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ALFRED KIRK(1861) & CHARLOTTE ANN MASON(1867) IMAGES
Snippet of Birth Certificate - Alfred Kirk born 1861 Sileby
Snippet of Birth Certificate - Charlotte Ann Mason born 1867 Portsea Island
Anglesea Barracks , Portsea
Rock & Co. London. No. 1937 Anglesea Barracks, Portsea. 23 Sep 1852.
(Collection/Location: North Devon Athenaeum).
Vignette 6 x 9 cm approx. (Image source from North Devon Athenaeum 'England Under Victoria' Volume 4.)
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Anglesea Barracks, Portsea
PortseaRock & Co. London. No. 1938 Anglesea Barracks, Portsea. 23 Sep 1852.
(Collection/Location: North Devon Athenaeum).
Vignette 6 x 9 cm approx. (Image source from North Devon Athenaeum 'England Under Victoria' Volume 4.)
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The Tigers. The colours of the Leicestershire Regiment .
Glen Parva Barracks.
Alfred was initially here with the 27th regiment.
The Magazine in Leicester became the Regimental Headquarters of the Tigers Regiment.
Via 'History of Leicestershire in Images' Facebook Page.
The Magazine c1900 .
via 'Leicester memories' Facebook Page.
Anglesea Barracks census 1881
Cranbourne Street, Leicester.
Alfred was lodging at 128 Cranbourne Street with his Wife Charlotte's Uncle 'Goodwin Oswin' around 1891
and later moved to 134 where some of his children where born including my Great Grandfather Frederick Kirk.
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Alfred & Family were living at 4 Foundry Square in 1893 & 6 Foundry Square In the city in 1901.
He was working as a boot & shoe maker at the time.
The picture below of Foundry Square was taken in 1956.
Via Leicestermemories Facebook page.
You can see another image of Foundry Square in 1954 below. You can see the Blinking Owl cafe in the centre of the row of buildings, this had a quite a reputation as not only was it a cafe at the front but it was also run as a house of ill repute.
(C) Leicester City Council
Another shot of Foundry Square below, you can see the relation of the old buildings next to St Marks Church which is still there. This was taken in 1938. The cafe was a public house back then called the Earl of Cardigan.
Alfred and Charlotte then moved to Navigation Street (see below). Some of their children were born here.
This was close to where the modern Burleys Flyover was located, this has also now been demolished.
More images of Navigation Street below. (c) Leicester Mercury.
The first image was taken in 1956. In the background, over the chimney tops is the old Co-Op Hall on Belgrave Gate which was originally built as a church.
Navigation Street below is now a wasteland where buildings have been demolished.
Taken in the late 1950s/early 1960s.
Leicester Chronicle - Saturday 26 August 1893
Death of daughter ~Emma Mary Kirk b.1893. 4 Months Old
Sudden Death of a Child. — The deputy coroner
(Mr. J. Harvey) beld an inquest on Monday evening
at the Albert Coffee Bouse on the body of Emma
Mary Kirk, aged four months, daughter of Alfred
Kirk, shoe riveter, who resides at 4, Foundry-square.
— The mother stated that the child had been weakly
since birth. On Friday night deceased appeared to
have a cough and a rattling in the throat. Witness
poulticed her on the chest and back with linseed,
and again in the middle of the night. About half-
past four on Saturday morning witness noticed a
change for the worse in the child's condition and she
at once took her to Dr. Dickson's surgery and saw
his assistant, who said be could do nothing for the
child. He advised her to take the child home and
give it some brandy and milk. Besides suckling
deceased had been fed on boiled milk and water and
sago.- Mr.C.H.Roberts, surgeon, said he had
examined the deceased's body and found it extremely
emaciated. Death was due to a wasting disease.—
The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the
medical testimony.
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