In Q4 1902 when Charles Thomas was 24, he married Laura WHEALS in Kingston Reg Dist, Surrey, England. Born in Q3 1878 in Mutford Reg Dist, Norfolk/Suffolk, England.

- only 1 birth registration under her name:
Births Sep 1878
Wheals Laura Mutford 4a 781
The district Mutford spans the boundaries of the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk

- 2 possible death registrations (one in 1896 predates marriage):
1) Deaths Jun 1904
PILCHER Laura 32 Edmonton 3a 191
The district Edmonton spans the boundaries of the counties of Essex, Hertfordshire and Middlesex
2) Deaths Mar 1953
PILCHER Laura A 84 Thanet 5b 1109
The district Thanet is in the county of Kent

In Q3 1910 when Jessie Louisa was 29, she married Frank Eugene PLOWMAN, son of Samuel PLOWMAN & Eugenie LOYER, in Islington Reg Dist, London, England. Born on 18 Oct 1878 in 87 Hackford Road, Lambeth, London, Surrey, England.

- Son of Samuel Plowman (1853- ) and Eugenie Plowman (1855-1911) Mother was Eugenie Loyer.

- England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Frank Eugene Plowman
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1878
Registration district: Lambeth
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1d
Page: 489

- According to another family researcher: Frank E Plowman's mother was Eugenie Loyer (1854-1911) and she was the wife of Samuel Plowman. Samuel had a love rival....who lodged with his parents at 87 Hackford Road in London! This lodger fell for Eugenie and gave her a present.

- from wikipedia: “The artist Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) lived at 87 Hackford Road, then the house of Ursula Loyer and her daughter Eugenie, in 1873.[1] He wrote to his brother Theo van Gogh from this address.[2] He arrived in London to start work at the art dealership Goupil & Co. in Southampton Street, central London, on 19 May 1873.[3] From August of that year, he lived in Hackford Road.[4] His stay is now recorded with a blue plaque, installed a hundred years later in 1973. He sketched the Georgian terrace opposite Durand School in Hackford Road during the 1870s.[5] There is a small conservation area, first designated in 1974, which includes the house where van Gogh lived.[6]” References include: http://vangoghletters.org
ALSO http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh - “IIn July 1869, his uncle Cent helped him obtain a position with the art dealer Goupil & Cie in The Hague. After his training, in June 1873, Goupil transferred him to London, where he lodged at 87 Hackford Road, Brixton, and worked at Messrs. Goupil & Co., 17 Southampton Street.[21] This was a happy time for Vincent; he was successful at work and was, at 20, earning more than his father. Theo's wife later remarked that this was the happiest year of Vincent's life. He fell in love with his landlady's daughter, Eugénie Loyer, but when he finally confessed his feelings to her, she rejected him, saying that she was secretly engaged to a former lodger. He became increasingly isolated and fervent about religion; his father and uncle arranged for him to be transferred to Paris, where he became resentful at how art was treated as a commodity, a fact apparent to customers. On 1 April 1876, Goupil terminated his employment.[22]”

- from http://www.vangoghaventure.com/english/chrono/eugenie.html
“In London, he boards with Mme Loyer and her daughter Eugénie with whom he falls in love. When he decides to propose to her, Eugénie turns him down, she’s not in love with him. She’s already engaged to a man, the one who used to rent the bedroom before him, and whom he replaced, but not in her heart... Vincent doesn’t understand, doesn’t accept this, he wants to seduce her and insists. Eugénie’s mother asks him to leave the boarding house forever.
He goes back to Helvoirt much depressed then comes back with his sister who’s looking for a job in London. But he’s not well. Goupil sends him in Paris for two months, hoping that he will recover.
Unfortunately, things get worse and he goes back to London shaken with a mystic crisis. He reads the Bible and feels guilty, he wants to “die to himself”.
That coming back to London was a catastophe and the gallery moves him for good to Paris.”

