See also

Family of Alfred Ernest Blackwell and Mary Emma Wells

Husband: Alfred Ernest Blackwell

  • Name:

  • Alfred Ernest Blackwell1

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Richard Blackwell (1828-bef1882)

  • Mother:

  • Jane Ann Raven (1842-1918?)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • hall porter2,3,4

  • Birth:

  • 20 May 1868

  • Earls Colne, Essex, England1,2,3,4

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 12)

  • Coggeshall Road, Earls Colne, Essex, England5

  •  

  • aged 13, unmarried, House Boy (Dom. servant). Born in Earls Colne, living with mother.

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 32)

  • Morpeth Mansions, Morpeth Terrace, Westminster, London, England2

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a hall porter (residential) and living in three rooms with his wife, two daughters, a son and a niece. Born in Earls Colne Essex

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 43)

  • Hunstanton Convalescant Home, Valentine Road, Hunstanton, Norfolk, England3

  •  

  • a paitient working as a hall porter for a block of flats. Born in Earls Colne Essex. Married for twenty years with four children, all of whom are still living

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 71)

  • Brookfield Hospital, Woking, Surrey, England4

  •  

  • a married porter born on 20th May 1868

  • Death:

  • 13 Mar 1944 (age 75)

  • Woking, Surrey, England1

Wife: Mary Emma Wells

  • Name:

  • Mary Emma Wells1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Father:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 1860 (app)

  • Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England1,2,6

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 41)

  • Morpeth Mansions, Morpeth Terrace, Westminster, London, England2

  •  

  • married wife living in three rooms with her husband, two daughters, a son and a niece. Born in Northampton

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 51)

  • Morpeth Mansions, Morpeth Terrace, Westminster, London, England6

  •  

  • married wife living in three basement rooms with sons Alfred and Sidney, daughters Alice and Elsie and a niece Ada Jacques. Born in Fotheringhay Northamptonshire. Married for twenty-one years with four children, all of whom are still living

  • Death:

  • 27 May 1921 (age 60-61)

  • London Hospital, Whitechapel, London, England1

Child 1: Alfred Arthur Blackwell

  • Name:

  • Alfred Arthur Blackwell1,7,8,9

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Edna Maud Clarissa Woods (1894-1975)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • GPO (General Post Office) telegraphist6,10

  • Birth:

  • 2 Sep 1891

  • Westminster, London, England1,6,7,8,10,11

  • Baptism:

  • 3 Apr 1892 (age 0)

  • St. Leonard's Church, Streatham High Road, Streatham, London, England8

  •  

  • son of Alfred Ernest Blackwell (butler) and Mary Emma of Hopton Road Streatham, born on 2nd September 1891

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 9)

  • Coggeshall Road, Earls Colne, Essex, England11

  •  

  • grandson as Arthur Blackwell living in four rooms with his grandparents Ezra and Jane Sharp, and cousins Agnes Sharp and Maud Blackwell. Born in Westminster London

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 19)

  • Morpeth Mansions, Morpeth Terrace, Westminster, London, England6

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a telegraphist for the G.P.O. and living in three basement rooms with his mother Mary, brother Sidney, sisters Alice and Elsie and cousin Ada Jacques. Born in Westminster London

  • Military Service:

  • btw 30 Dec 1914 and 9 Apr 1919 (age 23-27)

  • Royal Engineers as corporal 7854412

  •  

  • serving in Egypt for seven months, Gallipoli for 8 months and in France for two years eight months. He had a hernia from lifitng stores during a heavy gale. He had previously worked as a telegraphist at the Central Telegraph Office in London and was 5' 6" tall, weighed 160lbs and had a 38" chest with 3" expansion. See personal folder for more details

  • Medals:

  • 1920 (app)

  •  

  •  

  • Victory, British and 1915 Star medals

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 48)

  • 66 Graham Avenue, Mitcham, Surrey, England10

  •  

  • a married G.P.O. (General Post Office) telegraphist and a member of the ARP (Air Raid Protection) assigned to the central telephone office and living with his wife Edna, sons Arthur and John, daughter Pauline, and a closed record (presumably daughter Eunice). Born on 2nd September 1891

  • Death:

  • 1 Feb 1960 (age 68)

  • Surrey "North Eastern Registration District", Surrey, England9,13

  • Probate:

  • 11 Mar 1960

  • Probate Registry, London, England13

  •  

  • of 66 Graham Avenue Mitcham Surrey died 1st February 1960, administration of effects of £2021 (~£42,300 in 2017) to Edna Maud Clarissa Blackwell widow

Child 2: Alice Violet Blackwell

  • Name:

  • Alice Violet Blackwell1,2

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 21 Mar 1894

  • Mortlake, Surrey, England1,2,6

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 7)

  • Morpeth Mansions, Morpeth Terrace, Westminster, London, England2

  •  

  • daughter living in three rooms with her parents, a sister, a brother and a cousin. Born in Mortlake Surrey

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 17)

  • Morpeth Mansions, Morpeth Terrace, Westminster, London, England6

  •  

  • unmarried daughter living in three basement rooms with her mother Mary, brothers Alfred and Sidney, sister Elsie and cousin Ada Jacques. Born in Mortlake Surrey

