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Default Charles Alexander Alexander (FFFF)

Name - "official" name and what they were known as
Charles Alexander Alexander

Date and place of birth
Probably 1820 Lambourn Berkshire
Names of parents

Charles Alexander and Martha (nee Franklin)

Date and place of baptism - if applicable
christened 21st January 1821 in Chipping Lambourn
Child’s Christian Name: Charles Alexander
Son of Charles and Martha Alexander
Lambourne Carpenter
Ceremony performed by Thos. Whiting Vicar


Details of each of his or her marriages - if any
Quite a few!!

1) Lavinia Hargreaves Widow (neé Merrick)
Father James Merrick coal agent
Lavinia made her mark
Charles was a bachelor and a Joiner
Father Charles Alexander Joiner
30th January 1843 Parish Church of Bury by Banns

2) Mary Porritt (My GG grandmother)
5 August 1850 St Mary’s Bury
Marriage Certificate Charles Alexander/Mary Porritt.
"Charles Alexander of full age Widower Joiner Father - Charles Alexander Joiner
Mary Porritt of full age Spinster Father - Samuel Porritt Millwright.".
Both resident in Heywood

3) Charles married Mary Ann Jackson
6 March 1856 Parish Church of Bury
Aged 40 Spinster
Father John Jackson, joiner
Charles aged 35 Joiner
Witnesses: Jas Catterall and Hannah Jackson

4) Charles married Ann Sylvester
aged 29 Spinster
Father Edward Sylvester Farmer
Resident at Morton St, Greenheys at time of marriage
18th? March 1861
Christ Church Moss Side Lancashire


Occupation(s) - if any
Joiner

Addresses where they lived - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on.

1841 Census
HO107; piece 539; Book 4; Bury; Folio 6; page 4; line 17
Nelson Gardens Heap Bury Lancashire
Chas Alexander 20 Joiner Yes
Martha 40 Yes
Hannah 15 Weaver C Yes
Mary Ann 13 Weaver C Yes
Sabina 11 Yes
Martha 9 Yes
George 7 Yes

1851 Census
Class HO107; Piece 2213; Folio 231; Page 25
Albert Street Heap Heywood
Charles Alexander Head Mar 30 Carpenter and Joiner
Alexander Berkshire Lambourne
Mary Wife Mar 33 Lancashire Foxhill Bank
M H Daur 4 Lancashire Heywood

M H is Martha Hannah, daughter of Charles and Lavinia

1861 Census 7th April
RG9; 2841; 81; 5
73 Bridge Street Heywood, Bury
Charles Alexander Head Mar 40 Joiner Berkshire
Ann Wife Mar 29 Staffordshire
Martha Hannah Daur 13 Cotton Winder Heap Lancashire
Joseph Son 9 Scholar Heap Lancashire
Samuel Son 7 Scholar Heap Lancashire
Joseph Jackson Stepson 14 Joiner Cheshire
Martha Alexander Mother W 67 Berkshire

1871 Census
RG10; 3996; 90; 16
62 Owen Street Hulme Chorlton
Chas. Alexander Head Mar 50 Joiner Berks Lambourne
Joseph Son Unm 19 Sketch Maker Lancaster Heywood
Samuel Son Unm 17 Joiner Lancaster Heywood
Robt Killingley Lodger Mar 28 Upholsterer Ireland Dublin
Martha H Wife Mar 24 Do Lancashire Heywood



Date, place and cause of death
20th March 1880 age 59 Joiner
Cresswell Grove, Albert Park, Disbury
Cause of death: cirrhosis of the liver 12 or 18 months
Notified by Joseph Alexander, son, present at death, of Cresswell Grove, Albert Park, Disbury



Date and place of burial / cremation.
Unknown

Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
I doubt he had one!

Memorial inscription - if any
Not known
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