Alfred Boon (buried 1894)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Boon
First name: 
Alfred
Other Christian names: 
Gender: 
Male
Burial number: 
233
Born: 
0/3/1894
Died: 
03/03/1894
Buried: 
07/03/1894
Occupation: 
Confectioner (journeyman)
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
NWS
Cemetery row: 
6
Cemetery plot: 
2
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone description: 
Buried with Thomas Mathews
Headstone inscription: 
In loving memory of Thomas Mathews who fell asleep 24th October 1927 "Peace"

Life story

Life story

Alfred was born into the large family of William Boon, a cooper, and his wife, Ann, nee Medhurst, in July 1858 in Worthing. At the age of 22, he was living with the Saunders family at Cross-in-Hand Post Office, near Heathfield in Sussex. Already he was a journeyman baker and by 1891 he was a baker and confectioner living at 32, London Street, Broadwater with his wife and children. He had married Sarah Elizabeth Gibbs on 5 April 1885 at Littlehampton and they had 4 year old Alfred John and 2 year old Ethel. Alfred John is not shown on the 1891 Census with his parents and sister because he was visiting his maternal grandparents, John and Mary Ann Gibbs in Norfolk Road, Littlehampton. Alfred Boon died aged 35 in 1894 and was buried at Heene on 7 March.

Burial researcher: 
Angela Levy

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
00/03/1894
Marriage
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
Sarah Elizabeth
Spouse one last name: 
Gibbs
Marriage one date: 
05/04/1885
Marriage one address: 
Littlehampton, Sussex, England

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
03/03/1894
Age (at time of death): 
35
Cause of death: 
Tubercular Phthisis, Asthemia
Address at time of death: 
32 London Street, Worthing, Sussex, England

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1861 census: 

Living at 9, Chapel Street, Broadwater - William Boon, 41, head, cooper; Ann, 39, wife; William, 16, son, page; John, 14, son, page; Ellen, 13, dau, scholar; Emma, 11, dau, scholar; David, 10, son, scholar; Robert, 8, son, scholar; Edmund, 5, son, scholar; Alfred, 3, son, scholar; Walter, 1, son

1871 census: 

Living at 18, Chapel Street, Broadwater - William Boon, 51, head, cooper; Ann, 49, wife; Mary Ann, 27, dau, formerly housemaid; Robert, 17, son, cooper; Alfred, 12, son, baker boy; Walter, 11, son, scholar; Sarah, 8, dau, scholar; Sarah Medhurst, 80?, mother-in-law, formerly florist?

1881 census: 

Living at Cross-in-Hand Post Office - Trayton Saunders, 55, head, sub-postmaster; caroline, 53, wife; Percy, 27, son, journeyman carpenter; Frank, 18, son, journeyman carpenter; Lawrence, 12, son, scholar; Clara Kate,10, dau, scholar; Alfred Boon, 22, journeyman baker; and 3 others

1891 census: 

Living at 32, London Street, Broadwater - Alfred Boon, 33, head, baker and confectioner; Sarah E, 29, wife; Ethel, 2, dau