Alexander Nanne Dormer 1827-1889

Born Hackney. Moves to Aylesbury, as prison governor, on leaving the army, then settles down in Buckingham

Weaver,?? from 1841C ? & from his Army record then in the Army, then a Prison Warder

1827. Alexander Nanne/Navine? Dormer is baptised 4/11/1827 South Hackney St John of Jerusalem to Joseph Dormer, a wheelwright, & Elizabeth Corrie. Abode was Wells Street - London Ancestry baptisms . No idea where Nanne /Navine comes from!

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1841C. Alexander Dormer, 13, is living Green Street, St Matthew Bethnal Green, with his parents & 4 siblings . Joseph Dormer, a ? weaver,

Joseph Dormer Male 35 1806 Middlesex, England  
Elizabeth Dormer Female 35 1806 Middlesex, England  
Alexander Dormer Male 13 1828 Middlesex, England  
John Dormer Male 12 1829 Middlesex, England  
Joseph Dormer Male 9 1832 Middlesex, England  
Stephen Dormer Male 7 1834 Middlesex, England  
Allen Dormer Male 6 1835 Middlesex, England

1844-1866. Alexander Dormer is in the Shropshire 85th Regiment of Light Industry. . See his Army Record . He spent 3+ years in Mauritious and 7 years in South Africa, the rest in Britain

1851. Alexander Dormer marries Catharine O'Neil at St John, Preston Preston 5/4/1851-FMP . They have a daughter, Mary Ann Dormer, in 1855- no baptism on Ancestry .

1861C. He was in the army- thus not recorded in censuses. But have not found Mary Ann Dormer 1855 or his wife, Catharine . There are deaths for a Catherine Dormer in 1855 in Plymouth and 1864 in Poplar - the latter more likely : not in Ancestry London burials

1865. Alexander Dormer marries Maria Barnett Buckingham Jun 1865

1867. Alexander Dormer 39, late of the 85th Regiment of Foot, was appointed a warder of Aylesbury Prison on 6/7/1867- from a list of 23 applicants- FMP Newspapers

1870. Arthur John Dormer is born Aylesbury Sep 1870 to Alexander & Maria . Baptised 28/6/1870 at St Mary Aylesbury - Ancestry

From FMP Newspapers death notice, 24/8/1918, of a grandson, William, son of Thomas 1874, in 1918, Alexander had been a warder at Aylesbury Gaol for 12 years, and before that had been in the army for 21 years . So, he a warder 1867 -1878

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His grandson, as mentioned above, William Dormer, killed 1918

1871C. Alexander Dormer, 43,Warder at County Prison, is living New Street, Aylesbury . Maria a lace maker

Alexander Dormer Head - Male 43 1828 - Middlesex, England  
Maria Dormer Wife - Female 32 1839 - Buckinghamshire, Shalstone  
Mary Ann Dormer Daughter - Female 16 1855 - Lancashire,Preston  
Arthur John Dormer Son - Male 0 1871 - Buckinghamshire,Aylesbury

Another daughter, Maria aged 5 , is living in Shalstone with her Barnett grandparents

 

1880. With 3 other ex Prison Officers he was applying for a pension increase - FMP Newspapers

1881C.Alexander Dormer, 52, army pensioner, is living Victoria Row, Buckingham with his wife and 5 children

Alexander Dormor Head Married Male 52 1829 Army Pensioner London, Middlesex, England  
Maria Dormor Wife Married Female 42 1839 - Shalstone, Buckinghamshire, England  
Maria Dormor Daughter Single Female 14 1867 Scholar Shalstone, Buckinghamshire, England  
Arthur Dormor Son Single Male 10 1871 Scholar Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England  
Thomas Dormor Son Single Male 7 1874 Scholar Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England  
William Dormor Son Single Male 5 1876 Scholar Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England  
Eleanor Dormor Daughter Single Female 3 1878 Scholar Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England

1887 & 1888. Fined for not sending William, 12, and Alice (Eleanor?) to school. William had been absent 59 times out of 59: Alice 39 times out of 60. She saud that they had been too ill to attend. The Mayor said he would pay the fine inflicted 2 weeks previously if Mrs Dormer paid this one- she promised to do her best . A fine of 2s.6d had been inflicted for each child - FMP Newspapers

1888. His eldest daughter,, by his 2nd marriage, Maria Dormer, 22, died on 23/10/1888 at Buckingham Nursing Home. His address Bone Hill, Buckingham - death notice on FMP Newspapers

1889. Alexander Dormer, 62, dies 25/1/1889 in the Workhouse, Buckingham Buckingham Mar 1889- death notice on FMP Newspapers . No probate.

This odd - as he was on a pension and should have had some savings from being a Prison governor

Children:

Thomas Dormer 1874 had William Dormer 1897 who was killed in action in 1918

William Dormer 1876 married Emily Fitkin and had Violet Meleena Dormer in 1897. She seemed quite close to Carol's grandfather, Alexander 1896

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