Person:Alfred Mitchell (6)

Alfred Thomas Mitchell was born in 1889 in Warwick, son of Harriet Charlotte Mitchell, formerly Bastock, and her husband Alfred Mitchell, a labourer. He was the couple's third son. Some time between Alfred's birth in 1889 and the 1891 census the family left Warwick and moved ten miles north to Coventry. In Coventry, the 1891 census finds Alfred living with his parents and two older brothers at 3 Court 2 House Sherbourne Street. Just after the 1891 census his parents had another son, Henry Arthur, but he died as a baby. In 1893 they had another son, Frederick.

Some time between 1893 and 1899 something happened to Alfred's father, leaving him in Coventry Union Workhouse, apparently disabled and unable to look after himself or his family. There must have been a very real danger of the whole family having to enter the workhouse. Alfred's mother started a relationship with a man named Edward Scholes Feary, having six children with him between 1899 and 1904, although at least three of those died as babies. The family briefly moved to Rugby around 1899, but returned to Coventry by 1900. The 1901 census finds Alfred living with his mother, Edward Feary and his brothers at 2 Court 11 House, Thomas Street - a small courtyard property with two rooms to the south-west of the city centre.

Alfred (2nd from left) with his brother George, wife Dolly, and three of George's sons, c.1929

Alfred did not marry until 1929, when he was 40. He wife was Lavina Barnwell, known as Dolly, who was 33 and also from Coventry. They do not appear to have had any children.

Alfred died in 1955, aged 66. They had been married for 25 years. Dolly outlived him by over 40 years and died aged 100.

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

   b. Alfred Thomas MITCHELL, March Quarter 1889, Warwick Registration District, Vol. 6d, page 561

2. ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Parish registers of St Paul, Warwick, 1845-1920. (Warwick: Warwickshire County Record Office).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of St Paul's Warwick in the County of Warwick in the year One thousand eight hundred and eighty nine
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parent's Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   529	1889 Feb[ruar]y 3rd	Alfred Thomas	Alfred & Harriet	Mitchell	9 Wallace Street	Labourer	H.G. Hensley

3. ↑ 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 2450; Folio 107; Page 23, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: 3C2H Sherbourne Street, Coventry, Warwickshire
   2 rooms occupied
   Alfred Mitchell, head, married, male, 30 [1861/2], Bricklayers Labourer, employed, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Harriett Mitchell, wife, married, female, 25 [1865/6], b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Samuel Mitchell, son, single, male, 6 [1884/5], Scholar, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   George Mitchell, son, single, male, 4 [1886/7], Scholar, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Alfred Mitchell, son, single, male, 2 [1888/9], b. Warwick, Warwickshire

4. ↑ 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 2907; Folio 116; Page 4, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: 2 Court 11 House, Thomas Street, Coventry, Warwickshire
   2 rooms occupied
   Harriet Mitchell, wife, married, female, 34 [1866/7], b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Samuel Mitchell, son, single, male, 15 [1885/6], Brazier: Cycle work, worker, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   George Mitchell, son, single, male, 14 [1886/7], Automatic Machine Turner Cycle Trade, worker, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Alfred Mitchell, son, single, male, 12 [1888/9], b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Fred Mitchell, son, male, 5 [1895/6], b. Coventry, Warwickshire
   Edward Mitchell, son, male, 7 mo [1900], b. Coventry, Warwickshire
   Edward S. Feary, Boarder, single, male, 25 [1875/6], Engine Making; Turner / Fitter, worker, b. St Swithun, Lincolnshire

5. ↑ 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 18522; Schedule 356, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: 11C2H Thomas Street, Coventry, Warwickshire
   3 rooms occupied
   Edward Scholes Feary, head, male, 35 [1875/6], widower, Turner Iron - Motor Manuf, worker, b. Lincoln
   Samuel Mitchell, boarder, male, 26 [1884/5], single, Assistant Butcher, worker, b. Warwick
   Alfred Mitchell, boarder, male, 22 [1888/9], single, Milling machine - Motor manuf, worker, b. Warwick
   Frederick Mitchell, boarder, male, 17 [1893/4], single, Errands for Tobacconist, worker, b. Coventry, Warwickshire
   Levi Feary Mitchell, son, male, 8 [1902/3], School, b. Coventry, Warwickshire
   Percy Feary, son, male, 6 [1904/5], School, b. Coventry, Warwickshire

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

   d. Alfred T. MITCHELL, September Quarter 1955, Coventry Registration District, Vol. 9c, page 590, aged 65 [1889/90]