the past ten years she had lived at Wilford. Her first husband Major E Freeman served in the Army during the First World War She is survived by her sons Major Rollo Freeman who lives near Hereford, Commander Arthur Freeman of Parkstone Dorset ,and Major-General Harold A Freeman Attwood of Ruddington The funeral will take place at Ruddington to-morrow Wed on Saturday
Notes for Edward (Spouse 1)
In the 1881 census 11 Robertson Terrace, Hastings Holy Trinity, Sussex.
Wife Alice M. Freeman, married, age 31, born Wellington, New Zealand.
Son Edward Freeman, age 5, born Twickenham, Middlesex.
Daughter Mary Freeman, age 3, born Twickenham.
Daughter Eleanor Freeman, age 2, born Abbots Langley, Hertsfordshire.
Visitor Constance E. Medley, unmarried, age 28, born London, Middlesex.
2 servants.
Parish Records St. Pancras Parish Chapel, Camden, London
Marriage May 12 1897
Edward Freeman, age 21, bachelor, gentleman, residence 16 Earls Court Square, father Harold Freeman, Gentleman and
Katherine Margaret Gillespie, age 25, spinster, residence 2 Brunswick Square, Saint Pancras, father William Augustus Gillespie, Major General
In the 1901 census Bryn Celyn, Llanfihangel Bachellaeth, Caernarvonshire, Wales
Head Edward Freeman, age 25, Captain Royal Welsh Fusiliers, employer, born Isleworth, Middlesex
Wife Katherine M. Freeman, age 28, living on own means, born Hythe, Kent
Son Harold A. Freeman, age 3, born Llanarth, Monmouth
Son Edward R. Freeman, age 1, born Llanfihangel
Son Arthur R. Freeman, age 3 months, born Llanfihangel
a housemaid, a cook and a nurse
London Times March 17 1916
Shared by Sally Mason on ancestry.com
Major Edward Freeman, 10th Royal Welsh Fusiliers, of Bryn Celyn, Pwllheli, who was killed in Flanders on March 3, was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Freeman, of Thorn Bank, Malvern Wells and grandson of of the late Edward Augustus Freeman, Professor of Modern History in the University of Oxford. He was born at Isleworth in 1875 and educated at Uppingham and Oriel College, Oxford. During the South African War he brought together and trained the Pwllheli Company of Volunteers, of which he was given the captaincy. At the outbreak of the war he was recalled to the depot at Wrexham to train recruits who afterwards formed the 10th Royal Welsh Fusiliers, of which he was made adjutant, obtaining his majority on leaving for the front in September last. His commanding officer writes: - “His loss will be much felt in the battalion. He did his duty to the end and he died beloved and respected by all who knew him.” Major Freeman married in 1897 Katherine, only daughter of Major-General W. A. Gillespie, of Bryn Derwen, Usk. He leaves 3 sons, the eldest Harold Augustus, being in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, and the youngest at Osborne.
Royal Welsh 10th Fusliers Battalion hit by Howitzer shell at Gordon Post, Ypres
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Gordon Post was hit by a Howitzer shell at around midnight on March 3 1916. The Commanding Officer/his Second in Command and two other officers were killed along with 9 other ranks. The officers are buried at Spoil Bank Cemetery but all the others are only commemorated on the Menin Gate.
Wife Alice M. Freeman, married, age 31, born Wellington, New Zealand.
Son Edward Freeman, age 5, born Twickenham, Middlesex.
Daughter Mary Freeman, age 3, born Twickenham.
Daughter Eleanor Freeman, age 2, born Abbots Langley, Hertsfordshire.
Visitor Constance E. Medley, unmarried, age 28, born London, Middlesex.
2 servants.
Parish Records St. Pancras Parish Chapel, Camden, London
Marriage May 12 1897
Edward Freeman, age 21, bachelor, gentleman, residence 16 Earls Court Square, father Harold Freeman, Gentleman and
Katherine Margaret Gillespie, age 25, spinster, residence 2 Brunswick Square, Saint Pancras, father William Augustus Gillespie, Major General
In the 1901 census Bryn Celyn, Llanfihangel Bachellaeth, Caernarvonshire, Wales
Head Edward Freeman, age 25, Captain Royal Welsh Fusiliers, employer, born Isleworth, Middlesex
Wife Katherine M. Freeman, age 28, living on own means, born Hythe, Kent
Son Harold A. Freeman, age 3, born Llanarth, Monmouth
Son Edward R. Freeman, age 1, born Llanfihangel
Son Arthur R. Freeman, age 3 months, born Llanfihangel
a housemaid, a cook and a nurse
London Times March 17 1916
Shared by Sally Mason on ancestry.com
Major Edward Freeman, 10th Royal Welsh Fusiliers, of Bryn Celyn, Pwllheli, who was killed in Flanders on March 3, was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Freeman, of Thorn Bank, Malvern Wells and grandson of of the late Edward Augustus Freeman, Professor of Modern History in the University of Oxford. He was born at Isleworth in 1875 and educated at Uppingham and Oriel College, Oxford. During the South African War he brought together and trained the Pwllheli Company of Volunteers, of which he was given the captaincy. At the outbreak of the war he was recalled to the depot at Wrexham to train recruits who afterwards formed the 10th Royal Welsh Fusiliers, of which he was made adjutant, obtaining his majority on leaving for the front in September last. His commanding officer writes: - “His loss will be much felt in the battalion. He did his duty to the end and he died beloved and respected by all who knew him.” Major Freeman married in 1897 Katherine, only daughter of Major-General W. A. Gillespie, of Bryn Derwen, Usk. He leaves 3 sons, the eldest Harold Augustus, being in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, and the youngest at Osborne.
Royal Welsh 10th Fusliers Battalion hit by Howitzer shell at Gordon Post, Ypres
shared by andrewktm450 at ancestry
Gordon Post was hit by a Howitzer shell at around midnight on March 3 1916. The Commanding Officer/his Second in Command and two other officers were killed along with 9 other ranks. The officers are buried at Spoil Bank Cemetery but all the others are only commemorated on the Menin Gate.