Alfred Phillimore

Alfred was the only son of John Dunham and Elizabeth Phillimore (née Roberts).

His father was born in Woburn, Bedfordshire, in about 1846 and his mother was born in Plungar, Leicestershire, in about 1857. They were married at Nottingham St Ann on 6 December 1877 and had three children: Annie Elizabeth b. April 1879, Gertrude b. April 1882 and Alfred b. 17 January 1890.

Their daughter Annie was recorded on both the 1881 and 1891 Census living with her grandparents, John and Charlotte Roberts, in Plungar.

John Dunham, a lace packer, his wife were living at 5 Radcliffe Terrace, Pym Street, Nottingham, in 1881. Also in the household were two lodgers. By 1891 they had moved to 7 Massey Street where they were living with their two youngest children, Gertrude and Alfred, and Elizabeth's brother, George Roberts a lace maker.

Alfred's mother died on 19 October 1894 aged 37 and was buried in Nottingham General Cemetery.

John Dunham married secondly Bertha Eliza Simpson (b. 1861 Stoke Newington), the daughter of Thomas and Eliza Simpson, in 1896. They had a daughter, Florence Louisa, in 1900.

John, a confectioner shopkeeper ('at home'), and Bertha were living at 114 Alfreton Road, Nottingham, in 1911. Also in the home on the night of the census were John's three children, Annie, a machinist (blouse & apron), Gertrude, a lace jennier and Alfred who was school age, and their daughter Florence.

Alfred may have emigrated to Canada in 1910 as there is a record of an Alf Phillimore, single, labourer, departing Liverpool on 19 May 1910 for Quebec (SS Corsican, Allen Line Steamship Co. Ltd). He gave his address as 97 Pacific Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, occupation electrician, when he was drafted in 1918.

John Dunham (65), occupation confectioner, his wife Bertha Eliza (50) and their daughter Florence Louisa (11) emigrated to Canada in 1911, departing Avonmouth, Bristol, on 19 April for Quebec onboard SS Royal George (Canadian Pacific Line). John was living at 1023 Alder Avenue, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, when his son joined the Canadian Infantry in 1918.

John Dunham died on 22 January 1930 at Moose Jaw and his widow, Bertha, died in Victoria, Vancouver, on 10 February 1944 aged 83.

John's two daughters by his first wife married before their father emigrated. Annie Elizabeth married Reginald John Davidson (b. 1880) in 1905 (AMJ) and Gertrude married Albert Raynor (b. 1882) at Nottingham Emmanuel Church on 7 August the same year.

Annie and her husband, a commercial traveller (grocery manufacturer), were living at Laurie Avenue, Sherwood Rise, in 1911. In 1939 when the England & Wales Register was compiled, they were living at 15 Rufford Road, Nottingham. Reginald died in December 1958; the Probate record gave his address as 15 Rufford Road. Probate was awarded to a solicitor's clerk. Annie has not yet been traced after 1939.

Gertrude and her husband Albert Raynor, a watchmaker, who were both living at 10 Herbert Street, Nottingham, at the time of their marriage, were living at 7 Market Place, Bolsover, Derbyshire, in 1911. Also in the household was Albert's brother, Herbert Charles (15) who was assisting in the business (watchmaker and jeweller). By 1921 Albert, his wife and son, John Phillimore (5), were living at Fern Dale, Welbeck Road, Bolsover. The couple were living at the same address in 1939; Albert was a watchmaker on his own account. Albert died in April 1960. The probate record gave his address as Fern Dale, Welbeck Road; his son was one of the Executors of his Will. Gertrude may have survived her husband.