Arthur Kirk (1859-1937)

Dates

Birth: October-December 1859 Wandsworth, Surrey, UK
Father: Alfred Joseph Kirk 1825-1885
Mother: Emma Denslow 1824-1892

Christening: 19 February 1860 St Mary, Putney, Surrey, UK

Marriage: 18 March 1883 St Anne, Wandsworth, Surrey, UK
Husband: Emma Charlotte Grantham 1861-1947

Death: April-June 1937 NE Surrey, UK

Children

Arthur Percy Kirk 1884-1939
Albert George Kirk 1887-1889
Gertrude Emma Kirk [Dew] 1889-1960
Robert James Kirk 1892-1916
Emily Denslow Kirk 1897-1917

Notes

Birth of Arthur Kirk in FreeBMD in October-December 1859 in Wandsworth (1d 469).

Entry in Ancestry London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 for Arthur Kirk baptised on 19 February 1860 in Putney St Mary, Wandsworth, parents Alfred Joseph and Emma Kirk. "Page 89 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of St Mary Putney in the County of Surrey in the Year 1860 [...] 1860 19th Feb No. 710 Arthur, parents Alfred Joseph, a Carpenter, and Emma Kirk of Putney".

In the 1861 census as Arthur Kirk aged 1, born in Putney, Surrey, and living with his parents (Alfred and Emma), four brothers (George A, Henry D, Joseph and William), two sisters (Emma and Frances H), and grandparents (John and Frances Denslow) at 12 Biggs Row, Putney, Surrey.

In the 1871 census as Arthur Kirk aged 11, born in Putney, Surrey, and living with his parents (Alfred J and Emma), four brothers (Charles, George, Henry and William), and sister (Katherine) at 16 Biggs Row, Putney, Surrey.

In the 1881 census as Arthur Kirk aged 21, born in Putney, Surrey, single, a commercial clerk at soap works, and living with his parents (Joseph and Emma), two brothers (Charles and Henry), and two sisters (Catharine and Frances) at 16 Biggs Row, Charlwood Road, Putney, Surrey.

Marriage of Arthur Kirk and Emma Charlotte Grantham in FreeBMD in January-March 1883 in Wandsworth (1d 852).

Entry in Ancestry London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 for Arthur Kirk aged 23, father Joseph Kirk, and Emma Charlotte Grantham aged 22, father William Grantham, on 18 March 1883 at St Anne, Wandsworth. "Page 194 [...] 1883 Marriage solemnized at S Annes Church in the Parish of S Annes Wandsworth in the County of Surrey, No. 388 March 18th 1883 Arthur Kirk aged 23, a Bachelor and Clerk to an Accountant living in S Annes Wandsworth, father Joseph Kirk, a Carpenter, and Emma Charlotte Grantham aged 22, a Spinster of S Annes Wandsworth, father William Grantham (deceased), a Bricklayer. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns [...] in the Presence of us George Frederick Kirk and Frances Hannah Kirk" (his brother and sister?).

His first three children were at christened at Putney St Mary in 1884 and 1887 living at 4 Stanbridge Terrace, Putney, and in 1889 living at 4 Roskell Road, Lower Richmond Road, Putney,

There are three entries in Ancestry All London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Arthur Kirk, address 4 Roskell Road, Putney, Wandsworth in 1890 to 1892.

In the 1891 census as as Arthur Kirk aged 31, born in in Putney, London, a commercial clerk, and living with his wife (Emma C), son (Arthur P Rork) and daughter (Gertrude E Rork) in four rooms in Roskell Road, Putney, London.

His son was at christened at Putney St Mary 1892, the family living at 7 Pentlow Street, Putney.

In the 1901 census as Arthur Kirk aged 41, born in Putney, Surrey, a house decorator, and living with his wife (Emma), two sons (Arthur P and Robert), and two daughters (Emily D and Gertrude) in four rooms at 49 Sefton Street, Putney, London.

There are eleven entries in Ancestry All London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Arthur Kirk, address 49 Sefton Street, Putney, Wandsworth in 1899 to 1908 and 22 Festing Road, Putney, Wandsworth in 1908.

In the 1911 census as Arthur Kirk aged 51, born in Putney, Surrey, a house painter, and living with his wife (Emma Charlotte), son (Robert James) and two daughters (Emilie Dentzelow and Gertrude Emma) in three rooms at 18 Pentlow Street, Lower Richmond Road, Putney S W.

There are eighteen entries in Ancestry All London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Arthur Kirk, address 18 Pentlow Road, Putney, Wandsworth in 1909 to 1913, 142 Felsham Road, Putney, Wandsworth in 1915 to 1918, 11 Sudlow Road, Putney, Wandsworth in 1918 (this the Absent Voters List - PTE 464th Protection Co RDC 3998), 88 Halden Road SW18, Putney, Wandsworth in 1921 to 1929, other occupant Emmie Kirk (wife?) from 1927, and 10 Revelstoke Road SW18, Putney, Wandsworth in 1931, other occupant Emma Kirk (wife?).

Death of Arthur Kirk in FreeBMD in April-June 1937 in Surrey NE (2a 146).

There are two entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Arthur Kirk born in Putney Surrey in October 1859, parents Alfred Joseph and Kirk and Emma Denslow, another five add his marriage to Emma Charlotte Grantham on 18 March 1883 at St Annes, Wandsworth, London, four children and his death in NE Surrey in June 1937.

Relationship

Arthur Kirk was the father of Arthur Percy Kirk, husband of Rose Luff, my half second cousin once removed.

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