Fredolph WINDEATT: Violinist

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WARNING: I am just guessing the identities in these photos and would be grateful for any confirmation from descendants as to whether they are accurate.

Charles A.=Sarah HAWKINS (married 1830)
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        Corelli E.B.                          FREDOLPH
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Family History

WARNING: A lot of this information is speculative. It has been put together from second data - mainly the census and BMD index data.

Fredolph WINDEATT (1871-?1955)

Fred was born in March quarter of 1871 in the Newton Abbot Register Office district, and, like his brother Corelli, has a rather strange name. I spent years imagining that 'Fredolph' was some kind of mistranscription of Frederick Alfred but now I have seen a concert programme from 1888 where he is definitely listed as Fredolph. I have no idea where the name originated or how Fred came to be given it. Again perhaps it was the name of some family sponsor - possibly the brother of Arcangelo Corelli Collard BERE's wife (see link below).

He was baptised in on September 10th 1879 to Charles Allan and Sarah Windeatt, Musician at Christ Church, Weston Super Mare and given the names Frederick Alfred Aly (source http://www.mary.mason.btinternet.co.uk/wsmcc.htm). Frederick Alfred is obviously an anglicisation of Fredolph but, again, I am not sure where the 'Aly' comes from. It could be a mistranscription for or a shortened form of Alexander? Alexander appears as the second name of both one of his children and one of his grandchildren. However, ALY could also be a deferential nod to the ALEY family who were closely related to Corelli's namesake Arcangelo Corelli Collard BERE. Arcangelo BERE had married a Charlotte Sophia ALEY in 1850 and her brother was a Frederick ALEY who was also of independent means.

See link to BERE family

Fredolph appears in the 1871 census as a four month old baby living with his parents in Teignmouth, Devon and later in the 1881 and 1891 censuses living in Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset where the family had moved in the mid 1870s so that Charles, Fredolph's father, could pursue his musical career.

See link to Fredolph's family from 1871 onwards

Parents and Siblings

Charles Allen WINDEATT and Sarah HAWKINGS and their children [ More . . . ]

1896 Spouse - Henrietta KING (?-?)

Fredolph Ally WINDEATT married Hetty King in the March quarter of 1896 in the Fulham Register Office District [1a 370].

Henrietta was the sister of Bella KING - Corelli"s wife. They were both born in the United States but were British subjects. Did their family originate in Britain and then go to the United States but return? Descendants report them as coming from variously Dallas, Texas, whose family were originally Eastern European immigrants to the USA, but also from the less exotic Newport, South Wales.

1896-1913 Children

Fredolph had at least five children and all of them, except for Louis Vernon who died in the first world war, married and had children. Because of the hundred year limit is is not possible to add many more details here. However the links lead to such publicly available or permitted information as we currently have available:

1901 Census

Here’s Fred living at no 54 Wyndham Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey. He got his birthplace right (unlike his brother, Corelli). But whose daughter was Gwendoline?

[RG13/664 Folio 164 Page 17, Schedule 114]
Name Rel Status Age Occupation Employment Working at home Where Born
Fredalph Windeatt Head M 31 Musician Worker Yes Devon, Teignmouth
Henda Windeatt Wife M 30 Musician America US British Subject
Arthur Windeatt Son 4 London
Louis Windeatt daur 3 Weston-Super-Mare, Som.
Gwendoline Windeatt Niece 9 Surrey, Kingston

Name	Rel	Status	Age	Occupation	Employment	Working at home	Where Born
Fredalph Windeatt	Head	M	31	Musician	Worker	Yes	Devon, Teignmouth
Henda Windeatt	Wife	M	30	Musician			America US British Subject
Arthur Windeatt	Son		4				London
Louis Windeatt	daur		3				Weston-Super-Mare, Som.
Gwendoline Windeatt	Niece		9				Surrey, Kingston

1901 - 1955 Later life as a musician

Fredolph presumably continued to play in the orchestras and bands led by his brother, Corelli. In the early part of the century Corelli led the London Dance Orchestra (130 musicians) and in the 1920s they were apparently playing on the pier at Weston. For a photograph of Fredolph at this time see the link below:

Link to Corelli and Fred on the Pier at Weston Super Mare

1955 Death

Believed to have died in the Surrey North Register Office District area in 1955.

1919-2009 Descendants

There are living descendants of Fredolph and Hetty. Please make contact via the Message Board if can contribute any more information about this family or if you can correct any of the information.

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