GAUBERT / WRIGHT / FRIEAKE /CROUCH Connections




I was recently contacted by Robert Llewelyn Wright who drew my attention to the connections between the Gaubert, Wright and Frieake families. Consequently I am extremely grateful to him for his information and many interesting related photographs.  Robert's contribution concerns the senior branch of the present Gaubert family, currently headed by Roger Gaubert, but at one time by Percival Stephen Gaubert born in 1881. Percival married Ethel Frieake and they were the parents of Peter Gaubert (born 191) and Stephen George Gaubert (born 1915). Without Robert's help, most of the remaining branches of the Gaubert family would have remained unaware of the Frieake association.


Robert is the grandson of Bessie Prui Wright (nee Frieake) and Clarence Sinclair Darwin Bryce Wright. Bessie was the sister of Ethel May Frieake who married Percival Stephen Gaubert in 1913. In detail, Clarence Sinclair Darwin Bryce Wright was born on the 30th Nov 1882 at 54 Guilford Road, St Georges,Bloomsbury.  He was the 2nd son of Bryce McMurdo & Emma Sarah Louisa (known as 'May') Wright and nee Crouch. She died 20th Feb 1929. Clarence married Bessie Prui (2nd daughter of George Roberts Minter & Clara Frieake nee Theis) on Saturday 1st June 1912 at St Johns Church Wembley where Percy Gaubert (the Percival Stephen Gaubert born in 1881) was 'Best Man' and Ethel May Frieake (sister of Bessie Prui) and Beryl May Wright were bridesmaids.

Just a stone’s throw away from the church and just down the road from the Wembley Stadium, was the Frieake family home at 'The Chestnuts' in Byron Road. Sadly 'The Chestnuts' is no longer there but Byron Road remains. The land that Great-Grandfather Frieake had was sold up and there are now about 60 -yes 60-houses on the patch!!

Clarence & Bessie had 3 children –

  1. Clarence Minter Sinclair Bryce Wright 1916-1996
  2. George Llewelyn Wright 1922-1985
  3. Rosemary June Wright 1928-2007

Clarence senior was awarded the ‘Croix de Guerre’ by the French Government in 1918 following a WW1 career in the Royal Navy during which time he was involved in dozens of mine-laying operations and rose to the rank of Commander on 20th June 1927 in the Royal Navy Reserve. He later served with P & O as Chief Officer on many ships and which included the Naldera (where he was Master and on which, uncannily, some Gaubert family members are recorded at Page 3.55 as being aboard as passengers in 1924. Again remarkably co-incidental, between 1924-1930 he was Chief Officer on the 'Moldavia' during which period, in 1925, other Gaubert family members travelled as passengers. Clarence died on 20th Jan 1945 and Bessie died on 11th Nov 1960.

Clarence Minter Sinclair Bryce Wright, on the death of his father, and the subsequent re-marriage of his mother to George Roberts Minter Frieake, moved to ‘The Chestnuts’ in Byron Road so joined the Frieake family thus making a total of 8 children - 4 boys and 4 girls.

Below is a table of photos of Robert's family history that includes Percy Gaubert & Ethel Frieake and of 'The Chestnuts'


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The WRIGHT Family
Robert Llewelyn Wright wright story names
Robert Llewellyn Wright,
the author of the Wright family history
associated families
issac wright issac wright 2
john wright 1 john wright 001 wright tree john wright 002 john wright 003
john wright 004 john wright 005 john wright 006 john wright 007 john wright new 4
BMW bryce1 bryce2 navy 1
Associates of Bryce  McMurdo Wright
navy 2 navy 3 navy 4 navy 5 CS and BP

 
George flt lt george wright plumper Robert and Birgit the kids
Flt Lt G L Wright


The FRIEAKE Family, and GAUBERT connection
wedding group 1912 wedding 1912 1912bessieandclarence
June 1912
L-R Best Man, Percy Gaubert; Bridesmaid, Ethel May Frieake; the Bride,
Bessie Prui Frieake; the Groom, Clarence SDB Wright;
Bridesmaid, Beryl May Wright
June 1912
the wedding of Bessie Prui Frieake and Clarence SDB Wright
June 1912
Bessie Prui Frieake &
Clarence SDB Wright
frieake family GRM Frieake
Frieake family group 1928
L-R standing: GRM Frieake, Bessie Prui Wright, Prudence Theis,
Clarence SDB Wright,  and sitting ESL Frieake
George Roberts Minter Frieake, young & old
chestnuts 01 The Chestnuts c. 1899 gordon minter frieake
The Chestnuts The Chestnuts c. 1899 Gordon Minter Frieake
gordon minter frieake harrietmurder1 harrietmurder2 Crouch tree crouch family
Gordon Minter Frieake The Crouch family tree The Crouch Family