The early years
Arthur was born in 1890 in Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, the firstborn son of Fred Day and Emily Day. Fred was listed in the 1891 census as "Coachman (not domestic)"
By the 1901 census, he had been joined by a younger sister Annie and was living at 53 Frampton Place, Boston, by when Fred is listed as "Domestic Coachman".
By the 1911 census, Arthur has left home, Annie, now a dressmaker, still lives with Fred and Emily, but at 30 Frampton Place, Boston. Fred is now a Coal Trimmer.
Emily died in 1913, at about time Annie leaves and marries. Fred survives until 1950 when he dies at the age of 85 in Boston.
There is little or no knowledge of the family, as something happened in these early years, and Arthur had no contact with his father from then on, despite living around half a mile from him for most of his life. My father, born in 1919 never met his grandfather. There are no photographs from this time, and it was never talked about by the family. Arthur kept in touch with his sister and made her his next of kin when he joined the army, despite his father being alive.
By the 1911 census, Arthur has move to Grantham, where he is in lodgings and is listed as a haberdasher.
At or around this time he was employed by Whipples of Grantham, who were general wholesalers who supplied goods to shops in the area, and Arthur became one of their salesmen. He was working for Whipples at the outbreak of war, and they asked the war office to exempt Arthur from call up in order to continue their business.
As a foot note, during the war, Whipples changed their business into a motor garage, which meant when Arthur was demobbed, there was no job for him a Whipples, which went on to become a well known car dealership in Grantham.
By the 1901 census, he had been joined by a younger sister Annie and was living at 53 Frampton Place, Boston, by when Fred is listed as "Domestic Coachman".
By the 1911 census, Arthur has left home, Annie, now a dressmaker, still lives with Fred and Emily, but at 30 Frampton Place, Boston. Fred is now a Coal Trimmer.
Emily died in 1913, at about time Annie leaves and marries. Fred survives until 1950 when he dies at the age of 85 in Boston.
There is little or no knowledge of the family, as something happened in these early years, and Arthur had no contact with his father from then on, despite living around half a mile from him for most of his life. My father, born in 1919 never met his grandfather. There are no photographs from this time, and it was never talked about by the family. Arthur kept in touch with his sister and made her his next of kin when he joined the army, despite his father being alive.
By the 1911 census, Arthur has move to Grantham, where he is in lodgings and is listed as a haberdasher.
At or around this time he was employed by Whipples of Grantham, who were general wholesalers who supplied goods to shops in the area, and Arthur became one of their salesmen. He was working for Whipples at the outbreak of war, and they asked the war office to exempt Arthur from call up in order to continue their business.
As a foot note, during the war, Whipples changed their business into a motor garage, which meant when Arthur was demobbed, there was no job for him a Whipples, which went on to become a well known car dealership in Grantham.