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G6: Stefano Ricardo Frediani (1939-) and Maria Silvestri (1840-)
The story of the Frediani family begins with Stefano Ricardo Frediani, who was apparently born in the small village of Partigliano in Italy in around 1839. Nestled amidst the rolling hills a few miles northwest of Lucca in Tuscany, this small community, boasting fewer than 200 residents even today, formed the backdrop for Stefano’s early life. Surrounded by ancient farmlands, an old mill, and the fragrant scent of olive groves, his life was steeped in rural tradition.
Stefano became a figure maker – an artist that sculpted plaster of Paris figurines (figuris gesso) – and a common trade amongst the villages and towns in these mountains since the 14th century. He married Maria Dominica Silvestri, but very little is known of their life. They had at least three children who migrated to the England as young adults and settled in the great city of Liverpool. They were amongst the thousands of figuristi who emigrated, and their descendants now live all over the world, but almost without exception have their roots in these mountains.
It’s possible that Stefano and Maria had three further children, Theresina, Giovanni, and Valentina, who ran the Cafe Gamboge.
G5: Joseph Frediani (1862-1916) & Caterina Gianelli (1871-1943)
Birth: in Italy during 1862.
Migration: like his father, Joseph became a figure maker – a figuristi. In the mid 19th century, the figuristi began to emigrate in ever increasing numbers. The three siblings, Joseph, Angelo, and Madeline all emigrated to Britain, but we will likely never know the route they took, or even if they travelled together. The trio made their way to the huge bustling port of Liverpool where they lived on the cobbled streets off Scotland Road, known as Little Italy.
Marriage: to Caterina Teresa Gianelli on 1 July 1890 at Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church on Standish Street. He was aged 28 and she 18. The ceremony was witnessed by her father and a Martha Giannasi. This was the first of two marriages between these families with Joseph’s sister Madeline marrying Catherine’s brother John in 1897.
Spouse history: Caterina was ten years Joseph’s junior and had been born in Liverpool on 12 August 1871 to fellow Italian immigrants John Gianelli and Dominica Berissa. She was commonly known by the anglicised Catherine or Kate throughout her life. She had been christened at St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church on Grosvenor Street later in August. By 1881, the family lived in the boarding house that they ran on Gerard Street, home to many newly arrived Italian immigrants.
Children: (1) Madeline in 1891, (2) Stephen in 1893, (3) Philomena in 1896, (4) Maria in 1900, (5) Annita in 1901, (6) Josephine in 1906, (7) John in 1910. Unusually for the time they all survived childhood.
Residences: at the time of their marriage Catherine still (officially) lived with her family on Islington Place, a very short and narrow road that jutted off the bottom of Christian Street. Joseph lived around the corner on Islington. They initially lived together in a small four-roomed house on nearby Craven Street. By 1911 had moved around the corner to a larger house on Lambert Street better suited to the larger family that they then had. They shared this with a servant and three lodgers. They moved to another terraced house on Cazneau Street in the mid-1920s. Towards the end of her life Catherine moved out of Little Italy to live with her eldest daughter in Walton.
Joseph: 95 Islington, Liverpool (1890); 10 Islington Place, Liverpool (1891); 51 Craven Street, Liverpool (1891-1901); 40 Lambert Street, Liverpool (1911-1916)
Catherine: 73 Gerard Street, Liverpool (1881-1885); 10 Islington Place, Liverpool (1890-1891); 51 Craven Street, Liverpool (1897-1901); 40 Lambert Street, Liverpool (1911-1924); 23 Cazneau Street, Liverpool (1928-1942); 48 Rendal Street, Liverpool (1943)
Occupation: Joseph remained a figuristi for life, likely selling his plaster figures on the streets of Liverpool. Catherine had been a domestic servant before marrying Joseph, but then joined him in the sculpting business. By 1911 they had been joined by children Stephen and Philomena. After Joseph’s early death, Catherine decided on a change of direction and by 1921 had acquired a fish and chip saloon on Islington. It was a family affair, with her four spinster daughters (Philomena, Maria, Annita, Josephine) and son John also working in the business. The six of them lived and worked together until the outbreak of war almost two decades later.
