The Family Tree

Alfred Newman
1849-1933

Alfred Newman was the oldest son of blacksmith - Charles Newman and his wife Emma (née Levitt) of Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridgeshire.

He married Harriet Cooper of Ely in 1877 and the couple went on to have 13 children - the penultimate child, Selina, died when she was about 2 years old. The family lived initially in Church Lane (1881) and later at Bull Lane (1891) near the Waterside area of Ely.

Alfred worked as a Coprolite Digger, a Platelayer and later a Brewer's Labourer.


Further Details

Born:
1849, Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridgeshire.

Married:

Children:

Died:
13th March 1933 at 54 Waterside, Ely, aged 83yrs.

Cremated:
Ely Cemetery with his wife Harriet. Grave # G23(c).