Person Sheet


Name Major Sir Francis Walter Fitton JACKSON CMG DSO, 38
Birth 3 7 1881, Cork
Death 17 5 1936, 7 Knaresborough Place South Kensington Age: 54
Death Memo IoD 2Q1936 Kensington 1a134
Occupation 1921: Major Royal Artillery Retired Colonial Official Gold Coast Colony West Africa.
Father Francis William JACKSON, 1102 (1840-1918)
Mother Sarah FITTON, 1105 (1847-1907)
Spouses:
1 Ethel Jane GRAY, GG Aunt, 37
Birth 22 7 1882, Pietermaritzburg, SA
Christen 14 2 1883, St Peter Pietermaritzburg
Death 24 8 1968, Cambridge Age: 86
Death Memo IoD 3Q1968 Cambridge 4a189
Father Frederick GRAY, 34 (1857-1896)
Mother "Angel" Eliza Jane FLOWER, 513 (1857-1938)
Marriage 3 11 1909, St Stephen Gloucester Road Kensington40
Marriage Memo IoM 4Q1909 Kensington 1a275 #48
Children: Robert Frank Anthony, 45 (1918-2004)
Sylvia (No children), 56 (1921-2004)
Notes for Major Sir Francis Walter Fitton JACKSON CMG DSO
RFAJ171098: D and PofB, DofD "of peritonitis", month and PofM, double-barrel doubted {and hence removed!}. KENicol110406: prefix titles. Ancestry160511: IoD aged54. AncestryProbate160511: DandPofD. Ancestry071124: census1921.
Census
Census1921 P10828: aged 39, mar, boarder at Endcliff Saunton Braunton Devon, occ, PofB Cork.
Census Notes for Ethel Jane (Spouse 1)
Census1901 938/134/8: "Grey", aged 18, unmar, dau at 35 Cromwell Road Hove, PofB Pietermaritzburg. Census1921 P10828: aged 37, mar, boarder at Endcliff Saunton Braunton Devon, PofB Pietermaritzburg.
Misc. Notes
DofB and DofC from Register of Baptisms, record no 2233, extracted 23/3/1914 on Page 240. St Peter's now known as St Saviour's Cathedral. RFAJ 17/10/98: DofD, month of M, PofM. Ancestry160511: IoD aged86. Ancestry170511: census1901. Ancestry071124: census1921.
Notes for Francis Walter Fitton & Ethel Jane (Family)
Ancestry160511: IoM. AncestryLMB160511: MC.
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