Deaths: Joseph died on 27 July 1916 at the Royal Infirmary and was buried in Ford Cemetery. He was just 54 years old. Catherine died on 7 August 1943 when aged 71. She was buried on 11 August in the same plot as Joseph, leaving her estate of £1,172 6s. 1d. to daughter Madeline. There is a further probate record from 1959 that awarded £2,000 to daughter Philomena.
G4: Madeline Frediani (1891-1957) and Alfred Jones (1889-1939)
See the Jones line for the history of Madeline and her descendants.
G4: Stephen Joseph Frediani (1893-1857)
Birth: on 30 May 1893 in Liverpool. He was the second child of Joseph and Catherine.
Christening: on 11 June 1893 at St Francis Xavier’s Roman Catholic Church in Everton.
Marriage: on 15 August 1925 to Esther Brown at St Nicolas’s Church. He was aged 32 and she was 25.
Spouse history: Esther was seven years younger than Stephen and had been born on 16 January 1900 to general labourer Richard Brown and his wife Mary. She grew up in the working-class neighbourhood of Seaforth to the north of Liverpool where the large family was squeezed into a small terraced house.
Children: (1) Maria in 1926, (2) Frances in 1927, (3) Stephen in 1929, (3) John in 1933.
Occupation: Stephen followed in the footsteps of his father and became a figure maker, working alongside him in the family business where he specialised in painting the statues. Stephen eventually became a painter and decorator.
Residences: the newlyweds settled on Cazneau Street in Little Italy. There is a record in the 1929 Kelly’s Director of Manchester for a Stephen Frediani, painter, at 5 Baildon Street, and this could well be the same person. By 1931 they had moved to Seaforth where they lived in a terraced house on Palmerston Avenue, moving to Langton Road by 1939.
- Esther: 4 Verdi Street, Seaforth (1911); 23 Cazneau Street, Liverpool (1925-1927); 39 Palmerston Avenue, Seaforth (1931); 44 Langton Road, Seaforth (1939)
- Stephen: 51 Craven Street, Liverpool (1897-1901); 40 Lambert Street, Liverpool (1911-1924); 23 Cazneau Street, Liverpool (1925-1927); 39 Palmerston Avenue, Seaforth (1931); 44 Langton Road, Seaforth (1939); 14 Sefton Avenue, Seaforth (1957)
Deaths: Stephen died in Walton Hospital during February 1957 when aged 61. He was buried at Ford Cemetery in the same plot as his parents. Esther survived him for 31 years and died in Liverpool during April 1988 when aged 88.
G3: Maria Catherine Frediani (1926-)
Birth: during 1926 in Liverpool, the first child of Stephen and Esther.
Marriage: during 1949 to Donald Bryce Massey in Crosby. She was aged 23 and he was 26.
Spouse history: Donald had been born in Liverpool during 1923 to Giles Higson Massey and Mary Ellen Bryce. They lived in a terraced house on Butterfield Street just to the south of Stanley Park for his entire childhood. Donald was 17 on the outbreak of the Second World War, and evidently joined one of the armed forces, although it is not known which one. After the conflict he lived with his mother on Cockerell Street.
Children: (1) John in 1954, (2) Susan in 1956.
Residences: in 2002 the couple lived with one of their grandsons on Lonsdale Road, part of a post-war housing estate in Ford and literally around the corner from Maria’s younger brother Stephen.
- Maria: 39 Palmerston Avenue, Seaforth (1931); 90 Lonsdale Road, Ford (2002)
- Donald: 32 Butterfield Street, Liverpool (1923-1939); 109 Cockerell Street, Liverpool (1945-1948); 90 Lonsdale Road, Ford (2002)
G3: Frances Josephine Frediani (1928-2001)
Birth: 18 November 1927 in Liverpool, the second child of Stephen and Esther.
