Cinderford shopkeeper c1902, Mr Alfred KEAR (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Saturday, October 14, 2017, 19:49 (2389 days ago) @ Jefff

The Kelly's Trade Directory of Cinderford 1902 edition also lists them, as follows,

CINDERFORD

Commercial:

KEAR Alfred & Co., sewing machine & cycle agents

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cbennett/cinderford1902.htm

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I guess Alfred Kear is probably a relative of the others, but struggling to find him for sure. This seemed a likely fit, recruits for the Machine Gun Regiments needed good mechanical aptitude & handskills, exactly as per sewing machines & cycles, but this man seems to be too young to have been a shopkeeper in 1902, altho his Army age seems odd.. ?

Name Alfred Henry Kear
Event Type Military Service
Event Year 1915
Residence Place Drybrook, Gloucestershire, England
Age 29
Military Company/Regiment Guards Machine Gun Regiment
Military Regiment 2720
Birth Year (Estimated) 1886
Birthplace , Gloucestershire, England

1911 West Dean, Glos.
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Alfred Kear Head M 46 COAL MINER AT FACE OF COAL. Bream, Gloucestershire
Harriet Kear Wife F 45 Whitecroft, Gloucestershire
Alfred Henry Kear Son M 18 SHOP ASSISTANCE. Whitecroft, Gloucestershire
Elizabeth Kear Daughter F 14 Whitecroft, Gloucestershire
Mildred Blanch Kear Daughter F 11 Bream, Gloucestershire
Clifford John Kear Son M 8 Bream, Gloucestershire

1901 Breams Woodside, West Dean(Gloucs), Monmouthshire, England.
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Alfred Kear Head M 36 COAL MINER HEWER. Bream, Gloucestershire
Harriet Kear Wife F 35 Whitecroft, Gloucestershire
Alfred H Kear Son M 8 Whitecroft, Gloucestershire
Lilian Kear Daughter F 6 Whitecroft, Gloucestershire
Elizabeth Kear Daughter F 4 Whitecroft, Gloucestershire
Mildred B Kear Daughter F 1 Bream, Gloucestershire

Record_ID: 145100
Entry_Number:
Year: 1892
Month: Nov
Day: 24
Parents_Surname: KEAR
Child_Forenames: Alfred Henry
Fathers_Forenames: Alfred
Mothers_Forenames: Harriet
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Whitecroft
Occupation: Collier
Officiating_Minister: Isaac Brentnall
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: Born Oct[ober] 8/92
Notes:
Register_Reference: D2598/4/2
Page_Number: 42
Parish_Chapel: Lydney Primitive Methodist
Soundex: K600

1891 Chapel Hill, St Pauls Parish, West Dean, Monmouthshire.
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Alfred Kear Head M 26 Coal miner. Newland, Gloucestershire, England
Harriet Kear Wife F 25 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England

Pleased to see he survived WW1, the Machine Gunners were considered to be suicide squads !

Record_ID: 1009467
Entry_Number: 1501
Year: 1961
Month: Jan
Day: 19
Surname: KEAR
Forenames: Alfred Henry
Residence: Morse Road Drybrook
Age_at_death: 69
Officiating_Minister: J Bernard Smith Vicar
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P109 IN 1/38
Page_No: 188
Parish_Chapel: Drybrook
Soundex: K600

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So if this isn't our shopkeeper in 1902, who is ???

I am a fool !!, it's probably George's older brother, as posted earlier !

1871 East Dean, Glos.
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
James Kear Head M 38 Grocer. Yorkley, Gloucestershire
Amelia Kear Wife F 40 Grocer Wife. Little Dean Hills, Gloucestershire
Florance Kear Daughter F 13 Cinderford, Gloucestershire
Alfred Kear Son M 11 Cinderford, Gloucestershire
George Kear Son M 8 Cinderford, Gloucestershire
William Kear Son M 3 Cinderford, Gloucestershire
Anne Kear Daughter F 0 Cinderford, Gloucestershire

Which gives;

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Dec 1885 (>99%)
Kear Alfred Northampton 3b 192
Holt Catherine Ridgway Northampton 3b 192

1891 Ryelands Street, Hereford St Nicholas, Herefordshire.
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Albert Kear Head M 31 Sub Manager For Singer M C Mfc Co. Cinderford, Gloucestershire, England
Catherine R Kear Wife F 27 Northamptonshire, England
Evelyn A Kear Daughter F 4 Glamorganshire, England
Gordon J Kear Son M 2 Glamorganshire, England
Florence R Kear Daughter F 0 Herefordshire, England
Mary E Nelmes Servant F 18 Gloucestershire, England

1901 Commercial St, Hereford St Peter, Herefordshire, Wales.
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Alfred Kear Head M 41 CYCLE & MUSICAL INSTRUMENT DEALER SHOPKEEPER. Cinderford, Gloucestershire
Catherine R Kear Wife F 37 Northampton
Gordon J Kear Son M 12 Cardiff, Glamorganshire
Florence R Kear Daughter F 10 Hereford
Percival A Kear Son M 6 Hereford
Walter G Clutterbuck Partner M 60 Gloucester, Gloucestershire

1911 Hereford City, St Nicholas, Hereford, Herefordshire, England.
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Alfred Kear Head M 51 CYCLE AND MOTOR AGENT DEALER. Cinderford, Gloucestershire
Catherine Redgway Kear Wife F 47 Northampton, Northamptonshire
Evelyn Amelia Kear Daughter F 24 TEACHER COUNTY COUNCIL. Cardiff, Glamorganshire
Florence Redgway Kear Daughter F 20 MILLINER'S ASSISTANT. Hereford, Herefordshire
Percival Alfred Kear Son M 16 APPRENTICE MOTOR ENGINEER. Hereford, Herefordshire

So in all respects this Alfred is clearly well-qualified to own a sewing machine and cycle shop in Cinderford c1902, altho' it seems likely he wasn't it's day-to-day manager.