Family Alderson
Origin of the surname Alderson
This surname is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is a patronymic form of either of two Olde English pre 7th Century given names, "Ealdhere", composed of the elements "eald", old, with "here", army, or "Aethelwaru", a compound of "aethel", noble, and "waru", defence. Though not recorded independently, these personal names are preserved in such placenames as Alderton in Northamptonshire, Gloucestershire, and Wiltshire, recorded respectively as "Aldriton", Aldritone" and "Aldrinton" in the Domesday Book of 1086, and translating as the settlement ("tun") of Ealdhere's people", also Alderbury in Wiltshire, appearing as "Aethelwaru's byrig" in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, dated 972, the latter element being "burg", a fort. The name Alderson is known to have been found in Lancashire in the 13th Century, but exact records are unavailable. It is now most widespread in Yorkshire and Durham. February 9th 1545 Gabrell Alderson and Agnes Garnet were married in Egglescliffe, Durham. A notable namebearer was Sir James Alderson (1794 - 1882), who was president of the College of Physicians, 1867, and was knighted 1869; he was physician-extraordinary to the Queen, 1874. A Coat of Arms granted to the Alderson family is a blue shield with an ermine chevron engrailed between three suns in splendour proper. The sun rising proper behind a green mount, thereupon a branch of alder, is the Crest. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Richard Aldersson, which was dated March 10th 1540, a christening witness, at Dewsbury, Yorkshire, during the reign of King Henry VIII, known as "Bluff King Hal", 1509 - 1547. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling. (© Copyright: Name Origin Research 1980 - 2017)
(John Edward ("Jack") Alderson jun. with his wife, Mary Hide) (Stanley Vincent Alderson with his wife, Marie Celestine Janda)
DAVID WALKER and MARY MARKLEY had numerous CHILDREN and grandchildren. Their eldest daughter, ELIZABETH ALICE WALKER (1900-1990), was married in her first marriage to JOHN EDWARD ALDERSON, who was the son of BENJAMIN ALDERSON (1858-1910) and Elizabeth Hurd (1861-1913).
Birth: 03. Aug 1894 in Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, England
Chr.: 12. Sept. 1894 at the parish church St Thomas in Stockton-on-Tees
Marr.: Apr-May-Jun 1917, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England
Death: 12. Oct 1968 in Romford, Havering, Greater London
NOTE: The retired painter and decorator of 133 Hardie Rd, Dagenham, died at the Oldchurch Hospital in Romford. Professionally, he had followed in the footsteps of his father.
According to one of his sons, JOHN EDWARD ALDERSON fought in both World Wars and took part in the second "Hunger March" from 1929, when 800 unemployed workers from all parts of the country met in Trafalgar Square, London. Due to the Great Depression and mass unemployment, there was a profound atmosphere of unrest across Britain with "high tension across the country", "running battles between police and demonstrators" and "violent clashes ..." These marches often involved groups of men and women walking from areas with high unemployment to London, where they would protest outside parliament.
NOTE: A short historical film clip of this specific march - and of others - can be found on Youtube, "800 Hunger Marchers (1929)".
JOHN EDWARD ALDERSON already knew ELIZABETH ALICE WALKER when he was a teenager, because in 1911 they both lived in Barritt Street; Alderson in No. 65 and Walker in No. 73. He lived there with his widowed mother, who was then the housekeeper of her neighbours, the Griffin family.
ELIZABETH ALICE WALKER and JOHN EDWARD ALDERSON had five children:
(1) John Edward Alderson (1917-1977) & Mary I Hide (1917-1995)
(2) Edna May Alderson (1919-2007) & Denis Edgar Chambers (1916-1961) & John Watson
(3) Stanley Vincent Alderson (1920-1989) & Marie Celestine Janda (died 2009)
(4) Thomas David Alderson (1922-1980) & Winifred E Badau (1926-1976)
(5) Colin Brian Alderson (1934-2021) & Josephina Theresa Martina van Hest (1934-2017); emigrated in the '60ties to Australia.
The marriage of JOHN EDWARD's parents, BENJAMIN ALDERSON and Elizabeth Hurd, is registered in the England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1915, Stockton, Durham (Jul-Sep 1879, Vol 10a, p. 93).
Both had eight children:
(1) Thomas Alderson (1879-1918) married to Margaret Bowron (1877-1913)
NOTE: He was wounded in actions during the 1918 Battle of Messines and died of his wounds on April 15th 1918. Today he lies in Haringhe Military Cemetery (plot I. E. 9), which is situated six miles north west of Poperinghe in Belgium.
(2) Elizabeth Alderson (1882-1882)
(3) Gertrude Jane Alderson (1884-1957) married to James Welford Suttill (1882-1940)
(4) Benjamin Alderson (1886-1900)
(5) Frederick Henry Alderson (1889-1933) married to Frances Usher (born 1891)
(6) Priscilla Alderson (1892-1951) married to Ernest Davison
(7) JOHN EDWARD ALDERSON (1894-1968) married to ELIZABETH ALICE WALKER
(8) William Hurd Alderson (1896-1897)
Ancestors of JOHN EDWARD ALDERSON can be traced back to John Alderson (1755-1819), son of John (born 1698/9), and Jane Boardman, who married 22. May 1774 at St Thomas a Becket, Stockton-on-Tees. So it is fair to say the Aldersons originated from Stockton area and were through and through a Durham family, craftsmen (eg painter, hand loom linen weaver, shoemaker) by trade.
(Colin Brian Alderson and his wife "Riet" van Hest) (Edna May Alderson) (Thomas David Alderson)
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May also these offspring of ELIZABETH ALICE WALKER and JOHN EDWARD ALDERSON rest in peace.
In commemoration of:
* John W Alderson (1940-1941)
* Anne Marie Obee (1944-2015)
* Denis Edward Chambers (1947-1994)