Biography:
Harry Popple
04/12/1885 –24/05/1961
Harry Popple
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Plot 358 Harry Popple (1885-1961)
Harry Popple was born on 4th December 1885 in Victoria Road, Berkhamsted to shoemaker John Popple and Elizabeth (née Lovett). He was baptised in St Peter’s 14 February the next year and was their second son.
Harry attended the Berkhamsted and Northchurch National School and in 1895 was one of the boys selected for a Bourne Scholarship, which came with a cash award.
Harry became a commercial clerk. He never married and lived with his parents and, latterly, his sister Alice.
In 1911 he was living with his widowed mother and five siblings at “Sunnymead”, Charles Street. His eldest brother Edward was headmaster of the elementary school, Harry was a commercial clerk, Herbert an insurance clerk, Alice was a teacher of cookery, Elsie an elementary school teacher and the youngest, Winifred Nancy, was still at school.
In 1921 Alice, Harry and Nancy were still living with their mother. Harry was employed as a clerk by John Dickinson & Co, Alice was a “domestic instructress” and Nancy a teacher.
The 1939 Register shows Alice and Harry living together at “Castle Rise”, 19, Castle Hill Avenue. Harry was a chief clerk at Dickinson’s and Alice was a teacher. They had a lodger, another teacher.
Alice died 17 March 1959. She left £1,660 (£33,000 in 2024) and Harry was her executor.
Harry died 24 May 1961 at the Royal Masonic Hospital and is buried here with Alice. He left £9,247 (£176,000 in 2024)
His parents and brother Edward are buried in plot 875
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Plot 358 Harry Popple (1885-1961)
Harry Popple was born on 4th December 1885 in Victoria Road, Berkhamsted to shoemaker John Popple and Elizabeth (née Lovett). He was baptised in St Peter’s 14 February the next year and was their second son.
Harry attended the Berkhamsted and Northchurch National School and in 1895 was one of the boys selected for a Bourne Scholarship, which came with a cash award.
Harry became a commercial clerk. He never married and lived with his parents and, latterly, his sister Alice.
In 1911 he was living with his widowed mother and five siblings at “Sunnymead”, Charles Street. His eldest brother Edward was headmaster of the elementary school, Harry was a commercial clerk, Herbert an insurance clerk, Alice was a teacher of cookery, Elsie an elementary school teacher and the youngest, Winifred Nancy, was still at school.
In 1921 Alice, Harry and Nancy were still living with their mother. Harry was employed as a clerk by John Dickinson & Co, Alice was a “domestic instructress” and Nancy a teacher.
The 1939 Register shows Alice and Harry living together at “Castle Rise”, 19, Castle Hill Avenue. Harry was a chief clerk at Dickinson’s and Alice was a teacher. They had a lodger, another teacher.
Alice died 17 March 1959. She left £1,660 (£33,000 in 2024) and Harry was her executor.
Harry died 24 May 1961 at the Royal Masonic Hospital and is buried here with Alice. He left £9,247 (£176,000 in 2024)
His parents and brother Edward are buried in plot 875
Relatives
- Alice Mary Popple — sister
- Edward Popple (875) — father
- John Popple (875) — father
- Elizabeth Popple (875) — mother
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