- see http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_van012199601_01/_van012199601_01_0009.php for analysis of the affects of this rejection on van Gogh’s life and his art. Also quotes from Vincent’s letters to his brother Theo, which makes light of the relationship. His sister Anna was the one who compiled and interpreted the letters after his death.
“on 24 February 1874, Anna told Theo that she had received a letter from Vincent in which he wrote that Eugénie (now given her correct name) had a fiancé, ‘a good natured youth,’ as Vincent called him, ‘who would know to appreciate her [sic].’ ‘He [Vincent] seems to be always in good spirits.’12
That cheerfulness is also apparent in his letters to Theo. There is little evidence of a failed attempt to get Eugénie to break off her engagement and a subsequent depression in the summer of 1874, at least not in the correspondence. On the contrary, Vincent was enjoying himself and working hard. On 10 June, Theo's father wrote to him saying that Mr Goupil, Van Gogh's employer, had told him that Vincent was very ambitious in his work.13
At the end of June Van Gogh left London for a fortnight's holiday at his parent's home in Helvoirt. He and Anna returned to London on 13 July, and she, too, lodged with the Loyers. They went on many walks together, and the letters show that they were having a pleasant time. The Reverend Van Gogh told Theo on 4 August that he had received yet another letter from Vincent and Anna that morning. They greatly enjoyed each other's company, and Anna said that the Loyers were good people who did everything they could to please her and Vincent.14 In short, there were no signs that anything was amiss. And Vincent in love? There is nothing in the letters to suggest it.”
- see http://arttattler.com/archivevangogh.html for more biography and images of his art and letters.
- see https://www.artsy.net/artist/vincent-van-gogh for more articles on Van Gough

In Q3 1911 when Percival Frederick was 25, he married Beatrice Eleanor COTTERELL in Croydon Reg Dist, Surrey, England. Born ca 1885.

RESEARCH NOTES
- her last name was spelled Cottrell in her marriage registration, and son’s birth registration - alternate spellings are Cotterell, Cotteral, Cotterill, Cottrill etc.
- lots of choices for birth registrations for Beatrice/Beatrix in a variety of last name spellings, but none with the middle name E or Eleanor.
- possible entry: Births Dec 1886
Cotter Beatrice Eleanor Sculcoates 9d 212
The district Sculcoates is in the county of East Riding of Yorkshire
[but this Beatrice likely married either a Frederick Batson or a Claude Rutledge Cotter in Sherborne Reg Dist 5a 555 in Q1 1909]

In Q4 1918 when Ernest Walter was 30, he married Florence K SCOTT in Kingston Reg Dist, Surrey, England. Born ca 1890.

- Too many births registrations for Florence Scott, but only 8 with middle initial K (if that is in fact accurate) between 1880 and 1900):
1) Births Jun 1880 SCOTT Florence Kisiah Bethnal Green 1c 191
2) Births Dec 1885 Scott Florence Kate Woodbridge 4a 803
3) Births Jun 1887 Scott Florence Kate Epping 4a 292
4) Births Dec 1888 SCOTT Florence Kate Chelsea 1a 381
5) Births Mar 1889 Scott Florence Kate Canterbury 2a 830
6) Births Mar 1891 SCOTT Florence Kate D Hartlepool 10a 171
7) Births Sep 1892 Scott Florence Kate Cardiff 11a 309
8) Births Jun 1896 Scott Florence Kate W. Ham 4a 67

In Q2 1925 when Alfred Edwin was 33, he first married Alice Bessie (Betty) FAULKNER in Faringdon Reg Dist, England. Born in Q3 1896 in Faringdon Reg Dist, England. Alice Bessie (Betty) died in Paddington Reg Dist, London, England, in Q4 1929; she was 33.

- Deaths Dec 1929
Pilcher Alice B 33 Paddington 1a 26
The district Paddington spans the boundaries of the counties of Greater London, London and Middlesex
[age 33 = born 1896]

RESEARCH NOTE
- first entered as “Betty”. Wife of Alfred E Pilcher was Alice B Faulkner. Birth registration that seems to match that is
Births Sep 1896 Faulkner Alice Bessie Faringdon 2c 281
“Bessie” and “Betty” sound very similar; same registration district as marriage

In Q1 1931 when Alfred Edwin was 39, he second married Emily CRISPIN in Kingston Reg Dist, Surrey, England. Born in Dec 1898 in Kingston Reg Dist, Surrey, England.

- Marriages Mar 1931
Crispin Emily Pilcher Kingston 2a 683
Pilcher Alfred E Crispin Kingston 2a 683

- Only birth registration for this name:
Births Dec 1898
Crispin Emily Kingston 2a 367

RESEARCH NOTES
- none of the possible death registrations (up to 1983) match her age, so possible died later than that?