Fredrick William Jolliffe

Jolliffe — Edith's siblings · JOL-007

Biographical Information

Fredrick William Jolliffe, a brother of Edith Jolliffe, was born on 4 September 1885 (christened 25 September at Bristol, son of Samuel & Emma Joliffe) and died in 1916 Confirmed. Despite the wartime date, this was not a First World War casualty — no Frederick/F. William Jolliffe of Bristol (son of Samuel & Emma) appears in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission register Confirmed. His 1916 death was a civilian one.

Confidence of each fact: Confirmed primary record · Probable strong but unproven · Inherited family knowledge · Conflict sources disagree · Hypothesis working theory

Full Name & Name Variations

Fredrick William Jolliffe

Birth & Death

Born: 4 September 1885 (christened 25 September 1885, Bristol)
Place: Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Died: 1916 (civilian death — not a war casualty; see below)

Places of Residence

Not yet researched.

Occupation(s)

Not yet researched.

Education

Not yet researched.

Family

Spouse: None recorded

Siblings:

Caroline Emma Jolliffe (b. 1873)
John Jolliffe (b. 1876)
Priscilla Maurice Jolliffe (b. 1883, d. 1888)
Mary Ann Jane Jolliffe (b. 1887)
Edith Jolliffe (b. 1890 (our line))

Parents:

Father: Samuel Joliffe
Mother: Emma Ann Woolley

Information Gathered (3 entries)

Christening register: born 4 September 1885, christened 25 September 1885, Bristol, son of Samuel & Emma Joliffe (Session 67).Confirmed
WWI ruled out (Session 69): searched the Commonwealth War Graves Commission — no Frederick/F. William Jolliffe of Bristol, and no Jolliffe casualty matching parents Samuel & Emma. The only 1916 CWGC "William Jolliffe" was a Cornwall man (son of William & Annie), not ours. His 1916 death was therefore a civilian death, not war service.Confirmed
The '1904 marriage' lead is a DIFFERENT man: the Frederick Jolliffe who married Annie Bidwell at Bristol on 29 Dec 1904 was a son of Japheth Jolliffe (a separate, larger Bristol Jolliffe family — Fred, Rose, Amy, Maria, Charlie, Bertie, Elizabeth), NOT our Samuel's son. Our Fredrick's marriage is therefore unconfirmed; he likely died unmarried in 1916.Confirmed

Sources & Documents (2 sources)

GRO birth & death index — Fredrick William Jolliffe, 1885–1916Born Q4 1885, Bristol; died 1916.GRO / FreeBMD index

Commonwealth War Graves Commission — negative search, 2026no matching Frederick/F. William Jolliffe (Bristol; parents Samuel & Emma) among the war dead; confirms the 1916 death was not a war casualty.cwgc.org