FREDERICK FIDLER - 1877

[CJE638]

I am trying to trace any information on a Frederick Fidler who attended the Sheffield School of Art in 1877. He appeared to be very talented, winning a £5 prize for designing the Sheffield Football Association Challenge Cup as well as winning the Master Cutlers prize for designing daggers and sheaths. He also won a National Art gold medal for his designs.

Does anybody know if any of his designs were used to produce and daggers or sheaths, or if he went on to design further works of art or important items in Sheffield history.

Is anybody still alive who is a member of his family.

Any information would be appreciated as I am working on an article about the football cup

 

[Edmund]

He also won a prize for cast iron park gate design, which probably helped him get the job as draughtsman at Longden's Stove-Grate Manufacturers. In 1891 he was a stove grate draughtsman living at 481 Shoreham Street, with wife Mary Ann and family (including son Frederick who was to become a wardrobe dealer in Heeley). By 1901 he was at 18 Blakegrove Road, still a designer and draughtsman.  On the 6th April 1904 at the age of 56, he set sail with his wife from Liverpool to New York on the "Cedric" under Captain Haddock. From there he made his way to Dan Francisco, just in time for the 1906 earthquake.

[HughW]

In the 1910 US census Frederick and Mary Ann were living in Golden Gate Ave, San Francisco. Frederick was a draughtsman (ironwork).

A family tree at ancestry suggests they returned to England before WW1. Frederick (as Frederick William) and Mary Ann are buried at City Road...
 

FIDLER, Frederick William (Draghtsman, age 83).
     Died at Nether Edge Hospital; Buried on November 18, 1929 in Consecrated ground; 
     Grave Number 12587, Section X of City Road Cemetery, Sheffield.
FIDLER, Mary Ann (Wife of Frederick, age 74).
     Died at 12 Herries Rd; Buried on April 3, 1928 in Consecrated ground; 
     Grave Number 12587, Section X of City Road Cemetery, Sheffield.

Hugh

[SteveHB]

Frederick William Fiddler, Shakespeare P H, 106 Well Road, Heeley. 1919 to 1925.
Fidler spelt with one 'd' in the 1925 directory.