Residences: 39 Palmerston Avenue, Seaforth (1931); 44 Langton Road, Seaforth (1939)
Death: October 2001 in Sefton.
Commonly known as Josie. Nothing is known of her life. It is not thought that she married.
G4: Philomena Frediani (1896-1967)
Birth: 28 May 1896 in Liverpool, the third child of Joseph and Catherine.
Christening: on 7 June1896 at St Francis Xavier’s Roman Catholic Church in Everton.
Residences: Philomena continued to live at home with her mother until Catherine’s death in 1943. Afterward, she stayed with her sisters, first with Madeline in Walton and later with Annita and her husband John in Everton.
- 51 Craven Street, Liverpool (1897-1901); 40 Lambert Street, Liverpool (1911-1924); 23 Cazneau Street, Liverpool (1929-1939); 48 Rendal Street, Liverpool (1945-1948); 91 Thirlmere Road, Liverpool (1949-1967)
Occupation: from a young age, Philomena assisted in the family business of making cheap plaster figures. In 1921, she worked as an assistant at Nobletts sweet shop on London Road, makers of the famous Everton Toffee after which Everton Football Club is nicknamed. She then worked alongside her mother in the fish and chip shop.
Death: at home on 4 June 1967 at the age of 71. She was buried in Anfield Cemetery. She left an estate of £2,427 to sister Josephine.
G4: Maria Domenica Frediani (1900-1983)
Birth: 24 February 1900 in Liverpool, the fourth child of Joseph and Catherine.
Christening: on 11 March 1900 at St Francis Xavier’s Roman Catholic Church in Everton. Commonly known as Minnie.
Marriage: to Francis Joseph Walker on 26 June 1940. She was aged 40 and he was 37.
Spouse history: Frank was born on 16 June 1903 to cement worker John Walker and Selina Leicester. He was christened at St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church on Grosvenor Street on 22 June 1903. They resided on nearby Rose Hill, moving around the corner to Chaucer Place over the next few years.
Residences: Frank and Minnie both lived at home well into adulthood, and even after their marriage Minnie only moved in with her new in-laws. Frank’s parents had both died by 1946, after which the couple moved into Gerard Crescent, one of the tenement blocks that replaced large parts of Little Italy. They lived there with Frank’s younger brother Leo until at least 1970.
- Maria: 51 Craven Street, Liverpool (1901); 40 Lambert Street, Liverpool (1911-1921); 23 Cazneau Street, Liverpool (1928-1939); 3 Chaucer Place, Liverpool (1945-1948); 2A Gerard Crescent, Liverpool (1949-1974); 35 Holley Court, Brandreth Close, Liverpool (1983)
- Frank: 14 Rose Hill, Liverpool (1903); 2 Chaucer Place, Liverpool (1911-1948); 2A Gerard Crescent, Liverpool (1949-1974)
Occupation: in 1921 Minnie worked as an assistant in her mother’s fish and chip shop, while Frank was a porter for a fruit importer. There was little change over the next two decades, and in 1939 Frank worked as a fruit dock man and selector.
Deaths: Frank died at home on 15 September 1974 when aged 71. He left an estate of £9,366 (around £71k today). Minnie died at 35 Holley Court, a retirement complex on Brandreth Close in Rainhill on 10 November 1983 when aged 83.
G4: Annita Frediani (1901-1988)
Birth: 3 October 1901 in Liverpool, the fifth child of Joseph and Catherine.
Christening: on 15 October 1901 at St Francis Xavier’s Roman Catholic Church in Everton.
Schools: registered at St Francis Xavier’s School although later transferred to St Nicholas in another district.
Marriage: to John Johnson in 1940. She was aged 38 and he was 47.
