Frederick Markwell was the son of basket maker Robert Markwell (1843) and Emma R. In 1901 he was working on a farm and living in Blyburgate Street, Beccles. He married Lily Florence Broughton in 1908. In 1911 he was working as a leather tanner’s shed man and living at 59 Northgate, Beccles. He enlisted in the Suffolk Regiment in 1915, became a prisoner of war, and was discharged in 1919. He became a basket maker. In 1939 he was living at 19 Ballygate, Beccles and was working as a basket maker. He died in Melton in 1969.

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• 1. Marriage Registers. Broughton, Lily Florence & Markwell, Frederick. Jun. 1908. 4a. 1997. Mutford. • 2. 1911 Census. 59 Northgate, Beccles. Frederick Markwell. Head. Age 31. Leather Tanner’s Shed Man. Born Grundisburgh. • 3. 1901 Census. Blyburgate Street, Beccles. Frederick Markwell. Son. Age 21. Farmer. Worker. Born Grundisburgh. • 4. Birth Registers. Markwell, Frederick. Sep. 1879. 4a. 699. Woodbridge. • 5. Death Certificate. 173. Deben R. District; Wickham and Woodbridge Sub-district. Seventeenth October, 1969, St. Audreys Hospital Melton. Frederick Markwell, Male. Date of birth: About 1879. Occupation not known (Retired), Memorial Bungalows, Blyburgate, Beccles. Informant: John Charles Sampson, Occupier, St. Audreys Hospital, Melton, Woodbridge. Cause: 1a. Hypostatic pneumonia, b. Myocardial degeneration, c. Arteriosclerosis. Cert: M.E. Bradley, M.R.C.S. Reg: Twenty-First October, 1969. Registrar: J. Redvers Cox. • 6. 1939 Register. 19 Ballygate, Beccles. Frederick Markwell. Married. Birth Date: 7 Aug 1879. Basket Maker.