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He married someone called Sarah Jane, maiden name likely to be Box.
He married someone called Sarah Jane in around 1872 (according to the 1911 census). Her maiden name is likely to be Box.  
 


In [[Wells Census#1881_KensingtonPlc|1881]] he is living with his family at 36 Kensington Place, Brighton. He was 30 and a grainer. I believe a grainer was someone who painted simulation wood grain effects (one step up from a decorator, and two steps up from a painter).
In [[Wells Census#1881_KensingtonPlc|1881]] he is living with his family at 36 Kensington Place, Brighton. He was 30 and a grainer. I believe a grainer was someone who painted simulation wood grain effects (one step up from a decorator, and two steps up from a painter).

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Born: Died: Married: Mother: Father: Descendant: Mary Wells
Census 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901 1911 1921


Alfred Walter Wells was the father of Mary Ann Minnie Wells.

He was born around 1851.

Marriage

He married someone called Sarah Jane in around 1872 (according to the 1911 census). Her maiden name is likely to be Box.

In 1881 he is living with his family at 36 Kensington Place, Brighton. He was 30 and a grainer. I believe a grainer was someone who painted simulation wood grain effects (one step up from a decorator, and two steps up from a painter).

In 1891 he is living with his family (including Minnie) at 84 Trafalgar Street in Brighton, his wife was a dealer in paper hangings and possibly a milliner. He was 40 and a grainer, decorator and painter.

Children

In 1911 he is living with his wife Sarah Jane, and his son Sydney, and grand-daughter Gwenyth at 193 Ditchling Rise, Brighton. He is now an employer in the decorating business.