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| Husband: | Alfred Edward Hanscomb (1858-1944) | |
| Wife: | Frances Emma Symonds (1867-1938) | |
| Marriage | 4 Oct 1890 | Monken Hadley, Middlesex |
| Name: | Alfred Edward Hanscomb | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Henry Hanscomb (1817-1864) | |
| Mother: | Mary Ann Pow (1820-1889) | |
| Birth | 8 Dec 1858 | Greenwich, Kent |
| Birth fact | 1859 (age 0-1) | 1859 Mar Q, Greenwich, 1d/602 |
| Baptism | 29 Dec 1861 (age 3) | St Alphege, Greenwich |
| Census | 1861 (age 2-3) | Living with parents |
| Census | 1871 (age 12-13) | Living with mother |
| Occupation | 4 Oct 1890 (age 31) | Journalist, Bournemouth (marriage cert.) |
| Census | 1901 (age 42-43) | Newspaper editor, 20 Lansdowne Road, Bournemouth, Dorset |
| Death | 7 Jan 1944 (age 85) | 78a Meneage Street, Helston, Cornwall |
| Name: | Frances Emma Symonds | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | William Coleman Symonds (c. 1827-1900) | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 1867 | Tarrant Rawston, Dorset |
| Baptism | 24 Sep 1867 (age 0) | Tarrant Rawston, Dorset |
| Census | 1901 (age 33-34) | Wife in household |
| Death fact | 1938 (age 70-71) | 1938 Mar Q, Kerrier, 5c/190 (aged 69) |
| Death | 22 Feb 1938 (age 70-71) | Fiarview, Kuggar, Ruan Minor, Cornwall |
Alfred Edward Hanscomb's journalistic career spanned the Bournemouth Observer from 1893 to 1898, the Press Association, and a spell in South Africa working for the Bloemfontein Post.
Born at Greenwich in 1858, he joined the Institute of Journalists in 1889. In 1918 he joined the Parliamentary branch of the National Union of Journalists. He left journalism in 1927 and died in Cornwall in 1944.
Source: Scoop! biographical dictionary of journalists
HANSCOMB Alfred Edward of Kennack Bay Hotel Kugger Ruan Minor Helston Cornwall died 7 January 1944 at 78a Meneage Street Helston. Probate Llandudno 19 April to Charles Ernest Hanscomb architect and James Alfred Smith commercial traveller. Effects £1646 4s. 9d.
HANSCOMB Frances Emma of Fairview Kuggar Ruan Minor Cornwall (wife of Alfred Edward Hanscomb) died 22 February 1938. Probate London 14 April to the said Alfred Edward Hanscomb retired journalist. Effects £699 9s.