Harry
Alfred
(Henry)
Pettitt
Born in Smethwick, Staffordshire, England
Ancestors 
Brother of
Lucy Jane (Pettitt) Nicholls
Husband of
Annette Eliza (Read) Pettitt
— married
26 May 1879 in Islington, Middlesex, England
Father of
Henry James Pettitt
Died
at age 45
in Hammersmith, London, England, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
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Biography
Henry Pettitt is Notable.
Harry Alfred 'Henry' Pettitt was an English dramatist, who wrote many plays that were performed at Drury Lane Theatre.
Harry Alfred Pettitt was born in Smethwick on 7 April 1848, his parents were Edwin Pettit and Lucy Hart [1]
His parents were not married, and his father Edwin left the family home when Harry was still a young child.
Harry married Annette Read in Islington, Middlesex in 1879. [2]. The marriage took place on 26 May 1879, at St Pauls' Islington, their fathers were recorded as Edwin Pettitt, civil engineer, and William Read, deceased, musician. [3]
He died at his home in Goldhawk Road, Hammersmith on 24 December 1893, aged 45, cause of death was typhoid. He was buried in Brompton Cemetery [4]
Probate of his estate was granted to Arthur John Flaxman, Barrister, it was valued at £44.935 1s 5d. [5]
An obituary for Henry appeared in The Daily Telegraph, dated 25 December 1893 [6]
- His gift of dramatic construction, his keen appreciation of a telling situation, and his vigour of dramatic style were the secret of his many triumphs
Census
- 1851 5 Cross Street, Tower Hamlets, London, Middlesex, England [7]
- Edwin Pittett Head Male 31 Brimington, Warwickshire, civil engineer
- Lucy Pittett Wife Female 29 Farnham, Surrey
- James Pittett Son Male 11 Farnham, Surrey
- Harry Pittett Son Male 3 Birmingham,
- Charles Pittett Nephew Male 19 Birmingham,
- Amilia Hart Niece Female 20 Farnham, Surrey
- 1861 Lower Islington Terrace, Islington, Middlesex [8]
- Lucy Pettitt Wife Female 38 , Surrey
- Harry Pettitt Son Male 13 Birmingham, Warwickshire
- Lucy Pettitt Daughter Female 4 Islington, Middlesex
- Ann Hart Servant Female 27 Farnham, Surrey
- 1871 St Pancras, Middlesex [9]
- Lucy Pettitt Head Female 47 Surrey
- Harry Pettitt Son Male 22 Smethwick, Staffordshire
- Lucy Pettitt Daughter Female 14 Islington, Middlesex
- 1881 Crayford Road, Islington [10]
- Harry Pettitt Head Male 32 Smethwick, Staffordshire, England, author dramatic
- Annette Pettitt Wife Female 33 Hoxton, Middlesex, England
- Ellen A Pettitt Daughter Female 5 Islington, Middlesex, England
- Lilian M Pettitt Daughter Female 1 Islington, Middlesex, England
- Maude Davis Servant Female 15 Notting Hill, Middlesex, England
- 1891 Marylebone, London [11]
- Harry Pettitt Head Male 42 Warwickshire, England, dramatic author
- Elizabeth Pettitt Wife Female 29 Dorsetshire, England
- Maud L Finch Visitor Female 23 Dorsetshire, England
Sources
- ↑ (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp) GRO index PETTITT, HARRY ALFRED (mother HART) GRO Reference: 1848 J Quarter in KINGS NORTON Volume 18 Page 430
- ↑ (https://www.freebmd.org.uk) GRO index Q2 1879 Islington vol 1b page 330
- ↑ Ancestry London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932 [1]
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 28 March 2021), memorial page for Henry Pettitt (24 Sep 1848–24 Dec 1893), Find A Grave: Memorial #12453, citing Brompton Cemetery, West Brompton, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England ; Maintained by Find A Grave .
- ↑ Probate Calendar Entry
- ↑ Findmypast Newspaper Archives [2]
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGXX-ZNC : 9 November 2019),
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2M2-811D : 3 March 2021),
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBDX-9SL : 24 April 2019)
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q279-F7YB : 8 December 2017)
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:35N3-Z6Z : 1 May 2019),
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