Alfred Samuel Tetley (1868 - 1916)

Born 15 Aug 1868 in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

Husband of Ellen Norah Lewis — married 15 Aug 1895 in Taunton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Died 4 Sep 1916 at age 48 in Taunton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

This profile is part of the Taunton, Somerset One Place Study.

Alfred Tetley was born in Staffordshire, England.

Alfred Samuel was born on 15 August 1868 in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England ^{[1] [2]}. He was the son of John Pickles Tetley and Jane Thompson Stanwell.

On the 1871 England Census, Alfred is living on Moor Street, Burton Upon Trent, Staffordshire, England with his father John Pickles Tetley, mother Jane Thompson Tetley nee Stanwell, brother Arthur Toynbee Tetley and Sarah Elizabeth Brown, a domestic servant ^[3].

On the 1881 England Census, Alfred is living at 14 Silver Street, Taunton, Somerset, England with his father John Pickles Tetley, mother Jane Thompson Tetley nee Stanwell, 2 brothers, Arthur Toynbee Tetley and John Baptist Tetley, 3 sisters, Jane Helena Tetley, Ethel Mary Tetley and Sarah Gertrude Tetley, and Sarah Ann Court, a general servant. He is a scholar ^[4].

The Baptism of Alfred Samuel Tetley of Silver Street is listed in the Taunton Baptist Silver Street Chapel Records on 6 September 1883. He is named on church members list at no 288. ^[5]

On the 1891 England Census, Alfred is living at Glenthorne, Richmond Road, Taunton, Somerset, England with his father John Pickles Tetley, mother Jane Thompson Tetley nee Stanwell, 2 brothers, John Baptist Tetley and Frances William Tetley, 2 sisters, Jane Helena Tetley and Ethel Mary Tetley, and Emma A Edney, a general servant. He is a scholar ^[6].

Alfred Samuel married Ellen Norah Lewis at the Silver Street Baptist Chapel in Taunton, Somerset, England on 15 August 1895 ^[7]. There was a marriage notice in the Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser on Wednesday 28 August 1895 ^[8]. The notice was as follows:-

"TETLEY--LEWIS -- Aug.15, at Silver-street Baptist Chapel, Taunton, by the Rev. J.P. Tetley, father of the bridegroom, Mr A.S. Tetley, M.A. (Cambridge), to Miss Ellen Norah Lewis, eldest daughter of Mr. Josiah Lewis, Taunton."

On the 1901 Wales Census, Alfred is living at Llwynon, Llanllwchaiarn, Montgomeryshire, Wales with his wife Ellen Norah Tetley nee Lewis, daughter Ethel Norah Tetley, sister-in-law Elsie Gertrude Lewis and a servant, Mary S Rhun. He is a Schoolmaster ^[9].

On the 1911 England Census, Alfred is living at 22 Avenue Road, Scarborough, Yorkshire-North Riding, England with with his wife Ellen Norah Tetley nee Lewis, 2 daughters Ethel Norah Tetley and Elizabeth Gertrude Tetley, son, John Lewis Tetley and 2 servants, Kate Featherstone and Rachel Watkinson. He is a Secondary School Headmaster ^[10].

He passed away on 4 September 1916 in Taunton, Somerset, England ^{[11] [12]}. There was an article 'Public Schoolmaster's Sudden Death at Taunton' in the Western Times on Friday 8 September 1916 ^[13]. There was also an article in the Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser on Wednesday 13 September 1916 regarding his funeral ^[14]. He was buried in St Mary's Cemetery, Wellington Road, Taunton, Somerset, England on 8 September 1916. There is a profile on Find A Grave: Memorial #194573453 for Alfred Samuel's burial site ^[15]. There is an entry for Alfred in the Annual Monitor for 1917, being an obituary of Members of the Society of Friends in Great Britain and Ireland from October 1, 1915 to September 30, 1916, Volume 105 ^[16].

Sources

1. ↑ Entry in the General Register Office Civil Registration Birth Index 1868 S Quarter in Burton upon Trent, Volume 6B Page 369 GRO website
2. ↑ Entry listed in the Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 Ancestry website
3. ↑ Entry on the 1871 Census - Reference: Class: RG10; Piece: 2905; Folio: 42; Page: 32; GSU roll: 836401 Ancestry website
4. ↑ Entry on the 1881 Census - Reference: Class: RG11; Piece: 2366; Folio: 94; Page: 31; GSU roll: 1341569 Ancestry website
5. ↑ Taunton Baptist Silver Street Chapel Records; D\N\tau.b/4/2/3, Somerset Heritage Centre; Taunton, Somerset, England Somerset Heritage Centre
6. ↑ Entry on the 1891 Census - Reference: Class: RG12; Piece: 1877; Folio: 102; Page: 7; GSU roll: 6096987 Ancestry website
7. ↑ Entry in the General Register Office Civil Registration Marriage Index 1895 S Quarter in Taunton, Volume 5C Page 582 GRO website
8. ↑ Marriage notice in the Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser on Wednesday 28 August 1895 British Newspaper Archive
9. ↑ Entry on the 1901 Census - Reference: Class: RG13; Piece: 5196; Folio: 136; Page: 4 Ancestry website
10. ↑ Entry on the 1911 Census - Reference: Class: RG14; Piece: 28945 Ancestry website
11. ↑ Entry in the General Register Office Civil Registration Death Index 1916 S Quarter in Taunton, Volume 5C Page 325 GRO website
12. ↑ Entry in Probate Calender Probate Search website
13. ↑ Death article in the Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser on in the Western Times on Friday 8 September 1916 British Newspaper Archive
14. ↑ Funeral article in the Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser on Wednesday 13 September 1916 British Newspaper Archive
15. ↑ Find A Grave Alfred Samuel Tetley
16. ↑ Entry in the Annual Monitor for 1917, being an obituary of Members of the Society of Friends in Great Britain and Ireland from October 1, 1915 to September 30, 1916, Volume 105 page 144 Archive.org