By Linus Joseph Dewald Jr., Editor
Summer 2005 and Revised 30 May 2011
Update of 30 May 2011: Frederick Prentice is #3ix in our Fall 2000 article entitled James Prentice of Halstead, Essex, England . That article now replaces this article.
1. Frederick Prentice. He appears in the 1861 census as an "Ord Seamen", b. c. 1845, with a birth place shown as "Maldon, Essicks."
He appears in the 1871 census as a Master, Vessels, Tre Rith Wharf, Isle of Dogs, Thames River, Kent, as b. c. 1845, South Canflett, Essex. He later appears as Frederick Prentice, b. c. 1845, South Canflett, Essex, who appears in the 1881 census at the Tre Rith Wharf, Isle of Dogs, Thames River, as "Chief Mate (Seaman) on the "Steamer Romeo" in Goole Registration District, Vessels, Yorkshire. Not in 1891 census.
He m. Mary Borrows, b. c. 1846, Swinefleet, Yorkshire. She was the dau. of Mary Burrows, b. c. 1808, Whitgrif, Yorkshire, who was living with her in 1871 in Goole, Yorkshire, 1881 in Burlington Crescent Hook, Yorkshire, and 1901 census in Goole. No husband is named in either census record. Children (per 1871 and 1881 census):
- Thomas Prentice, b. c. 1870, Goole, Yorkshire. He appears in the 1901 census in Potter Newton, Yorkshire, with his wife, Ellen, b. c. 1869, Rawcliffe, Yorkshire. No children shown.
- Clara Prentice, b. c. 1872, Swinefleet, Yorkshire. At home in Goole in 1901
- Fred Prentice, b. c. 1874, Swinefleet, Yorkshire. He appears in the 1901 Goole, Yorkshire, census with his wife, Mary A., b. c. 1870, Goole.
- William Prentice, b. c. 1876, Swinefleet, Yorkshire. At home in Goole in 1901.
- Henry Prentice, b. c. 1878, Swinefleet, Yorkshire. Not in 1901 census.
- Robert Prentice, b. c. 1880, Swinefleet, Yorkshire. . . . . . . . [2]
- Mary Prentice, b. c. 1888, Goole. At home in Goole in 1901.
2. Robert Prentice was b. c. 1880, Swinefleet, Yorkshire. WW II military death records identify him as a First Mate, Merchant Navy, S.S. Lulonga (Grimsby), who d. at age 60 on 26 Jul 1940, son of Frederick and Mary Prentice, of Goole, Yorkshire; husband of Edith Harriet Prentice, of Goole. His memorial can be found at Plot 7, Row D., Grave 6, Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension.
Since the 1861 census indicated that Frederick Prentice was b. c.1845 in Maldon, Essex, we checked the 1861 Maldon census to see if we could find his parents or siblings. We didn't find anyone old enough to be his parents, but we did find the following persons who may, or may not, be siblings:
- Henry Prentice, b. c. 1835, Maldon, with his wife, Emily.
- Charles Prentice, b. c. 1837, Maldon, with his wife Sarah and family.
- William Prentice, b. c. 1840, Maldon, a Mate aboard a vessel, the "William Maskill", at "Town: Thames River".
- Robert Prentice, b. c. 1841, Maldon, and like Frederick, an AB Seaman aboard the "Vesper."
- Elizabeth M. Prentice, b. c. 1849, Maldon, dau. of Jeremiah Prentice (b. c. 1817, Pagelsham, Essex) and Mary (b. c. 1815, Woolwich, Kent).
- Catherine S. Prentice, b. c. 1850, Maldon, dau. of Jeremiah Prentice (b. c. 1817, Pagelsham, Essex) and Mary (b. c. 1815, Woolwich, Kent).
- George Prentice, b. c. 1852, Maldon, living with his mother and step-father, Eliza and James Potter.
Numbers 5 and 6 appear in our Winter 1999 article about James Prentice of Paglesham, England . Jeremiah is not known to have any of the males shown in the list.
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