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Stephen P. Ryder
Board Administrator
Username: Admin
Post Number: 2981
Registered: 10-1997
| | Posted on Sunday, February 22, 2004 - 6:20 pm: | 
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A new article by David O'Flaherty is now available in the "Suspects" section of the Casebook, covering the peculiar confession of Alfred Napier Blanchard.
It can be accessed directly at:
http://casebook.org/suspects/blanchard.html
Thanks to David for the submission! Three companion press reports from the local Birmingham press have also been added to the press reports section, they are linked in the "Related Pages" area of the Blanchard article.
Stephen P. Ryder, Editor
Casebook: Jack the Ripper
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Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 2235
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 02, 2005 - 12:53 pm: |
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Alfred Napier Blanchard
1861:
Richmond Grove, Chorlton upon Medlock, Lancs.
Head: William Edward Blanchard aged 43 born Yorkshire - Merchant
Wife: Marianne A Blanchard aged 30 born Huntingdonshire
Children:
Ada Mary aged 8 born Huntingdon
Alfred N aged 6
Arthur E aged 4
Amy M aged 2
Augustus aged 8 months
All children except oldest born in Manchester
1871:
Address as 1861:
Head: William E Blanchard aged 52 born York - Calico printer
Wife: Marianna A Blanchard aged 40 Born Huntingdon
Children:
Alfred N aged 16
Ada M aged 18
Amy M aged 12
Augustus aged 10
Amelia aged 8 - born Southport
All children except last born in Manchester
1881:
25 The Grove, Barton upon Irwell, Lancs.
Head: William E Blanchard (Widower) aged 62 born Yorkshire - Retired calico printer
Children:
Amy M aged 22
Augustus aged 20 - Salesman lace department
Amellia aged 18 - born Southport
Alfred N aged 25 - Hardware traveller
All except Amelia born in Manchester
William Edward Blanchard died in the last quarter of 1887, his age at death being given as 68. |
David O'Flaherty
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Oberlin
Post Number: 1123
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Friday, November 11, 2005 - 11:29 am: |
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Hi Chris,
Thanks for that additional census information. I seem to remember trying to track him in the 1891 census, but I've a hazy recollection of not being able to tell which Alfred Blanchard to look for. Since the press refused Blanchard's plea not to report his indiscretion, I wonder if he got sacked for it.
Hope you're well.
Dave |
Jeffrey Bloomfied
Chief Inspector
Username: Mayerling
Post Number: 949
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Friday, November 11, 2005 - 8:52 pm: |
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Hi Chris,
Nice work again. I noticed some interesting points about the Blanchard household:
In the 1861 census, William (born 1818?) has the following five children:
Ada Mary (8)
ALFRED N. (6) [Born in 1855?]
Arthur E. (4)
Amy M. (2)
Augustus (8 months)
In the 1871 census there are five given as this:
Ada M. (18)
ALFRED N. (16)
Amy M. (12)
Augustus (10)
Amelia (8)
In 1881 there are four given:
Amy M. (22)
Augustus (20)
Amelia (18)
Alfred N. (25)
Arthur, one of the children listed in the 1861 census was not listed in 1871, so he must have died in the period. But Amelia was born in 1863 or so and was alive in 1871. In the third census
Ada Mary is not listed - she would have been 28, but she may have married and moved out of the house.
There is a commercial element in the family - the father was a merchant (in 1861) but later by 1871 a calico printer. Alfred is listed in 1881 as a hardware salesman (he may have changed professions by 1888). Augustus is listed in 1881 as a saleman's in a lace department.
I just wonder why the family decided to name all the children with names beginning with "A". I also wonder if the family was Huguenot in background, given their last name (which is French).
Best wishes,
Jeff |
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