Family of William John Folker of Snettisham

Folker One-Name Study

Family of
William John Folker and Agatha Main Drake

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Census 1881

Annie Elizabeth Folker was one of twins born Snettisham on 10 May 1879 at 7am. In 1901 she was employed as a General Domestic Servant at the home of Annie E Ogilvie at 1 Heyford Avenue, Lambeth in London. She was still with the same family in 1911 but they were then living at 51 Acre Lane in Brixton, Surrey. Annie did not marry and went to live in Portugal where she was a Housekeeper. She died at Casa Boa, Esperanca Monte in Estoril on 20 April 1950.

William Folker was twin to Annie born Snettisham on 10 May 1879 at 7:30am. He became a Bricklayer. He married Ethel Hodgson at Wiggenhall St.Mary Magdalen, Norfolk on 12 April 1904. They remained in Wiggenhall where son Alfred Leslie was born in 1905. In 1911 they were living at Magdalen in Kings Lynn but when the census was taken, she was with son Alfred at the house of her sister Elizabeth and family nearby. Ethel died in the Downham registration district in 1932 and William in 1949.

Robert John Folker was born in a cottage in Snettisham on 11 February 1881, and he was known as John. The census of 1901 recorded his name as John Foulker, and he was a General Labourer and one of two boarders at 257 St.Leonards Road in New Windsor, Berkshire. On 12 December 1910 he married Sarah Ann Clements, née Digby, at the Windsor Register Office. At the time of the census of 1911 they were living at 9 The Flats in Elm Road, Windsor, and John was employed as a Groom. His name was written on the marriage certificate as John Robert. John joined the Norfolk Regiment in the First World War but was transferred to the York & Lancs Regiment with whom he was serving when he died of wounds in Italy on 2 November 1918. He was buried at the Cimitero Monumentale di Staglieno in Liguria, Italy. Sarah died in the Maidenhead area on 8 January 1960.

Frederick Folker was born in Snettisham on 3 December 1883. In 1901 he was a Butchers assistant and boarding at the home of Richard Bowman at 8 Malt House Yard in Snettisham. By 1911 he was now a fully fledged Butcher and was now boarding with his uncle Richard Folker in Malt House Row in Snettisham. On 22 October 1913 Frederick married Annie Elizabeth Clarke at Hempnall Parish Church in Norfolk. They did not have any children. During World War One, Frederick enlisted with the Beds & Herts Regiment and was captured at Savy in France on 22 March 1918 and was interned at Munster 111 Prisoner of War camp in Westphalia. Frederick died in Great Yarmouth on 26 April 1950 but his wife Annie lived on until 1970.

Flora Folker was born in Snettisham in 1885. By 1901 she was living at 52 Killyon Road, Clapham in Surrey where she was a General Domestic Servant in the household of John C Hatch. Her daughter Alice Annie Folker was born in Sedgeford in 1905. In 1911 Flora was a Domestic Servant in the household of F Comell at 45 The Chase in Clapham Common. Her daughter Alice was being looked after by grandparents William and Agatha Folker in Sedgeford.

Susan Ford Folker was born in Snettisham in 1887. By 1911 she was a General Domestic Servant to the household of Albert William Masters of 120 Abbeville Road, Clapham in Surrey. In 1915, she married Arthur Elija S Haverson at Sedgeford Parish Church. Daughter Winifred was born in Windsor, Berks in 1919. Albert died in Derby in 1961 and Susan died in Fakenham in 1963.

Eliza Folker was born in Snettisham on 6 November 1889. In 1911 she was a Domestic Servant to the family of Howard Fletcher at 42 Jeffreys Road, Clapham in Surrey. Nothing more is known of Eliza.

Alice Folker was born in Snettisham in 1894. She was living with her parents in Sedgeford in 1911, after which nothing is known of her.

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