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Henry Bourlet

Birth date

c.1866

Death date

1922

Biography

Born in Hoxton, Henry was a general labourer who married Mary Ann Riley c. 1885, and in 1891 they were living with his extended family at 26 Wendon Street, Bow. They would go on to have 8 children together.

By 1901 they had moved to Homerton, sharing a house at 62 Durrington Road with another family. At this time he had found work as a 'brush coverer(?).

By 1910, Mary Ann acquired and was running a confectioners at 17 Berger Road called "The Little Wonder," where the family lived.

In the 1980s, his granddaughter donated personal items belonging to the family.