Saturday 2 April 2016

Arthur Lewis Petter




Arthur Lewis Petter (b. 1855, d. 20 May 1918)

Arthur Lewis Petter (son of Gervase Petter and Eliza Sarah Forster) was born 1855 in Tottenham Middlesex, and died 20 May 1918 in St Pancras London.

He married Lydia Frander.
Marriages Dec 1875

FRANDER Lydia St. Giles 1b935
Children of Arthur Lewis Petter and Lydia Frander are:
Lydia Ethel Louise Petter, b. 16 Aug 1876, Newington Surrey.
Isabel Kate Petter, b. Abt. 1878.
Frances M Petter, b. Abt. 1879.
Arthure R G Petter, b. Abt. 1880.


census 1871
Name: Arthur Lewis Petter
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1871
Event Place: St Marylebone, London, Middlesex, England
Enumeration District: 2
Gender: Male
Age: 15
Marital Status:
Occupation: Draper's Assistant
Relationship to Head of Household: Lodger
Birth Year (Estimated): 1856
Birthplace: Tallenhaum, Middlesex

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Thomas Clark Lodger M 21 Seaton, Devon
Charles H Porter Lodger M 16 Chapham Road, Surrey
William Chamberlain Lodger M 14 Chatteris, Cambridgeshire
John Clark Williams Lodger M 24 Malvern, Worcestershire
Arthur Lewis Petter Lodger M 15 Tallenhaum, Middlesex






census 1881
Arthur L Petter Head M 25 Tottenham, Middlesex, England

Lydia Petter Wife F 24 Carisbrooke, Hampshire, England

Lydia E L Petter Daughter F 4 Kennington, Surrey, England

Isabel K Petter Daughter F 3 Battersea, Surrey, England

Frances M Petter Daughter F 2 Battersea, Surrey, England

Arthur R G Petter Son M 10 M Rotherhithe, Surrey, England

I
t looks as if Arthur Lewis did have all three sons predecease him, Arthur at 3 or 4, Lewis at 23 and Hugh at 27. Hugh is a mystery, still living at home in 1911 with no apparent trade and dying in Edmonton four years later. He may have been a repatriated casualty or in a reserved occupation, there were no bombs in London until later that summer. I am not sure if 'home' was that in College Road where Arthur was in 1891: did his second wife move into it with the children and Arthur keep it after his wife left? That would have been a substantial house, so presumably he later downsized to Bowes Park where he was when he died.

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