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Family of Albert Henry PERCIVAL and Elizabeth Martha WHITTAKER

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Family of Albert Henry PERCIVAL and Elizabeth Martha WHITTAKER

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Family of Albert Henry PERCIVAL and Elizabeth Martha WHITTAKER

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Family of Albert Henry PERCIVAL and Elizabeth Martha WHITTAKER, 2006

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Family of Albert Henry PERCIVAL and Elizabeth Martha WHITTAKER, 2006

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Family of Albert Henry PERCIVAL and Elizabeth Martha WHITTAKER, 2006

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Family of Albert Henry PERCIVAL and Elizabeth Martha WHITTAKER, 2006

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Family of Albert Henry PERCIVAL and Elizabeth Martha WHITTAKER, 2006

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Family of Albert Henry PERCIVAL and Elizabeth Martha WHITTAKER, 2006

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Family of Albert Henry PERCIVAL and Elizabeth Martha WHITTAKER, 2006

Husband: Albert Henry PERCIVAL

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Albert Henry PERCIVAL

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Albert Henry PERCIVAL

  • Name:

  • Albert Henry PERCIVAL

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • John Richard PERCIVAL (1822-1903)

  • Mother:

  • Eliza LOWE (1840-1913)

  • Birth:

  • 4 Jun 1877

  • Barkby, Leicestershire1

  • Appointed to Leicestershire Police - 7 Oct 1899:

  • 7 Oct 1899 (age 22)

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  • Residence:

  • 1900 (age 22-23)

  • Hinckley, Leicestershire

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  • Address: 2 Baptist Walk

    Not certain of exact date, but this was a police house. Albert had moved out by the time of the census in 1901 when he was recorded as living with his family at 26 Clarence Road, Hinckley. The house adjoined the police station. It was bought from the police force in the 1950's by James William Bell who was still resident there at the age of 83 in 2006. (Eric and Anne Percival met him whilst observing the house and were invited in for a cup of tea.) Apparently the council have been trying to get him to move out so's they could sell the properties to developers for demolition.

  • Residence:

  • 1901 (age 23-24)

  • 26 Clarence Road, Hinckley

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  • Address: 26 Clarence Road, Hinckley

  • Occupation:

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  • Policeman, then weights and measures inspector

  • Appointed inspector of weights and measures:

  • 13 May 1908 (age 30)

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  • Moved to 37 London Road, Coalville:

  • 1908 (age 30-31)

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  • Appointed inspector of factories and workshops - 1912 shops act:

  • 1 Jun 1912 (age 34)

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  • Retired from Police Force:

  • 31 Dec 1927 (age 50)

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  • Death:

  • 17 Mar 1959 (age 81)

  • 138 Crescent Road, Hugglescote

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  • Cause: Broncho-pneumonia

  • Burial:

  • 20 Mar 1959

  • Broom Leys Cemetery, Coalville - grave no 5909

Wife: Elizabeth Martha WHITTAKER

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Elizabeth Martha WHITTAKER

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Elizabeth Martha WHITTAKER, 1933, age 54

Child 1: John Henry PERCIVAL

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Son: John Henry PERCIVAL, 1916, age 22

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Son: John Henry PERCIVAL, 1917, age 23

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Son: John Henry PERCIVAL

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Spouse: Dorothy Eleanor BARNES

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Spouse: Nancy Florence Dorothy ALLEN

Child 2: Evelyn Annie PERCIVAL

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Daughter: Evelyn Annie PERCIVAL

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Daughter: Evelyn Annie PERCIVAL

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Daughter: Evelyn Annie PERCIVAL

  • Name:

  • Evelyn Annie PERCIVAL

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 8 Dec 1900

  • Hinckley, Leicestershire

  • Baptism:

  • 18 Jan 1901 (age 0)

  • Hinckley, Leicestershire2

  • Death:

  • 27 May 1902 (age 1)

  • 26 Clarence Road, Hinckley, Leicestershire3

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  • Cause: Anaemia (3 months) + cardiac failure, although the family led people to believe it was actually meningitis

  • Burial:

  • 31 May 1902

  • Ashby Road Cemetery, Hinckley, Leicestershire. Grave is number 74 in section 5A.4

Child 3: Edmund George Vincent PERCIVAL

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Son: Edmund George Vincent PERCIVAL, 1951, age 44

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Son: Edmund George Vincent PERCIVAL, 1908, age 1

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Son: Edmund George Vincent PERCIVAL

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Spouse: Ethel Elizabeth KEMPSON, 1964, age 58

  • Name:

  • Edmund George Vincent PERCIVAL5

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Ethel Elizabeth KEMPSON (1906-1997)

  • Birth:

  • 10 Nov 1907

  • 2 Baptist Walk, Hinckley, Leicester5

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  • Address: 2 Baptist Walk, Hinckley, Leicester

  • Occupation:

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  • University Lecturer, Research Chemist

  • Child Count:

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  • 2

  • Marriage Count:

  •  

  • 1

  • Title:

  •  

  • Dr

  • Education:

  • 1918 (age 11)

  • King Edward VII Grammar School, Coalville; Coalville

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  • 1918 - 1925

  • Education:

  • 1925 (age 18)

  • Birmingham University; Birmingham

  • Graduation:

  • 1928 (age 21)

  • Birmingham University

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  • 1st Classs Honours in Chemistry

  • Occupation:

  • 1933 (age 25-26)

  • Lecturer in Chemistry at Edinburgh University

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  • Reported in Birmingham Gazette on 21 July 1933

  • Death:

  • 27 Sep 1951 (age 43)

  • Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh6

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  • Cause: Hydro-cyanic acid poisoning

  • Burial:

  • 1 Oct 1951

  • Liberton Cemetery, Edinburgh7

Note on Marriage

Lived at 26 Clarence Road, Hinckley in 1901

Later moved to 37 London Road, Coalville

Sources

1.

1861 Census.

2.

Hinckley Parish Church Magazine Feb 1901. Cit. Date: February 1901.

3.

Evelyn Annie Percival Death Certificate.

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Hinckley grave records.

5.

EGVP Birth certificate.

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EGVP Death Certificate.

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Photo of EGVP and Emily Holloway Grave.