Frank Lawson Matthews
(1917-1986)

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Born: 7 Feb 1917, Ongar, Essex, England ²³
Marriage (1): Amy Patricia Arkell Sep Q 1942 in Maldon, Essex, England
Marriage (2): Constance Valerie Bottom Sep Q 1973 in Brentwood, Essex, England ²³
Died: 24 Mar 1986, Chelmsford, Essex, England aged 69 ²³
Crem.: Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England ²³

Family Links

Spouses/Children:

1. Amy Patricia Arkell

Patricia Margaret Matthews+
Catherine Elizabeth Amy Matthews+
Alistir David John Matthews+

(+ Shows person has known children.)

bullet Birth Notes:

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=DXDLXirgSXSzP421TZPbsQ&scan=1

bullet Death Notes:

Died of Pneumonia.

bullet Burial Notes:

Dorri Roughley was at the funeral.

bullet Sources of information or noted events in his life were:

• General Comment. ²³ Dorri Roughley Writes:- "Amateur Artist, exhibited at the Royal Acadamy's Summer Exhibition. Also helped out with local football team, strong member of the local church. Genealogist - for the Matthews tree.

Used to complain about the noise of cows on their way to be milked when he came to stay with us at West Camel.

Connie Bottom was a school friend of my mothers (Dorrienne Matthews) and he had a crush on her as a teenager. My mother wondered if Connie would make a possible second wife for Frank and set about trying to get them to meet, only to find that they had already re-met on a train returning from the Lake District.

He met his first wife, Amy during WW2 when Amy was a land girl at a farm he was working at.

At one point he was dating Marjory Mallinson, the relationship was discouraged by their parents as they were first cousins."

• Occupation. ²³ He worked as a Farmer in Telford's Farm, Battlesbridge, Essex.

• Religion. ²³ Church of England

• Web Based Info. http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&ti=5538&r=5538&db=ONSmarriage1984&F2=Arkell&F4=4a&F5=1869&F0=Matthews&rank=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=34&fh=0&h=53205829&recoff=

Frank married Amy Patricia Arkell, daughter of Roland Arthur Arkell and Mary Manners, Sep Q 1942 in Maldon, Essex, England. (Amy Patricia Arkell was born on 17 Mar 1915 in Barnet RD, , England ³ and died on 30 Jul 1968 in Rochford, Essex, England ³.)

bullet Sources of information or n events in their marriage were:

• Web Based Info. http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=Amy&gsfn_x=XO&gsln=Arkell&gsln_x=XO&cpxt=1&catBucket=rstp&uidh=iof&cp=11&mssns0=Matthews&mssns0_x=1&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=53106703&db=ONSmarriage1984&indiv=1

And

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&ti=5538&r=5538&db=ONSmarriage1984&F2=Arkell&F4=4a&F5=1869&F0=Matthews&rank=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=34&fh=0&h=53205829&recoff=

Frank next married Constance Valerie Bottom, daughter of Ernest Theophilus Bottom and Julia Ellen Partridge, Sep Q 1942 in Maldon, Essex, England.²³ (Constance Valerie Bottom was born on 25 Dec 1915 in St. Martin RD, London, England, died on 8 Dec 2001 in Brentwood, Essex, England and was cremated on 18 Dec 2001 in Basildon, Essex, England.)

bullet Sources of information or n events in their marriage were:

• Web Based Info. http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn_x=XO&gsln=Matthews&gsln_x=XO&msgdy=1973&msgdy_x=1&cpxt=1&catBucket=rstp&uidh=iof&cp=11&mssns0=Bottom&mssns0_x=1&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=20590838&db=ONSmarriage1984&indiv=1

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