Albert Close, 18641922 (aged 58 years)

Name
Albert /Close/
Birth
Baptism
Census 1871
Note: Living with parents and family at Lea, Herefordshire.
Census 1881
Note: Living with parents and family at East Dean, Gloucestershire. Iron Miner.
Military Service
about 1883
Note: UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Soldier Service Records, 1760-1920

UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Soldier Service Records, 1760-1920

Name: Albert Close
Enlistment Age: 19
Birth Date: abt 1864
Birth Place: Lea, Herefordshire
Enlistment Year: 1883
Regiment: South Wales Borderers
Regimental Number: Shrs/760
Attestation Paper: Yes

Death of a father
Census 1891
Note: Living with mother and family at East Dean, Gloucestershire. Farm Labourer.
Birth of a son
Birth of a daughter
Note: NOTE: The 1939 Register records her year of birth as 1895, but her Birth record is for 1898.
Census 1901
Note: Living at Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire. Excavator on Railway.

Living at Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire. Excavator on Railway.

Recorded as Married and living as the Brown family with Theresa Pollard and children.

Death of a mother
Note: England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915

England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915

Name: Comfort Close
Age: 70
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1832
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Death Registration Place: Westbury on Severn, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Death Date: 1902
Volume: 6a
Page: 204

Birth of a daughter
Note: Can't find a Birth record for Daisy Close, or Daisy Pollard. However, the family was living at Chipping Sodbury in 1901 under the Brown name. There is a Birth record for Daisy Brown in Bristol in April-May-June 1902, which could be her. The image is attached.
Birth of a son
Note: Can't find a Birth record for John Close, or John Pollard. However, the family was living at Chipping Sodbury in 1901 under the Brown name. There is a Birth record for John Brown in Bristol in April-May-June 1904, which could be him. The image is attached.
Note
before 1906
Note: NOTE: Can't find a Marriage record for Albert and Theresa prior to 1906. They seem to have met in about 1893, the result being Albert Pollard Close (1893). So, all the children prior to that are illegitimate.
Census 1911
Note: Living with wife Theresa and family at Llanhilleth, Monmouthshire. Miner and Labourer.

Living with wife Theresa and family at Llanhilleth, Monmouthshire. Miner and Labourer.

Recorded as Married for 18 years, but that doesn't appear to be the case.

Death of a brother
Death of a sister
Death of a brother
Note
Note: NOTE: There was an Albert Close and an Albert Thomas Close born at the same time in the same place, so may be some confusion.
Death
about 1922 (aged 58 years)
Family with parents
father
1841 Census
18291890
Birth: about 1829Gloucestershire, England
Death: about 1890East Dean, Cinderford, Gloucestershire, England
mother
1851 Census
18301902
Birth: about 1830Longhope, Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire, England
Death: about 1902East Dean, Cinderford, Gloucestershire, England
Marriage Marriageabout 1850Westbury-on-Severn, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
1 year
elder brother
1851 Census
1850
Birth: about 1850Lea, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England
1 year
elder brother
1851 Census
18501922
Birth: about 1850Lea, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England
Death: 25 February 1922Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
2 years
elder sister
1861 Census (page 1)
18511922
Birth: about 1851Lea, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England
Death: about 1922Bedwellty, Blackwood, Monmouthshire, Wales
2 years
elder brother
1871 Census
18521922
Birth: about 1852Lea, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England
Death: about 1922Westbury-on-Severn, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
3 years
elder brother
1871 Census
18541928
Birth: about 1854Lea, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England
Death: about 1928Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England
5 years
elder sister
1861 Census (page 1)
1858
Birth: about 1858Lea, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England
3 years
elder sister
1861 Census (page 1)
18601929
Birth: about 1860Lea, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England
Death: about 1929Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
4 years
elder sister
1871 Census
18631938
Birth: about 1863Lea, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England
Death: about 1938Caerleon, Monmouthshire, Wales
2 years
himself
1871 Census
18641922
Birth: about 1864Lea, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England
Death: about 1922Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales
3 years
younger brother
1871 Census
18661940
Birth: 7 December 1866Lea, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England
Death: about 1940Coventry, Warwickshire, England
2 years
younger sister
1871 Census
18681944
Birth: 16 December 1868Lea, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England
Death: about 1944East Dean, Cinderford, Gloucestershire, England
2 years
younger brother
1871 Census
18701937
Birth: about 1870Lea, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England
Death: about 1937East Dean, Cinderford, Gloucestershire, England
4 years
younger sister
1881 Census
18731955
Birth: about 1873Lea, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England
Death: about 1955East Dean, Cinderford, Gloucestershire, England
Family with Theresa Pollard
himself
1871 Census
18641922
Birth: about 1864Lea, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England
Death: about 1922Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales
wife
1901 Census
18671933
Birth: about 1867Yetminster, Sherborne, Dorset, England
Death: about 1933Bedwellty, Blackwood, Monmouthshire, Wales
son
1901 Census
1893
Birth: about 1893Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales
5 years
daughter
1901 Census
1898
Birth: 19 March 1898Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales
4 years
daughter
Birth Index
1902
Birth: 2 April 1902Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
23 months
son
Birth Index
1904
Birth: 12 February 1904Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
daughter
Annie (Nancy) Close
… … + Theresa Pollard
wife
1901 Census
18671933
Birth: about 1867Yetminster, Sherborne, Dorset, England
Death: about 1933Bedwellty, Blackwood, Monmouthshire, Wales
stepson
1884
Birth: about 1884Yetminster, Sherborne, Dorset, England
4 years
stepdaughter
1901 Census
1887
Birth: about 1887Yetminster, Sherborne, Dorset, England
5 years
stepson
1901 Census
1891
Birth: about 1891Yetminster, Sherborne, Dorset, England
Census 1871

Living with parents and family at Lea, Herefordshire.

Census 1881

Living with parents and family at East Dean, Gloucestershire. Iron Miner.

Military Service

UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Soldier Service Records, 1760-1920

Name: Albert Close
Enlistment Age: 19
Birth Date: abt 1864
Birth Place: Lea, Herefordshire
Enlistment Year: 1883
Regiment: South Wales Borderers
Regimental Number: Shrs/760
Attestation Paper: Yes

Census 1891

Living with mother and family at East Dean, Gloucestershire. Farm Labourer.

Census 1901

Living at Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire. Excavator on Railway.

Recorded as Married and living as the Brown family with Theresa Pollard and children.

Note

NOTE: Can't find a Marriage record for Albert and Theresa prior to 1906. They seem to have met in about 1893, the result being Albert Pollard Close (1893). So, all the children prior to that are illegitimate.

Census 1911

Living with wife Theresa and family at Llanhilleth, Monmouthshire. Miner and Labourer.

Recorded as Married for 18 years, but that doesn't appear to be the case.

Note

NOTE: There was an Albert Close and an Albert Thomas Close born at the same time in the same place, so may be some confusion.

Birth
Baptism
Census 1871
Census 1881
Census 1891
Census 1901
Census 1911
Death
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1871 Census
1871 Census
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1881 Census
1881 Census
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1891 Census
1891 Census
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Birth Index
Birth Index
Note: England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915

England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915

Name: Albert Close
Registration Date: 1864
Quarter of the Year: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration Place: Ross, Herefordshire, England
Volume: 6a
Page: 433

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Baptism Register
Baptism Register
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1901 Census
1901 Census
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Death Index
Death Index
Note: England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007

England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007

Name: Albert Close
Death Age: 57
Birth Date: abt 1865
Registration Date: 1922
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration District: Newport
Volume: 11a
Page: 220