Person:Albert Fookes (1)

Childhood

Albert Arthur Fookes was born in 1870 at Bow Brickhill in Buckinghamshire, son of a straw hat sewer called Mary Ann Fookes, formerly Perry, and her husband Thomas Fookes, a bricklayer. His birth certificate gives his first names as "Arthur Albert", but every other sighting of him has the names the other way around. Having been born in Bow Brickhill, the family moved to the nearby town of Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire shortly after Albert's birth; his sister Catherine was born there in 1872. The 1881, 1891 and 1901 censuses all find Albert living with his parents and siblings in Leighton Buzzard.

Adulthood

Albert followed his father's trade and became a bricklayer. He did not marry until he was about 34; he was still living with his parents in 1901, when he was 30. When he did marry, it was a few miles away from Leighton Buzzard, at Luton, on Christmas Eve 1904. His wife was Rose Elizabeth Marshall, who was 32. They stayed in Luton, where they appear to have had five children, although one died aged four. The 1911 census finds them living at 4 Queen Street in Luton.

Albert died on 28th July 1936 at 27 Cumberland Street in Luton. He was 65. Rose outlived him by six years.

1. ↑ Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   b. Arthur Albert FOOLKS, December Quarter 1870, Newport Pagnell Registration District, Volume 3a, page 525, mother's maiden name Perry

2. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 1417; Folio 72; Page 18, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Main Street, Bow Brickhill, Buckinghamshire
   Thomas Fooke, head, married, male, 28 [1842/3], Bricklayer, b. Bow Brickhill, Buckinghamshire
   Mary Ann Fooke, wife, married, female, 22 [1848/9], Straw hat maker, b. Woburn Sands, Buckinghamshire
   Albert Fooke, son, male, 5mo [1870], b. Bow Brickhill, Buckinghamshire

3. ↑ England. 1881 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands: . (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG11; Piece 1641; Folio 45; Page 23, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Heath Road, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Thomas Fookes, head, married, male, 38 [1842/3], Bricklayer, b. Bow Brickhill, Buckinghamshire
   Mary A. Fookes, wife, married, female, 31 [1849/50], Straw Plat Sewer, b. Woburn Sands, Bedfordshire
   Albert A. Fookes, son, male, 10 [1870/1], Scholar, b. Bow Brickhill, Buckinghamshire
   Catherine L. Fookes, daughter, female, 8 [1872/3], Scholar, b. Leighton, Bedfordshire
   Annie Fookes, daughter, female, 6 [1874/5], Scholar, b. Leighton, Bedfordshire
   Fanny Fookes, daughter, female, 4 [1876/7], Scholar, b. Leighton, Bedfordshire
   Fred[eric]k C. Fookes, son, male, 2 [1878/9], b. Leighton, Bedfordshire
   Walter J. Fookes, son, male, 5mo [1880], b. Leighton, Bedfordshire
   Eliza Fookes, sister, female, unmarried, 41 [1839/40], Straw Plat Sewer, b. Bow Brickhill, Buckinghamshire

4. ↑ England. 1891 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG12; Piece 1264; Folio 71; Page 12, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: Queen Street, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Five or more rooms occupied
   Thomas Fookes, head, married, male, 48 [1842/3], Bricklayer, employed, b. Bow Brickhill, Buckinghamshire
   Mary A. Fookes, wife, married, female, 41 [1849/50], Straw Hat Sewer, b. Woburn Sands, Buckinghamshire
   Albert Fookes, son, single, male, 20 [1870/1], Bricklayer's Labourer, employed, b. Bow Brickhill, Buckinghamshire
   Annie Fookes, daughter, female, 15 [1875/6], b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Frederick Fookes, son, male, 12 [1878/9], Scholar, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Thomas Fookes, son, male, 9 [1881/2], Scholar, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Lily Fookes, daughter, female, 7 [1883/4], Scholar, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   James Fookes, son, male, 4 [1886/7], b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Louie Fookes, daughter, female, 3 [1887/8], b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire

5. ↑ England. England. 1901 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG13; Piece 1508; Folio 34; Page 18, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: 27 Queen Street, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Five or more rooms occupied
   Thomas Fookes, head, married, male, 60 [1840/1], Bricklayer, worker, b. Bow Brickhill, Buckinghamshire
   Mary Fookes, wife, married, female, 53 [1847/8], b. Woburn Sands, Buckinghamshire
   Albert Fookes, son, single, male, 30 [1870/1], Bricklayer, worker, b. Bow Brickhill, Buckinghamshire
   Fred Fookes, son, single, male, 22 [1878/9], Labourer at Carriage Works, worker, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Tom Fookes, son, single, male, 19 [1881/2], Labourer at Ironmongers, worker, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Lily Fookes, daughter, single, female, 16 [1884/5], b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   James Fookes, son, male, 14 [1886/7], b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Louie Fookes, daughter, female, 13 [1887/8], b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire

6. ↑ England. 1911 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom: The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), (formerly the UK General Register Office.))
   Class RG14; Piece 8998; Schedule 304, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: 4 Queen Street, Luton, Bedfordshire
   Four rooms occupied
   Albert Fookes, male, 39 [1871/2], married, Bricklayer, worker, b. Leighton Buzzard
   Rose Elizabeth Fookes, female, 38 [1872/3], wife married 6 years, 4 children born alive, 4 children still living, b. Luton, Bedfordshire
   Daisy Fookes, female, 6 [1904/5], b. Luton, Bedfordshire
   Gertrude Maud Fookes, female, 4 [1906/7], b. Luton, Bedfordshire
   Leslie Fookes, male, 3 [1907/8], b. Luton, Bedfordshire
   Nellie Fookes, female, 1 [1909/10], b. Luton, Bedfordshire

7. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Albert Arthur FOOKES, September Quarter 1936, Luton Registration District, Volume 3b, page 354, aged 65 [1870/1]

8. ↑ Luton News and Bedfordshire Chronicle
   Page 3, 30 Jul 1936.

   DEATHS.
   FOOKES.-July 28, at 27, Cumberland-street, Luton. Albert Arthur Fookes, aged 65.