Francis Frederick Frost
Francis Frederick Frost
Date of Birth 28 February 1868
Place of Residence Cataract Hill Launceston Tasmania Australia
Spouses Name Bessie Jane Steer
Childrens Names Eric Gordon

Francis Frederick (Frank) Frost was born in Launceston on 28 Feb 1868, the eldest son of John Frost (c.1837-1912) and his wife Amelia Annie Sage (1843-1933). Francis was a warehouseman and married schoolmistress Bessie Jane Steer a month before the Tasmanian Exhibition on 28 Oct 1891. Their son Eric was born 6 Nov 1892. Francis sang bass in the Exhibition Choir. The family had left Tasmania by 1913 and moved to Middle Park, Victoria. Francis was a manufacturer and Eric was employed as a clerk and agent. Francis died in Melbourne on 23 Feb 1945. See The Examiner 25 Mar 2006, p.30.

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