Birth: April-June 1877 Kirkley, Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK
Father: David Lake 1849-1908
Mother: Ann (Anne) Eliza Cowles 1848-1922
Christening: 2 February 1882 St Peter and St John, Kirkley, Suffolk, UK
Marriage: 23 December 1903 St John The Evangelist, Hornsey, London, UK
Wife: Ida Dubach [Grace] 1879-1953
Death: 6 May 1939 35 Kirkley Park Road, Lowestoft, East Suffolk, UK
Buried: Kirkley Cemetery, Lowestoft, Waveney, East Suffolk, UK
None known
Birth of Herbert Francis Lake in FreeBMD in April-June 1877 in Mutford (4A 782).
In the 1881 census as Herbert F Lake aged 4, born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, and living with his mother (Ann E), two brothers (Charles O and Ernest E), sister (Alice E) and a servant (Susan Ostler aged 18, born in Hereday, Suffolk and single) at 7 Kirkley Cliff, Kirkley, Suffolk. His father was lodging with Jane Brookhouse and two other lodgers at 34 Liversage Street, Derby St Peter, Derbyshire.
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for Herbert Frances (sic) Lake baptised 2 February 1882 at Kirkley, Suffolk, parents David and Ann Eliza Lake.
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1922 for Herbert Francis Lake baptised 2 February 1882 at Kirkley, St Peter and St John, Suffolk, parents David and Ann Eliza Lake. "Page 71 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Kirkley in the County of Suffolk in the Year 1882 [...] Feby 2nd No. 566 Herbert Francis [parents] David [a] Turner & Ann Eliza Lake of Kirkley." His two brothers and sister were baptised at the same time in the three preceeding entries.
In the 1901 census as Herbert F Lake aged 14, born in Kirkley, Suffolk and living with his parents (David and Ann E), brother (Charles A), sister (Alice E), a family of seven lodgers (Ernest B Trotter aged 40, born in Penshurst, Kent and a solicitor, his wife Katherine J aged 38 and born in Thorpe, Norfolk, and five children Meyrick A aged 6, Stuart E aged 4, Balfour A aged 3, all born in Shortlands, Kent, and Mary K aged 2 and Welbank A aged 6 months, both born in Paddington, London), and three servants (Phoebe J Henville aged 36, born in Lambeth, London and a domestic nurse, Sarah Forster aged 19, born in Barby, Northamptonshire and Anne E Masterson, born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, all single and both housemaids) at 7 Cliff, Kirkley, Suffolk.
In the 1901 census as Herbert D (sic - in the index, F on the original) Lake aged 24, born in Kirkley, Suffolk, single, a student at St Marks College, and living with his parents (David and Anne E), brother (Charles A), cousin (Lucy B Cowles) and a servant (Laura M A Curtis aged 24, born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, single and a domestic housemaid) at 7 Kirkley Cliff, Lowestoft, Suffolk.
Marriage of Herbert Francis Lake and Ida Dubach in FreeBMD in October-December 1903 in Hackney (1B 736).
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973 for Herbert Francis Lake aged 26, father David Lake, and Ida Dubach on 23 December 1903 at St. John The Evangelist, Hornsey, Middlesex.
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938 for the marriage of Herbert Francis Lake aged 26, father David Lake, and Ida Dubock (sic) on 23 December 1903 at Saint John The Evangelist, Finsbury Park, Gloucester Drive, Hackney. "Page 160 1903. Marriage solemnized at S. John the Evangelist Church in the Parish of Hornsey in the County of London. [No.] 319 23rd December 1903 Herbert Francis Lake [aged] 26 [a] Bachelor [and] Teacher [of] 13 Avenue Road, Stamford Hill [father] David Lake [a] Carpenter, [and] Ida Dubach [aged] 24 [a] Spinster [of] 23 Finsbury Park Road [father] Alfred Dubach [a] Dairyman. Married in the Parish Church of S. John the Evangelist according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns". This district was formed from the parish of St Mary, Hornsey, and was originally known as St John, South Hornsey. The church was consecrated in 1874 and became known as St John the Evangelist, Brownswood Park. The name was changed to St John the Evangelist, Finsbury Park some time after 1955 in order to more accurately reflect the location of the church.
Two entries in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Register of Electors, 1832-1915 for Herbert Francis Lake address 54 Holborn Viaduct, London EC from owning a property in Langmere in 1915.
I cannot locate him or his wife in the 1911 census.
I cannot locate him in the 1921 census but his wife was living in Mortlake, Surrey with Ambrose and Flora Spearing (born in Lowestoft in 1886) and their son John.
Entry in Ancestry UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 for Mr Herbert Francis Lake aged 61, no stated employment, arrived 7 March 1938 at Avonmouth, Bristol from Kingston, Jamaica on the Carare, Messrs Elders and Fyffes Ltd, address 35 Kirkley Park Road, South Lowestoft, accompanied by Mrs Ida Lake.
Death of Herbert F Lake in FreeBMD in April-June 1939 aged 62 in Lothingland (4A 1212).
Entry in Find a Grave for Herbert Lake born 1877 died 1939 and buried in Kirkley Cemetery, Lowestoft, Waveney, Suffolk, His parents and two brothers were buried here in unmarked graves side by side on the right of the Tash grave and at end of row.
Entry in Global, Gravestone Photograph Index, 1265-2014 for Herbert Francis Lake born 1877 died 1939 and buried in the Municipal Cemetery, Kirkley, Suffolk.
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 for Herbert Francis Lake died 6 May 1939 in Lowestoft, Suffolk probate 4 September 1939 in London. "Lake Herbert Francis of 35 Kirkley Park-road Lowestoft died 6 May 1939 Probate London 4 September to Ida Lake widow. Effects £2898 0s. 9d."
There are seven entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Herbert Francis Lake.
Kirkley is just south of Lowestoft and became part of Lowestoft on 1 April 1907. Mutford became part of Lothingland on 1 April 1935.
Herbert Francis Lake was my third cousin.
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