Frank MERRINGTON

1832 - 1889  (57 years)

• Name	Frank MERRINGTON
  Birth	1832
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Traveller  [1]
  Death	1889
  Person ID	I18	Webb
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family	Ann MERRIDON,   b. 12 May 1853, Bovingdon, Hertfordshire d. 1896, 39, Puller Road, Boxmoor, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire (Age 42 years)
  Children	1. Emma MERRINGTON,   b. 2 Apr 1873, Crouchfield, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire d. 29 Jun 1926, 6, Etherdon Street, Newington, Surrey (Age 53 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Kate MERRINGTON,   b. 19 Aug 1876, Crouchfield, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire d. 1945, West Hertfordshire Hospital, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  My father, who investigated this wrote: "There appears to be no record on birth or marriage indexes. This person probably doesn't exist. The name was probably invented to ensure a more socially acceptable birth registration for the children" When Emma marries, Frank is stated as deceased. So if this is true, he died before 2 Jun 1895. Pro tem I am using birth and death dates based on my investigations to see what Ancestry throws up....born 1832 died 1889 Looking for any Frank (and variants) MERRINGTON anywhere in the UK, any dates, only one person crops up. This person and no other appears when looking for Frank (and variants) MERRINGTON (and variants) in Hertfordshire or within 20 miles. So this is my view of things:- Frank, or more often Francis, appears in the following Censuses 1851 - Ploughboy in Hemel Hempstead 1861 - Ploughman at Brick Kiln, Northchurch, Berkhamstead 1871 - Ag Lab at same address 1881 - as 1871 1859 Q1 marries Edith GARMENT in Berkhamstead In 1871, he is a few miles from where Ann Meridon is, but both Ann and Frank's wife and daughters are straw plaiters. I just think that they got together and he is the father of Emma and Kate. Fanny appears to have been promiscuous and maybe Edith was too.

  
  

• Sources

  [S55] Marriage Certificate :- George Benjamin Webb-Emma Merrington.