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Francis Wylde SHERLOCK

Male 1860 - 1927  (66 years)


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  • Name Francis Wylde SHERLOCK 
    Birth 12 Aug 1860  Dundee Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1871 Census
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 12 Aug 1860  Dundee Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Ancestry Scotland Select Births and Christenings
    Burial 1927  Kesico Cemetery Valhalla New York USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Find a Grave website Memorial ID 12145487
      Birth 1861 Scotland
      Death 9 Jul 1927 (aged 66) Kings County New York USA
      Burial Kensico Cemetery Valhalla Westchester County New York, USA
      Plot Actors' Fund

      Additional Notes:-
      Obituary New York Times 12 Jul 1927
      Frank Wilde [sic] Sherlock, an English actor who had played in this country since coming here for "The Queen of the Moulin Rouge" about nineteen years ago, died yesterday at his home 1912 East Thirty-fifth Street, Brooklyn, aged 66. He toured for a long time in vaudeville with the Francesca Redding Company, later appearing in "The Tailor Made Man," "The Skin Game, "The Kiss in a Taxi" and, last season, in several of the matinees at the Princess Theatre. His widow is in vaudeville as one of the Vandalle Sisters. Services will be held at the residence at 10 tomorrow morning. (Find A Grave contributor A.E. Collins)
    Death 9 Jul 1927  Brooklyn New York USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Ancestry Wills and Probate
      Francis Wylde Sherlock of 1912 East 35th Street Brooklyn USA died 9th Jul 1927 Probate Nottingham 21st Oct 1927 to Neville Arthur Metcalfe solicitor Effects £897 3s
    Person ID I23447  Main Tree
    Last Modified 21 Aug 2024 

    Father Charles Wylde SHERLOCK,   b. 23 Apr 1834, Nottinghamshire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Oct 1879 (Age 45 years) 
    Mother Catherine Selina WILKINS,   b. 1839, Bengal Arrah India Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Oct 1905 (Age 66 years) 
    Marriage 27 Sep 1859  Holy Trinity Brompton London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Ancestry London CofE records Holy Trinity Brompton No 433 27th Sep 1859
      Charles Wylde Sherlock aged 25 bat capt HM 74th Highlanders of Southwell son of Francis Sherlock colonel to
      Catherine Selina Wilkins aged 21 spin of brompton dau of George Dashwood Wilkins Bengal civil servant
      Vy Licence; both signed; witnessed by George Storer, Emily F Wilkins & G D Wilkins J M Wilkins officiated
    Family ID F5991  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Frances HOWETT,   b. 1862, Farnfield Nottinghamshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 6 Nov 1883  St Michael the Archangel West Retford Nottinghamshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Ancestry Nottinghamshire CofE records St Michael the Archangel West Retford No 177 6th Nov 1883
      Francis Wylde Sherwood aged 23 bat bank clerk of Holy Trinity Nottingham son of Charles Wylde Sherwood captain in HM Army to
      Frances Howett aged 21 spin of West Retford dau of John Howett gentleman
      By banns; both signed; witnessed by Thomas Ellis Howett & Eleanor? Howett
    Divorce 4 May 1896 
    • Ancestry Civil Divorce Records No 16867 Frances Sherlock V Francis Wylde Sherlock
      Petition filed 23rd Jan 1895
      Decree Nisi 25th Oct 1895
      Final 4th May 1896
    Children 
     1. Frances Hilda SHERLOCK,   b. 1877, Beeston Nottinghamshire Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F5995  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Sep 2025 

  • Notes 
    • 1861 RG9 2470 5 at Westgate Southwell gson in the household of Emma Sherlock single aged 7 months born Scotland
      1871 RG10 2532 8 at Westgate Southwell son single aged 10 born Dundee
      1891 RG12 2682 90 at Park Row Nottingham head married bank clerk aged 30 born Dundee