This name is on St Mark's War Memorial, Kennington Oval, London SE11
(Henry Davis Effner)
Service no 45156
Private, Durham Light Infantry, 2nd Battalion
Remembered at Morchies Military Cemetery, France and at St Mark's Church, London
Information from the censuses
In 1911 Henry Davis Effner (born 1877 and then aged 34) was married and living at 6 Lochinvar Street, Balham. His wife, Lois, one year younger, was born in Peterborough. Effner was a tram conductor, working for London County Council Tramways. They had three children:
Walter Carl Effner, 6
Harry Effner, 4
Lois Effner, 1
Ten years previously, in 1901, Effner was living with his widowed charwoman mother, Jane E. Effner, 59, at 190 Cavendish Road, Streatham. He was her youngest child.
And 10 years before that, in 1891, they could be found at 15 Zennor Street, Balham. Jane's husband Carl, then 53, was a tailor from Germany, and Jane was described as a tailoress (she was born in Stepney). Henry, 14, was working as a baker's assistant. The family had a visitor, Thomas Woodford, 45, a baker from Ohio, USA.
In 1881, the family was living in Carnaby Street, W1. Carl's name is given as "Charles" and his birthplace is described as "(Foreign) Germany". Jane and he had seven children:
Charles Effner, born in 1861 in Liverpool, a tailor
Louisa Effner, born in 1868 in Golden Square, London
Ada M. effner, born in 1869 in Golden Square, London
August Effner, born in 1870, born in Golden Square, London
Frank Effner, born in 1871, born in Bethnal Green, London
Mary E. Effner, born in 1875 in St James, London
Henry Davis Effner, born in 1877 in St James, London