Birth: October-December 1870 Knaresborough, Yorkshire, UK
Father: James Abbey 1844-1876
Mother: Jane Laurence (Lawrence) 1851-1917
Christening: 23 December 1870 St John the Baptist, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, UK
Marriage: 10 February 1891 St John the Baptist, Knaresborough, West Riding, Yorkshire, UK
Wife: Annie Holmes 1868-1930
Death: 20 September 1916 23 Thickley Terrace, New Shildon, Durham, UK
James Abbey 1891-1891
Elsie Mary Abbey [Walker] 1892-1950
Birth of Alfred Abbey in FreeBMD in October-December 1870 in Knaresbro' (9A 97).
Entry in Ancestry All North Yorkshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1921 for Alfred Abbey baptised 23 December 1870 at Knaresborough: St John the Baptist, parents James and Jane Abbey. "Page 215 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Knaresborough in the County of York in the Year 1870 [...] Dec: 23rd No. 1634 Alfred [parents] James [a] Tinner & Sarah Abbey [of] Briggate".
In the 1871 census as Alfred Abbey aged 4 months, born in Knaresborough, Yorkshire, and living with his parents (James and Jane) in Briggate Quarry Cottage, Knaresborough, Yorkshire.
His sister was registered in April-June 1873 in Knaresborough.
His father died at Briggate and was buried on 5 August 1876 aged 32 at St John the Baptist, Knaresborough.
In the 1881 census as Alfred Abbey aged 10, born in Knaresbro, Yorkshire, and living with his widowed mother (Jane), sister (Emily), and widowed grandmother (Ann Laurence) in Briggate, Knaresbro, Yorkshire.
Marriage of Alfred Abbey and Annie Holmes in FreeBMD in January-March 1891 in Knaresbro' (9a 145).
Entry in Ancestry North Yorkshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1937 for the marriage of Alfred Abbey aged 20, father James Abbey, and Annie Holmes on 10 February 1891 at Knaresborough St John the Baptist. "Page 33 1891. Marriage solemnized at the Prish Church in the Parish of Knaresborough in the County of York [No.] 465 Feb. 10th 1891 Alfred Abbey [aged] 20 [a] Bachelor [and] Overlooker [of] Low Bridge [father] James Abbey Tinner (deceased), [and] Annie Holmes [aged] 23 [a] Spinster [of] Bond End [father] William Holmes [a] Hay-dealer. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church by License [...] in the Presence of us A Wigglesworth [and] Emily Holmes."
His son was born on 5 March 1891, baptised on the 8 March 1891 at St John the Baptist, Knaresborough when he was a clerk living at Bond End, and died before the census.
In the 1891 census as Alfred Abbey aged 20, born in Knaresborough, Yorkshire, a bookkeeper and living with his wife (Annie) in Scriven with Tentergate, Yorkshire (next door to his parents-in-law).
His daughter was born on 19 April 1892 and registered in April-June 1892 in Sheffield, and another child, so far unidentified, was born and died before 1911.
In the 1901 census as Alfred Abbey aged 30, born in Knaresborough, Yorkshire, a railway clerk, and living with his wife (Annie) and daughter (Elsie M) at 19 Albemarle Terraces, Micklegate, York, Yorkshire.
In the 1911 census as Alfred Abbey aged 40, born in Knaresboro, a railway clerk and living with his wife (Annie), daughter (Elsie Mary) and a boarder (Eula Gill aged 22, born in Poole, single and a school teacher) in five rooms at 23 Thickley Terrace, New Shildon, East Thickley, Durham.
Death of Alfred Abbey in FreeBMD in July-September 1916 aged 45 in Auckland (10a 220).
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 for Alfred Abbey died 20 September 1916 in Durham, probate 14 October in Durham. "Abbey Alfred of 23, Thickley-terrace, New Shildon county Durham died 20 September 1916 Administration Durham 14 October to Annie Abbey widow. Effects £154 17s. 6d."
There are twenty entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Alfred Abbey.
Entry in Geneanet Community Trees Index for Alfred Abbey.
Alfred Abbey was the first cousin of Thomas Abbey, husband of Ruth Cross, first cousin once removed of Albert Alfred Cross, husband of Florence Violet Luff, my half second cousin once removed.
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