Alfred Willoughby John Beake 1903 - 1989

A farm truck driver and the son of Henry Beake (a waggoner on a farm) and Ellen Gibbs,

Alfred Beake, the second cousin once-removed on the mother's side of Nigel Horne, was born in St Peters, Thanet, Kent, England on Aug 19, 19031,2,3 and baptized there on Nov 1, 1903. He married Doris Revell in Selling, Kent, England on Mar 22, 1952.

Alfred spent all of his life in Kent, England. Throughout his life, he lived in several places around the county: at Hale Cottages, The Street, St Nicholas-at-Wade on Apr 2, 19114; at Down Barton Farm, St Nicholas-at-Wade on Jun 19, 19215, on Sep 29, 19391 (the same place as his parents had been living on Jun 19, 1921) and on Apr 26, 1941; and at 15 South Bush Lane, Rainham in 1989. Alfred In 1921 he was working at William Smith Farmer at Down Barton Farm, St Nicholas at Wade, Kent, England.

He died on Oct 30, 1989 in Rainham, Kent3.

Parents

1. Henry Gage was born in 1873
2. Ellen was born in 1873

Citations

1. 1939 Register - Findmypast (was recorded at this address)
2. England & Wales births 1837-2006 - Findmypast
3. England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 - Findmypast
4. 1911 Census for England & Wales - Findmypast (was age 7 and the son of the head of the household)
5. 1921 Census Of England & Wales - Findmypast (was age 17 and the son of the head of the household)

Media

Alfred Beake - probate

Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald - 26 Apr 1941

Faversham News - 28 Mar 1952

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