Person:Charles Archer (6)

Charles Archer was born on 1st October 1875 at Peterborough in Northamptonshire, son of Henrietta Archer, formerly Jamblin, and her husband William Henry Archer, a piano tuner. Charles appears in both the 1881 and 1891 censuses living with his parents and siblings on Cromwell Road in the city. By 1891 Charles was working as an auctioneer's apprentice.

Some time between 1891 and 1901 the family left Peterborough and moved about 75 miles south to Friern Barnet in the expanding northern suburbs of London. The 1901 census finds them living at Parkhurst Road there, with Charles working as a clerk.

The following year, Charles married Minnie Moles (or Moules). For the first few years after their marriage they lived in the Bowes Park area of Wood Green. They had a daughter called Elsie May in 1903 and a son called Charles Leslie in 1907. The 1911 census finds Charles, Minnie and their children living at 58 Marlborough Road in Wood Green. Charles was working as a photographer by this time.

After the First World War the family lived at 13A Northbrook Road, just round the corner from Marlborough Road, where they lived from at least 1919 to 1928. Around 1929 the family moved about a mile to 19 Chimes Avenue in Southgate, where they were living in both 1930 and 1931. Charles's daughter married in 1929. Some time between 1931 and 1939 the family moved to 13 Ridgeway Avenue at East Barnet in Hertfordshire.

Minnie died at the Wellhouse Hospital in Barnet on 11th June 1939, aged 55.

When the Second World War broke out later that year, Charles and his son Charles Leslie were still at 13 Ridgeway Avenue, and Charles was still described as a photographer. After the war, Charles continued living with his son, and they spent some time living at a bungalow in Sunnybank Road, Potters Bar, before returning to Friern Barnet, where they lived at 28 Grangeview Road. When Charles's son married in 1950 his wife joined them living there.

Charles died in 1951. He was 75 years old.

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

   b. Charles ARCHER, December Quarter 1875, Peterborough Registration District, Volume 3b, page 230, mother's maiden name Jamblin

2. ↑ Baptisms register, in Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England. Parish Registers of St Mark's Church. (Northamptonshire Record Office / ancestry.co.uk).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of S. Mark Peterborough in the County of Northampton in the year One thousand eight hundred and Seventy Eight
   No. 603
   When Baptized: 1878 June 5th
   Child's Christian Name: Charles
   Parents' Name - Christian: William Henry & Henrietta
   Surname: Archer
   Abode: Cromwell Road
   Quality, Trade, or Profession: Piano Forte Tuner
   By whom the Ceremony was performed: John U.B. Woodroffe

   Baptised same day as brothers Maurice and George.

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 1594; Folio 70; Page 40, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Beaconsfield Terrace, Cromwell Road, Peterborough, Northamptonshire
   William H[enr]y Archer, head, married, male, 39 [1841/2], Pianoforte Tuner, b. Scotland
   Henrietta Archer, wife, married, female, 41 [1839/40], b. Peterborough, Northamptonshire
   Alice Archer, daughter, unmarried, female, 14 [1866/7], Scholar, b. Fletton, Huntingdonshire
   Edith Archer, daughter, unmarried, female, 12 [1868/9], Scholar, b. Fletton, Huntingdonshire
   Emily Archer, daughter, female, 10 [1870/1], Scholar, b. Fletton, Huntingdonshire
   Helen Julia Archer, daughter, female, 8 [1872/3], Scholar, b. Peterborough, Northamptonshire
   Maurice Archer, son, male, 7 [1873/4], Scholar, b. Peterborough, Northamptonshire
   Charles Archer, son, male, 5 [1875/6], Scholar, b. Peterborough, Northamptonshire
   George Archer, son, male, 2 [1878/9], b. Peterborough, Northamptonshire

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 1228; Folio 39; Page 31, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: 6 Cromwell Road, Peterborough, Northamptonshire
   William H. Archer, head, married, male, 49 [1841/2], Pianoforte Tuner Dealer, neither employer nor employed, b. Glasgow
   Henrietta Archer, wife, married, female, 50 [1840/1], b. Peterborough, Northamptonshire
   Alice Archer, daughter, single, female, 24 [1866/7], b. Peterborough, Northamptonshire
   Edith Archer, daughter, single, female, 22 [1868/9], b. Peterborough, Northamptonshire
   Emily Archer, daughter, single, female, 20 [1870/1], b. Peterborough, Northamptonshire
   Helen Archer, daughter, single, female, 18 [1872/3], b. Peterborough, Northamptonshire
   Maurice Archer, son, single, male, 17 [1873/4], Accountants Clerk, employed, b. Peterborough, Northamptonshire
   Charles Archer, son, male, 15 [1875/6], Auctioneers Apprentice, employed, b. Peterborough, Northamptonshire
   George Archer, son, male, 12 [1878/9], b. Peterborough, Northamptonshire

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 1236; Folio 16; Page 24, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: 36 Parkhurst Road, Friern Barnet, Middlesex
   William H. Archer, head, married, male, 59 [1841/2], Piano Forte Turner, own account, b. Scotland
   Henrietta Archer, wife, married, female, 60 [1840/1], b. Peterborough, Northamptonshire
   Edith Archer, daughter, single, female, 31 [1869/70], b. Peterborough, Northamptonshire
   Maurice Archer, son, single, male, 26 [1874/5], Accountant, worker, b. Peterborough, Northamptonshire
   Charles Archer, son, single, male, 24 [1876/7], Clerk, worker, b. Peterborough, Northamptonshire
   William R. Archer, son, single, male, 36 [1864/5], Clerk, worker, b. Peterborough, Northamptonshire

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 7261; Schedule 48, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: 58 Marlborough Road, Wood Green, Middlesex
   Charles Archer, head, married, male, 35 [1875/6], Photographer, b. Peterborough, Northamptonshire
   Minnie Archer, wife, married 8 years, female, 27 [1883/4], b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Elsie May Archer, daughter, female, 7 [1903/4], b. Bowes Park, Middlesex
   Charles Leslie Archer, son, male, 4 [1906/7], b. Bowes Park, Middlesex

7.   London, England. Electoral Registers 1832-1965 (London Metropolitan Archives / ancestry.co.uk).

   1919: 13A Northbrook Road, N22, Wood Green, Middlesex
   Archer, Charles
   Archer, Minnie
   No change 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927
   
   1928: 13A Northbrook Road, N22, Wood Green, Middlesex
   Archer, Charles
   Archer, Charles Leslie
   Archer, Minnie
   
   1930: 19 Chimes Avenue, N13, Southgate, Middlesex
   Archer, Charles
   Archer, Charles Leslie
   Archer, Minnie
   No change 1931
   
   1947: 69 Sunnybank Road, Potters Bar, Middlesex
   Archer, Charles
   Archer, Charles L.
   
   1948: 28 Grangeview Road, N20, Friern Barnet, Middlesex
   Archer, Charles
   Archer, Charles L.
   No change 1949
   
   1950: 28 Grangeview Road, N20, Friern Barnet, Middlesex
   Archer, Charles
   Archer, Charles L.
   Archer, Muriel

8. ↑ ^8.0 8.1 General Register Office. 1939 Register
   East Barnet Urban District, 29 Sep 1939.

   13 Ridgeway Avenue, East Barnet, Hertfordshire
   Archer, Charles / male / 1 Oct 1875 / widower / Photographer
   Archer, Charles, L. / male / 23 Jan 1907 / single / Traveller Electrical goods

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

   d. Charles ARCHER, June Quarter 1951, Edmonton Registration District, Volume 5e, page 389, aged 75 [1875/6]