Frank Ernest Prior

[Letsy]

Dundee,
Brilliant detective work! It has to be him. The surname is clearly Prior mistranscribed as Priss. His birthplace is wrong, it should be Lambeth but then who knows what his mother told the school. From photos on line Margate College looks pretty impressive - I wonder who was paying the fees?

[Dundee]

I looked and failed, it was jonw65 who found him. 

Debra 

[Letsy]

Update. The Threlkeld/Prior marriage certificate has finally arrived - the bride gives her status as widow.

[Mabel Bagshawe]

The Tilbury reference is on his attestation papers. Yes I noticed the marriage of Amy Tilbury on the same page as Alfred Ernest’s. Interestingly both grooms are postmen.

Ok - don't have access to those papers and the opening post read to me as if the Tilbury info was part of marriage documentation

I've looked at Amy Tilbury's family and can;t find any connection. Her mother's maiden name was Long, so doesn't look like she's a first cousin. Her two brothers are in Hammersmith in 1911 and seem to stay in that area. A Silver Town connection's eluding me at the moment

[Ladyhawk]

Letsy, after Alfred seems to have gone awol after his marriage in 1906, his wife Sarah remarries in 1916. Have you her marriage cert to Tom Threlkeld and does it record her as a widow?

John

Update. The Threlkeld/Prior marriage certificate has finally arrived - the bride gives her status as widow.

Just in case anyone else is looking married

Dec 1916   Lewisham    1d   2009    
George    Gertrude E    Parker   
Parker    Percy J    George   
Prior    Phyllis S E    Threlkeld   
Threlkeld    Tom G    Prior   

her death

Sarah Elizabeth Phyllis Ann Threlkeld age 72
Date of death 15 Sep 1960
Cemetery Oulton
Record set Norfolk, Churchyard Graves And Memorial Transcriptions

Added

I have searched the 1921 census for Frank but so far failed to find him.

His mother and stepfather are visiting a family named Wagstaff in Leigh on Sea.
The stepfather is a wireless inspector working for Marconi

See details from jonw65 #33 for details of  Frank 1921

Southend on Sea, Essex
Tom Gordon Threlkeld 1888 Newcastle  on Tyne, Northumberland
Phillis Elizabeth Sarah Mary Anne Threlkeld   1888 Hammersmith, London

and 1939 Gipping R.D., Suffolk

Tom G   Threlkeld   1888   
Phyllis E   Threlkeld   1888   

[Ladyhawk]

Letsey is this Frank and his mother Sarah on 1911 census?
Says she is married 5 years 2 children 1 living 1 died

47 Elizabeth St S E, St Mary Newington, London & Surrey
Sarah   SMITH Widow 1872   Chelsea
Carrie   Smith   Daughter 1898   Shepherds Bush
Edward   Smith   Son 1896   Apprentice tailor   Hammersmith
Sarah   PRIOR Daughter   Married   1888   Hammersmith Waitress restaurtant
Frank   PRIOR Grandson 1910   Lambeth
Plus 1 boarder

S Prior signs the declaration

[Ladyhawk]

Letsy, I believe you have FindmyPast?

If you search Alfred Ernest Prior,  with keyword Postman (in advanced search), there is an index entry for 1904 for postman records.  However, I keep getting a "500 error".  I don't even know if it is the right fellow, but it might be something?  Sorry I can't direct link.... it goes right to the error screen.

There’s also this record in Scotland, Edinburgh Gazette 1797-2018 - don’t know if it relates to your AEP

Post office:- postman or Porter, London Alfred Ernest Prior
Issue date 07 Oct 1904  Issue number 11661

[Letsy]

Ladyhawk,
Yes it is. The problem is the absence of Alfred Ernest for whom there are two possibilities either he dodged the enumerator or had rejoined the army, possibly under an assumed name, having deserted his wife and child.

[Ladyhawk]

Update.
The Threlkeld/Prior marriage certificate has finally arrived - the bride gives her status as widow.

If Alfred had died, could this be a possibility for his death?

Mar 1913   Pryor    Alfred    age 38    Kensington    1a   251   

The problem is the absence of Alfred Ernest for whom there are two possibilities either he dodged the enumerator or had rejoined the army, possibly under an assumed name, having deserted his wife and child.

A long shot as it’s not an exact match and only initials given

1911c London County Asylum Bexley, Dartford, Kent
A E P male Age 33
Relationship to head Patient
Marital status Single
Occupation Potman
Birth place London Shoreditch