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Harold (1) Hogger was born to parents John (2) Hogger and his first wife Ann Frances Mills, and was christened as "Harrold" on February 14th 1858 at Acton [PR: Cosford DB].
The 1861 Census finds him at age "3" living with his parents at Acton Green in Acton.
The 1871 Census finds him at age "13" still living with his parents at Acton Green.
The 1881 Census finds him at age "22" living with his parents in Acton Green Cottages, Acton and occupied as a wheelwright.
Later in 1881 he married in London to Mignionette Adelia Poole [Marriage Index: Pancras 1b 118, 1881 (Sept)]. The standard spelling of the first forename is Mignonette, but she was known familiarly as "Minnie". She was born in Great Waldingfield in 1861 [Birth Index: Sudbury 4a 430, 1861 (June)] to parents Abner Poole and his wife Eleanor and by 1871 was living with her parents at Acton Green. It is not known why they chose to marry in London (perhaps in secrecy, since she was under-age), but they evidently returned soon afterwards to Acton.
In 1882 he was recorded as a wheelwright in the christening record of his first child Annie Beatrice (1) at Acton [PR: Cosford DB].
The birthplaces of the later children indicate that the family departed from Suffolk in the mid-1880s and was somewhat nomadic thereafter, proceeding via the Isle of Wight and then Clapton, Middlesex before landing up in Walthamstow, Essex. Harold (1) appears by now to have adopted the name "John" for both himself and his son Harold John (1), thus apparently clearing the way to naming one of his later sons also as Harold.
The 1891 Census finds the family living at 1, Shut Road in Walthamstow where Harold (1) - entered as "John" - was occupied as a wheelwright. For reasons unknown he chose to present his family surname as "Mills", his mother's maiden name.
The 1901 Census finds the family with eight children living at 6, Palmer Place in Islington where Harold (1) - again entered as "John" - was aged "43" and now occupied as a coach builder. Annie Beatrice (1) was a dressmaker, Harold John (1) - also entered as "John" - was a commercial clerk and Thomas Augustus - "Tom" - was a messenger.
By 1918 Harold (1) and Minnie were back in Suffolk, living at 17, York Road in Sudbury.
Harold (1) appears to have died aged "79" in 1937 [Death Index: Sudbury 4a 837, 1937 (Sept)].
The National Register for England and Wales 1939 finds Minnie widowed and still living at 17, York Road, together with her son Harold (2). Her birthdate is entered very inaccurately in this source as April 16th 1858.
Minnie died in Sudbury on November 8th 1939 [Death Index: Sudbury 4a 1941, 1939 (Dec)], the GRO index naming her as "Minnie A. Hogger" aged "78". Administration was granted on December 14th to her son Harold (2), an engineering machinist. Her effects were valued at just over £324.
Annie Beatrice (1) married in 1909 [Marriage Index: Islington 1b 367, 1909 (Sept)].
Harold John (1) died aged "36" in 1920 [Death Index: Islington 1b 361, 1920 (March)].
Oswald Alfred (1) married in 1907 [Marriage Index: Islington 1b 748, 1907 (Sept)].
Alfred (3) married in 1914 to his cousin Amy Frances Poole [Marriage Index: W. Ham 4a 168, 1914 (Dec)]. She was born in 1891 to parents Septimus Poole and his wife Amy [Birth Index: Lewisham 1d 1166, 1891 (Dec)]. The 1901 Census finds her aged "9" living with her parents at 1, Elizabeth Terrace, Peel Road in Woodford, Essex and her birthplace given as Forest Hill, Kent. Septimus, who was baptized on July 26th 1863 at Great Waldingfield [IGI: Batch C062961], was the brother of Mignionette Adelia. In 1936 Amy Frances petitioned for divorce from Alfred (3) [Divorce Index: J77/3663/8760].
Percival (1) - "Percy" - was born in Walthamstow, Essex in 1898. In the Great War he served as a Private (Service No. 35787) in the 8th Battalion of the East Surrey Regiment. He died on the Somme in France on April 4th 1918 and is commemorated on the British Cemetery Memorial near the village of Pozieres with Grave Reference / Panel Numbers 44 and 45. Further details are given on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database.