Birth: 6 April 1889 Kingston, Corfe Castle, Dorset, UK
Father: Stephen Dorey 1847-1932
Mother: Sarah Nineham 1847-1907
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: 26 December 1915 St James, Kingston, Dorset, UK
Wife: Winifred Rose Travers 1890-1968
Death: 14 October 1967 9 Caird Street, Queens Park, Paddington, Great London, UK
Cremated: 19 October 1967 Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, UK
Frederick Charles Dorey 1915-2004
Iris Ada Jean Dorey 1920
Birth of Alfred Dorey in FreeBMD in April-June 1889 in Wareham (5A 291).
In the 1891 census as Alfred Dorey aged 1, born in Kingston, Dorset and living with his parents (Stephen and Sarah), four brothers (Andrew S, Frederick, Gilbert V, and Walker), two sisters (Alice J and Edith M), and a lodger (William Nincham aged 73, born in Worth Matravers, widowed and a general labourer - grandfather?) in Corfe Castle, Dorset.
In the 1901 census as Alfred Dorey aged 11, born in Kingston, Dorset and living with his parents (Stephen and Sarah), five brothers (Andrew, Frederick, Gilbert, Robert E and Walter) and sister (Edith M) in West Street, Corfe Castle, Dorset.
His mother died in Wareham in 1907.
In the 1911 census as Alfred Dorey aged 22, born in Kingston, Dorset, single, a life assurance agent, and living with his widowed father (Stephen), and three brothers (Gilbert, Robert and Walter) in five rooms in West Street, Kingston, Wareham, Dorset
Marriage of Alfred Dorey and Winifred R Travers in FreeBMD in October-December 1914 in Wareham (5A 679).
Entry in Ancestry Dorset, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1813-1921 for Alfred Dorey aged 25, father Stephen Dorey, and Winifred Rose Travers, father George Travers, on 26 December 1914 in Kingston, Dorset. "Page 11 1914 Marriage solemnized at Kingston in the Parish Church of St James in the County of Dorset No. 21 Dec 26 1914 Alfred Dorey [aged] 25, [a] Bachelor [and] Rly Constable [of] Kingston, [father] Stephen Dorey, [a] Gardener, [and] Winifred Rose Travers [aged] 23, [a] Spinster [of] Kingston, [father] George Travers, [a] Labourer. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England after banns [...] in the Presence of us G Travers [and] Gilbert Dorey."
His son was born in Stockwell in 1915 and daughter in Lambeth in 1920.
Entry in Ancestry British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920 for Alfred Dorey aged 26, married on 26 December 1914, address 123 Portnell Road, Harrow Road, a police constable, had served two years in R G A (Royal Garrison Artillery) Dorset Volunteers, height 5 ft 8.75 in, chest 37 +3. 5, next of kin his wife Winifred Rose Dorey of 123 Portnell Road, Harrow Road married in Dorset on 26 December 1915 and a son Frederick Charles born on 20 October 1915 in Stockwell, attested on 27 April 1915 as M2 075398 Army Service Corps, was home (UK) from 27 April 1915 to 10 August 1915 joined Expeditionary Force France on 11 August 1915, returned 3 July 1918, discharged 12 March 1919 as no longer fit for war service. On 8 April 1919 acknowledged receipt of Kings Certificate and on 8 May 1919 acknowledged receipt of a war badge and certificate - 33823 Royal Warick Regiment Pte A Dorey of 42 Horace Street, Wilcox Road, South Lambeth SW. A minute dated 7 March 1925 requests certain medical particulars to be sent to the Ministry of Labour for possible employment in the Post Office.
Entry in Ancestry British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 for Alfred Dorey Army Service Corps, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, Royal Warwickshire Regiment DM2/075398, 075398, 33823 for Victory, British and 15 Star medals for serving in France from 11 August 1915, discharged 12 March 1919.
In the 1921 census as Alfred Dorey born in Dorset in 1889 and living with Winifred Rose Dorey (wife?), Frederick Charles Dorey (son?) and Iris Ada Jean Dorey (daughter?) in Lambeth, London, Surrey.
There are three entries in Ancestry British Postal Service Appointment Books, 1737-1969 for Alfred Dorey London Postal Service Southwest in October 1925, Poole in October 1928 and London Postal Service Southwest in February 1929, as a postman in all three.
There are thirty entries in Ancestry All London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Alfred Dorey address 42 Horace Street, Vauxhall, Kennington, Lambeth from 1925 to 1926, other occupant Winifred Rose Dorey (wife?) and another family, 21 Meadow Place, Vauxhall, Kennington, Lambeth in 1927, other occupant Winifred Rose Dorey (wife?) and another family, 22 Meadow Place, Vauxhall, Kennington, Lambeth in 1927, other occupant Winifred Rose Dorey (wife?) and another family, and 9 Caird Street, Queens Park, Paddington, Westminster from 1932 to 1965, other occupants Winifred Rose Dorey (wife?), Frederick Charles Dorey (son?) from 1937 to 1939 and in 1946, and Iris Ada Jean Dorey (daughter?) in 1946 and 1947.
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Alfred Dorey born 6 April 1889, married, a postman and living with Winefred Rose Dorey (wife?) and Frederick Charles Dorey (son?) and one other (daughter?) at 9 Caird Street, Paddington, London.
Death of Alfred Dorey in FreeBMD in October-December 1967 aged 78 in Paddington (5D 571).
Entry in Ancestry All Web: UK, Burial and Cremation Index, 1576-2014 for Alfred Dorey died 14 October 1967, cremated 19 October 1967 in Kensington and Chelsea, London.
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 for Alfred Dorey died 14 October 1967 in London, probate 15 Jamuary 1968 in London. "Dorey Alfred of 9 Caird St Queens Park London died 14 October 1967 Administration (with Will) London 15 January. £1111".
There are fifty three entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Alfred Dorey.
Entry in Kingston Past and Present for Winifred Rose ‘Rose’ Travers (1891-1968). Rose married railway constable Alfred Dorey (1889-1967) at Kingston on 26 December 1914. Alfred served in France from August 1915. Alfred and Rose lived in Paddington, London and had one son: Frederick Charles Dorey (1915-2004).
Alfred Dorey was the father of Frederick Charles Dorey, husband of Irene Ethel Goss, sister of Arthur Norman Goss, husband of Joyce Lester, my half third cousin.
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