George Fruen of Woodborough
- Born: 26 Mar 1854, Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, England 1
- Christened: 16 Apr 1854, Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, England 1
- Married: 2 Dec 1880, Christchurch, Fosbury, Wiltshire, England 2
- Died: Oct 1936, Savernake Hospital, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England 3
- Buried: 31 Oct 1936, Woodborough, Wiltshire, England
 Research Notes:
In 1871 George Fruin, aged 17, born in Great Bedwyn, coal merchant's labourer, was with his parents at 6 Farm Lane, Great Bedwyn.
In 1881 George Frewin, aged 27, born in Great Bedwyn, railway servant, and wife Sarah, aged 23, born in Great Bedwyn, were with George's parents in Farm Lane Great Bedwyn.
In 1901 George Fruen, aged 46, born in Great Bedwyn, canal gauger, and wife Sarah, aged 42, born in Great Bedwyn, were living in Honey Street Woodborough Wiltshire. Present were children (born in Great Bedwyn): Reginald (16), Ada (13), Annie (8), Ethel (6), Henry (4)
In 1911 George Fruen, aged 55, born in Great Bedwyn, canal foreman, and wife of 30 years Sarah, aged 52, born in Great Bedwyn (mother of 7 children, 1 deceased), were living in Honey St., Woodborough Wiltshire. Present was son James (14) of Great Bedwyn, telegraph transfer (Woodborough-Wilton Post Office)
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HONEYSTREET.
A LONG LIFE ENDED.
By the death of Mr. George Fruen, which occurred at Savernake Hospital last week, Honeystreet has lost another of its old residents. Mr. Fruen, who was 82 years of age, had been for some 16 years afflicted with total blindness—a terrible handicap for one who had lived an active life. He, however, bore his affliction with considerable fortitude and retained an interest in life. About a fortnight before his death he slipped from his chair, and one of the thighs was broken. He was removed to Savernake Hospital, but a little later pneumonia developed, and this proved fatal. Mr. Fruen was a native of Great Bedwyn, and as a young man he entered the service of the G.W.R. Company on the Kennet and Avon Canal. Thirty-nine years ago, he was appointed to the position of ganger over the length of the canal between Devizes and Wootton Rivers, and came to Honeystreet. The funeral took place on Saturday afternoon at Woodborough, Canon Jervis officiating. Mrs. P. D. Radcliffe was at the organ, and the hymns, "Jesu, Lover of my Soul," and "Peace, Perfect Peace," were sung. The mourners include Messrs. C., R., and J. Fruen (sons), Mrs. D. Goddard, Mrs. T. Goddard, and Miss Fruen (daughters), Messrs. D. and T. Goddard (sons-in-law), Mrs. J. Fruen (daughter-in-law), Mr. J. Fruen, jun. (grandson), Willie, Dot, Gwen and Queenie (grand-children) and Mrs. Kettering (sister).
North Wilts Herald, Friday, 6 Nov 1936, p. 14
Marriage Information:
George married Sarah Humphries, daughter of James Humphries and Sarah Deacon, on 2 Dec 1880 in Christchurch, Fosbury, Wiltshire, England. (Sarah Humphries was born on 7 Dec 1857 in Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, England, christened there on 30 Dec 1857 and was buried on 25 Sep 1918 in Woodborough, Wiltshire, England, aged 59 years.)
Marriage Notes:
George Fruen, of full age, bachelor, labourer, resident of Gt Bedwyn, son of John Fruen, labourer, and
Sarah Humphries, of full age, spinster, resident of Oxenwood, daughter of James Humphries, blacksmith
Married after Banns
Witnesses: Jonathan Fruen, Mary Humphries
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