Residences: Annita lived at home until her marriage. Post-war the couple moved out of Little Italy to live in a terraced house on Thirlmere Road in Everton. They were joined from 1949 by her sister Philomena, who lived with them until her death in 1967. Following this Neil Murgatroyd, the partner of Annita’s niece Catherine McDonald, lived here between 1968-69.
- Annita: 40 Lambert Street, Liverpool (1911-1924); 23 Cazneau Street, Liverpool (1928-1939); 91 Thirlmere Road, Liverpool (1945-1970); 35 Holley Court, Brandreth Close, Rainhill (1988)
- John: 91 Thirlmere Road, Liverpool (1945-1970)
Occupation: in 1921 Minnie worked as an assistant in her mother’s fish and chip shop, continuing there after her death until at least 1939.
Deaths: Annita died at the same retirement complex as sister Maria on 20 November 1988 when aged 87.
G4: Josephine Frediani (1906-2002)
Birth: 15 July 1906 in Liverpool, the sixth child of Joseph and Catherine.
Marriage: to John McDonald on 23 October 1939. She was aged 38 and he was 47.
Spouse history: John was born in Liverpool on 26 September 1896 to William McDonald and Mary Ann Gilduff. He was christened on 3 October at St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, just further along Grosvenor Street to the family home. His father was originally from Macclesfield and worked as a general labourer, while his mother was a self-employed coal hawker.
Children: (1) Maria in 1941, (2) Catherine in 1942, (3) Brenda in 1945.
Residences: both Josephine and John lived at home into adulthood and continued to live with their siblings following the deaths of their respective parents. Post-war the family lived on Chaucer Place in the house opposite Josephine’s sister Maria. The two couples both moved away in 1949, with Josephine and John eventually settling in a terraced house on Grosvenor Street.
- Josephine: 40 Lambert Street, Liverpool (1911-1924); 23 Cazneau Street, Liverpool (1928-1939); 58 Islington, Liverpool (1935-1938); 3 Chaucer Place, Liverpool (1945-1948); 26A Vauxhall Gardens, Liverpool (1949); 5 Grosvenor Street, Liverpool (1950-1970)
- John: 21 Grosvenor Street, Liverpool (1896-1939); 3 Chaucer Place, Liverpool (1945-1948); 26A Vauxhall Gardens, Liverpool (1949); 5 Grosvenor Street, Liverpool (1950-1970)
Occupations: the 1921 census revealed that despite only being aged 14, Josephine had left school and worked as an assistant at home, probably cooking and cleaning while her mother and elder siblings worked in their fish and chip shop. She later joined them as an assistant in the shop. Meanwhile, John began work as a ship’s dealer and eventually became a manager for a grocery dealer.
Death: John died in 1984 when aged 88. Josephine survived him for 18 years and died in St Helens on 14 December 2002, aged 96.
G3: Brenda McDonald (1945-1987)
Birth: 10 March 1945 in Liverpool, the third child of John and Josephine.
Residences: 3 Chaucer Place, Liverpool (1945-1948); 26A Vauxhall Gardens, Liverpool (1949); 5 Grosvenor Street, Liverpool (1950-1970)
Death: in hospital on 8 December 1987 when aged just 42. She was buried in St Helens Cemetery after a service at St Bartholomew’s Church.
G4: John Baptist Frediani (1910-1942)
Birth: 26 November 1910 in Liverpool, the seventh child of Joseph and Catherine.
Christening: on 7 December 1910 at St Francis Xavier’s Roman Catholic Church in Everton and confirmed in the same church on 26 July 1922.
School: attended St Francis Xavier’s until transferred to the senior school in 1922.
Residences: John lived at home with his widowed mother and four spinster sisters until the outbreak of war in 1939.
- 40 Lambert Street, Liverpool (1911-1921); 23 Cazneau Street, Liverpool (1928-1939)
Occupation: John worked in the family fish and chip shop on Islington.
