| Date | Kind | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1850 | Other Event1 | Freer grandaughters dispatched to find work Nottingham | |
| Type | Story | ||
| Place | Quorndon, Leicestershire | ||
| 3 Sep 1869 | Birthi, ii, iii, iv, v, vi, vii, viii, ix | Place | Ruabon, Denbighshire |
| 22 Sep 1869 | Other Eventi, 2 | Kennel House | |
| Type | Residence-Resident | ||
| Place | Ruabon, Denbighshire | ||
| 2 Apr 1871 | Other Eventii, x, 2 | Wynnstay Kennels | |
| Type | Residence-Resident | ||
| Place | Ruabon, Denbighshire | ||
| 13 Apr 1881 | Other Eventxi, 2 | Wynnstay Kennels, Bryn | |
| Type | Residence-Resident | ||
| Place | Ruabon, Denbighshire | ||
| 16 Oct 1890 | Other Eventiv, 3 | 14 Enfield Street | |
| Type | Residence-Occupant | ||
| Place | Hyson Green, Nottinghamshire | ||
| 3 Apr 1891 | Other Eventxii, 2 | 13 Palm Street | |
| Type | Residence-Resident | ||
| Place | New Basford, Nottinghamshire | ||
| 5 Apr 1891 | Other Eventv, 2 | 13 Palm Street | |
| Type | Residence-Resident | ||
| Place | Basford, Nottinghamshire | ||
| 30 Sep 1891 | Other Eventxiii, 4 | Clara Blacknell | |
| Type | Death Informant-Informant | ||
| Place | Basford, Nottinghamshire | ||
| 30 Sep 1891 | Other Eventxiii, 2 | 13 Palm Street | |
| Type | Residence-Resident | ||
| Place | New Basford, Nottinghamshire | ||
| 11 Feb 1894 | Other Eventxiv, 2 | The Kennels, Wynnstay | |
| Type | Residence-Resident | ||
| Place | Ruabon, Denbighshire | ||
| 15 Feb 1896 | Other Eventxv, 2 | Dynhynlle Cottage | |
| Type | Residence-Resident | ||
| Place | Ruabon, Denbighshire | ||
| 9 Nov 1898 | Other Eventxvi, 3 | Dynhynlle Cottage | |
| Type | Residence-Occupant | ||
| Place | Ruabon, Denbighshire | ||
| 31 Mar 1901 | Other Eventvi, 2 | 50 Craven Street | |
| Type | Residence-Resident | ||
| Place | Nottingham, Nottinghamshire | ||
| 18 Jan 1911 | Other Eventxvii, 2 | Dynhynlle Cottage | |
| Type | Residence-Resident | ||
| Place | Ruabon, Denbighshire | ||
| 2 Apr 1911 | Other Eventvii, 2 | Dynhynlle Cottage | |
| Type | Residence-Resident | ||
| Place | Ruabon, Denbighshire | ||
| 1918 | Other Eventxviii | Ruabon Cemetery | |
| Type | Cemetery | ||
| Place | Ruabon, Denbighshire | ||
| 1918 | Other Event5 | Ethel as a surrogate mother | |
| Type | Story | ||
| Place | Ruabon, Denbighshire | ||
| 17 Mar 1918 | Deathviii, xviii | Place | Ruabon, Denbighshire |
| Cause | I. Milignant disease of the uterus | ||
| 18 Mar 1918 | Other Eventviii | Frederick Blacknell | |
| Type | Death Informant | ||
| Place | Ruabon, Denbighshire | ||
| 20 Mar 1918 | Burialxviii, xix | Place | Ruabon, Denbighshire |
| Address | Ruabon Cemetery Mount Pleasant Ruabon, Denbighshire LL14 6DT Wales | ||
| Address, Addr1 | Mount Pleasant | ||
| Address, City | Ruabon | ||
| Address, State | Denbighshire | ||
| Address, Zip | LL14 6DT | ||
| Address, Country | Wales | ||
| 20 Mar 1918 | Other Event | Type | Funeral |
| Place | Ruabon, Denbighshire | ||
1. The Freer family in Ruabon ended at 14 children in all, and during this time at least two of the daughters were sent to live with their maternal grandmother Sarah Moseby in Nottingham. Sarah had been widowed in about 1850 and remarried John Moseby. Mary Ann was the first - at 17, she was living with the Mosebys during the 1871 census employed as a machinist. Ten years later, Lucy was living with them aged 24, working as a seamstress. It is our strong suspicion that Clara was also dispatched to live with Sarah in the late 1880's and this is how she came to meet Frederick Blacknell (born Calverton) in around 1890.
