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The Family of Fred & Alice Ann Aldous
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Alice Ann Hirst was born in Hadfield, Derbyshire on 14th April 1856. In the 1881 British Census, there is an Alice A. Hirst who was born to Mary and David Hirst and lists her as a cotton weaver. She was the eldest of four daughters.
Frederick Aldous was born 14th September 1855 in Islington, London, to Caroline Aldous. His father is named on his birth certificate as Charles Bartrop of Sidney Street, Islington, who was a stoker at the gas works. His mother's address on Frederick's birth certificate is stated as: 23 Canal Terrace, York Road, Islington. Frederick was the youngest of three brothers.
When he was nearly twenty, Fred was baptised on 8th August 1875 in the Independent Chapel at Padfield. Fred worked at a local cotton mill as his mother had done.
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Alice Ann Hirst
b. 14 April 1856
Hadfield, Derbyshire
d. 24 September 1913
Victoria Park, Manchester
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Frederick Aldous (Fred I)
b. 14 September 1855
Islington, London
d. 22 February 1936
"Lynton", Buxton Road, Chinley
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Alice Ann Hirst married Fred Aldous (I) on 15th February 1882 at Tintwistle Independent Chapel, Cheshire, where they had probably met. Alice Ann was a weaver at the time of their marriage and Fred was a clerk in a cotton mill.
After he was married, Fred worked as a warehouseman for "Messrs. Holt and Jones", Willow and Cane Merchants, Yeast and Wine and Spirit importers. He then briefly worked for Joseph Howard as his warehouseman. Then in 1886, Fred established his own firm at 3 Elbow Street in Manchester called Fred Aldous. He imported Cane and Willow.
Alice Ann and Fred had six children from 1882 to 1896. Their four daughters were: Annie, Ethel, Carrie and Alice. Their two sons were: Fred and Frank. |
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TAKEN ON THE ISLE OF MAN ABOUT 1892/3
STANDING: Fred Aldous SITTING:
Frank Aldous
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ALDOUS FAMILY IN ABERYSTWYTH ABOUT 1896
TAKEN BY E.R. GYDE
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Ethel, (driver holding horse whip), Annie, Fred, Frank,
Alice Ann with Carrie on her knee and baby Alice in blanket, Fred Aldous with beard
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Alice Ann had a grocery shop in Hadfield during the time that her children were growing up.
Alice Ann and Fred lived in Hadfield until they moved to Manchester to be near to Fred's business.
The Aldous family found 10 Park Avenue, Manchester for their first home and this is where Frederick (Fred Aldous II) was born on 14th November 1889. Frederick’s birth certificate states that his father was “an importer of foreign goods”.
According to the 1901 British Census, the family lived at 7 Albert Road, in South Manchester. It states Fred's profession as Willow Stock & Yeast Merchant. Their children are listed as Annie 18, Ethel 13, Fred 11, Frank 9, Carrie 7, Alice 5.
They lived in many homes in Manchester until they found "Edale", Victoria Park, which was their family home for sixteen years.
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FIVE OF THE ALDOUS SIBLINGS
Taken outside of Edale, Victoria Park, about 1910/12 (maybe by Frank)
LEFT TO RIGHT: Alice, Ethel, Fred, Anne, Carrie
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Alice Ann died 24th September 1913 at Edale.
Fred Aldous (I) died 22nd February 1936, while living with his daughter Carrie and her husband Ewart in Chinley on Buxton Road.
Their son Fred married into the Finch Leicester family when he married Adelaide Phyllis Finch Leicester in 1918. |
ALICE ANN & FRED'S SIX CHILDREN
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::ALICE ANN & FRED'S FAMILY HOMES 
