THE PITCHERS

The other children of Walter William & Anna Maria Pitcher

Walter William and Anna Maria had at least 7 children. The photograph here shows them in 1912.  In the back row from left to right they are: Edgar, Frank, Leonard and Albert.  In the front row are Ernest , Annie and Charles.

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Edgar Walter - born in Thornbury on 6th December 1867.  Edgar worked as a solicitor's clerk.  Edgar lived for many years with his wife, Caroline (nee Staley) in their house at 3 Castle Street.  Click here to read more

Francis Henry James - born in Thornbury on 29th September 1869.  Francis worked as an ironmonger's assistant in 1891.  He  married  Dorothy L Boulton in 1889.  In 1891 they were both living with Dorothy's grandmother, Mary Ann Thurston, at Cockmead in Kington where she was assisting at her laundry.  By 1901 he had moved away to Stafford and was working as a mechanical engineer.  Francis and Dorothy had at least one child; a daughter called Ethel was born in Bridgend in 1898.  It appears that they had other children as we have been told of a Violet, Pearl, Queenie and Walter.  We understand that Francis eventually moved to Manchester where he worked in the city transport department.

Annie Maria - born in Thornbury in 1871.  Annie appeared to stay at home and never married.  She worked as a dressmaker and mantlemaker in the 1891 and 1901 censuses.  She died on 9th December 1923 aged 52 years and is buried in her parents' grave at Thornbury Cemetery.  Her obituary in the Gazette refers to the fact that she was a member of the Thornbury Tennis Club.

Leonard - born in Thornbury in 1873 - click here to see more details of  Leonard

Albert Edward - born in Thornbury on 13th January 1875.  He attended Thornbury Council School.  In 1888 he failed to gain a scholarship for admission to Thornbury Grammar School, but he was successful the following year and was admitted there on 14th January 1889.  In the 1891 census, he is shown as a grocer's apprentice.  We understand from an article written about Albert in 'Grocery' magazine (and summarised in the Gazette on 9th June 1923) that he had worked for Councell & Sons in Thornbury.  By 1901 he had moved to Fulham where he is worked as clerk.  The article shows that he worked for Harrods at their Brompton Road establishment for over 20 years and he ultimately graduated to a position there as assistant buyer.  It adds that 'after only a four year engagement with one of the largest multiple shop firms in the world he gained a position as buyer at the House of Selfridge'.  Although he was known to enjoy bowls, his real love was his work.

Albert married Amy Dealtry and had two daughters, Dorothy and Kathleen.  The photograph on the left of Albert shows that he must have served in the First World War in the medical corps.  The Grocery article shows he worked as a 'V. A. D. orderly in the Auxiliary Hospital'.

Albert died in the Brentford area in 1930 aged 54.

Arthur Charles - born in Thornbury in 1876.  Click here for more information about Arthur Charles

Augustus Ernest - born in Thornbury in 1878.  Click here to read more about Ernest

This page was last updated: 25/03/2012