Harry Vigurs ¹⁶

  Research Notes:

research re: 49 Haverstock Hill, Hampstead.. 1911 -1920

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1911 census of 49 Haverstock Hill, Hampstead.. no Harry Vigurs in 1911
Name: Relationship to head: Marital Status: Years married: Sex: Age in 1911: Occupation: Where born:
FISHER, FREDERICK VICTOR HEAD MARRIED M 40 MEDICAL JOURNALIST BAYSWATER LONDON
FISHER, KATHERINE IRENE WIFE MARRIED F 45 BATH
SINKINSON, IRENE MARY MAUD LEMENVIER STEPDAUGHTER SINGLE F 20 ROME ITALY RESIDENT IN ENGLAND
LEWIS, LILIAN SARAH BOARDER SINGLE F 35 POSTAL TELEGRAPH CLERK SWANSEA
SWIFT, EDITH MARY SERVANT SINGLE F 21 BRIXTON LONDON
GEDDES, MARY SERVANT SINGLE F 24 TWINCKENHAM


Address 49 HAVERSTOCK HILL HAMPSTEAD County London
District Hampstead Subdistrict Hampstead
Enumeration District 23 Parish Hampstead

Viewing the property via Google Maps indicates that this address if a large Victorian era single family dwelling , large enough for family and servants and is now likely converted to rental flats. jca

Note: F. Victor Fisher is still living in this same residence in 1936 and in 1937 as per the LONDON telephone book of that year.

By 1939, 1940 and still in 1949 , our F. Victor Fisher is living at 26 Buckland Cres, N.W. 3, London as per the London telephone books.
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49 Haverstock Hill, Hampstead..

An Empty Grave
Scattered throughout the county are a number of what appear to be gravestones marking the last resting place of deceased servicemen. In this, however, they are misleading, for there is no body and they must be viewed as memorials.

One such rather neglected example is in the churchyard of St Thomas's Church, Kendal where a stone commemorates Captain Evelyn Henry Le Mesurier Sinkinson, 24th Punjabis. He 'Fell Heroically' near Nazirieh (Nasariyah), Mesopotamia (Iraq), on July 4th 1915, aged 33.

Why is the memorial here? The CWGC Debt of Honour register shows that his mother, Katharine Irene - the widow of Edward James Sinkinson of the Indian Civil Service, was remarried to a Mr Fisher by the time the Imperial War Graves Commision was gathering personal information in the early 1920s and living at 49 Haverstock Hill, Hampstead, London. Captain Evelyn was born in Allahabad. So, did they live in Kendal during the war years? Was Captain Evelyn married with a home in Kendal?

Note by jca: Note the Katharine Irene name . wife of Frederick Victor Fisher.
same given name as the 1920 daughter of Alice (Allsop) Morad. hmmmm.
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What if Mr. Frederick Victor Fisher. profession Medical Journalist living at 49 Haverstock Hill , Hampstead, London in 1911 was a journalist working for the London Times??
remember Mr. Howard Angus Kennedy?? the employer of Alice Morad in 1911 and later in Canada in 1925.?. He worked as a journalist for the London Times ..
hmmmm... Are these two journalists the connection between Alice and the father of Katherine Irene Vigurs??
The name of the the wife of Mr. Fisher on the 1911 census is Katherine Irene Fisher..
name of the daughter of Alice Morad in 1920 was Katherine Irene Vigurs
all co-incidental..?? hmmmm/..
James

Further info: the London Electoral Registers for 1922 show that the residents of 49 Haverstock Hill, Hampstead were still the same as in 1911. That is: Frederick Victor Fisher and his wife Katherine Irene Fisher. So it is perfectly reasonable that in 1920 when our Katherine Irene Morad was born, the same two would be resident at 49 Haverstock Hill which is the address of the father as given on the 1920 birth registration of Katherine Irene Morad. So was Frederick Victor Fisher the father of Katherine Irene Morad ?? James.



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This marriage record shown on FreeBMD of a Harry L Vigurs looks to be promising and should be purchased asap. jca

Marriages March qtr 1922
Vigurs, Harry L, spouse Coombe,
registered Bethnal Green, vol 1c, page 223

Ordered from the GRO on October 29, 2008, jca
received Nov 10, 2008

1922 Marriage Solemnized at the Register Office in the District of Bethnal Green in the County of London
Married Twenty Sixth January , 1922
Harry Last Vigurs, age 37 years, Bachelor, Metropolitan Police Sergeant, Residence: 458 Bethnal Green Road, Bethnal Green, Father: Charles George Vigurs (deceased), father occupation: Railway Guard L.N.W. Ry.