Military service: John enlisted into the army during the Second World War and joined the 1st Battalion, The King’s Royal Rifle Corps. They were sent to North Africa early in the war and from 1 February 1942 formed part of the Eighth Army’s 4th Light Armoured Brigade. They participated in the First Battle of El Alamein and the Battle of Alam el Halfa in July and August 1942 where they helped repel German advances. After a short period of building up his forces, it was Montgomery’s turn to strike. 220,000 men and 1,100 tanks made their move on the evening of 23 October 1942. John was killed in action the following day. The Allied victory at the Second Battle of El-Alamein turned the tide in the North African Campaign, but it cost 13,500 allied casualties.
Death: killed in action on 24 October 1942 and buried at ‘Alam el-Tritriya before being re-buried in plot 19.E.18 at the El-Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt, on 19 May 1943. He is also cited on the headstone of his parents at Ford Cemetery in Liverpool and remembered on a plaque in his old school. His left his effects of £314 2s 9d to his sister Madeline.
Notes: his birthdate in the 1939 Register is a year later than it was and also a few days out.
G5: Angelo Giovanni Frediani (1872-1925)
Birth: in Italy during 1872.
Migration: like his father, Joseph became a figure maker – a figuristi. Our earliest record of him dates back to July 1890 when, at the age of 17, he witnessed his brother Joseph’s marriage.
Marriage: to Elizabeth Ann Gussoni on 22 January 1899 at Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church on Standish Street. He was aged 27 and she 18.
Spouse history: Lizzie, as she was commonly known, was born in the City of London on 4 July 1880 to Luigi Gussoni and Rose Fredericci. Unusually for the daughter of Italian immigrants, she was christened Church of England rather than as a Catholic, with the ceremony being undertaken at St Thomas in the Liberty of the Rolls, Chancery Lane. Her father was also a figuristi, and they lived on the grandly named Fleur de lis Court, which was in fact a narrow alley to the west of Lincoln’s Fields in in Holborn. They then moved to Liverpool, where 16-year-old Lizzie was confirmed as a Catholic at Holy Cross on 21 June 1895.
Children: (1) Rosina in 1900, (2) Marguerite in 1901, (3) Teresa in 1903, (4) Catherine in 1905, (5) Eleanor in 1907, (6) Angelo in 1910, (7) Francis in 1911. Tragically, four of their children succumbed to the high infant mortality rate, with Rosina and Angelo passing away before their first birthdays.
Residences: the family initially lived with Lizzie’s parents in Little Italy, where they had a small house on Lionel Street, a narrow road that looped behind Gerard Street. By 1907 they moved to nearby Soho Street. They continued to live with Lizzie’s sister Teresa until she married Patrick Connolly in 1918. Lizzie moved around the corner to Langsdale Street a few years after Angelo’s death, where she lived there with daughter Margaret for the next 25 years, before they moved together to Birchfield Street in 1960.
- Angelo: 95 Islington, Liverpool (1899); 26 Lionel Street, Liverpool (1900-1904); 55 Soho Street, Liverpool (1910-1925)
- Lizzie: 8 Fleur De Lis Court, London (1881); 26 Lionel Street, Liverpool (1899-1904); 55 Soho Street, Liverpool (1910-1933); 13 Langsdale Street, Liverpool (1934-1959); 30 Birchfield Street, Liverpool (1960-1962)
Occupations: in 1901 Angelo and his father-in-law worked together as figuristi, likely of religious sculptures and decorations. Although heavily pregnant with their second child, 20-year-old Lizzie worked in a fried fish shop, very probably the Gianelli family shop run by Angelo’s brother-in-law John. The 1921 census captured Angelo’s occupation as a self-employed painter and plasterer based on Langsdale Street. Meanwhile, Lizzie had become a chip shop proprietor and ran her business for next two decades, eventually being joined by her two daughters as shop assistants.
Deaths: Angelo died when aged 51 and was buried on 25 November 1925 in the same plot in Ford Cemetery as his young children. Lizzie died at home during April 1962 when aged 81 and was buried alongside her husband.
