Mr Frederick Charles Sawyer was born in Malshanger, Hannington, Hampshire, England in late 1888 and his birth was registered in Kingsclere in the last quarter of that year.
He was the son of Edward Joseph Sawyer (1861-1947) and Jane Drewitt (1858-1910). His father was a native of Figheldean, Wiltshire and his mother from Hannington, Hampshire and they were married in Hampshire in 1885. He had one brother, William John (b. 1887).
Frederick is first recorded on the 1891 census when he and his family are living at Malshanger Cottages, Hannington and his father was described as a carter. This address would be Fred's family home for the rest of his life and he appears here again on the 1901 census, albeit incorrectly listed as Edward and described as a schoolboy aged 12.
Frederick lost his mother Jane towards the end of 1910 and in the following 1911 census his widowed father, now a waggoner, and his brother William, a farm labourer, are still living at Malshanger. Frederick is listed elsewhere as a boarder at 2 Acre Cottages, Slade Green, Kent and is described as a gardener and unmarried.
He boarded the Titanic at Southampton as a third class passenger (ticket number 342826, £8, 1s) and was travelling to Halley, Michigan.
Sawyer died in the sinking. His body was recovered by the MacKay Bennett (#284). He was buried at Fairview Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia on 10 May 1912.
© Bill Fowler, Canada
His father continued to live in and around Hannington and died in 1947 aged 85.
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NO. 284. - MALE. - ESTIMATED AGE, 24. DARK HAIR AND LIGHT MOUSTACHE. CLOTHING - Grey suit: dickey over striped cotton shirt; silver watch: match box; Medal; comb; pruning and pocket knife; purse, with 4s 11d.English, and $6.07 American; ticket book. THIRD CLASS TICKET NO. 342826. NAME - FRED SAWYER, |
Does anyone know anything about Frederick Charles Sawyer, a third class passenger whose destination was Holley, N.Y.? I just ran across his name and noticed that he was on his way to Holley which is where I now live. There's not much here and I just wonder why anyone would come here unless they had family here. I know masons and quarry workers, stone cutters Etc. did emigrate here but the site mentions that he was a gardener. I'm just curious. Thanks.