| AdminHistory | Joseph Alvarez was born in Cadiz, Spain, 5th March, 1806. He emigrated to the London area in 1830 and his occupation is given as 'merchant'. He married Louisa Thomas on 26th Feb., 1842, though they were together for some years before they married. They had one son, Willaim Thomas Alvarez who was born in 1834. Joseph Alvarez died on 29th June, 1876. William Thomas re-located to the North West; however, the exact details are unknown. He married Ann Lowe and they had six children; Justin Charles b. 13th May, 1859, who became a British Consul, Anthony Ralph b. Oct. 21st, 1864, an academic who studied and taught at the Victoria University, Manchester, Charlotte Amelia b. 1867, occupation unknown, Thomas Edgar b. 2nd Oct. 1870, a Missionary in Nigeria, Africa, Clara Sybil b. 1st April, 1873, a Nurse, and Joseph Victor b. 16th Aug. 1875, a Shipping Clerk and Soldier. William Thomas was a Linguist and Translator and died on 29th October, 1903. Joseph Victor Alvarez joined the Manchester Regiment on 9th Oct. 1916 and achieved the title of Corporal; the specific battalion is not known. It is thought he was originally posted to France and returned to the Preston area as part of the Army Pay Corps where he remained until he was discharged on 31st March, 1920. Joseph was more commonly known as Victor and collected family papers of which this collection is compiled.The papers of Charlotte Amelia Richardson (nee Alvarez) relate to her seperation from her husband George Henry Richardson. They had three children; George Alvarez Richardson b. 1893, Charlotte Amelia Annie Richardson b. 1895, and Mary Sybil Pearl Richardson b. 1906. George Alvarez Richardson served in the First World War with the 6th Yorkshire Regiment and achieved the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. He served in France from around 1915 and was reported missing, presumed dead in September 1916. His commrades wrote to his mother Charlotte Amelia, then living in Acton, London, regarding his last known movements. Mary Sybil Pearl Dzieciol (nee Richardson, and commonly known as Pearl) also kept family papers, of which the letters concerning her brother George are thought to be compiled. Mary married a Polish man and made her career in teaching, retiring in 1953 from Failsworth Secondary School, Manchester which is where the collection ends. |
