Madie & Frank with children, Dorothy & Jim, circa 1920
Francis Thomas Pinder, born in 1884 in Rotherham, is my great granduncle and son of Francis Pinder and Hannah Berry.
In 1914, in Talbot Lane Methodist Church, Rotherham, Frank married Harriett Amelia English (known as Madie), daughter of James Everett and Alice English.
THE ADVERTISER, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1914.
PINDER – ENGLISH. – August 11, at Talbot Lane Wesleyan Church, by the Rev. J. (?) Havelock Thompson, Frank, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Pinder, of Carlisle street, to Harriet Amelia (Madie), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. English, of 22 (?), Tooker road.
Talbot Lane Church
Together, Frank and Madie issued five children, called, Clifford James (1916 to 2010), Francis Henry (1917 to 1917), Dorothy Lois (1919 to 2001), Francis Alan (1921 to 2006) and Stanley English (1925 to 1993).
Frank and Harriet lived all or nearly all of their married life at 69 Bradgate Lane in Rotherham.
My father once recalled visiting Madie after Frank had passed away, and remembered copious quantities of cake and suchlike being offered to him, which was greatly received by his sweet tooth.
Bradgate Lane
Below is a newspaper article(s) published shortly after Frank’s death.
THE ADVERTISER, SAT., MAR. 3RD, 1951
PINDER. – At 69, Bradgate Lane, on Tuesday, February 27th, Francis Thomas, dearly loved husband of Harriet Amelia Pinder.
MR. F. T. PINDER
The death occurred on Tuesday of Mr. Francis Thomas Pinder, aged 66, of 69, Bradgate Lane, Kimberworth.
Mr. Pinder was for some time employed by Messrs. Yates Haywood and Co. He then went to the Rotherham Power Station, then in its early days and was for many years a charge engineer.
Frank’s headstone
A prominent figure in Rotherham Methodist circles, Mr. Pinder was for 35 years an active member of the Kimberworth Methodist Church.
Frank was buried with his parents and brother, Francis Clement Walker Pinder, who had died in infancy in 1881.
Madie lived to the ripe old age of 98, passing away in 1981 in Bedfordshire.
WEEK 42 
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