Alfred Paterson (buried 1922)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Paterson
First name: 
Alfred
Other Christian names: 
Gender: 
Male
Children: 
No
Burial number: 
1091
Born: 
0/1/1855
Died: 
00/08/1922
Buried: 
08/08/1922
Occupation: 
Electro-Plater
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
SES
Cemetery row: 
7
Cemetery plot: 
5
what3words location: 
https://what3words.com/issues.soaks.noises
Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone inscription: 
Alfred Patterson 1855-1922 "Cor Majus Dolore"

Life story

Life story

Alfred Paterson was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, in January 1855, the son of Alfred Sweet Paterson, 26yrs, an Electro-Plater, and Sarah, 24yrs, nee Clark, he was 1 of 7 children.

Alfred's father featured in several newspapers, he was declared insolvent in 1857, and in 1864 was fined 40shillings* for negligently using a furnace, causing pollution. He was also in partnership with two businessmen, trading as wine merchants, in Birmingham and London, and was again declared bankrupt in 1864. In 1866 he was declared bankrupt for a third time.

By 1871 Alfred's father had moved the family to Hampstead, London, where he traded as a hardware merchant and Alfred was a commercial clerk.  Alfred later changed career, working as a journalist before becoming an author. His father died in 1908, Alfred and his brother, William, were executors of the estate valued (2023) at £350,000; he never married and lived with his widowed mother after the death of his father in St. Albans, Hertfordshire.

In retirement, Alfred moved to Worthing, Sussex, living at Western Place, where he died, aged 67yrs, he was buried on 8th August 1922 at Heene Cemetery.

* 40 shillings in 1864 = £325 in 2023.

Burial researcher: 
Maggi Martin

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
00/01/1855

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
00/08/1922
Age (at time of death): 
67
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
13 Western Place, Worthing, Sussex, England

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1861 census: 

Living at 120, Hagley Road, Edgbaston, Warwickshire. Alfred Paterson, Hd. 32yrs, Plater, wife, Sarah, 30yrs, 7 children, Alexander, 8yrs, William, 7yrs, Alfred, 6yrs, Marion, 3yrs, Ethel, 2yrs, Walter, 1yr, Emily, 1month, plus 4 domestic servants.

1871 census: 

Living at 122, Alexander Road, Hampstead, London. Alfred Paterson, Hd. 42yrs, Hardware Merchant, wife, Sarah, 40yrs, 6 children, Alexander, 18yrs, Shipbrokers Clerk, William, 17yrs, Lawyers Clerk, Alfred, 16yrs, Marion, 13yrs, Ethel, 12yrs, Emily, 10yrs, mother-in-law, Elizabeth Clark, 66yrs, widow, plus 2 domestic servants.

1881 census: 

Living at 6, Upper Montague Street, Finsbury, London. Alfred Paterson, Hd. 52yrs, Machinist, wife, Sarah, 50yrs, 6 children, William, 27yrs, Hardware Agent, Alfred, 26yrs, Commercial Clerk, Marion, 23yrs, Ethel, 22yrs, Walter, 21yrs, Commercial Clerk, Emily, 20yrs, plus 3 domestic servants.

1901 census: 

Living at 116, London Road, St. Albans, Hertfordshire. Alfred S. Paterson, Hd. 72yrs, Hardware Agent, wife, Sarah, 70yrs, son, Alfred, 46yrs, single, Author - Retired Journalist, plus 2 domestic servants.

1911 census: 

Living at 116, London Road, St. Albans, Hertfordshire. Sarah Ann Paterson, Hd. 80yrs, widow, sons, William, 57yrs, single, Retired Bookkeeper, Alfred, 56yrs, single, Author, daughter, Marion, 53yrs, single, plus 2 domestic servants.

1921 census: 

Living at 13, Western Place, Worthing, Sussex. Alfred Paterson, Hd. 66yrs, single.

Miscellaneous information

Perry’s Bankrupt & Insolvency Gazette - February 14th, 1857

Notice of insolvency for Alfred Sweet Paterson - electro-plater.

Birmingham Daily Gazette – Wednesday 15th June 1864

Alfred Sweet Paterson was fined 40s for negligently using a furnace causing air pollution.

Perry’s Bankrupt Weekly Gazette – December 1864

Notice of bankruptcy for Charles Barrow, Alfred Sweet Paterson and Robert Sievers Cunningham, of Colman Street, trading as wine merchants.

Birmingham Daily Gazette – Monday 23rd July 1866

Notice of bankruptcy for the firm trading as Paterson and Cunningham in London and Birmingham owned by Alfred Sweet Paterson and Robert Sievers Cunningham.