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     Lesley was born in Lawrence, Essex Co., Massachusetts, on 28 April 1899.¹ She was listed as a daughter of Robert Lee FROST on the 1910 Census in Derry Twp, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire.² She was listed as a daughter of Robert Lee FROST on the 1920 Census at Mason St in Amherst, Hampshire.³
Lesley died in July 1983 in Fairfield, Connecticut, at age 84.⁴

     Marjorie was born in USA on 24 March 1905.^1,2 She was listed as a daughter of Robert Lee FROST on the 1910 Census in Derry Twp, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire.³ She was listed as a daughter of Robert Lee FROST on the 1920 Census at Mason St in Amherst, Hampshire.⁴
Marjorie died on 2 May 1934 in Rochester, Minnesota, at age 29.⁵

     Frost's father, William Prescott Frost, Jr., was a journalist with ambitions of establishing a career in California, and in 1873 he and his wife moved to San Francisco.¹ Robert was born in San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California, on 26 March 1874.^2,3,4 He was listed as William Prescott (Jnr.) FROST's son on the 1880 Census at 729 California St in San Francisco, San Francisco Co, California.⁵ His father's death from tuberculosis in 1885 prompted his mother to take her two children, Robert and Jeanie, to Lawrence, Mass., where they were taken in by the children's paternal grandparents. While their mother taught at a variety of schools in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, Robert and Jeanie grew up in Lawrence, and Robert graduated from high school in 1892. A top student in his class, he shared valedictorian honours with Elinor White, with whom he had already fallen in love.¹ Robert and Elinor shared a deep interest in poetry, but their continued education sent Robert to Dartmouth College and Elinor to St. Lawrence University. Meanwhile, Robert continued to labour on the poetic career he had begun in a small way during high school; he first achieved professional publication in 1894 when The Independent, a weekly literary journal, printed his poem "My Butterfly: An Elegy." Impatient with academic routine, Frost left Dartmouth after less than a year.¹ He married Elinor Miriam WHITE at Lawrence, Essex Co., Massachusetts, on 19 December 1895.¹ Frost resumed his college education at Harvard University in 1897 but left after two years' study there. From 1900 to 1909 the family raised poultry on a farm near Derry, N.H., and for a time Frost also taught at the Pinkerton Academy in Derry. Frost became an enthusiastic botanist and acquired his poetic persona of a New England rural sage during the years he and his family spent at Derry. All this while he was writing poems, but publishing outlets showed little interest in them.¹ Robert was listed as head of the family on the 1910 Census in Derry Twp, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire,⁶ working as a teacher.⁶ By 1911 he was fighting against discouragement. Poetry had always been considered a young person's game, but Frost, who was nearly 40 years old, had not published a single book of poems and had seen just a handful appear in magazines. In 1911 ownership of the Derry farm passed to Frost. A momentous decision was made: to sell the farm and use the proceeds to make a radical new start in London, where publishers were perceived to be more receptive to new talent. Accordingly, in August 1912 the Frost family sailed across the Atlantic to England. Frost carried with him sheaves of verses he had written but not gotten into print. English publishers in London did indeed prove more receptive to innovative verse, and, through his own vigorous efforts and those of the expatriate American poet Ezra Pound, Frost within a year had published 'A Boy's Will' (1913). From this first book, such poems as "Storm Fear," "Mowing," and "The Tuft of Flowers" have remained standard anthology pieces.

