Alfred Lewis Heron is the Great Great Great Grandfather of my children. His daughter Ada Mary married Charles William Tillin in 1917.
Alfred Lewis
Heron was born in 1869. He was baptised on 24th October 1869 in the Holy
Trinity church in Newington, Surrey. He was the son of Alfred Heron and
Caroline Boxall.
He appeared on
the 1871 census at 55 Great Bland Street in Newington.
In 1881 he was
shown on the census in Walworth at 2 Webb Street.
On 12th June
1890 Alfred married Mary Ann Eagles in Esher, Surrey. Shortly after this the
couple baptised their son, Alfred, at St Peter's church in Streatham.
Unfortunately Alfred died shortly afterwards. His birth and death were
registered in the same quarter in 1890.
In the 1891
census Alfred was shown living in Streatham at 29 Madeira Road. He was working as a valet and I think he was
staying the night at his place of work. Mary was in rooms at 178 Sunny Hill,
Streatham.
By the 1901
census Alfred and Mary had 2 daughters, Ada and Violet, and Alfred was working
as a gardener.
In 1911, the
family were found at 30 Hambro Road in Streatham. Alfred was still a gardener.
According to the census the couple had had 4 children but I only have records
of 3 so that is a mystery I will add to my list.
On the marriage
certificate of Ada and Charles Tillin his occupation was given as a chemical
worker - so I'm not sure where this came from? Possibly this was something to
do with the war as it was 1917. He would have been about 47 so maybe that would
make him too old for military service?
He continued to
appear on the Electoral Rolls in London on Hambro Road.
Alfred died in
1952 at the age of 82.
I've attempted
to recreate Alfred's life using a timeline. I got the idea after finding this
video on Family Search via a pin on my "Genealogy - Education & Tips" Pinterest board.
This analysis
shows that the probable time for the mystery 4th child was between 1891 and
1897. I'm going to tinker with timelines more as it helped me look at Alfred's
life in a new way. I'll let you know how I get on but my immediate thought is that I need to add some ages to the facts.
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