Samuel Newman

Samuel was the son of Alfred and Mary Ann Newman (née Reynolds).

Both parents were born in Nottingham, Alfred in 1864 and Mary Ann in 1863. They were married at Beeston St John parish church on 1 November 1885; Alfred (22) was a box maker, and Mary Ann (22) a silk winder; both were living in Beeston at the time of their marriage. Mary Ann signed the marriage register with her mark.

The couple had 13 children, six of whom died in infancy or childhood. Nine children have been traced including the eldest, Charlotte Reynolds (Newman), whose birth was registered in 1885 (OND) and may have been born shortly before their marriage; Charlotte died in 1903 (OND). The other eight children were: Ellen (Nellie) birth registered 1887 (JFM), Thomas b. 1888 (AMJ) d. 1888 (JAS), Ada b. 1892, Alfred b. 1894, Samuel b. 1897, William Henry b. 1900, George b. 1903 and Ernest b. 1908.

At the time of the 1901 Census, Alfred, a bricklayers' labourer and his wife Mary Ann, a lace clipper, were living at 21 Fleet Place, Nottingham. In the home on the night of the census were their six surviving children: Charlotte a box maker, Nellie, hosiery turning, Ada and Alfred who were school age, and Samuel and William. Their daughter Charlotte died two years later aged 18, the same year as their son George was born; Ernest was born five years later.

By 1911 Alfred and Mary Ann had moved to 16 Thoresby Street, Nottingham, were they were living with five of their seven surviving children: Alfred a printers' boy (newspaper), Sam, William and George who were at school and Ernest.

Their two daughters, Ellen and Ada, were married. Ada married John Carroll in 1908 and in 1911 they were living in Chapel Yard, Nottingham, with their surviving son, Daniel; their first child, Catherine (b. 1908), had died at a few months old. They also had five daughters, Kathleen M (1912), Catherine E (1914), Connie (1919), Ada (1921), Hilda (1923). In 1921 John, a bobbin presser, and Ada, a lace hand drawer, were living at 3 Dennett's Terrace, Beaumont Street, Sneinton, with their son and three daughters. Ada was widowed in December 1923 and died in March the following year. Administration of her Will was awarded to her son Daniel and her brother George Newman. Ada's sister Ellen married John Green in 1910 and had three daughters, Ethel (1911 JFM), Mary Ellen (1912) and Ida (1920 JFM) and a son, John G (1914). Ellen also had a daughter, Kathleen Mary (Newman) b. 1907. Ellen, a lace hand (home worker) and her husband, a goods porter with the Midland Railway, were living at 3 Ratcliffe Row, Nottingham, in 1911. Also in the home were Kathleen Mary (Newman) and their daughter Ethel. Ellen was widowed by 1921 when she and her five children were living at 8 Dennett's Terrace, Nottingham. Ellen died in May 1934.

His brother William's service record includes a document dated June 1920 advising that his personal belongings should be returned to his father, Alfred, at 6 Arrow Terrace, Fisher Gate.

According to the information provided on the 1921 Census, Samuel's mother, Mary Ann, had died by this date. Her widowed husband Alfred, who was still employed as a bricklayers' labourer, was living at Arrow Terrace, Fisher Gate, Nottingham, with his two sons, George, an apprentice bricklayer with the same employer as his father, G Wainer Builders & Contractors of Shrewsbury Road, and Ernest who was at school. Their surviving brother, Alfred, had married Madeline Lovett in 1919 and in 1921 they were living in Victoria Place, Walker Street, Sneinton, with their daughter Ida May.

George married Annie Elizabeth Sudbury in 1923 and Ernest, of 7 Moody Street, Nottingham, married Annie Elizabeth Matthews at Sneinton St Matthias in 1925.

Alfred Newman snr. died in 1924 (OND) aged 61.