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 1883 - 1940 (56 years)
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| Name |
Frank GEFEALL |
| Born |
31 Aug 1883 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
11 Jan 1940 |
| Buried |
Thorverton, Devon, England  [1] |
| Person ID |
I6341 |
Young Kent Ancestors |
| Last Modified |
22 Nov 2018 |
| Married |
Mar Qtr 1920 |
Tiverton Dist., Devon, England (vol. 5b, p. 871) |
| Last Modified |
20 Mar 2022 |
| Family ID |
F126 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- In 1939 register he was the hotel proprietor of Castle Hotel, Castle Street, Exeter.
The lost hotel
The block of buildings between Castle Street and Little Castle Street, was headed by the Castle Hotel at the lower end. The hotel was damaged during the May 1942 blitz, but remained in situ, with one casualty Henry George William Tremlett, aged 46 was injured and died at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital on the 11 May 1942. All the shops along the High Street, on each side of the junction with Castle Street were destroyed in the bombing.
Work started in 1948 to lay the sewers and other services in the area, and by the early 1950s the wall along Bailey Street was strengthened and consolidated, and the remains of the Castle Hotel were demolished. The wall of the building above the hotel had massive, wooden buttressing put in place. The Westminster Bank was constructed in 1951 on the corner of Castle Street and High Street and Marks & Spencer's new store was built on the opposite corner. The road levels into Little Castle Street were rather awkward and some care was taken to ensure the approach was not too steep.
The buttressing became a feature of Castle Street and the Virginia Creeper a welcome addition to the bare timber. In the late 1980s, the buttressing was removed and a rather attractive retail unit, that was initially occupied by the fashion store Monsoon, was built on the site of the former Castle Hotel. It became Michael Spiers Jewellers and is now a centre for cosmetic dentistry.
The city library was opened in October 1930 at a cost of £55,000. Situated on the opposite side of Castle Street to the Castle Hotel, it was burnt out, with the loss of a million county books and documents in the 1942 bombing, but was restored after the war and extended in the 1960s.
[Source: http://www.exetermemories.co.uk/em/_streets/castle.php]
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- [S12] Monumental Inscription, (England, Devon, Thorverton: Church of England, parish churchyard).
In loving memory of Rhoda the beloved wife of John Hill of this parish who died 29th January 1918 aged 54 years "BE OF GOOD COMFORT; RISE, HE CALLETH THEE" also of John Hill who died 19th March 1928 aged 60 years AT REST also of Frank Gefeall son-in-law of the above who fell asleep 11th January 1940 aged 56 years "OUT OF THE STRESS OF DOING AND INTO THE JOY OF DONE" also Lilian wife of Frank and daughter of Rhoda and John died 18th December 1979 aged 85 years. Reunited.
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