Frederick HOWCHIN (Fred. E. Cliffe) (Fred)
also known as Fred E CLIFFE
11th Apr 18851,2 - 22nd Sep 19576
song writer in partnership with Harry Gifford1
Life History
11th Apr 1885 |
Born in Liverpool (44 Prescot Street).1,2 1 Dec 1885 according to Brendan Ryan in The Call Boy 1987 |
about 1907 |
Occupation lightning sketch artist.1 |
7th Nov 1908 |
Married Amy Eliza PRATT in Wandsworth, Surrey Marriage by licence - witnesses were EW Pratt and S Howchin |
7th Nov 1908 |
Occupation Music Hall artist.3 |
7th Nov 1908 |
Resident in 8 Defoe Road, Tooting, Wandsworth, London |
1909 |
Birth of daughter Vera CLIFFE in Liverpool, Lancashire |
21st Feb 1910 |
Birth of daughter Eleanor Cosmo HOWCHIN in Battersea, Surrey |
21st Feb 1910 |
Occupation song writer in Battersea, London |
21st Feb 1910 |
Resident in 21 Theatre Street, Battersea |
2nd Apr 1911 |
Recorded in census in 14 Pricess St, Southwark, London.4 |
from 1932 |
Occupation song writer in partnership with Harry Gifford in Streatham, London (10 Branchester Road, Streatham, London).1 |
from 1936 to 1957 |
Resident in New Timber, 33 Pink Lane, Burnham, Essex.5 |
25th Jan 1939 |
Death of Amy Eliza PRATT in Fairmile House, Christchurch.6 |
8th Aug 1949 |
New Timber, Pink Lane, Burnham The witnesses were Laura G. Bland and Constance Maud Bland. (Two of Mabel's older sisters.) |
8th Aug 1949 |
Married Mabel BLAND in Register Office, Eton, Buckinghamshire.3 The witnesses were Laura G. Bland and Constance Maud Bland. (Two of Mabel's older sisters.) |
between Apr 1954 and Jun 1954 |
Death of Mabel BLAND in Eton district |
11th Aug 1955 |
33 Pink Lane, Burnham The witnesses were A. E. Fairhall and H. Haydock |
11th Aug 1955 |
Married Mary Jane MULLIN in Register Office, Eton, Buckinghamshire.3 The witnesses were A. E. Fairhall and H. Haydock |
after 1957 |
Death of Mary Jane MULLIN |
25th Aug 1957 |
Wrote will in 33 Pink Lane, Burnham Executors: |
22nd Sep 1957 |
Died in Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital, Taplow, Essex.6 Myocardial Infarction and Coronary Thrombosis |
21st Nov 1957 |
Probate in Principal Registry, London Gross £1957-7-3 net £1908-14-0 |
Notes
- When Fred died Beryl Formby, wife of George Formby, wrote to Fred's son:
"It was with deep regret that we heard about your father. Both George and I are more than sorry for there is no doubt that your father was a clever man nad he will be missed by many. I know that George and I will miss him very much."1
Sources
- 1. The Call Boy 1987
- Ryan Brendan. 1987. "Songsmiths to George Formby: Harry Gifford and Fred E. Cliffe." The Call Boy 24 (2): 13.
- 2. Birth Certificate
- 3. Marriage Certificate
- 4. UK Census 1911
- www.1911census.co.uk
- 5. Ancestry - British telephone directories
- 6. Death certificate