Morning;)
Ok, Alfred Murrell King was quite a successful man becoming the master confectioner and later manager of 'Barkers' department store in Kensington, London. I'll try and attach a photo taken in 1906. This is the year Alfred died but it won't have changed much during his time.
Helen Bearman, his wife was 10 years his junior born 1847. For some reason unknown, she is shown as 'Rebecca' on their 1863 marriage certificate!?
Alfred died in 1906 leaving his estate to Helen, a sum of £10,820, today worth £1,200,000
Helen died in 1919
His daughter Corrie Louise King; Corrie was 26 when she married Prince Hafiz in 1900. My mother dug up this information when researching a school project for me as a child, from the records my father had been passed down, he being the son of Dorothy Rose King, Corrie's younger sister!
From memory my Dad was able to say that his Aunt Corrie had married a Prince Hafiz but the marriage didn't last long. The family story is that Corrie's brother had had to rescue her from an upstairs window via a ladder to make her escape! It begs the question what had exactly gone on for things to have turned out like this. It is unknown where this address was, but could explain why in 1901 census Corrie is shown with her mother and other family members in Norfolk, whilst her father is still in London, working you would assume?
This story was backed up by my fathers cousin, his parents descending via Corrie's older brother Alfred Edward King.
'The Prince' was 49 in 1900 marriage cert so not the chap found at Cambridge earlier in this post aged 19. Hopefully you can see the marriage cert from 1900? Married in a church in Wandsworth London. Whats bizarre, apart from the fact a muslim married in a church is the way his 'name; is recorded as 'The Prince Hafiz of the Abbassides', he also gave his rank or profession as the same! Corrie is later shown as Corrie Hafiz (1901c) so ok to assume this was 'his' surname but no idea what his first name was. His father, shown deceased is shown as Prince Harzza! I cant quite make out the location they 'claim' to come from but believe they indicate they come from 'Hadram out in South Arabia'.
Call me cynical but i don't think this chap was a prince of any importance! I could be wrong, but odd he marries an ordinary London girl! I suspect he had his eyes on possible inheritance from his father in law
Somewhere i have the name of the brother who rescued Corrie, but having recently moved house, it will take some finding.
Corrie remarried an Albert Joseph Martin, date unknown but she is shown as Corrie Louise Martin in Sept 1917 passenger lists, travelling from New York USA to Liverpool UK where she intends to permanently reside. Address given is the King family address of 3 Dealtry Rd Putney. I have no idea when or where Albert and Corrie met or were married, suspect USA as i couldn't find records in the UK.
Albert was a WW1 soldier serving in the Royal Army Medical Corps, i have his medals but his service records do not survive being burnt during the bombing of WW2. These would have given join up dates and family members, possibly Corrie. What is still unanswered is when did they both meet, when did Albert come back to the UK and enlist in the Army? He must have travelled separately to Corrie as he is not on the passenger list above. His medal entitlement indicate his service was after jan 1916.
After the war Albert worked as an Osteopath, my father would go to him to get treated for sporting injuries. He was a 'Mason' and chatted to my father about the pro's of also becoming one. My father declined. With his medals also came some masonic badges. My father indicated that Arthur trained as an Osteopath, not sure if this was before or after WW1 and in America, but he had the title 'Professor in Anatomy and Physiology'. I suspect before the war and in America, as his medical background would have given him passage into the medical corps.
Ive tried to attach photos - failed - new to this web page - can upload if you give me some guidance;)
Hope this is of some use.
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