A new South African?

[annabel]

I have a little family that disappears after 1861 but I have just noticed an incoming voyage from South Africa and I am wondering if emigration could be the reason.

This is what I have

Thomas Fricker b 1830 Bradford on Avon, Wilts
1841 Bradford on Avon
1860 birth of Tom Peter Vezey Fricker in City of London
1861 1 Dean Court(?), St Andrew Holborn, with Tom and wife Catherine

Then possibly in 1881 b wilts, although unmarried, in Kensington visiting the Gollar family

This could be Tom PV Fricker
incoming passenger lists 1926 - Thomas Fricker age 66, to 9 Russell Rd, Liverpool from South Africa
wife Elizabeth age 66
Lilian age 26

With middle names like he has, you would think there would be more records of Tom, but I have not found any, so that is what makes me wonder about South Africa. Would anyone be able to see if Thomas and his family emigrated to South Africa after 1861?

[geneius]

Hello

Then possibly in 1881 b wilts, although unmarried, in Kensington visiting the Gollar family

He is also with the GOLLAR family in 1871 RG10; Piece: 146; Folio: 65; Page: 25;

Peter Vezey FRICKER Marriage 1882 Holborn to Elizabeth GOODALL

1841 census Gideon FRICKER is likely to be the father of Thomas b 1830 H107 1168 2 refers

Other references as VEZEY FRICKER
1841 Southwark
Jane VEZEY FRICKER d/o Gideon FRICKER married George HARDING

Baptised 25/03/1866 St Paul Westminster
Walter Boddington Vezey Fricker s/o Edward & Frances FRICKER

[sunnycrest]

Don't know if this helps at all, but there are estate papers of a Thomas Joseph Fricker died 1946 in the Cape Town Archives (South Africa)

[Sue Mackay]

If you put Fricker site:www. genealogyworld.net into Google you can find a few hits (remove space after www.)

NAAIRS also has some 75 hits for Fricker under RSA

[annabel]

Thank you Geneius, those other Vezey Frickers are all relations, aunts uncles and cousins of the Thomases I am looking for. They liked to name their children after brothers and sisters.

Sue, thanks for that info, I shall have a look at those sites.

[annabel]

Just seen that reference to 1871. Thank you Geneius.
Thomas is written and transcribed as Tucker, but everything else is right. How strange that he should be visiting the same family in 2 consecutive censuses, on his own