Alfred John Law 1855 - 1909
Piano Tuner
Alfred's father was David Law. He was a nineteenth century painter, watercolourist and etcher, born in Edinburgh in 1831, and was apprenticed to a steel engraver at an early age. In 1845 he was admitted into the Trustees' Academy, Edinburgh, where he studied under Alexander Christie and Emslie Dallas for the following five years. In 1851, he gained employment in the Ordnance Survey Office in Southampton, and engraved maps for the following twenty years.
In 1853, David married Eliza Ann Wight in South Stoneham, in Hampshire. Son Alfred John and daughters Annie and Eliza Amy were born there.
In 1861, in South Stoneham, Alfred, was 5 and Ann, 3, and the family had one Domestic Servant.
In 1871, the family was living in Hamilton Terrace, Southampton. David was described as an Engraver (Ordnance Survey Dept.). Son Alfred, was a 15-year-old Engraver, and daughters Annie and Amy, plus a General Servant were in the Household.
At the age of over forty David Law decided to dedicate himself completely to artistic pursuits and moved to London. By 1873 he was exhibiting his art at many major institutions, including the Royal Academy.
In 1881 they were living in Regent's Park Terrace, in Middlesex. Son Alfred John, was now a Pianoforte Tuner and daughter Annie was a Landscape Artist and Painter. They had one Housemaid, from Wickham.
| On 21st May, 1887 under the name, Alfred David Law, he married Alice Maude Green in Holborn, London. Alice was the daughter of licensed victualler William Green.
In 1891, Alfred, with wife Alice, was living in Hampstead now a Pianoforte Salesman. They had a Cook and a Housemaid. Alice died in 1896.
In 1901 Alfred, now a widower, was living in a Boarding House in Bloomsbury, still a Pianoforte Salesman.
Sisters Annie and Amy were living together, on their own means, with one servant, at Almora, 14 Shelley Road by 1911. It was there that brother Alfred died in 1909 and Amy in 1912.
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