'A Boy's Will' was followed in 1914 by a second collection, 'North of Boston', that introduced some of the most popular poems in all of Frost's work, among them "Mending Wall," "The Death of the Hired Man," "Home Burial," and "After Apple-Picking." In London, Frost's name was frequently mentioned by those who followed the course of modern literature, and soon American visitors were returning home with news of this unknown poet who was causing a sensation abroad. The Boston poet Amy Lowell traveled to England in 1914, and in the bookstores there she encountered Frost's work. Taking his books home to America, Lowell then began a campaign to locate an American publisher for them, meanwhile writing her own laudatory review of North of Boston.¹ The outbreak of World War I brought the Frosts back to the United States in 1915. By then Amy Lowell's review had already appeared in 'The New Republic', and writers and publishers throughout the northeast were aware that a writer of unusual abilities stood in their midst. The American publishing house of Henry Holt had brought out its edition of 'North of Boston' in 1914. It became a best-seller, and, by the time the Frost family landed in Boston, Holt was adding the American edition of 'A Boy's Will'. Frost soon found himself besieged by magazines seeking to publish his poems. Never before had an American poet achieved such rapid fame after such a disheartening delay. From this moment his career rose on an ascending curve.

Frost bought a small farm at Franconia, N.H., in 1915, but his income from both poetry and farming proved inadequate to support his family, and so he lectured and taught part-time at Amherst College and at the University of Michigan from 1916 to 1938. Any remaining doubt about his poetic abilities was dispelled by the collection 'Mountain Interval' (1916), which continued the high level established by his first books.¹ Robert was listed as head of the family on the 1920 Census at Mason St in Amherst, Hampshire,⁷ working as a teacher at Amherst College.⁸ His reputation was further enhanced by 'New Hampshire' (1923), which received the Pulitzer Prize. That prize was also awarded to 'Frost's Collected Poems' (1930) and to the collections 'A Further Range' (1936) and 'A Witness Tree' (1942).¹ Robert was listed as head of the family on the 1930 Census at Brier Hill in Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont,⁹ working as a Professor.¹⁰ His other poetry volumes include 'West-Running Brook' (1928), 'Steeple Bush' (1947), and 'In the Clearing' (1962). Frost served as a poet-in-residence at Harvard (1939-43), Dartmouth (1943-49), and Amherst College (1949-63), and in his old age he gathered honours and awards from every quarter.¹ Robert was listed as head of the family on the 1940 Census at Main St in Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont,¹¹ working as a writer/lecturer.¹¹
Robert died on 29 January 1963 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, at age 88.^12,4 He was buried at Old Bennington, Bennington, Vermont. This gravestone also carries the names of his wife, Elinor Miriam White, and their children Marjorie Frost Fraser, Carol Frost, Elliot Frost and Elinor Bettina Frost. It is unclear if they are all buried here but Robert Frost did purchase 2 plots at this site.⁴

     He married Judith COLCORD in USA.

     William Prescott FROST was born on 15 October 1924 in Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont.^1,2 He was listed as grandson of Robert Lee FROST on the 1940 Census at Main St in Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont.¹
William Prescott FROST died on 7 January 1989 in Ashland, Jackson, Oregon, at age 64.³

     William was born in Kingston, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire, on 27 December 1850.
He married Isabella MOODIE at the home of George W Elder in Lewistown, Miffin Co., Pennsylvania, on 18 March 1873.¹ William was listed as the head of the family on the 1880 Census at 729 California St in San Francisco, San Francisco Co, California,² working as a journalist.²
William died on 5 May 1885 in San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California, at age 34.³

     Julius was born in New Zealand on 28 January 1901.¹
He married Dorothy May LAW in Waimate, Canterbury, on 19 March 1930.² Julius and Bob Hogan formed a partnership and began trading as J.H. Fulton & Co in 1933, however it wasn’t until December 30, 1935 that Fulton Hogan Ltd was officially created. The company is now a major trans-Tasman civil contracting company, offering customers services in civil contracting, construction, infrastructure maintenance, quarrying and asphalt production and surfacing.³
Julius died on 20 May 1973 at 8 Claremont St in Dunedin, Otago, at age 72.^4,5 He was cremated on 22 May 1973 in Dunedin.⁶

     Alice Ann FUNNELL was baptised in July 1846 in Stody.¹

     Anne FUNNELL was baptised on 9 April 1769 in Hunworth.¹

     Edward FUNNELL was baptised on 5 April 1772 in Hunworth.¹ He was buried on 6 October 1854 in Hunworth.¹