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!
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