5.3.4.2 HALLAM, Alfred (1864 – 1939) / 5.3.4.2.1 HALLAM, Charles William (1890 – ) / 5.3.4.2.4 HALLAM, George (1893 – ) / 5.3.4.2.5 HALLAM, Percy (1893 – 1893) / 5.3.4.2.6 HALLAM, Arthur Gordon (1895 – 1980) / 5.3.4.2.7 HALLAM, Charles Cecil (1901 – 1978)

Alfred HALLAM (5.3.4.2)

Born

May 1864 Macclesfield, Cheshire, England

Parents

Thomas Spence HALLAM and Suzannah HAMBLETON

*3.4 HALLAM, Thomas Spence 1871 British Census*

*5.3.4.2 HALLAM, Alfred, 1881 British Census*

Married

Annie Rushton OAKES 18 August 1888 Cheshire, England

About Annie Rushton OAKES

Born: 1864 Macclesfield, Cheshire, England

Parents: James OAKES (1838 – ) and Mary SIMS

Baptised: 25 December Rainow, Cheshire, England

Died: 7 November 1916 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Occupation

1881 Printers Apprentice

1891 Reporter, Newspaper Editor

Alfred HALLAM served seven years as an apprentice at the Macclesfield Herald and Courier learning about the newspaper and printing industry. He then became sub-editor and after 10 years left Macclesfield to work for the Bury Street Edmunds Free Press in Suffolk. In 1905 he was the secretary of the Bury Street Edmunds YMCA and secretary for the Protestant Martyrs Memorial Street Edmunds. He was author of several special articles on ‘Picturesque Suffolk’ and ‘Macclesfield Workers’. In 1906 Alfred returned to Macclesfield as Editor of the Macclesfield Times.

Reporter, Newspaper Editor. Served 7 years as an apprentice in the newspaper and general printing industry on the Macclesfield Herald and Courier. He became sub-editor and, after 10 years, transferred to the Bury Street Edmunds Free Press in Suffolk, England. In 1905 he was secretary of the Bury Street Edmunds YMCA and secretry for Protestant Martyrs Memorial in Bury Street Edmunds. He was author of several special articles on ‘Picturesque Suffolk’ and ‘Macclesfield Workers’.

5.3.4.2 HALLAM, Alfred 1891 British Census

5.3.4.2 HALLAM, Alfred 1901 British Census

Children

Charles William HALLAM

Thomas Wilfred HALLAM

John Archibald HALLAM

George HALLAM

Percy HALLAM

Arthur Gordon HALLAM

Charles Cecil HALLAM

Occupation

1891 Reporter, Newspaper Editor

1901 Journalist, Author

Resided

1901 at Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

Emigration

15 May 1909 Arrived Quebec, Canada

*5.3.4.2 HALLAM, Alfred, May 1909 Empress of Britain – Canadian Passenger Lists 1865-1935*

Occupation

1909 on staff of the Saskatoon Phoenix, Canada. Also secretary for the Retail Credit Mens Association.

13 years worked as Police Court reporter, Victoria, Canada

1911 Journalist and Real Estate Own account

1916 Journalist

Resided

1909 – 1911 Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

1916 at 1237 Ave G, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

*5.3.4.2 HALLAM, Alfred, 1911 Census of Canada*

*5.3.4.2 HALLAM, Alfred, 1916 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta*

Married 2

Eveleen SKIDMORE

About Eveleen SKIDMORE

Born: 1881 Holloway, London, England

Parents: William Tom Hambleton SKIDMORE (1855 – 1892) and Faith Bennett WALTHALL (1857 – 1938)

Emigration: 1919 to Canada. Noted as a Canadian citizen on 1921 census

Religion: Church of England

Died: 17 September 1967 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

*5.3.4.2 HALLAM, Alfred 1921 Census of Canada, British Columbia, Nanaimo*

Resided

2956 Albina Street, Saanich, Canada. Owned a 4 roomed wood house

1939 at 2965 Tillicum Road, Victoria, Canada

Religion

Active member of St John’s Anglican Church, British Columbia, Canada and was at one time president of the Pride of the Island Lodge of the Sons of England Benevolent Society (mutual insurance and benevolent society for its members)

Died

30 March 1939 St Joseph’s Hospital, Victoria BC Canada

Funeral

3.30pm 1 April 1939 St John’s Church

Buried

Royal Oak Burial Park, Victoria, Canada

*5.3.4.2 HALLAM, Alfred Obituary, Victoria Times, British Columbia, Canada*

Charles William HALLAM (5.3.4.2.1)

Born

1890 Macclesfield, Cheshire, England

Parents

Alfred HALLAM and Annie Rushton OAKES

George HALLAM (5.3.4.2.4)

Born

7 June 1893 Macclesfield, Cheshire, England

Parents

Alfred HALLAM and Annie Rushton OAKES

Headstone

Sacred to the Memory of Thomas Spence Hallam who died January 31st 1880 Aged 52 years. Also Susannah his wife who died April 10th 1867 Aged 39 years. Also Emily, second wife of the above Thomas hallm who died Feb 27th 1895 Aged 71 years. Also George and Percy Hallam twin sons of Afred and Annie Hallam who died June 19th 1893 aged 12 days.