Frank William Motum

Brief Life History of Frank William

When Frank William Motum was born in 1859, his father, William Ferdinand Motum, was 44 and his mother, Eliza K Hill, was 47. He married Lucy Sams in 1876, in Marylebone, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Wickham Market, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom in 1861. He died on 11 May 1895, in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, at the age of 36.

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Family Time Line

Frank William Motum
1859–1895
Lucy Sams
1850–1933
Marriage: 1876
Kate Eliza Motum
1873–1904
Frank Ferdinand Motum
1877–1878
Herbert Arthur Motum
1879–1950
Ernest William Miriel Motum
1881–1964
Jesse William Motum
1883–1972
Albert Edwin Motum
1885–1965
Leslie John Motum
1887–1932

Sources (2)

  • Frank Wm Motum in household of William F Motum, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
  • Frank William Motum, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"

World Events (6)

1867

End of transportation to Western Australia.

1870

British troops withdraw from Australia.

1877

Australia and England play the first-ever cricket Test match in Melbourne.

Name Meaning

English: see Mottram .

Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016

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