Person: WRENCH, Alfred (1861-1913)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Alfred WRENCH

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

optician and proprietor of optical business

Main period of activity

1890s-1900s

Relationships to other people

grandson of WRENCH, Edward (1797-1866)

son of WRENCH, John (1830-1883)

related by marriage to ENGELBACH, Dr F.G. (1865-1900)

father of WRENCH, Herbert Holmes (1885-1951)

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

10 July 1861

born at

Holborn, London, England

1871

resident

83 Brecknock Road, London, England

2 April 1871

census record

1871 Census of England and Wales, RG10/250.16.30

1880s-1883

~18

partner

Wrench & Son

1881

resident

49 Highbury Park, Islington, London N, England

3 April 1881

census record

1881 Census of England and Wales, RG11/267.45.30
– occupation “Clerk Wool Merchant”

1883

resident

1 Mecklenburgh Street, Mecklenburgh Square, London, England

1883-1900s

~21

owner

Wrench & Son

8 February 1883

marriage

England and Wales index of marriages
– occupation “Optician”; marriage to Edith Dwyer Way, at St Pancras Parish Church, London (she died 1948)

1887-1890

resident

61 Oakley Square, London, England

1891

resident

Redholme, Marina Crescent, Herne Bay, Kent, England

5 April 1891

census record

1891 Census of England and Wales, RG12/710.80.22
– occupation “Wholesale Optician”

1901

resident

7 Cliftonville Avenue, Margate, Kent, England

31 March 1901

census record

1901 Census of England and Wales, RG13/823.106.15
– occupation “Wholesale Optician”

2 April 1911

census record

1911 Census of England and Wales, RG14/1196
– occupation “Merchant”

10 July 1913

died at

London, England

9 August 1913

archive entry

National Probate Calendar Index of Wills and Administrations, 1913 p.313

Reference

Stephen Herbert and Luke McKernan (editors), Who's who of Victorian cinema: a worldwide survey (London: British Film Institute, 1996), p. 156

Lucerna ID 6002450

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 20 September 2014

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Person: WRENCH, Alfred (1861-1913)