The Frend Family

Albert Frend

Title: Captain

Birth: 2 August 1784, at Bridestream, Kilcock, County Kildare, Ireland

Father: Richard Frend

Mother: Eleanor Sampson

Married: Ellen Last on 14 August 1820 in Saint Julian, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England

Children:

Ellen O'Farrell Frend (1815 - 1858)
Albert Frend (1817 - 1882)
John Frend (1819 - 1858)
Jane Frend (1820 - ? )
Hester Few Frend (1823 - 1844)
Eliza Frend (1824 - ? )
Maria Frend (1826 - 1891)
Isabella Keiskamma Frend (1829 - 1900)
Sarah Frend (1832 - ? )

Death: 12 February 1833, in Bellary, Madras Presidency, India

Notes: Served in the 55th (the Westmoreland) Regiment of Foot

Hugh Casement notes that "Hester was the 5th child, but the first to be conceived in wedlock! There must have been some serious impediment to her parents marrying earlier."

Sources:

Birth: Brian Duncan
Marriage: IGI Marriage records Batch M037432
Death: Brian Duncan
Notes: Information provided by Hugh Casement based on research by Brian Duncan
Title: Brian Duncan. Family records written by Kathleen Juliana (Carpendale) Groome refer to Albert as a major, but corroboration for this could not be found

Hester Few (Frend) Carpendale

Birth: 25 January 1823, in Cape Town, Cape Province (now South Africa)

Father: Albert Frend

Mother: Ellen (Last) Frend

Married: Thomas Carpendale on 10 October 1842, in Madras, India

Children:

Hester Ellen Lucinda Carpendale (1844 - 1915)

Death: 14 February 1844, in Madras, India

Buried: 17 February 1844, in the cathedral in Madras, India

Notes: Hester's middle name is variously given as Fain, Fea, Few, Tew and even Low. I have used Few which is the variant used by Kathleen Carpendale in her journal.

Sources:

Birth: Information provided by Brian Duncan. The exact city (Capetown) is from the 1880 census record for her daughter, Hester.
Marriage: Information provided by Hugh Casement based on research by Brian Duncan; the date is also possibly October 3rd or October 12th
Death & Burial: Hugh Casement. Brian Duncan has Hester's death as 17 February 1844. In the family records written by Kathleen Juliana (Carpendale) Groome, she writes that Hester died in February 1845, and that her husband Thomas died in June "of the same year". We know that Thomas died in June 1845.

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