Albert Ash

Albert was the second son of Frank and Mary Ann Ash (née Richardson). Frank was born in Nottingham and his wife in Daybrook, Nottingham. They were married in 1884 and had five children who were born in Nottingham between 1885 and 1902: Gertrude, Harold Percy, Albert, Fred Herbert and William Ernest. In 1891 Frank (27), a greengrocer, and Mary (28) were living in Burton Yard, Dame Agnes Street, with their three children, Gertrude, Harold and Albert (3). By 1901 they had moved to 8 Lilac Street, Nottingham; Frank was a market fruiterer on his own account. Their four children were still at home and the two oldest were in work, Harold assisting in his father's business and Gertrude working as a cigar maker. The youngest child was born the following year. The family home was still on Lilac Street in 1911, but Harold was now a fruiterer on his own account, probably with the assistance of his younger brother Frederick, Albert was a clerk to a paper merchant and the youngest son, William, was school age. Gertrude had left home. Their father Frank was a patient at Nottingham City Asylum (adm. 1909) and died in September 1911. Mary Ann Ash died in 1928. Albert married Bertha May Richardson in 1915 and their son Philip Albert was born the following year. Bertha was from Nottingham, the daughter of George and Sarah Richardson. In 1911 Bertha, a clerk with the Boots Company, and her family were living on Noel Street. Albert and Bertha lived initially at 18 Manning Street Nottingham, but by the time of Albert's death in Louth, Lincolnshire. Bertha married secondly Percy Lingard (m. 1921 reg. Louth) and in 1939 they and her son Philip were living in Louth. Bertha died in 1960.