Person: UNDERHILL, Alfred (1862-1939)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

William Alfred UNDERHILL

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

proprietor of slide manufacturing business

Main period of activity

1890s-1910s

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

26 January 1862

born at

London, England

1871

resident

Walton Yard, London, England

2 April 1871

census record

1871 Census of England and Wales, RG10/418.36.4

1881

resident

Greyhound Tap, High Street, Croydon, Surrey, England

3 April 1881

census record

1881 Census of England and Wales, RG11/807.97.4
– occupation “Artist”

1890-1920

~27

owner

Alfred Underhill

1891-1901

resident

32 Clarendon Road, Croydon, Surrey, England

1891-1892

~28

member

National Society of Lanternists

5 April 1891

census record

1891 Census of England and Wales, RG12/589.65.3
– occupation “Dissolving view artist”

31 March 1901

census record

1901 Census of England and Wales, RG13/641.125.7
– occupation “Dissolving view painter”

1911

resident

102 Sutherland Road, Croydon, Surrey, England

2 April 1911

census record

1911 Census of England and Wales, RG14/3331.233
– occupation “Magic Lantern Slide Maker and Painter”

1939

resident

Queens Road Homes, Queen's Road, Croydon, Surrey, England

1939

~76

died at

Croydon, Surrey, England

29 September 1939

archive entry

1939 England and Wales Register, CLEE 39/1
– occupation “Incapacitated”

References

David Robinson, Stephen Herbert and Richard Crangle (editors), Encyclopaedia of the magic lantern (London: Magic Lantern Society, 2001), p. 314

Help: a journal of social service (1891-1892) Vol. 1 No. 9 (1 October 1891), p. 177
– member of National Society of Lanternists

Lucerna ID 6002670

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 10 March 2020

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Person: UNDERHILL, Alfred (1862-1939)