Fred Colburn

  General Notes:

From Harriet Pick's 1977 letter.
Fred the son finished as senior lecturer in electrical engineering at what is now the City of London University. He had two children, Pam who was a leading aircraft women in Waafs during the war, has one one married daughter younger than you (ed. Steve Pick) and a son, who has an electrical factory, lives near Pinner, and ws given the award for industry from Prince Philip. Has two daughters and one son

  Research Notes:

6/30/09 Added birth and death from Pam Colburn's chart.

  Noted events in his life were:

• 1901 Census Morecambe Colburn Charles: Fred Colburn son aged 9 born Keighley, 31 Mar 1901, 20 Grafton Road, Morecambe, Lancashire. ⁸⁸⁴

• 1911 Census Chiswick Colburn: Fred Colburn aged 19 single boarder Signal repairman born Keighley, 2 Apr 1911, 41 Balls Lane, Chiswick, London, England. ⁸⁸⁵ Heicks family lived here- they were signal men with railway

Fred married Florence Emma Chapman about Jun 1923 in Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, England. (Florence Emma Chapman was born in 1892 in Burwell, Cambridshire, England.)

  Marriage Notes:

There is a photo of Bill Pick with Florence and Fred at the golden wedding. Pam had the same photograph.
7/31/09 Added marriage date from FreeBMD