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| style="color:white; background:darkred; width:1px height:30px" | Born: [[1872|<span style="color:white;"></span>]]
| style="color:white; background:darkgreen; width:1px height:30px" | Born: [[21 Sep 1872|<span style="color:white;"></span>]]
| style="color: white; background:darkred; " | Died: [[Not Created|<span style="color:white;"></span>]]
| style="color: white; background:darkred; " | Died: [[Not Created|<span style="color:white;"></span>]]
| style="color: white; background:darkred; " | Married: [[Ernest Allfrey Senior|<span style="color:white;">Ernest Allfrey</span>]]
| style="color: white; background:darkgreen; " | Married: [[Ernest Allfrey Senior|<span style="color:white;">Ernest Allfrey</span>]]
| style="color: white; background:darkgreen; " | Mother: [[Sarah Jane Box|<span style="color:white;"></span>]]
| style="color: white; background:darkgreen; " | Mother: [[Sarah Jane Box|<span style="color:white;"></span>]]
| style="color: white; background:darkgreen; " | Father: [[Alfred Walter Wells|<span style="color:white;">Alfred Wells</span>]]
| style="color: white; background:darkgreen; " | Father: [[Alfred Walter Wells|<span style="color:white;">Alfred Wells</span>]]

Revision as of 20:34, 24 October 2015

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

Birth

Mary Ann Minnie Wells was born on the 21st September 1872. Her parents were Alfred Walter Wells and Sarah Jane Wells nee Box.

She was christened on the 8th December 1872 at St Peter's church, Brighton.

1872 BIRTH in the Sub-district of St. Peter, Brighton in the County of Sussex
When and where born Name, if any Sex Name and surname of father Name, surname, and maiden name of mother Occupation of father Signature, description and residence of informant When Registered
Twenty First September 1872
17 White Cross Street
Mary Ann Minnie Girl Alfred Walter Wells Sarah Jane Wells formerly Box Grainer Master Sarah Jane Wells, Mother
17 White Cross Street, Brighton
Twenty Second October 1872


In 1881 Mary Ann Minnie Wells is 8 and is living with her parents at 36 Kensington Place, Brighton.

In 1891 she is 18 and still living with her parents at 84 Trafalgar Street in Brighton where she was an assistant in a shop (possibly with her mother who was a dealer in paper hangings and possibly a milliner). Minnie is also listed as a dressmaker.

In 1901 She is recently widowed and living at 29 Sussex Street, Brighton with her sons Ernest (7) and Cecil (1).

In 1911 she is widowed and living with her second husband Teddy Bradford and her five children at 17 Trinity Street, Brighton.

Marriage

She married Ernest Frank Allfrey on the 4th November 1893 at the registry office in Brighton.

The marriage of Ernest Frank Allfrey to Mary Ann M. Wells was registered in Oct-Nov-Dec 1893 in the district of Brighton, Sussex, Volume 2b, Page 555.

1893. Marriage solemnized at the Register Office in the District of Brighton in the County of Brighton

When Married.

Name and Surname.

Age

Condition.

Rank or Profession Residence at the Time of Marriage Father's Name and Surname Rank or Profession of Father

Fourth November 1893

Ernest Frank Allfrey 21 years
21 years
Bachelor Carpenter 36 Russell Street, Brighton William Allfrey Builder
Mary Ann Minnie Wells Spinster Dress Maker 84 Trafalgar Street, Brighton Alfred Walter Wells Grainer
Married in the Register Office by Certificate before me Horace B. Burfield Dept. Regr.
This marriage was solemnized between us Ernest F. Allfrey In the Presence of us William H. Allfrey
Mary A. M. Wells Sarah J. Wells


They had at least four children: Ernest Frank Allfrey (1894), Victor Arthur Allfrey (1897), Cecil Nash (Billy) Allfrey (1899) and Leslie Allfrey,

But by the 1901 census she was a widow, living on her own means, at 29 Sussex Street in Brighton with just her two sons Ernest (7) and Cecil (1). Her husband Ernest had died there on the 3rd March 1901. He was only 27 and had suffered Lobar Pneumonia for four days.

However, she re-married, to Teddy (Ernest Edward) Bradford, and had another child, a daughter, Thora Minnie (Tiny) Bradford.

Tiny (Thora Minnie Bradford)

By 1911 she was living with her family in 17 Trinity Street in Brighton.

Children

Her son Victor Arthur Allfrey was killed in the first world war. He was a Private in the 2nd or 4th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment, number 37932. He was killed on the 3rd December 1917 at the age of 20 years old. He is buried or remembered at the Cambrai Memorial Louvercal in France, which lists him as the son of Minnie and the late Ernest Frank Allfrey (panel 6).

Other records

BMD:B: Mary Ann M. Wells registered Q4, 1872, Brighton, Vol:2b, Page:202. Certificate obtained.


A Mary Ann Wells was baptised on the 6th July 1874, the parents were Alfred (a porter) and Sarah Wells. The baptism was in the parish of Saint Mark, Walworth, Surrey. The same parents also baptised Charlotte Elizabeth Wells, and Alfred William Wells on the same day. Their address was given as 19 King's Arch Place.

The marriage of Ernest Frank Allfrey to Mary Ann M. Wells was registered in Oct-Nov-Dec 1893 in the district of Brighton, Sussex, Volume 2b, Page 555.