Biography:
Henry James Dolling
1861 –1917
Henry James Dolling
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Unmarked grave Henry James Dolling (1861-1917)
Henry was born in 1861 in Redbourn, the son of Edwin and Emma Dolling.
His parents married just before Henry was born and despite his mother’s respectable background this just-in-time marriage to a groom plunged her into considerable hardship and poverty. (Fuller details can be found in the obituaries of his parents on this site.)
In 1891 Henry, unmarried, was living with his widowed mother and two of his siblings in the insalubrious Red Lion Yard. He was working as a brush maker, probably at Goss Bros. factory in Gossoms End.
Henry married in 1895, when he was 34, to Annie Kempeter Blackwell from Northchurch. Their only child, Winifred Alice, was born in Berkhamsted in 1897.
The 1901 census places them at 34, George Street, Chesham, a street of well-built small terraced cottages, a great improvement on Red Lion Yard. Henry was working as a “brush borer” – creating the holes in which the bristles were set.
The family moved back to Berkhamsted and the 1910 electoral roll records them at 46, Shrublands Avenue, a five-roomed dwelling. Once more Henry had been able to move his family to better accommodation. He was still working as a brush borer and Winfred, aged 14, was working as a general domestic servant.
Henry died at 37, Shrublands Avenue aged 56 and was buried 1 May 1917.
Annie continued to live at number 37 and by 1921 had been joined by her daughter Winifred, her son-on-law and their adopted daughter.
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Unmarked grave Henry James Dolling (1861-1917)
Henry was born in 1861 in Redbourn, the son of Edwin and Emma Dolling.
His parents married just before Henry was born and despite his mother’s respectable background this just-in-time marriage to a groom plunged her into considerable hardship and poverty. (Fuller details can be found in the obituaries of his parents on this site.)
In 1891 Henry, unmarried, was living with his widowed mother and two of his siblings in the insalubrious Red Lion Yard. He was working as a brush maker, probably at Goss Bros. factory in Gossoms End.
Henry married in 1895, when he was 34, to Annie Kempeter Blackwell from Northchurch. Their only child, Winifred Alice, was born in Berkhamsted in 1897.
The 1901 census places them at 34, George Street, Chesham, a street of well-built small terraced cottages, a great improvement on Red Lion Yard. Henry was working as a “brush borer” – creating the holes in which the bristles were set.
The family moved back to Berkhamsted and the 1910 electoral roll records them at 46, Shrublands Avenue, a five-roomed dwelling. Once more Henry had been able to move his family to better accommodation. He was still working as a brush borer and Winfred, aged 14, was working as a general domestic servant.
Henry died at 37, Shrublands Avenue aged 56 and was buried 1 May 1917.
Annie continued to live at number 37 and by 1921 had been joined by her daughter Winifred, her son-on-law and their adopted daughter.
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