Re: Fricker- Meares - wiltshire
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Re: Fricker- Meares - wiltshire
Julie Wilkins 6/15/09
Hello Julie
There used to be quite a few Fricker families in Mere and the surrounding area. There are still some Frickers living there. I share ancestors with Noelene Selmes. Our ancestor James Fricker (b. 1815) moved to Timsbury, Somerset to work in a coal mine, taking with him wife Lydia and daughter Jane. A few Fricker families seem to have moved to villages in the Somerset coal field. I'm not sure if Noelene and I have ancestors from Zeals, a village just a few miles down the road from Mere. I got an early lead through this forum (thanks to Lynda Spann), but there isn't much activity nowadays. It would be worth your while looking at Genes Reunited where there are quite a few members researching the Fricker family history.
Regards - John Fricker (another one; John is a popular Fricker Christian name)