Pullen Frank 1878

Pullen, Frank (Alfred) 1878 – 1958				Father:	Pullen,	Albert		1849-1939
				Mother:	Couzens,	Emily		1853-1934

Birth date	Birth place	Registered	County	District	Sub-district	GRO ref.	Christening	Place	Borough
11 Mar 1878	Seagry	18 Apr 1878	Wiltshire	Chippenham		Vol 5a, p 81
Death date	Death place	Registered	County	District	Sub-district	GRO ref.	Cause
Feb 1958	Bermondsey	Mar 1958	London	Bermondsey		Vol 5c, p 160

Townsend Elizabeth Florence Rotherhithe, London 1881-1958	Marriage
	Date	21 Nov 1903
	Place	St Anne, Bermondsey
	District	St Olave, Bermondsey
	County	London
	GRO ref.	Vol 1d, p 386

Children		Birth date	Birth place	Death date	Death place	Marriage date	Marriage place	Spouse
Dorothy May Pullen (Dorris)		2 Mar 1904	Bermondsey	3 Sep 1997	Lewisham	10 Nov 1923	Rotherhithe	Charles Freak
Albert William Pullen (Bert)		4 Aug 1907	Bermondsey	Sep 2003	Medway
Beatrice Florence Pullen (Beatty)		4 Dec 1908	Bermondsey	Apr-Jun 2005	Lewisham	Apr-Jun 1935	Deptford	Richard Ingledew
Alfred Frank Pullen		31 Aug 1914	Bermondsey	Feb 2001	Canterbury	Jan-Mar 1940	Bermondsey	Edith Bangs
Reginald Pullen		15 Dec 1918	St Olave
Frank Henry Pullen (Harry)		18 May 1923	Bermondsey

Records
Date	Source		Residence		Occupation
3 Apri 1881	1881 census return		Village St, Upper Seagry, Wiltshire
5 Apr 1891	1891 census return		High St, Upper Seagry, Wiltshire		Agricultural labourer
16 Aug 1907	Dorothy’s and Albert’s baptism		61 Camilla Rd, Bermondsey		Labourer
10 Feb 1909	Beatrice Florence’s baptism		425 Southwark Park Road		Labourer
2 Apr 1911	1911 census return		5 Union Place, Bermondsey		Bricklayer’s labourer
30 Sep 1914	Alfred Frank’s baptism		22 Cranham Road, Bermondsey		Labourer
6 Jan 1915	WW1 Army Enlistment Record		22 Cranham Road, S. Bermondsey		Scaffolder
16 Sep 1915	Army certificate of trade proficiency				Sawyer
6 Jun 1920	Army demobilization record		1 Oldfield Road, Rotherhithe
1920	London 1920 Electoral Register		1 Oldfield Road, Rotherhithe
4 Aug 1920	Army disability allowance record		1 Oldfield Road, Rotherhithe
19 Jun 1921	1921 census return		1 Oldfield Road, Rotherhithe		Wharf water-side labourer
1924	Bermondsey 1924 Electoral Register		1 Oldfield Road, Rotherhithe
1927	Bermondsey 1927 Electoral Register		1 Oldfield Road, Rotherhithe
1934	Bermondsey 1934 Electoral Register		1 Oldfield Road, Rotherhithe
1939	Bermondsey 1939 Electoral Register		1 Oldfield Grove (late Oldfield Rd)
1939	1939 England Register		1 Oldfield Grove, Rotherhithe		Building labourer
1946	Bermondsey 1946 Electoral Register		67 Paradise St, Rotherhithe
1953	Bermondsey 1953 Electoral Register		67 Paradise St, Rotherhithe

Additional Information
Frank Pullen was known as Alfred by his family. The name Alfred was used on Beatrice’s baptism record, and the middle name Alfred was used on Dorothy’s marriage certificate. According to his army record Frank Pullen was hospitalized for severe gas poisoning in Sep 1918. No birth registration has been found for Alfred Frank Pullen. Frank and Elizabeth apparently separated sometime between 1920 and 1921. The 1919 and 1920 Electoral Registers record Elizabeth living at 1 Oldfield Road, along with an Alfred Pullen. Frank and Elizabeth’s son Alfred was too young in those years to appear on the electoral register, so it is assumed Alfred is actually Frank, using his preferred appellation. Frank Pullen continued living at 1 Oldfield Road at least up to 1939, but Elizabeth lived elsewhere. Living in the same household as Frank was a Florence Storr, who was employed either as housekeeper or cook. The 1921 census return shows two of Frank’s children living with him – Albert William and Beatrice. From 1934 to 1939 the electoral registers again show Albert William living with Frank and Florence Storr. From 1946 to 1953 Frank was living with his son Alfred and his wife Edith. Elizabeth gave birth to Frank Henry Pullen (Harry) during their time of separation. In a personal communication one of Elizabeth’s nephews stated that Harry was not actually Frank Pullen’s issue, even though the birth certificate names him as the father.