See also

Family of Alfred George Slaymaker and Elizabeth Overett

Husband: Alfred George Slaymaker

  • Name:

  • Alfred George Slaymaker1,2

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 7 Sep 1878

  • Reading, Berkshire, England1,3,4,5,6

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 2)

  • 1 Percy Place, Reading, Berkshire, England3

  •  

  • son living with his parents Alfred and Sarah, brothers Albert, John and William, and sisters Rose and Sarah. Born in Reading Berkshire

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 12)

  • 31 Victoria Road, Reading, Berkshire, England4

  •  

  • son attending school and living with his parents Alfred and Sarah, brother William, sister Alice, and Jno? Alfred Price. Born in Reading Berkshire

  • Military Service:

  • frm 7 Sep 1896 to 4 Sep 1903 (age 18-24)

  • Bedfordshire Regiment as no:58067

  •  

  • a general labourer who had previously belonged to the 4th Oxford ? being 5' 5" tall, weighing 126 lbs, with a chest of 35/36", a sallow complexion, grey eyes and light hair, a tattoo of a head on right forearm

  • Census absence:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 22)7

  •  

  •  

  • serving in the Army in South Africa

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 36)

  • 59 Brook Street, Colchester, Essex, England5

  •  

  • an unmarried boarder working as a general labourer and living in four rooms with his future wife Emma Elizabeth Howe, future step-son George, future step-daughter daughter Kate, Georgianna Overett. Born in Reading Berkshire

  • Military Service:

  • frm 19 Nov 1915 to 29 Mar 1919 (age 37-40)

  • Bedfordshire Regiment as no:234488

  •  

  • a labourer of 59 Brook Street Colchester

  • Prisoner of War:

  • frm 25 Mar 1918 to 26 Dec 1918 (age 39-40)

  • Ieper (Ypres), West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

  •  

  • being held at Gflg Dümen

  • Medals:

  • 6 May 1920

  •  

  •  

  • British War and Victory medals

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 61)

  • 59 Brook Street, Colchester, Essex, England6

  •  

  • married and incapacitated and living with his wife Emma, step-son George, and step-grandson Charles. Born on 7th September 1878

  • Death:

  • Q3 1950 (age 71)

  • Colchester "Registration District", Essex, England2

Wife: Elizabeth Overett

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Elizabeth Overett

  • Name:

  • Elizabeth Overett9

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Richard Overett (1827?-1884)

  • Mother:

  • Harriet Howard (1828?-1880)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • tailoress5

  • Birth:

  • 4 Jun 1858

  • Woodbridge, Suffolk, England5,6,9,10,11,12,13

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 2)

  • Cottage, Bredfield Street, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England10

  •  

  • daughter aged 3, attending school and living with parents and three siblings. Born in Woodbridge Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 22)

  • Magdalen Street, Colchester, Essex, England11

  •  

  • married wife as Emma living with her husband William, daughters Harriett and Emma, and son William. Born in Woodbridge Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 31)

  • 16 North Hill, Colchester, Essex, England12

  •  

  • married wife living with her husband William, daughters Harriet, Emma and Alice, sons William, Frank and Charles. Born in Woodbridge Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 42)

  • 7 Crispin Court, North Hill, Colchester, Essex, England13

  •  

  • married wife living in four rooms with her husband William, daughters Harriet, Alice and Kate, sons Frank,Charles and George, married daughter Emma Matthews, and niece Annie Overett. Born in Woodbridge Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 51)

  • 59 Brook Street, Colchester, Essex, England5

  •  

  • widowed head of the household as Emma Elizabeth working as a tailoress and living in four rooms with son George, daughter Kate, niece Georgianna, and her future husband Alfred George Slaymaker. Born in Woodbridge Suffolk and married for twenty six years with eight children, all of whom are living

     

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 81)

  • 59 Brook Street, Colchester, Essex, England6

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Alfred, son George, and grandson Charles. Born on 4th June 1858

Sources

1.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Wokingham 1878 quarter:4 volume:2c page:406. Cit. Date: 16 March 2022.

2.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Colchester 1950 quarter:3 volume:4a page:429. Cit. Date: 16 March 2022.

3.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG11 piece:1305 folio:58 page:21 schedule:478. Cit. Date: 16 March 2022.

4.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG12 piece:996 folio:70 page:3 schedule:20. Cit. Date: 16 March 2022.

5.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:10295 class:RG78 piece:543 registration district:198 sub-district:1 enumeration district:11 schedule:194. Cit. Date: 14 April 2020.

6.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:1503G page:2 line:24 letter code:DBTO. Cit. Date: 15 April 2020.

7.

FindMyPast British Army Service Records, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive ref:WO97 box:5918 record:48. Cit. Date: 16 March 2022.

8.

Ibid. National Archive ref:WO363 no:23448. Cit. Date: 16 March 2022.

9.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Woodbridge 1858 quarter:2 volume:4a page:586. Cit. Date: 14 April 2020.

10.

England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk).

11.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG11 piece:1788 folio:36 page:50 schedule:558. Cit. Date: 20 November 2021.

12.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG12 piece:1410 folio:20 page:12. Cit. Date: 16 April 2020.

13.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:1709 folio:40 page:5. Cit. Date: 15 April 2020.