AIGS/FHC Member's - Family Trees
Alfred James TOMLINSON

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Name Alfred James TOMLINSON [1, 2] Birth Dec 1851 Chorlton, Manchester ; Lancaster; England [3]
Gender Male Occupation Compositor [3] Death 13 Jun 1921 Durban, Natal, South Africa Person ID I100 FHC023 - Chapman Tree Last Modified 14 Oct 2022
Father John TOMLINSON, b. Est 1823, England d. (unkown), uncertain
Mother Frances 'Fanny' PASS, b. Est 1831, England d. (unkown), unknown
Marriage 19 Feb 1849 St Johns Church, Manchester, Lancashire, England [4]
Family ID F159 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Rose Kisiah CAPEL, b. 1858, Durban, Natal, South Africa d. Est 1930, Durban, Natal, South Africa
(Age 72 years)
Marriage 16 Oct 1878 Durban, Natal, South Africa [3]
Children 1. Percy Clifford TOMLINSON, b. Est 1889, durban, Natal, South Africa d. 1 Jan 1964, durban, Natal, South Africa
(Age ~ 75 years)
2. Alfred James TOMLINSON, b. Est 1879, Durban, Natal, South Africa d. (uncertain), uncertain
3. Alfred Capel TOMLINSON, b. Est 1880 4. Vernon Cyril TOMLINSON, b. 30 Apr 1887, Durban, Natal, South Africa d. (deceased), uncertain
5. Vivian Baden Colenes TOMLINSON, b. Est 1882 6. Lionel Claud TOMLINSON, b. Est 1883 7. Constance Kiziah TOMLINSON, b. Est 1884 8. Cleve Leopold TOMLINSON, b. Est 1885 9. Clarice Pearl TOMLINSON, b. Est 1886 10. Desmond TOMLINSON, b. Est 1887 Family ID F36 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 17 Dec 2018
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Notes - BIRTH DATE CONFUSION
Some confusion exists as to Alfred Jame's date of birth (listed above as Dec 1951). The confusion derives from three factors
1) Alfred & Rose Kisiah Capel's wedding record on 16 Oct 1878 reflects Alfred's age as '21', thus giving rise to the calculation he was born in 1856/57.
2) Alfred's death record of 18 June 1921 (in regards to his death on 13 June 1921) records his age at death as '66' and thus implying his birth around 1855/56/57.
The initial conclusion therefore is the Chorlton birth record (original not seen) does not refer to 'our' Alfred - HOWEVER , in the course of research the following fairly definitive link was established
a) The baptism register of St Paul's church of Durban, Natal, South Africa record that on 7 Aug 1887 two Tomlinson baptisms took place (Lionel Claude ; son of Alfred AND William Henry ; son of William Henry)
b) A 'William Henry Tomlinson' was born in 1859 (according to the England & Wales birth registration index 1837 - 2008). The birth location was the same as that of Alfred James Tomlinson some eight years earlier ie Chorlton, Lancashire, England ! This just cannot be a coincidence. The two are almost certainly brothers and who migrated to Durban South Africa and who's wives amazingly coincidentally gave birth to sons on the same day !
DEATH
Cause of death was a cerbal apoplesay - BROTHER ?
An extract of the baptism of 'Lionel Claud' on Aug 7 1887 also had immediately above a
Willam Henry - born of William Henry and Charlotte Aniie Tomlinson - bron 30 April 1887 ie same date as Claude.
This may well be Alfred's brother ??? Did they come out togther ex Manchester - BAPTISM
Baptised on 23 Oct 1853 at St Georges Church, Hulme , Lancaster [5]
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Sources - [S3] Death notice/probate info.
- [S31] Family search , Tomlinson Family tree , (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/L16H-2Z2).
- [S2] Wedding certificate.
- [S33] https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-61F9-M6C?i=193&cc=1788853, Wedding John Tomlinson & Frances Pass 1849, Oct 2022, Family Search records .
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/GHNP-PPP
- [S32] https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DWK3-STJ?i=407, Baptism record Alfred James Tomlinson.
- [S3] Death notice/probate info.