Henry James Atfield (1885 - 1911)

Born 1885 in Pancras, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 20 Oct 1911 at about age 26 in Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Ralph Attwater [send private message]

Biography

Henry was born in 1885. He was the son of Jesse Atfield and Harriet Taylor.

As a young man age 16 in 1901, Henry was working as a machine engraver. Sometime after that, Henry had relocated to Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) where he was working as a Trooper with the British South Africa Police.

The death notice below indicates that Henry died, unmarried, at age 26 at Bulawayo Hospital in Bulawayo, Matabeleland, Rhodesia - cause of death not provided.

Sources

• FreeBMD. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006 - this record states Henry James Atfield; Registration Year: 1885; Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar' Registration district: Pancras, Inferred County - London.

• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVGW-Y24 : 21 March 2020), Henry James Atfield, 1885.

• "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3B38-X6Z : 1 May 2019), Henry J Atfield in household of Jesse Atfield, Islington, London, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, London county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9ZK-MKX : 20 May 2019), Henry J Atfield in household of Jesse Atfield, Islington, London, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Upper Holloway subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

• "Zimbabwe Death Registers, 1890-1977; Index to Death Register, 1892-1977", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGYQ-SJW3 : 12 February 2020), Henry James Atfield, .

• "Zimbabwe Death notices, 1904-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBQ-Z7Q6 : 21 December 2017), Henry James Atfield, 20 Oct 1911; citing Death, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, National Archives, Harare; FHL microfilm 1,148,035.