 1805 - 1861
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| Name |
FRATER Mark |
| Born |
18 Jul 1805 |
Rothbury, Northumberland, England  [2] |
- Name:«tab»Mark Frater
Gender:«tab»Male
Birth Date:«tab»18 Jul 1805
Baptism Date:«tab»1 Nov 1805
Baptism Place:«tab»Rothbury,Northumberland,England
Father:«tab»William Frater
Mother:«tab»Margaret Wakenshaw
FHL Film Number:«tab»94975
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| Christened |
1 Nov 1805 |
Rothbury, Northumberland, England [3] |
| Gender |
Male |
| _UID |
7557B7C4B3C44E4FABBFD96C4E2108048574 |
| Died |
1 Oct 1861 |
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England [4, 5, 6] |
| Person ID |
I28989 |
Frater Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
26 Mar 2018 |
| Father |
FRATER William, b. Abt 1773, Rothbury, Northumberland, England , d. Yes, date unknown |
| Mother |
WAKENSHAW Margaret Alexander, b. Abt 1777, Norham, Northumberland, England , d. Jul 1853, Rothbury, Northumberland, England |
| Married |
27 May 1801 |
All Saints, Rothbury, Northumberland, England [7] |
- Name:«tab»William Frater
Gender:«tab»Male
Marriage Date:«tab»27 May 1801
Marriage Place:«tab»Rothbury,Northumberland,England
Spouse:«tab»Margaret Wakenshaw
FHL Film Number:«tab»94975
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| Family ID |
F9463 |
Group Sheet |
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| Notes |
- October 1st 1861
One of the most frightful crimes that has been known in England for many
years past was perpetrated in Newcastle this morning. The extraordinary
report that a murder of a shocking and atrocious nature had been
committed in one of the principal thoroughfares of the town, and in
broad daylight, and that the victim was a gentleman so well known and
universally esteemed as Mr. Mark Frater, ran through the town with
incredible rapidity, and wherever it reached caused the greatest
consternation and regret. Mr. Frater resided at Bulman's Village, and
had been for some years the proprietor of the omnibus that ran between
that place and the Grey Monument. This morning, as usual, he left his
home by the nine o'clock 'bus, which took him as far as the foot of
Northumberland-street, where he alighted and proceeded to his office at
the end of Blackett-street. As he reached the door he met a friend, and
paused a moment to converse with him; while so doing, a person named
George Clark, stepped quickly up to him, seized him by one hand, and
with a knife inflicted a murderous blow upon his neck. The knife entered
an inch or two from the right corner of the mouth, inflicting a hideous
gash upon the cheek, and then, glancing past the bone, plunged into the
neck, where it severed all the principal arteries. So determined was the
wretched murderer to accomplish his object, that, after thrusting the
knife into his victim, he deliberately wrenched it round in the wound in
such a manner that the blade itself was twisted. He then withdrew it,
and stood quite still, gazing triumphantly on his unfortunate victim,
who, hardly comprehending the nature of the occurrence, slowly turned
round and entered the house. On reaching his office he exclaimed to his
clerk, "I'm afraid I'm done for," and sank back into a chair. He rapidly
became unconscious from the great loss of blood; and within ten minutes
from the time he received the wound he expired. Two gentlemen, who were
passing at the moment, a Mr. McGill and a Mr. Dalrymple, saw what had
occurred, and at once rushed upon the murderer and secured him. When the
prisoner, who was of weak intellect, was charged before the magistrates
with having stabbed the deceased, he replied, "Decidedly so, decidedly
so; I've murdered him; he robbed me, and now I've robbed him," and then
added, "This is a grand job for the penny papers; they'll have a rare
sale to-day." Mr. Frater had for some time held the situation of tax
collector, amongst which was the dog tax; and Clark having a dog, for
which he refused to pay, Mr. Frater had distrained for the amount six
months previous. Clark was tried for the murder at the ensuing assizes,
was convicted, and sentenced to be hung, but was ultimately reprieved,
and is now confined in an asylum during her majesty's pleasure.
Thomas Fordyce - Local Records volume 3
- (Research):See attached sources. [8]
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| Sources |
- [S3091] 1851 England Census for Mark Frater.
- [S3149] England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975.
- [S3183] "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch.
- [S3089] England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1861-1941.
- [S3151] England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915.
- [S3179] Murder & Mystery Trails of Northumberland & The Borders By Clive Kristen.
- [S3093] Rothury Parish Mariage Record for William Frater 1801.
- [S3181] https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/uk.local.geordie/ZaH0GFH4_zA.
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