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Alfred PRIOR
1819 - 1907 (88 years)
Has 76 ancestors and 16 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Alfred PRIOR Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 1819 Baptised 16 Jan 1820 St. Mary Magdalene’s Church, Stockbury, Kent, England 
- KFHS transcript on CD19 (extracted 5 Aug 2011)
Gender Male Occupation 1851 Maidstone Reg Dist, Kent, England Grocer - At the time of the 1851 census employing 1 errand boy - he was living with the family
Residence 30 Mar 1851 Upper Houe(?) Street, Maidstone, Kent, England - The errand boy for the grocerery business and a general servant were living with the family (i.e. with Alfred, Rebecca and 2 very young children)
Occupation 1861 Newington next Sittingbourne, Kent, England Grocer - The entry on the 1861 census shows "Firm of Prior and Dartnell", employing 3 men. (thanks to his descendant Sue Miles for this - I had trouble reading the entry)
Residence From 7 Apr 1861 to 2 Apr 1871 Newington Street, Newington next Sittingbourne, Kent, England - In the 10 years since the 1851 census Alfred and Rebecca had at least another 6 children*, so the household now consisted of the couple, 8 children and a 16 year old house servant
By 1871 only 3 of the children shown in the previous census remained with their parents (Charles and Frank), 1 at least appearing to have died (Harry - his name had been reused) and in addition Alfred and Rebecca had another 4 with them (and could have had more*).
Rebecca's mother was also living with them too, as well as a 17 year old house servant.
* the gap between Rebecca and Charles suggests they may have lost one here, and since the oldest of the additional chidlren in1871 was 6 again there they could have lost 1 or 2 here
Emigrated 1881 Ohio, USA - All but one of Alfred's surviving children went with him to the US.
Residence 3 Apr 1881 16, Grecain Street, Maidstone, Kent, England - The family were back in Maidstone at the time of the 1881 census, and Alfred was unemployed - probably explaining why for the first time they had no house servant with them although as they now only had 4 children (Harry, Jessie, Tom and Fred) at home of whom the youngest was 7 the need must have reduced too.
Yes, they had had 2 more children since the last census - must be the last since Rebecca was now aged 52.
Since they emigrated soon after this Alfred may have given up work in preparation - or they may have emigrated because he was unemployed.
Died 1907 Ohio, USA Siblings4 brothers and 3 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
John PRIOR, b. Est 1642, d. Abt 1686 (Age ~ 44 years) (3 x Great Grandfather)
Susanna, b. Est 1702, d. Yes, date unknown (2 x Great Grandmother)Notes - Another child, Louisa, could have been the dau of Alfred and Rebecca - born q4 1852, died q1 1853, both in Maidstone RD
Person ID I7950 All | The descendants (and other halves) of John Prior and Amy née Reynolds, The descendants (and other halves) of Richard Whitehead and Mary née Grigsby Last Modified 21 Sep 2018
Father William PRIOR, b. Abt 1784, Bredgar, Kent, England , d. Abt 10 Apr 1830, Stockbury, Kent, England (Age ~ 46 years) Mother Elizabeth WHITEHEAD, b. Abt 1781, Stockbury, Kent, England , d. Abt 21 Oct 1844, Stockbury, Kent, England (Age ~ 63 years) Married 4 Jan 1805 St. Mary and St. Sexburga’s Church, Minster, Sheppey, Kent, England Family ID F409 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Rebecca DEAN, b. Abt 1829, Maidstone, Kent, England , d. Yes, date unknown Married Dec Q 1848 Medway Reg Dist, Kent, England - GRO ref: q4 Medway RD 5 525
Children16 children Last Modified 11 Mar 2016 Family ID F4177 Family Group Page | Family Chart