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Descendants
Alfred B.
Henry Victor Buckingham
Frances Elizabeth Maude
Edgar D.
Florence
Rosamund (Twin)
Eleanor Vera (Twin)
Francis Jennor
Eva (Kitty) Dorthea
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I would like to thank the descendants of Henry Alfred for sharing their invaluable stories and providing much of the personal history and family information you see below. Most especially, I would like to thank Frances Tozier Greiner of Salina, KS for her lovingly recorded memories of her Grandfather.
Photos courtesy of Jeff Tozier of Pleasanton, CA.
Photos of Henry Alfred in later years were provided by Cathy Clarke, N.Z. and David Eckersley-Maslin, U.K.
Also visit these pages
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| Grave of Henry Alfred, Salina, KS |
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Birth Date: 20 Mar 1847
Birth Place: Liscard, England
Death Date: 27 Aug 1940
Burial Place: Highland Cemetary,
Junction City , KS
Occupation: Cotton Broker (England)
Lived: Oxton / Emigrated To US 1884 -
Junction City, KS
School: Dostor Brensngh Bosson, Germany, 1858;
Returned to England in 1869.
Went to school in 1861 at King Edwards VI School Birmingham until 1862.
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Research: Vol 20, Ed 48, sheet 10, Line 97, Geary Co, Kansas 1900 Census
Spouse: Frances Rosamund MARTIN
Birth Date: 11 Oct 1844
Birth Place: Brookthrop, Gloucestershire, England / Haresfield
Death Date: 10 Nov 1888
Burial Place: Highland Cemetary, Junction City, Kansas
Lived: Oxton, Eng.
Spouse Father: Samuel MARTIN
Marriage Date: 22 Jun 1867
Marriage Place: St. Mary's Church, Edge Hill, Liverpool, Eng.
1881 CENSUS - Oxton
Henry A. Pickering...... Head.... M.... 34.... M.... Liscard.... Cotton Broker
Frances...... Wife...... M...... 36...... F...... Haresfield, GLS ----
Edgar D....... Son...... U...... 7...... M...... New Brighton.... Scholar
Florence...... Dau...... U...... 5...... F...... Eccles, Lanc..... Scholar
Rosemund...... Dau...... U...... 3...... F...... Eccles, Lanc. ----
Vera...... Dau...... U...... 3...... F...... Eccles, Lanc ----
Franc J....... Son...... U...... 1...... M...... Oxton, Chesh. ----
PERSONAL HISTORY
1862 apprentice: Lamport & Holts Steamship Office (5 yrs)
1867 Sep sailed to Rio Janerio, Brazil
1868 Apr returned to England
1868 Jul sailed for New Orleans, USA
1869 Mar returned to England; entered brother Eugene's office of Pierce & Pickering, Rumford, Liverpool
1869 Jun sailed with wife to New York; entered W.H. Newman's office as corresponding clerk,
rented house at Orange Junction, NJ (North East Orange)
1872 returned to England with family; entered into Chambers Holder Co., Cotton Broker
1875 joined Eskrigge Pooley's Co., Cotton Broker, Manchester, England
1877 dissolved partnership with above and joined Richard Hobson & Co. Cotton Broker in Liverpool.
Moved family to Oxton Cheshire, Eng
1884 family sailed to US - settled in Junction City, Kansas
1888 wife died
1914 moved to Salina, Kansas with daughter Frances Maude
1940 died in Salina, Kansas
Henry attended his father's funeral, Liverpool in 1881
It is said by his family that Henry Alfred had acquired a considerable wealth in his brokerage of cotton and wool. It is a family story that he lost a great deal of his wealth when, during the "Great Chicago Fire", Henry lost much of his inventory stored in the warehouses along the wharff.
It is said that he helped his father with the business of the laying of the Trans-atlantic cable.
Henry Alfred was a Left-tenant in the British royal Navy. He had carved many beautiful ships for his sons. One of these models, the Cestrian, was recently discovered to be in the hands of Henry Alfred's great Grandson, Jeff Tozier of Pleasanton, CA.
Through library research I found a copy of a church notice which attests to "the high esteem in which he was held by his church and the people who befriended him."
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| Henry's daughter, Rosamond Pickering Tozier, and her husband Charles William "Will" Tozier. |
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| Henry Alfred, 1940 |
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| Henry Alfred with daughter Rosamund and Will. Feb. 1938 |
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| Henry Alfred at age 93 |
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Webmaster: Connie Pickering Stover / cstover@fastq.com
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