Chronology
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| 05 Apr 1891 | Census records John FRANKLIN & Sophia FAULKNER as neighbours in Scraggs, Cholsey. |
| 13 Jun 1891 | John (engine cleaner) & Sophia married; both of Cholsey. |
| 12 Feb 1892 | Son Harold born Cholsey (John recorded as bricklayer's labourer). |
| 03 Apr 1892 | Son Harold baptised Cholsey (John recorded as labourer). |
| 15 May 1897 | Son Jack born Reading St. Mary (family living at 770 Oxford Road; John recorded as platelayer). |
| 31 Mar 1901 | John & Sophia recorded in the 1901 census of Reading St. Mary with sons Harold and Jack (family living at 17 Shaftesbury Road; John recorded as railway labourer). |
| 02 Jan 1904 | Daughter Ivy born Newbury (family living at 2 Rose Cottages, York Road; John recorded as railway platelayer). |
| 13 Mar 1904 | Daughter Ivy baptised Newbury St. John the Evangelist (family living at 2 Rose Cottages, York Road; John recorded as platelayer). |
| 2 Apr 1911 | Parents John & Sophia and children Jack & Ivy recorded in the 1911 Census in Newbury living at 8 Eva Terrace, Russell Road; John recorded as a Ganger Railway G.W.R. |
| 24 Aug 1912 | Harold married Martha Jane BOYLE in Gorton, Lancaster (both living in Sandringham Road, Gorton [5/15]; Harold recorded as Railway Porter, father John as "Fore-man Plate-layer"). |
| 1 Jun 1913 | Dorothy daughter of Harold and Martha Jane born in Manchester, Lancashire (family living at 17 Carlton Terrace, Church Street, Gorton; Harold recorded as "Railway Shunter"). |
| Jun Qtr 1915 | Mary daughter of Harold and Martha Jane born in Manchester, Lancashire. |
| 22 Nov 1917 | Son Jack killed in Palestine (parents living at 12 Station Road, Whitchurch, Hants; John's occupation not recorded). |
| 15 Jul 1922 | Harold son of Harold and Martha Jane born in Manchester, Lancashire (family living at 23 Bury Street, Gorton; Harold recorded as "Guard, Railway Co."). |
| Summer 1924 | Ivy photographed with girlfriend and Charles BRAZELL at Whitchurch by the River. |
| 1931 | John & Sophia recorded on the Electoral Roll at 37 Tunnel Terrace, Newport, Wales (very close to Newport Railway Station). |
| 01 Dec 1932 | John died (resident at Kingston Blount; occupation recorded as retired railway ganger). Informant was son Harold, resident at 24 Bury Street, Church Lane, Gorton, Manchester. |
| 05 Dec 1932 | John buried at Cholsey St. Mary's. |
| Jun Qtr 1936 | Dorothy married John William CILGRAM in Manchester. |
| 1938 | Charles, Ivy & Sophia recorded on the Electoral Roll at 37 Tunnel Terrace, Newport, Wales. |
| 11 Nov 1949 | Sophia died in Yeovil. |
| 18 Nov 1949 | Sophia buried at Cholsey St. Mary's (possibly in same grave as husband John, although there is no such inscription). |
| Unknown | Harold (Me), Harold and Mary photographed at John FRANKLIN's grave at Cholsey St. Mary's. Perhaps they were there on the occasion of their mother's internment? |
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