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Entry Type	Person
Surname	Freeman
Forenames	John William
Place	Church Gresley
Epithet	tailor, clothier and outfitter
Dates	1863-1941
Gender Identity	Male
Biography	John William Freeman was born Swannington on 30 December 1863. He was apprenticed to a Draper, and served 20 years with T. B. Pickworth of Coalville. In 1898, he opened his own shop in Church Gresley. He and his wife Charlotte (nee Goodlad) had four children, including Eric who followed his father into the trade and served during the First World War, and Frank became a chemist. As a widower, he remarried in 1928, age 64 (Gresley marriage register) and died 10 September 1941.
Source	UK census returns, 1871-1911; 1939 National Register; National Probate Index; Parish of Gresley, Marriage Register 1921-1938 (Derbyshire Record Office, D2112/A/PI/3/9)
Authorised Form of Name	Freeman; John William (1863-1941); tailor, clothier and outfitter

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