Samuel Alford (1824 - 1901)

Born 5 Nov 1824 in Gillingham, Dorset, England, United Kingdom

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Died 1901 at about age 76 in Woolwich, London, England, United Kingdom

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Samuel Alford was born in Gillingham, Dorset, England.

Samuel was born at Gillingham, Dorset on 5 November 1824 and baptised by the Wesleyan church on 5 December 1824. ^{[1] [2]} He was eldest of four children of William Alford and Martha Ellen. His father was a shoemaker.

At the 1841 census Samuel was living with his family in a back street off St Martins Square, Gillingham, Dorset. ^[3]

Samuel married Hannah Jane Toop on 10 February 1850 at the church of St John the Evangelist, Upper Holloway, Islington, England ^{[4] [5]} Samuel's sister Mary Ellen was a witness. One child of the marriage is known. Martha (Alford) Davies was born in London in the last quarter of 1850 and died in Victoria, Australia in 1940.

At the 1851 census Samuel, Hannah and Martha are living 4 Caroline Place, Chelsea. Samuel is working for London City Missionary^[6]

From 1874 Samuel is living at 141 Ann St, Plumstead, London. ^[7] In 1882 Samuel moved to 15 Pattison Rd, Woolwich ^[8] renumbered to 16½ Pattison Rd in 1884 where he lived until at least 1893. ^{[9] [10] [11] [12] [13]}

Samuel died in London in the first quarter of 1901. ^[14]

Sources

1. ↑ The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; General Register Office: Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths surrendered to the Non-parochial Registers Commissions of 1837 and 1857; Class Number: RG 4; Piece Number: 1232 Ancestry Sharing Link
2. ↑ The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; General Register Office: Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths surrendered to the Non-parochial Registers Commissions of 1837 and 1857; Class Number: RG 4; Piece Number: 466 Ancestry Sharing Link
3. ↑ 1841 England Census Class: HO107; Piece: 290; Book: 16; Civil Parish: Gillingham; County: Dorset; RD: Shaftesbury; Enumeration District: 2; Folio: 17; Page: 12; Line: 4; GSU roll: 241341
4. ↑ London Metropolitan Archives, Saint John The Evangelist, Upper Holloway, Register of marriages, P83/JNE, Item 014 Ancestry Sharing Link
5. ↑ England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index District Islington Volume 3 Page 163
6. ↑ 1851 England Census Class: HO107; RD: Chelsea; ED: 10; Civil Parish: Chelsea; Piece: 1472; Folio: 241; Page: 10; GSU roll: 87795
7. ↑ Electoral Roll for Parliamentary Borough of Greenwich, Plumstead South District. 1874 number 13554; 1876 number 14694; 1877 Number 14845; 1878 number 15116; 1879 number 15679; 1880 number 16650; 1881 number 17095. Accessed from FindMyPast.com "Electoral registers 1832-1932 Kent & London England"
8. ↑ Electoral Roll for Parliamentary Borough of Greenwich, Plumstead West District. 1882 number 16153. Accessed from FindMyPast.com "Electoral registers 1832-1932 Kent & London England"
9. ↑ Electoral Roll for Parliamentary Borough of Greenwich, Plumstead - North Polling District. 1884 Number 17908; 1885 number 20997 Accessed from FindMyPast.com "Electoral registers 1832-1932 Kent & London England"
10. ↑ "England, London Electoral Registers, 1847-1913", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJNC-J5RF : 17 March 2018), Samuel Alford, 1890.
11. ↑ "England, London Electoral Registers, 1847-1913", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK94-3H6J : 17 March 2018), Samuel Alford, 1891.
12. ↑ "England, London Electoral Registers, 1847-1913", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJNZ-DKS6 : 17 March 2018), Samuel Alford, 1892.
13. ↑ "England, London Electoral Registers, 1847-1913", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJNZ-Y9PX : 17 March 2018), Samuel Alford, 1893.
14. ↑ England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index District Woolwich Volume 1d Page 792

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