Francis Sturges Douglas ATHERTON

Est 1895 - 1983  (~ 88 years)

• Name	Francis Sturges Douglas ATHERTON
  Born	Est 1895	Gympie, Queensland, Australia
  Gender	Male
  Died	30 Oct 1983	Southport, Queensland, Australia   [1]
  Person ID	I20198	Atherton One Name Study
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2016

  
  

  Father	Francis Henry ATHERTON,   b. Between Apr 1840 and Jun 1840, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England ,   d. Between Oct 1927 and Dec 1927, Hambledon, Waverley, Surrey  (Age ~ 87 years)
  Mother	Julia Maria Isabella WALFORD,   b. 30 Nov 1859, Hammersmith, London, England ,   d. Between Jul 1952 and Sep 1952, Surrey, England  (Age 92 years)
  Married	11 Sep 1907	Covent Garden, London, England
  Notes	The family returned to the UK in 1905 following the death of Hon. Lt Col. Thomas Sturges Walford, Julia's father. They lived at Langhurst House, at Pook Hill, near Hambledon, Surrey. They later went out to Kenya and bought a 500acre farm at Nakuru. Most of the family returned to the UK in about 1926 living at Pathfield, Shalford, near Guildford. They finally moved to Denbigh House in Shalford until about 1969.
  Family ID	F2318	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Last Modified	22 Jun 2020
  Family ID	F4518	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Francis Sturges Douglas Atherton A fishy tale!

  
  

• Notes

  14 Apr 1894 - 004881 - Francis Sturges Douglas ATHERTON also reg as WALFORD. Died 30 Oct 1983 in Southport QLD. Both parents listed under ATHERTON. No father listed under WALFORD. On 25 May 1905 arrived London from Brisbane on board `Mitiades` of the Aberdeen Line was Mr F [Francis Henry] Atherton 62 Miner, Mrs Atherton [Julia?] 45, Miss Atherton 4 [Katherine], Miss F Atherton [Fanny] 16, Miss J Atherton [Julia] 14, Miss F Atherton [?] 11, Miss J Atherton [Isabella?] 8, Miss M Atherton [Harriet?] 6, Mstr F Atherton 10 [Francis].In the 1911 Census living at Langhurst, Witley, Surrey was Francis Henry Atherton Head M 70 Prospector Mining b. Kingston St Michael Surrey, Julia M J Atherton Wife M (25 years!) 51 (7 ch b. alive, 7 still living) b. Hammersmith London Middx, Fanny Crompton Atherton Dau S 19 b. Gympie Queensland Australia, Francis Douglas Atherton Son S 16 Florist b. Gympie, Carmileen T Atherton Dau 14 b. Gympie, Harriet B Atherton Dau 13 b. Gympie, Katherine L C Atherton Dau 10 b. Gympie. Also at home was Clara Seaborn Francis Governess S 25 Teaching b. London Bow Middlesex. I have a stamped death certificate and will from the probate office for Francis Sturges recording him as ending his life at Unsted Park Nursing Home, Godalming, Surrey. He Died on 23 Feb 1973. He had Parkinsons quite badly when we knew him. We used to visit Frensham Pond when ever we went up to visit Granny. Before he died we used to get in for free and have tea brought round to the boat house. Towards the end and after Olive died we would visit him at his cottage after a visit to the pond. Visiting the pond after it became property of the National Trust was not the same.

  
  

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