Carol,
I suspect aussie-girl already has a lot of the references I posted but I figured I may as well post them to avoid anyone else re-treading the same steps.
There are a couple of other references which I didn't post though:
Postal service:
Aug 1907; Henri E Koeune; Temporary boy clerk [?]; Brighton
Teachers register:
Aug 1920; Helene Marie Koeune; Assistant mistress, East Hove Higher Grade Girls School 1908-
As for the Andersons, it looks like aussie-girl has another thread for them. Following that branch risks duplicating others' searching.
SIMMS-ANDERSON
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=769016.0Your post did make me curious though and I did wonder whether there was some church connection between the Koeunes and Andersons, as Harry/Henry was from Eastbourne (by the look of it) and they may have taken Alec under their wing. However, I couldn't find any references between the families though so quite how Alec came to be so close to the Andersons is a mystery. Maybe aussie-girl has some ideas.
It does seem slightly odd that the Andersons and Alec sailed from Glasgow when they all seemed to have lived down south.
(Possible) references to Harry:
1881 census - Aylesbury Cottage, Calverly Road, Eastbourne
Harry with his parents Walter Long Anderson (clerk) & Clara Selina Aylesbury
Ref RG11; Piece 1037; Folio 97; Page 41;
1891 census - School of Handicraft, Chertsey
Harry (and his brother Percy?) as scholars at the school. The school appears to be a school for poor boys.
Ref RG12; Piece 552; Folio 14; Page 21;
Chertsey School of Handicrafts, Chertsey, Surrey
http://www.childrenshomes.org.uk/ChertseyHandicraft/School of Handicrafts for Poor Boys, Chertsey
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F153945Spectator archive - A new school of handicrafts
http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/4th-december-1886/13/a-new-school-of-handicrafts1901 census - 17&19, Great Barlow Street, St Marylebone, Marylebone
Harry, a dental assistant.
Ref RG13; Piece 107; Folio 136; Page 41;
Quite where and when Harry would have trained in dentistry, between 1891 and 1901, is a mystery. There doesn't look to be money in the family, so could he have afforded proper training? Maybe his level of training was
basic.
GRO BMD references:
1875 Q4 Marriage - Walter Long Anderson & Clara Selina Aylesbury; Pancras 1b 143
1876 Q3 Birth - Walter George Anderson (mmn: Aylesbury); Eastbourne 02b 71
1877 Q4 Birth - Harry Arthur Anderson (mmn: Aylesbury); Eastbourne 02b 68
1879 Q1 Birth - Percy Charles Anderson (mmn: Aylesbury); Eastbourne 02b 80
1887 Q3 Death - Walter Long Anderson; age 36 (1851); Eastbourne 02b 49
