Birth: July-September 1867 Strand, Middlesex, UK
Father: John Matthews 1831-1892
Mother: Elizabeth Crowcher (Croucher) 1830-1883
Christening: 15 September 1867 St Paul, Covent Garden, Middlesex, UK
Marriage: July-September 1892 Lambeth, London, UK
Wife: Kate Adela Gray 1869-1922
Death: January 1925 Lambeth, London, UK
Buried: 7 January 1925 Lambeth, London, UK
Albert John Charles Matthews 1894-1970
Beatrice Matthews 1895-1895
William Ernest Frederick Matthews 1896-1954
Lily Elizabeth Matthews 1897-a1911
Frederick Henry George Matthews 1898-1910
Robert Percy Kitchener Matthews 1899-1963
Archibald Claude Thomas Matthews 1901-1970
Gladys Maud (Maude) Matthews 1905-1905
Constance Gertrude Gladys Matthews 1907-a1911
One unknown child died before 1911.
Birth of Albert Ernest Matthews in FreeBMD in July-September 1867 in Strand (1B 546).
Entry in Ancestry Westminster, London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1919 for Albert Ernest Matthews baptised 15 September 1867 at St Paul, Covent Garden, London, parents John and Elizabeth Matthews. "Page 98 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Saint Paul Covent Garden in the County of Middlesex in the Year 1867 [...] 1867 15 Sept No. 832 Albert Ernest Son [of] John [a] Policeman & Elizabeth Matthews [of] Cecil St".
In the 1871 census as Albert E Matthews aged 3, born in Westminster, Middlesex, and living with his parents (John and Elizabeth), three brothers (Charles J, James H and William A), sister (Emily A) and a servant (Jane G Neil aged 16 and born in Bloomsbury, Middlesex) at 3 Craven Street, Charing Cross, St Martin in the Fields, London. Two other families shared the same address.
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Workhouse Admission and Discharge Records, 1764-1921 for the discharge of Albert Matthews on 30 March 1876 aged 10 from Newington Workhouse, Westmoreland Road.
In the 1881 census as Albert E Mathews (sic - on the original) aged 13, born in St Martin In The Field, Middlesex, and living with his parents (John and Elizabeth), and sister (Emily A) at the Royal Oak, Holt Road, Farnham, Surrey.
His mother died in Wrecclesham and was buried on 14 March 1883 at St Mary the Virgin, Frensham.
In the 1891 census as Albert Mathews (sic - on the original) aged 23, born in Farnham, Surrey, single, a tram driver, and lodging at 19 Prices Square, Kennington, Lambeth. There were four other lodgers and a family at the same address.
Marriage of Albert Ernest Matthews and Kate Gray in FreeBMD in July-September 1892 in Lambeth (1D 912).
His son was born on 19 May 1894, registered in April-June 1894 in Lambeth, and baptised on 26 August 1894 at St James, Lambeth: Kennington Park Road, when he was a tram driver living at 42 Cleaver Street.
His daughter was registered in April-June 1895 in Lambeth and died there in the same quarter.
His son was registered in January-March 1896 in Lambeth.
His daughter was born on 10 June 1897, registered in July-September 1911 in Lambeth, and baptised on 21 October 1907 in Kennington.
His son was born on 13 December 1898 and baptised on 30 December 1898 at St Mary, Newington: Kennington Park Road when he was a driver living at 13 Princess Square.
His son was born on 10 December 1899 but I cannot locate a registration for his birth.
His son was born on 16 February 1901 at 10 Cleaver Street Buildings
His daughter was admitted to Kenninton Road School on 18 March 1901 when they were living at 10 Cleaver Buildings.
In the 1901 census as Albert E Matthews aged 32, born in Kennington, a tram driver for LCC, and living with his wife (Kitty), five sons (Albert, Archibald, Fred, Percy and William), and daughter (Lily) in four rooms at 8 Cleaves Building, Lambeth, London.
His son was registered on 22 January 1902 in Kennington, Lambeth.
Three entries in Ancestry All London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1972 for Albert Ernest Matthews address House, 64 Regency Place, Princess, Kennington from 1903 to 1905.
His daughter was registered in April-June 1905 in Lambeth and died there in the same quarter.
Two entries in Ancestry All London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1972 for Albert Ernest Matthews address House, 64 Regency Place, Princess, Kennington from 1906 to 1907.
His daughter was born on 1 August 1907, registered in July-September 1907 in Lambeth as Constance Gertrude G Matthews, but was baptised as Gertrude Gladys Mathews at St James, Lambeth: Kennington Park Road when he was an electric tram driver living at 64 Regency Place.
Four entries in Ancestry All London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1972 for Albert Ernest Matthews address House, 64 Regency Place, Princess, Kennington from 1908 to 1911.
In the 1911 census as Albert Ernest Matthews aged 42, born in London, a Motorman County Council Tramways and living with his wife (Bitty), four sons (Albert John, Archibald Claude, Percy Robert and William Ernest) and two daughters (Lily Elizabeth and Gertrude) in four rooms at house 64 Regency Place, Kennington SE, London.
Six entries in Ancestry All London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1972 for Albert Ernest Matthews addresses House, 64 Regency Place, Princess, Kennington in 1913; Dwelling House 32 Robert Raikes Street White Hart Street, Kennington in 1914 and 1915; and 11 Cottington Street, Oval, Kennington, Lambeth 1918 and 1920, other occupants Kate Matthews (wife?), and Albert John Charles, Percy Kitchener and William Ernest Matthews (sons?) in 1920.
In the 1921 census as Albert E Mathews (sic - in the index, Matthews on the original) aged 53 years 11 months, born in London, a London County Council Motorman employed at Depot Telford Avenue, and living with his wife (Kate), three sons (Albert, Archibald and Robert) and daughter (Dorothy) in five rooms at 11 Cottington Street, SE11, Lambeth, London.
His wife was buried on 17 February 1922 in Lambeth.
Entry in Ancestry All London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1972 for Albert Ernest Matthews address 11 Cottington Street, Oval, Kennington, Lambeth in 1923 other occupants Achibald, Claude Tomas and Percy Kitchener Matthews (sons?).
Death of Albert E Matthews in FreeBMD in January-March 1925 aged 57 in Wandsworth (1D 484).
Entry in Deceased Online for the burial of Albert Ernest Matthews on 7 January 1925 in Lambeth.
There are twenty one entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Albert Ernest Matthews.
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