Florence May Combe, age 32 years, Widow, residence: Talsvera, Staines Road, Bedfont?, Father: William Carvey (deceased), profession of father: General Carman

Married in the Registry Office by licence by me George William Lire?, Deputy Registrar
in the presence of: William Henry Carr and Amy Gertrude Carr,

[ FreeBMD shows
Harry Last Vigurs, born Sept qtr 1884, registered in Brentford, Vol 3a, page 143
Also shows :
Harry Vigurs, born Dec qtr 1887, registered Fulham, vol 1a, page 255]
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The following is from the Metropolitan Police files in London and may not be for the correct Harry Vigurs, but is included in this file in any case as he is a possible match to the " Private Enquiry Agent" shown on the 1912 birth record of Katherine Irene Vigurs. jca

Harry Last Vigurs
The record of his appointment to the Metropolitan Police shows that he was appointed on 30th July 1906 following an examination on the 5th June when he was listed as aged 21, single, born at Willesdon on 12th August 1884 and resident at 5 Railway Terrace, Bletchley. He was then working for the London Midland Railway where he had been employed for 4 1/2 years. He was 5' 9", 11st 4lbs, had a 34.7" chest, fresh complexion, hazel eyes and dark hair and was not a member of any secret society! He was one of an intake of 149 PCs that July and was appointed to 'H' division (Whitechapel). In Sept 1915 he was promoted Sergeant and moved to 'D' division (Marylebone), in 1919 to 'J' division (Hammersmith) and on 30th September 1925 was reduced to a PC and moved to 'G' division, resigning three months later.
Unfortunately the record of his leaving the force is missing from the records so there is no indication of the transgression for which he was demoted to PC or of his address or any spouse at the date of his resignation.
I also found a 1926 directory of London but no Vigurs is listed anywhere.
Alan Hughes, family researcher.
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Aug 22, 2010.. yet another Harry "Vigor" this time another Met Police Sergeant. in 3 Linton Terrace, Staines Road, Sunbury Common, Middlesex
1911 census,
Vigor, Harry, Head, married, years married 6, male, age 29, Metropolitan Police Sergeant, born Burwash Sussex,
Vigor, Florence, Wife, married, years married 6, female, age 26, born St. Pancras, Middlesex
Vigor, Violet, daughter, female, age 5, born St Pancras, Middlesex
Vigor, Lillian Maud, daughter, female, age 3, born St. Pancras, Middlesex
Vigor, Iris Florence, daugher, female, age 1, born Holborn Middlesex
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Call #: Shortt FC3215 .K466 1928 Author: Kennedy, Howard Angus, 1861-1938 </northwest/index/author/91.html>
Title: The North-West Rebellion / by Howard Angus Kennedy. Published: Toronto : Ryerson Press, [c1928] Description: 32 p. : ill., facsims. ; 19 cm. Notes: Cover title. Another copy in Pamphlet LXII-41 A brief history of both resistances written for school children. Kennedy was a correspondent for the Times (London) during the 1885 Resistance and his first hand account includes some useful details. Subject: Northwest Rebellion, 1885 </northwest/index/subject/17.html>

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The 1911 census of England shows a Harry Vigurs, Male, age 38, (born abt 1873?) in Fulham, London, born London , Battersee, as well as Harry Vigurs, age 1, in Fulham, London
And examination of the original census document indicates he was a Sawmill Worker with a family of wife Annie, and 6 children age 15 to 1 year of age.
address was ; 50 Pearscroft Road, so not likely of any interest to us at this time.. jca
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The 1911 census also shows a Henry Louis JT Vigurs, age 17, single, Clerk out of work, born Kensington, London,
living with parents Henry John Vigurs, General Labourer, and wife Lydia Mary Vigurs at 57 Shorrolds Rd, Fulham, SW. London
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1911 census also shows a
Harry Vigars, single male, age 42, occupation Barmaid, born Tavistock, Devonshire, living at a Pub at 1 Archway Road, Upper Holloway N. Islington
also shows:
Harry Vigers, male, married 28 years, age 56, in St. George, London, occupation: Undertaker and Auctioneer, born St. Georges, Hanover Sq. and wife Elizabeth Matilda Vigers
also shows:
Henry Vigus?, (spelling?), male, single, age 18, occupation: Furniture Porter, born Dover, in Camden Town, London, (St. Pancras, London)
living with family of Frederick (age 52) and Elizabeth Rosling (age 54) , married, occupation, Carman Furniture
the age of this one looks promising to get into trouble in 1920.. jca, but spelling on the 1911 census is suspect. I printed off a copy of the original census form.. jca

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No sign of our Harry Last Vigurs, of the London Metropolitan Police yet on the 1911 census.. jca (Jan 24, 2009)
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note a Harry F. Vigurs listed on the 1956 London telephone book. address of: 4 Pearscroft Rd. SW6.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Private Enquiry Agent, 1920, Hampstead, London, England. ¹⁶

• Residence: 49 Haverstock Hill, 1920, Hampstead, London, England. ¹⁶

Harry had a relationship with Alice Randall Allsop, daughter of George (Parker) Allsop and Keturah Trueman, in Not Likely Married. (Alice Randall Allsop was born on 25 Mar 1888 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England ^{33,34,35,36,38,40} and died possibly abt 1968 ? in Montreal, Québec?, maybe Aylmer Quebec?.)