Birth: 5 November 1887 19 Dante Road, Newington, Surrey, UK
Father: Walter Martin Large 1853-1919
Mother: Emma Martha Flower 1856-1927
Christening: 20 May 1891 St Mary, Newington, London, UK
Marriage: 13 January 1913 St Paul, Newington, London, UK
Wife: Alice Payne 1891-1976
Death: 15 December 1963 63 Woodcutters Avenue, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, UK
Clifford H F Large 1913
Arthur F F Large 1915
Frank Flower Large 1925-2000
John Flower Large 1933-a1958
Birth of Herbert Flower Large in FreeBMD in January-March 1888 in St Saviour (1d 172).
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 for Herbert Flower Large baptised on 20 May 1891 at Newington St Mary, Southwark, parents Walter Martin and Emma Martha Large. "Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of St Mary, Newington in the County of London in the Year 1891 [...] May 20th born 5th Nov 1887 No. 2833 Herbert Flower son of Walter Martin, a schoolmaster, and Emma Martha Large of 19 Dante Road". His sister Florence Flower was baptised on the same date.
I cannot find the family in the 1891 census.
In the 1901 census as Herbert F Large aged 13, born in Southwark, London, and living with his parents (Walter P and Emma M), two brothers (Clifford F and Walter J), and two lodgers (James Hilliard, aged 66, born in Clerkenwell, London, widowed and a travelling financial agent, and Eva Marks aged 30, born in London, Middlesex, widowed and living on her own means) at 23 West Square, London Road, St George the Martyr, Southwark, London.
In the 1911 census as Herbert F Large aged 23, born in Newington SE, single, a clerk at a hotel, and living with his parents (Walter M and Emma M) and sister (Florence F) in four rooms at 91A Stockwell Road, Stockwell S W.
Marriage of Herbert F Large and Alice Payne in FreeBMD in January-March 1913 in Southwark (1d 43).
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 for Herbert Flower Large aged 26, father Walter Martin Large, and Alice Payne aged 21, father Frederick Payne, on 13 January 1913 at Lorrimore Square St Paul, Southwark. "1913 Marriage solemnised at St Paul Church in the Parish of Newington in the County of London No. 102 January Thirteenth 1913 Herbert Flower Large aged 26, a batchelor and clerk of 37 S Paul Road, father Walter Martin Large, a school teacher, and Alice Payne aged 21, a spinster of 37 S Paul Road, father Frederick Payne, a Brass Finisher. Married in the Church of S Paul according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns in the Presence of us Lord Alfred Fanning and Edith Maud Flanning".
His two sons were born in Lambeth in 1913 and 1915, and two more in South Africa in about 1925 and 1934.
Entry in Ancestry UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 for Herbert Flower Large aged 39, a tobacco manufacturer from Bessingham, Norfolk, arriving on 15 March 1926 at Southampton on Windsor Castle, Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company Ltd, first class from Durban, South Africa, but boarded in Cape Town.
Entry in Ancestry UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 for Herbery A Large aged 48, a tobacco manufacturer from South Africa, arriving on 24 August 1936 at Southampton on Windsor Castle, Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company Ltd, second class from Durban, South Africa, together with Alice Large (wife?), Frank F and John F Large (sons)?, address 25 Durie? Street, London.
Death of Herbert F Large in FreeBMD in October-December 1963 aged 76 in Southend (4a 853).
Entry in Ancestry All England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 results for Herbert Flower Large died 15 December 1963 in Essex, probate 14 February 1964 in London. " Large Herbert Flower of 63 Woodcutters Avenue Leigh-on-Sea Essex died 15 December 1963 Probate London 14 February to Alice Large widow. Effects £1996."
Jade Taylor has an entry in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Herbert Flower Large born in March 1888 in Southwark, London, baptised on 20 May 1891 at Newington St Mary, parents Walter Martin Large and Emma Martha Flower, his marriage to Alice Payne on 13 January 1913 at Lorrimore Square St Paul and his death on 15 December 1963 in Southend on Sea, Essex.
Newington was transfered from Surrey to London in 1889.
Herbert Flower Large was the husband of Alice Payne, my first cousin once removed.
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