Notes: it’s curious that when the National Register was taken in September 1939 Lizzie’s date of birth was recorded as 4 July 1868, some 12 years earlier than other sources.
G4: Rosina Frediani (1900)
Birth: 5 March 1900 in Liverpool, the first child of Angelo and Elizabeth.
Christening: 18 March 1900 at Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church. Her godparents were her grandfather Luigi and aunt Teresa.
Residences: 26 Lionel Street, Liverpool (1900)
Death: Rosina died aged five months. She was buried at Ford Cemetery on 5 August 1900.
G4: Marguerite Frediani (1901-1990)
Birth: 3 May 1901 in Liverpool, the second child of Angelo and Elizabeth.
Christening: 15 May 1901 at Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church.
Residences: Marguerite lived with her parents for the rest of their lives, with her mother dying in 1960 when Marguerite was aged 59.
- 26 Lionel Street, Liverpool (1901-1904); 55 Soho Street, Liverpool (1910-1933); 13 Langsdale Street, Liverpool (1934-1959); 30 Birchfield Street, Liverpool (1960-1970)
Occupation: in 1939 Marguerite worked as a shop assistant, probably in the chip shop that her mother ran.
Death: Marguerite died in Liverpool in July 1990.
G4: Theresa Frediani (1903-1904)
Birth: 7 July 1903 in Liverpool, the third child of Angelo and Elizabeth.
Christening: 19 July 1903 at Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church. Her godparents were her uncle Joseph and aunt Teresa.
Residences: 26 Lionel Street, Liverpool (1903-1904)
Death: Theresa died aged seven months. She was buried at Ford Cemetery on 3 March 1904.
Notes: sometimes cited as Thérèsa.
G4: Catherine Frediani (1905-1907)
Birth: 29 October 1905 in Liverpool, the fourth child of Angelo and Elizabeth.
Christening: 9 November 1905 at St Francis Xavier’s Roman Catholic Church.
Death: Catherine died during 1907 when aged two.
G4: Eleanor Frediani (1907-1994)
Birth: 27 June 1907 in Liverpool, the fifth child of Angelo and Elizabeth.
Christening: 10 July 1907 at St Francis Xavier’s Roman Catholic Church. Interestingly, her certificate cites her as “Helena (Eleanor)”.
Marriage: to John Joseph Teebay in 1940 at St Francis Xavier’s Roman Catholic Church. She was 32 years old, while John was a year younger.
Spouse history: John was born in Liverpool on 14 September 1908, the first child of Catherine Tierney and Joseph Teebay. His father was killed in action with the 3rd Battalion of the Grenadier Guards during May 1918. John grew up just around the corner from Eleanor and attended St Francis Xavier’s school until August 1919 when he transferred elsewhere. He left education in October 1922 when aged 14. As a young man he was described as 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighing 140 lbs (63 kg), and literate.
Children: none.
Residences: Eleanor and John resided with their respective families until their marriage. In 1933, John’s family briefly lived in a brand-new house on the huge new Dovecot estate in West Derby – built to rehouse communities moved as part of the slum clearances, but it was obviously not to their taste and the following year moved back to their old community.
- Eleanor: 55 Soho Street, Liverpool (1910-1933); 13 Langsdale Street, Liverpool (1935-1939); 67 Roxburgh Street, Liverpool (1945-1970)
- John: 47 Bidder Street, Liverpool (1911); 20 Langsdale Street, Liverpool (1918-1928); 26 Langsdale Street, Liverpool (1929-1932); 41 Denford Road, Liverpool (1933); 3 Edern Terrace, Liverpool (1934-1937); 31C Moira Street, Liverpool (1938-1939); 67 Roxburgh Street, Liverpool (1945-1970)
Occupation: John joined the Merchant Navy in 1930 at the age of 22. He served on the RMS Duchess of Atholl, an ocean liner of Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd. that primarily sailed between Liverpool and Canada. John was an assistant printer on the ship, whose duties would have involved helping with the printing of fresh menu cards for every meal and a daily paper. US immigration records capture him arriving in New York from various destinations on six occasions over seven months between July 1931 and February 1932. After the war the couple moved to a terraced house on Roxburgh Street near Stanley Park, where they would live until at least 1970.
