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Personal data Albert Penfold Best 

  • He was born on 3RD Q 1864 in Wareham, Bere Regis, Dorset. England.
    Name: Albert Penfold Best Year of Registration: 1864 Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep District: Wareham County: Dorset Volume: 5a Page: 291

    First name(s) ALBERT PENFOLD
    Last name BEST
    Birth year 1864
    Birth quarter 3
    Registration month -
    Mother's last name -
    District Wareham
    County Dorset
    Country England
    Volume 5A
    Page 291
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1881 Apprentice Builder.Source 1
    • in the year 1891 General Draper.Source 2
    • in the year 1901 Commercial Clerk.Source 3
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1871: East Street, Wareham, Dorset..Source 4
      Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 1994; Page: 6; GSU roll: 830896.

      1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      East Street, Lady St Mary, Wareham, Dorset, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
      Henry Best Head - Male 38 1833 Builder Dorset, England
      Mary Elizh Best Wife - Female 39 1832 - Wiltshire, England
      Kate Best Daughter - Female 10 1861 - Dorset, England
      Henry P Best Son - Male 7 1864 - Dorset, England
      Albert P Best Son - Male 6 1865 - Dorset, England
      Maud Best Daughter - Female 5 1866 - Dorset, England
      James P Best Son - Male 2 1869 - Dorset, England
      Martha P Best Daughter - Female 1 1870 - Dorset, England
      Emily Grant Servant - Female 0 1871 General Servt Domestic Dorset, England
    • in the year 1881: The Square, Corfe Castle, Dorset..Source 1
      Source Citation: Class: RG11; Piece: 2099; Folio: 13; Page: 18; Line: ; GSU roll: 1341506.

      1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      The Square, Corfe Castle, Wareham, Dorset, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
      George Fowler Head Married Male 69 1812 Retired Butler Corfe Castle, Dorset, England
      Harriett Fowler Wife Married Female 68 1813 Housekeeper Dorset, England
      George Cooper Nephew Single Male 23 1858 Grocer & Draper Dorset, England
      Fred Stiby Servant Single Male 21 1860 Assistant Bridport, Dorset, England
      Penfold Best Servant Single Male 16 1865 Apprentice Wareham, Dorset, England
    • in the year 1891: 128 &, 130 High Street, Norwood, London.Source 2
      Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 418; Folio 149; Page 6; GSU roll: 6095528

      1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      High Street, St Mary, Lambeth, London, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
      Albert Penfold Best Head Single Male 26 1865 General Draper Wareham, Dorset, England
      Mary E Best Mother Widow Female 59 1832 Housekeeper Ramsbury, Wiltshire, England
      Kate Best Half Sister Single Female 30 1861 Living On Her Own Means Wareham, Dorset, England
      James Pitt Best Brother Single Male 22 1869 Butchers Assistant Wareham, Dorset, England
      Elizabeth Moss Assistant Single Female 22 1869 Drapers Assistant Lavenham, Suffolk, England
      Jane E Apted Apprentice Single Female 18 1873 Drapers Apprentice Norwood, Surrey, England
      Mary E Gould Servant Single Female 16 1875 General Servant Domestic Aldershot, Hampshire, England
    • in the year 1901: 130 Arngask Road, Lewisham, London.Source 3
      Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 552; Folio: 14; Page: 19.

      1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      130, Arngask Road, Lewisham, London, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
      Albert P Best Head Married Male 35 1866 Commercial Clerk Public Co Wareham, Dorset, England
      Emma L Best Wife Married Female 30 1871 - Lambeth, Surrey, England
      Henry C Best Son Single Male 3 1898 - Peckham, Surrey, England
      Margerie K Best Daughter Single Female 0 1901 - Catford, Kent, England
    • in the year 1911: 8 the Crescent Sutton, Carshalton, Surrey.
      1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      8 the Crescent Sutton, Carshalton, Surrey, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Occupation Age Birth year Birth place
      Albert Penfold Best Head Married Male Factory Superintendent 45 1866 Wareham Dorset
      Henry Cecil Best Son - Male School 13 1898 London Peckham
      Marjorie Kate Best Daughter - Female School 10 1901 Kent Catford
    • in the year 1932: The Post Office, Headley, Near Epsom, Surrey.
  • He died on August 17, 1932 in 55 Wilbury Road, Hove, Sussex, he was 68 years old.
    First name(s) ALBERT P
    Last name BEST
    Gender Male
    Birth day -
    Birth month -
    Birth year 1864
    Age 68
    Death quarter 3
    Death year 1932
    District Steyning
    County Sussex
    Volume 2B
    Page 331
    Country England
  • Probate on October 28, 1932 naar London, England.
    Effects ¹1,767-6s-4d To Ernest George Morey. (Wife's younger brother)
  • This information was last updated on September 18, 2021.

Household of Albert Penfold Best

He is married to Emma Lucy Morey.

They got married on July 11, 1896 at Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Lambeth, London. England, he was 32 years old.Source 5

Name: Albert Penfold Best Year of Registration: 1896 Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep District: Lambeth County: Greater London, London, Surrey Volume: 1d Page: 901

First name(s) EMMA LUCY Last name MOREY Marriage quarter 3 Marriage year 1896 Registration month -
MarriageFinder™ EMMA LUCY MOREY married one of these people Joseph Alexander MacDonnell, Albert Penfold Best
District Lambeth District number - County London Country England Volume 1D Page 901

Notes about Albert Penfold Best

Parents Henry Best 1836–1891 Mary Elizabeth Penfold 1832–

Spouse & Children Emma Lucy Morey 1871–1958

Henry Cecil Best 1898–1986 Margorie K Best 1900–

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Sources

  1. 1881 Census England, 1881 Census
  2. 1891 Census England, 5th April 1891
  3. 1901 Census England
  4. 1871 Census England 2nd April 1871
  5. From Jane Morey of Ancestry.com February 2008, From Jane Morey of Ancestry.com February 2008
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Historical events

Day of death August 17, 1932

  • The temperature on August 17, 1932 was between 16.9 °C and 27.3 °C and averaged 21.2 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
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