Person: ADKINS, Frank (1845-1928)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Joseph Francis ADKINS

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

temperance lecturer

Main period of activity

1880s-1910s

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

1845

born at

Southampton, Hampshire, England

1871

resident

1 Henry Street, Lambeth, London, England

2 April 1871

~26

census record

1871 Census of England and Wales, RG10/670.66.10
– occupation “Music seller”

23 November 1880

~35

lecturer

[Magic lantern exhibition] (lantern entertainment, Willington, Kent, England, 23 November 1880)

1881

resident

15 Rutley Gardens, Lambeth, London, England

1881

~36

lecturer

[Magic lantern lecture] (lantern lecture, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England, 1881)

18 January 1881

~36

lecturer

[Magic lantern lecture] (lantern lecture, Windsor, Berkshire, England, 18 January 1881)

3 April 1881

~36

census record

1881 Census of England and Wales, RG11/607.128.77
– occupation “Temperance Lecturer”

December 1881

~36

lecturer

[Magic lantern entertainment] (lantern entertainment, Littlehampton, Sussex (West), England, December 1881)

1882

~36

lecturer

[Magic lantern lecture] (lantern lecture, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, England, 1882)

1882

~36

lecturer

[Magic lantern lecture] (lantern lecture, 1882)

1882

~36

lecturer

[Magic lantern entertainment] (lantern entertainment, 1882)

1885

~40

lecturer

[Magic lantern lecture] (lantern lecture, 1885)

1885

~40

lecturer

[Magic lantern lecture] (lantern lecture, 1885)

27 January 1885

~40

lecturer

[Magic lantern lecture] (lantern lecture, Redhill, Surrey, England, 27 January 1885)

1891-1928

resident

15 Wynne Road, Brixton, London, England

5 April 1891

~46

census record

1891 Census of England and Wales, RG12/407.11.16
– occupation “Temperance Lecturer”

1901

~55

employee

UK Band of Hope Union

1901

~55

lecturer

[Magic lantern lecture] (lantern lecture, Bagber, Dorset, England, 1901)

1901

~55

lecturer

[Magic lantern lecture] (lantern lecture, Sturminster Newton, Dorset, England, 1901)

1901

~55

lecturer

[Magic lantern lecture] (lantern lecture, Stalbridge, Dorset, England, 1901)

1901

~55

lecturer

[Magic lantern lecture] (lantern lecture, Marnhull, Dorset, England, 1901)

1901

~55

lecturer

[Magic lantern lecture] (lantern lecture, Todbere, Dorset, England, 1901)

1901

~55

lecturer

[Magic lantern lecture] (lantern lecture, Henstridge, Dorset, England, 1901)

31 March 1901

~56

census record

1901 Census of England and Wales, RG13/434.92.25
– occupation “Lecturer Band of Hope Union”

2 April 1911

~66

census record

1911 Census of England and Wales, RG14/19739
– occupation “Temperance Advocate”

15 September 1928

~83

died at

St Pancras, London, England

2 November 1928

archive entry

National Probate Calendar Index of Wills and Administrations, 1928 p.17

Reference

‘Mr Frank Adkins' Lectures and Organising Work’ in Band of Hope chronicle

Notes

At the 1911 Census he's staying in a hotel in Lincoln, presumably on a temperance lecturing tour.

Lucerna ID 6000014

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 23 April 2014

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Person: ADKINS, Frank (1845-1928)