Frederick Augustus Yorke
M, #24534, b. about 1814
Frederick Augustus Yorke was born, about 1814, in Trinidad, British West Indies.1,2
Frederick Augustus Yorke married Elizabeth Wilkinson.2
Frederick Augustus Yorke was granted the probate of the estate of the deceased, George Cheyne, 12 August 1869. The will of George Cheyne was proved 12 August 1869. An abstract of which reads: "Cheyne George Esq. 12 August. The Confirmation under Seal of the Commissaroit of Dumfries dated 31 July 1869 of James Watt Banker in Banff in the County of Banff and Frederick Augustus Yorke (husband of his niece, Mary Wilkinson) Major General in Her Majesty's Royal Engineers resident at Skairfield near Lochmaben in the County of Dumfries as Executors Nominate of the late George Cheyne Esquire Bank House Lochmaben in the Parish of Lochmaben in the County of Dumfries who died at Bank House aforesaid 2 June 1869 was sealed at the Principal Registry London.".3
Frederick Augustus Yorke was listed on the 1871 England Census at 6 Cliford Terrace, in Winchester, Hampshire, England. They were lodgers at the lodging house of Eliza. Fallwell. He was 57, a Major General in the Royal Engineers and was born in Trinidad, Elizabeth was 59 and born in Edinburgh and Cecilia was 19 and born in ?? Greece, a British Subject.1
Frederick Augustus Yorke and his wife Elizabeth Yorke were listed on the 1881 England Census, at 25 Upper Grove Road, in Tonbridge Wells, Kent, England. He was head of household and a retired Major General. Also present were his children, Mary Morrison and Cecilia Yorke. He was listed as 67 years old and born in West Indies.2
Frederick Augustus Yorke married Elizabeth Wilkinson.2
Frederick Augustus Yorke was granted the probate of the estate of the deceased, George Cheyne, 12 August 1869. The will of George Cheyne was proved 12 August 1869. An abstract of which reads: "Cheyne George Esq. 12 August. The Confirmation under Seal of the Commissaroit of Dumfries dated 31 July 1869 of James Watt Banker in Banff in the County of Banff and Frederick Augustus Yorke (husband of his niece, Mary Wilkinson) Major General in Her Majesty's Royal Engineers resident at Skairfield near Lochmaben in the County of Dumfries as Executors Nominate of the late George Cheyne Esquire Bank House Lochmaben in the Parish of Lochmaben in the County of Dumfries who died at Bank House aforesaid 2 June 1869 was sealed at the Principal Registry London.".3
Frederick Augustus Yorke was listed on the 1871 England Census at 6 Cliford Terrace, in Winchester, Hampshire, England. They were lodgers at the lodging house of Eliza. Fallwell. He was 57, a Major General in the Royal Engineers and was born in Trinidad, Elizabeth was 59 and born in Edinburgh and Cecilia was 19 and born in ?? Greece, a British Subject.1
Frederick Augustus Yorke and his wife Elizabeth Yorke were listed on the 1881 England Census, at 25 Upper Grove Road, in Tonbridge Wells, Kent, England. He was head of household and a retired Major General. Also present were his children, Mary Morrison and Cecilia Yorke. He was listed as 67 years old and born in West Indies.2
Family | Elizabeth Wilkinson b. 22 May 1810 |
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Citations
- [S407] 1871 British Census, Class: RG10; Piece: 1210; Folio: 17; Page: 26; GSU roll: 827822, Household 185.
- [S454] 1881 British Census, Class: RG11; Piece: 915; Folio: 37; Page: 28; GSU roll: 1341218, Household 144.
- [S389] Website Ancestry.com Website (www.ancestry.com) "Text from an image of the abstract of his will in England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, Scotch Confirmations, Sealed, 1869, page 265."