Albert Edward Naylor

Albert Edward was the son of Alfred and Hannah Naylor (née Fox).

His father Alfred was born in Bulwell, Nottingham, in 1854, and his wife Hannah in 1853, also in Bulwell. They were married at Bulwell St Mary the Virgin & All Souls on 11 January 1874 and had nine children, one of whom died in infancy. Their surviving children were born in Bulwell: Charlotte b. February 1875, John b. April 1877, Hannah b. 1879 AMJ, Alfred Rufus b. 1881 AMJ, Albert Edward b. 1884 OND, Herbert Carey b. September 1886, Annie b. 1888 and Gertrude b. December 1893.

The family has not yet been traced on the 1881 Census, but Alfred, a bleacher (hosiery) and his wife were living at 79 Bradford Street, Bulwell, in 1891 with their seven children, Charlotte and John, who were also working as bleachers, Hannah, Alfred, Albert, Herbert and Annie were living at 79 Bradford Street, Bulwell, in 1891. Their youngest child, Gertrude, was born two years later.

Alfred and Hannah had moved to 40 Minerva Street, Bulwell, by 1901. In the home were seven of their children, John, a printer, Hannah, a hosiery mender, Alfred a grocer's assistant, Albert a tailor, Herbert a hosiery bleacher and Annie who was school age and Gertrude. The eldest child, Charlotte, had married James Kimbley at Bulwell General Baptist Church in 1896 and they were living with their two sons on Nuthall Road, Nottingham, with James' widowed mother, Sarah Kimbley.

Alfred and Hannah were still living at 40 Minerva Street, in 1911. Three of their children were in the home on the night of the census, Alfred a hosiery trimmer and Annie and Gertrude who were both working at a bleach works. Herbert, a general labourer, was in lodgings in Rothley, Leicestershire. Their married daughter, Charlotte Kimbley, and her husband and three sons were now living in Bulwell on Eastwood Road, and three other of their children, John, Hannah and Albert, were also married.

John had married Sarah Elizabeth Richardson in 1904 and they and their first child, Raymond, were living at 38 Minerva Street, Bulwell. Hannah married William Henry Brown, a hosiery packer, in 1905. They and their daughter Gladys and William's widowed father, Sam, were living at 12 Freehold Street, Bulwell.

Albert, a tailor, had married Florrie (Florence/Flora) Sail (b. Jan. 1890) in 1910 (reg. OND). They were living at 10 Tisbite-sic Street, Bulwell, in 1911 and their first child, Albert Edward, was born in July the same year. A second son, Herbert, was born in 1915 (reg. AMJ) and a daughter, Irene, in 1916 (JAS).

Alfred Rufus married Gertrude Mary Harper in 1911 (reg. JAS) and moved to Basford where their son, George Stanley, was born in 1912. Gertrude married John Fretter at Bulwell St John in April 192o and in 1921 the couple were living on Gawthorne Street, Basford, with their daughter Jessie.

Alfred and Hannah were still living at 40 Minerva Street in 1921; also in the home were their son Herbert, daughter Annie and grandson Joseph Naylor (1) [Herbert Joseph Naylor b. 1920 mother's maiden name McGuiness]. Herbert had married Margaret Ann McGuinness (b. County Meath, Ireland) in 1919 and his wife was recorded on the 1921 census as a visitor at 38 Minerva Street, the home of her brother-in-law, John Naylor.

Alfred Naylor died on 9 May 1923 aged 68 and his wife Hannah died on 11 July 1924 aged 71.

Of Albert Edward's siblings: Alfred Rufus died in January 1931, Charlotte (Kimbley) died in 1940, Hannah (Brown) in June 1945, Gertrude (Fretter) in March 1959 and Herbert Carey in March 1965. Their sister Annie (b. 1888) has not yet been traced after 1921.

Albert's widow, Flora (sic), and their three children were living at 49 Healey Street, Nottingham, in 1921. She married Arthur W Pycroft in 1921 and their daughter Sylvia was born the following year. In 1939 when the England and Wales Register was compiled, Flora and her husband were living on Ratcliffe Road, West Bridgford, with their daughter Sylvia; the record of one other member of the household remains closed. Flora died in 1977.

Albert and Florrie's daughter, Irene Naylor, married Geoffrey Martin Clarke (b. 1911) at Radcliffe on Trent parish church in August 1937. The couple had three children: Michael G b. 1938, Neil J, b. 1843 and Pamela J. b. 1947). Geoffrey, a master butcher, and Irene were living in Gunthorpe in 1939, the record of one other member of the household remains closed but was probably that of their first child, Michael. Irene died in 1983 and her husband in 1994; they were survived by their three children.

Irene's brother, Herbert (b. 1915) may have died in October 1986. Albert Edward married Kate White in 1938 and in 1939 they were living at 15 Franklyn Gardens, Nottingham, with his wife's parents, Ernest and Kate. Albert was a salesman with the Co-operative Society and also a member of the AFS [Auxiliary Fire Service]. The couple had at least one child, Janet A., who was born in 1951. Albert Edward (Ted) died in July 1992 (Nottingham Evening Post: 'Birthday Memories', 13 July (Janet) and 'Acknowledgements', 22 July (family).'