2. Role: Resident
3. Role: Occupant
4. Role: Informant Present at the death
5. Clara Freer died in 1918 when Ethel was 22. She took over raising the younger childen particularly Gladys & Ernest (aged 11 & 8 respectively). They were known to refer to her as 'mam' demonstrating that she had taken on a motherly role.
i. Birth Certificates.; Page birth certificate for Clara Freer, born 3 Sep 1869; Wrexham registration district, Wrexham sub-district; [Source Record]; Certainty Unknown ('4')
ii. "Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871." online database.; Page (accessed 19 Sep 2011); Class: RG10; Piece: 5652; Folio: 81; Page: 9; GSU roll: 892484.; [Source Record]; Certainty Secondary Evidence
iii. "Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881." online database.; Page (accessed 28 Aug 2018), entry for entry for William Freer household, Ruabon, Wrexham; PRO RG11/5512 p16; [Source Record]; Certainty Primary Evidence
iv. Marriage Certificates.; Page marriage certificate for Frederick Blacknell and Clara Freer, married 16 Oct 1890; Nottingham registration district; [Source Record]; Certainty Unknown ('4')
v. "Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891." online database.; Page (accessed 27 Jan 2020), entry for Frederick Blacknell household, Basford, Nottinghamshire; [Source Record]; Certainty Primary Evidence
vi. "Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901." online database.; Page (accessed 8 Jun 2011), entry for 31; Class: RG13; Piece: 3184; Folio: 48; Page: 33.; [Source Record]; Certainty Secondary Evidence
vii. "Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911." online database.; Page (accessed 23 Aug 2018), entry for Mary Ann Freer household, Dynhynlle Cottage near Ruabon; RD 621, SD 2, ED 6, SN 46; [Source Record]; Certainty Primary Evidence
viii. Death Certificates.; Page death certificate for Clara Blacknell, died 17 Mar 1918; Wrexham registration district, Ruabon sub-district; [Source Record]; Certainty Unknown ('4')
ix. John Freer Family Bible 1842-1949, The Holy Bible. Privately held by Stephen Ashford, Denbighshire. 2020.; [Source Record]; Certainty Primary Evidence
x. "Descendants of John & Fanny Freer." Digital descendant chart.; Page "research shared with Paul Blacknell," (accessed 24 May 2020); [Source Record]; Certainty Secondary Evidence
xi. "Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881." online database.; Page (accessed 28 Aug 2018), entry for William Freer household, Ruabon, Wrexham; PRO RG11/5512 p16; [Source Record]; Certainty Primary Evidence
xii. Birth Certificates.; Page birth certificate for Frederick Blacknell, born 6 Mar 1891; Basford registration district; [Source Record]; Certainty Unknown ('4')
xiii. Death Certificates.; Page death certificate for Frederick Blacknell, died 30 Sep 1891; Basford registration district, Basford sub-district; [Source Record]; Certainty Unknown ('4')
xiv. Birth Certificates.; Page birth certificate for Harry Blacknell, born 11 Feb 1894; Wrexham registration district, Ruabon sub-district; [Source Record]; Certainty Unknown ('4')
xv. Birth Certificates.; Page birth certificate for Ethel Blacknell, born 15/2/1896; citing /257, Wrexham registration district, Ruabon sub-district; [Source Record]; Certainty Unknown ('4')
xvi. Birth Certificates.; Page birth certificate for Frank Blacknell, born 6 Oct 1898; Wrexham registration district, Ruabon sub-district; [Source Record]; Certainty Unknown ('4')
xvii. "Baptisms," Certificates. .; Page entry for Ernest Blacknell; bapitsm register for parish of Ruabon 1911 page 338.; [Source Record]; Certainty Unknown ('4')
xviii. Momumental inscriptions; Page Clara Freer monumental inscription, Photographed by Nan Morris, 4/5/2011.; [Source Record]; Certainty Unknown ('4')
xix. https://newspapers.library.wales/; Page "Funeral Notices," 28 Mar 1918; digital images : accessed 17 Feb 2021), Llangollen Advertiser, Denbighshire, Merionethshire and North Wales Journal.; [Source Record]; Certainty Primary Evidence