  • Death:

  • 20 Sep 1971 (age 77)1

  •  

Child 3: Sidney George Blackwell

  • Name:

  • Sidney George Blackwell1,14,15

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Ruth Morse Long (1896-1976)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • crisp factory manager16

  • Birth:

  • 24 Nov 1898

  • Westminster, London, England1,6,14,16,17

  • Baptism:

  • 18 Dec 1898 (age 0)

  • St. Andrew's Church, Ashley Place, Westminster, London, England15

  •  

  • son of Alfred Ernest Blackwell (porter) and Mary Emma of 13 Morpeth Mansions. Baptised with sister Elsie

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 2)

  • Morpeth Mansions, Morpeth Terrace, Westminster, London, England17

  •  

  • son living in three rooms with his parents, two sisters and a cousin. Born in Westminster London

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 12)

  • Morpeth Mansions, Morpeth Terrace, Westminster, London, England6

  •  

  • son living in three basement rooms with his mother Mary, brother Alfred, sisters Alice and Elsie and cousin Ada Jacques. Born in Westminster London

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 40)

  • Smith's Factory, Caister Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England16

  •  

  • a married factory manager living with his wife, a closed record, sons Roy and David, and his mother-in-law Edith (b1857). Born on 24th November 1898

  • Death:

  • 12 Nov 1965 (age 67)

  • Estcourt Hospital, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England1,18

Child 4: Elsie Grace Blackwell

  • Name:

  • Elsie Grace Blackwell1,14,19,20

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • civil servant chief supertintendant of typists21

  • Birth:

  • 24 Nov 1898

  • Westminster, London, England1,6,14,17,20,21

  • Baptism:

  • 18 Dec 1898 (age 0)

  • St. Andrew's Church, Ashley Place, Westminster, London, England19

  •  

  • daughter of Alfred Ernest Blackwell (porter) and Mary Emma of 13 Morpeth Mansions. Baptised with brother Sidney

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 2)

  • Morpeth Mansions, Morpeth Terrace, Westminster, London, England17

  •  

  • daughter as Edith G Blackwell living in three rooms with her parents, a sister, a brother and a cousin. Born in Westminster London

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 12)

  • Morpeth Mansions, Morpeth Terrace, Westminster, London, England6

  •  

  • daughter living in three basement rooms with her mother Mary, brothers Alfred and Sidney, sister Alice and cousin Ada Jacques. Born in Westminster London

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 40)

  • 7 Sherrards Way, Barnet, Hertfordshire, England21

  •  

  • an unmarried civil servant working as the chief superintendent of typists and living with her cousin Agnes Ivy Blackwell. Born on 24th November 1898

  • Death:

  • Q1 1988 (age 89)

  • Colchester "Registration District", Essex, England20

Sources

1.

Ancestry.com, (on-line at www.ancestry.com). Database Michael Blackwell. Cit. Date: June 2002.

2.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:95 folio:125 page:20. Cit. Date: 10 January 2019.

3.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:11608 class:RG78 piece:638 registration district:234 sub-district:2 enumeration district:16 schedule:212. Cit. Date: 10 January 2019.

4.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:1933I page:4 line:37 letter code:DMXP. Cit. Date: 4 January 2018.

5.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG11 piece:1803/16/26.

6.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:488 class:RG78 piece:16 registration district:5 sub-district:3 enumeration district:23 schedule:389. Cit. Date: 10 January 2019.

7.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). St. George Hanover Square 1891 quarter:4 volume:1a page:463. Cit. Date: 8 October 2019.

8.

Ancestry London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1923, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Streatham St. Leonards baptisms 1879-1900 page:188 entry:1499. Cit. Date: 8 October 2019.

9.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Surrey North Eastern 1960 quarter:1 volume:5g page:657. Cit. Date: 9 October 2019.

10.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:1369B page:22 line:6 letter code:CNAR. Cit. Date: 9 October 2019.

11.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:1720 folio:59 page:31. Cit. Date: 8 October 2019.

12.

FindMyPast British Army Service Records, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:WO 363. Cit. Date: 8 October 2019.

13.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). 1960 page:485. Cit. Date: 9 October 2019.

14.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). St. George Hanover Square 1898 quarter:4 volume:1a page:464. Cit. Date: 10 January 2019.

15.

FindMyPast Parish Records Collection - Baptisms, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Westminster Baptisms St. Andrew page:88 entry:690. Cit. Date: 10 January 2019.

16.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:6493J page:24 line:5 letter code:TOBE. Cit. Date: 10 January 2019.

17.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:95 folio:126 page:21. Cit. Date: 10 January 2019.

18.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Yarmouth 1965 quarter:4 volume:4b page:587. Cit. Date: 11 January 2019.

19.

FindMyPast Parish Records Collection - Baptisms, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Westminster Baptisms St. Andrew page:88 entry:700. Cit. Date: 10 January 2019.

20.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Colchester 1988 quarter:1 register:388 volume:9 page:2583. Cit. Date: 10 January 2019.

21.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:1188D page:16 line:37 letter code:CGBG. Cit. Date: 27 December 2018.