The Sainsbury Family

Frederick and Elsie Sainsbury

Frederick Thomas Sainsbury was born in 1883, the son of Joseph and Mary Sainsbury. Click here to read more about Joseph and Mary and the rest of the Sainsbury family

Frederick was a house decorator like his father.  He married Elsie Gladys Tucker in Thornbury in 1910.  Elsie or Gladys (various records show that she used each name at different times) was the daughter of Frank Tucker, who with his brother ran one of Thornbury's largest building firms, the Tucker Brothers.  Click here to read  more about Frank Tucker and his family

Frederick and Elsie had at least four children: Betty on 28 March 1913, Ben on 15th May 1914, Barbara Jean on 30th June 1920 and Patricia May on 23rd February 1922.  All four children attended the Council School and went on to the Thornbury Grammar School.  Patricia May Sainsbury married Arthur Donald Pearce of Springfield Farm on 17th September 1951 at what is now the United Reformed Church in Thornbury.

We note that when Fred married he was a member of the Apollo Quartette, but we don't know yet any more about this group.

During the early part of their marriage, we believe Frederick and Elsie lived in the house now known as 19 Pullins Green.  They are shown as living there in the 1910 Rate Book, the 1911 census and electoral register for John Street or Pullins Green from 1913 to 1935.