Frederick Grove was the seventh child of William Grove & Elizabeth Lloyd born October 1839, christened December 25th, 1845 at St John the Baptist, Croydon.
In 1841 Frederick was living at home at Church St, Croydon with his family.
In 1851 & 1861 he was still living with his parents at Croydon. His profession was recorded as a blacksmith in 1861.
Frederick married Alice Remington in Oct-December 1863 at Lambeth. Alice
was born December 3rd, 1843 in Sydenham, Kent, the daughter of Harriet &
Richard Remington, a London District post letter carrier.
In 1871 they were living at Haddon New Rd, Croydon. They had 3 daughters,
Alice Edith (6), Emily L (4) & Edith H (2). Frederick was now a gas fitter.
At the time of the 1881 census they were living at Union Rd, Croydon. The family had grown considerably with the births of Ethel Elizabeth (9), Frederick William (7), Maud Mary (6), Olive Phyllis (4) & Mabel C (1). Sadly Mabel died in 1887 aged 7.
In 1891 they were living at Beulah Grove, Croydon. Alice & Emily had left home, but all the other children were there. Frederick was still a gas fitter, & daughter Edith was an assistant gas fitter, Ethel was a domestic servant, son Frederick was a plumbers labourer & Maud was a domestic servant. 13 year old Olive was still a scholar. There were 2 more children listed with them – Charles (3) & Emily Grove (2), see below.
Frederick died Apr-June 1892, aged 52, his death registered at Croydon.
In 1901 widow Alice, aged 56 was still living at Beulah Grove with son Frederick, now a plumber, Olive, Charles (now recorded as aged 18), Ethel & Emily (12) now registered as a granddaughter. NB Ethel (29) was listed on the census out of chronological order alongside little Emily – perhaps her daughter.
The children of Frederick Grove & Alice Remington were:
g.11.1 Alice Edith Grove born
April-June 1864 at Blackheath, Kent
g.11.2 Emily Lizzie Grove
born December 2nd, 1865, christened June 10th, 1866 at St John the Baptist,
Croydon
g.11.3 Edith Harriett Grove
born June 11th, 1868, christened August 9th, 1868 at St. John the Baptist,
Croydon
g.11.4 Ethel Elizabeth Grove
born Apr-June 1871 at Croydon
g.11.5 Frederick William
Grove born Apr-June 1873 at Croydon
g.11.6 Maud Mary Grove born July-Sept
1875 at Croydon
g.11.7 Olive Phyllis Grove
born July-Sept 1877 at Croydon
g.11.8 Mabel Charlotte Grove born
Jan-March 1880 at Croydon; died Jan-March 1887
g.11.9 Charles Grove born c1888 at
Croydon
( Emily Grove born Jan-March 1889 at Croydon) ?