When captured in the 1939 National Register John was a labourer at an iron and steel works, perhaps the same one as his imminent bride’s brother. Eleanor meanwhile worked as a shop assistant, probably in the chip shop that her mother ran.
Military service: John joined the Royal Artillery in 1940 with serial number 1649940 and possibly served with a heavy anti-aircraft regiment until 1946.
Deaths: Eleanor died in Liverpool during January 1994, with John following almost three years later in December 1996.
G4: Angelo Frediani (1910)
Birth: 9 April 1910 in Liverpool, the sixth child of Angelo and Elizabeth.
Christening: 20 April 1910 at St Francis Xavier’s Roman Catholic Church. His godmother was his aunt Madeline Gianelli.
Residences: 55 Soho Street, Liverpool (1910)
Death: Angelo died aged fourth months. He was buried at Ford Cemetery on 31 August 1910.
G4: Francis Frediani (1911-?)
Birth: 9 October 1911 in Liverpool, the seventh child of Angelo and Elizabeth.
Christening: 22 October 1911 at St Mary of the Angels Roman Catholic Church on Fox Street.
Marriage: to Catherine McKenna in Liverpool on 12 March 1941. He was 29 years old, while she was 26.
Spouse history: Catherine, known commonly as Kitty, was born in Liverpool on 11 January 1915 to Michael McKenna and Mary Ann Sweeney and christened a week later at St Anthony’s Roman Catholic Church on Scotland Road. Her father died soon afterwards, and in 1921 six-year-old Kitty lived with her widowed mother and siblings Peter and Mary on Beau Street. In 1939, now aged 24, Kitty lived with her mother in a typical terraced house on Mandeville Street close to Walton Hall Park.
Children: (1) Michael in 1941, (2) Maria in 1947, (3) John in 1948, (4) Peter in 1961. Frank was the only one of his parents’ seven children to have children of his own.
Occupation: in 1939 Frank was a labourer working with iron and steel, while Kitty worked in a factory manufacturing back pieces for rubber boots.
Residences: Frank lived with his mother and some of his siblings until his marriage. By the end of the young family had moved into a terraced house on Selwyn Street in Kirkdale, which until 1950 they shared with Albert and Mary Moon.
- Francis: 55 Soho Street, Liverpool (1911-1933); 13 Langsdale Street, Liverpool (1934-1939); 15 Selwyn Street, Liverpool (1945-1970)
- Catherine: 6 Beau Street, Liverpool (1921); 30 Mandeville Street, Liverpool (1939); 15 Selwyn Street, Liverpool (1945-1970)
Deaths: Kitty died in Liverpool in February 1996, with Frank following in December.
Notes: in November 1925 when he was aged 14, Frank won the second prize of one guinea (around £50 today) in a handwriting competition. He beat out between 2-3,000 entries to make the final 20, writing a short passage dictated by the inspector, with the final award made on the handwriting, punctuation, etc. There were cash prizes for script and cursive style of writing. Frank was representing the Friary Catholic School.
Frank was mentioned in an article in the Liverpool Echo on 13 September 1975:
Last week’s picture of the Everton ABC outing to Blackpool in 1930 brought back particularly fond memories for Frank Frediani, of Selwyn Street, Walton. He was on the trip and also on the picture along with his two sisters. It is nearly 40 years since he saw Ernie Sherratt, who supplied the picture and, incredibly, he still has the ticket he bought to go on the coach!
G5: Madeline Frediani (1875-1945) and John Joseph Gianelli (1868-1923)
See the Gianelli line for the history of Madeline and her descendants.
