Frederick Richard Dengate
KEY DATES:
Birth: 18 November 1889, Peasmarsh, East Sussex
Baptism: 9 February 1890, St Peter and St Paul's Church, Peasmarsh, East Sussex
Died: April 1962
Cremated: 30 April 1962, Hastings Crematorium, East Sussex
BIOGRAPHY:
Frederick Richard Dengate was born to Charles and Annie Elizabeth Dengate on the 18 November 1889 in Peasmarsh, East Sussex. He was baptised 9 February 1890 in St Peter and St Paul's Church, Peasmarsh. His father Charles was a labourer and a baker in Peasmarsh.
St Peter and St Paul's Church, Peasmarsh
The 1891 census shows Frederick Richard aged one year old, living with his parents and brothers and sisters Charles Henry, Annie Elizabeth and Clara Isabel on Main Street, Peasmarsh.
Frederick Richard Dengate began at Peasmarsh school on the 3 July 1893 and left 21 March 1901, "gone to work". At school with Frederick were his sisters Annie Elizabeth and Clara Isabel Dengate and their cousin Grace Dengate. Frederick suffered from a mental disorder which left him with writing and reading difficulties and needing to be looked left after by his parents. Fred's sister Annie Elizabeth also looked after him at her home in Lydd during the early 1930s.
Peasmarsh School, 2003
Frederick Richard Dengate and sister Ada Frances Dengate
The 1901 census shows Frederick living at home with his parents and brothers and sisters in Main Street, Peasmarsh. His father Charles was working as a journeyman baker (paid by the day) - as did many of the Dengate family.
Charles Dengate (left), Donald Patrick Dengate (centre) and Frederick Richard Dengate (right)
Frederick Richard Dengate (2nd left) and Charles Dengate (3rd left)
Frederick worked for some time with his brother Charles Henry in his wood yard in Peasmarsh, making stakes and fence posts. He was a part of the Peasmarsh brass band, collecting money when they played at fetes and fairs. His brother Charles Henry played in the band, then took over as band-master when the previous band-master left. He did not marry or have children and died in April 1962. He was cremated 30 April 1962 in Hastings Crematorium and his ashes strewn in the garden of remembrance.
CENSUS:
Grateful thanks to Gwen Gill, the late Christina Brown, Linda Vousden, Maurice Addy and Charles and Joyce Phillips for the above information, memories and photographs.
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