Alfred Frederick William Burton was born in Kingsland, Hackney in 1848, the third of eight children of Frederick William Burton, a wood carver and cabinet maker, and his wife Eleanor. He followed his father and became a cabinet maker in Islington where he married Fanny Hilbert at St. Mary's Church on 20th December 1876. His career changed to become an artist who painted in oil. Alfred and Fanny's life in Hackney was blighted with the death of their first two daughters in infancy and prompted their move to Camden Park in Tunbridge Wells close to where Fanny's parents had moved. They proceeded to have a family of three sons and two daughters in Tunbridge Wells.
Alfred signed his pictures 'F.W. Burton' and his career as an artist in oil blossomed with his pictures of Kent scenes which were published as postcards by Salmon & Co. of Sevenoaks. In 1909 six of his paintings were included in Lady Hope's English Homes and Villages (Kent and Sussex)
Alfred died at his home 149 Grosvenor Road and was buried on 21st February 1916 at Tunbridge Wells Cemetery alongside his wife Fanny who had died in 1910.
| Francis Burton cooper | m: 3rd Jun 1822 St. Matthew's Church, Bethnal Green, London | Charlotte Chappell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Frederick William | Catharine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 6th Jun 1823 Wood Street, London ch: 23rd Jun 1823 St. James' Church, Clerkenwell, London | b: 30th Sep 1825 Hart Lane, London ch: 29th Jul 1827 St. Matthew's Church, Bethnal Green, London | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Frederick William Burton wood carver and cabinet maker | m: 19th Sep 1842 St. John's Church, Bethnal Green, London | Eleanor Richardson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 6th Jun 1823 Wood Street, London ch: 23rd Jun 1823 St. James' Church, Clerkenwell, London | b: 1823 Newcastle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Emily Louise | Francis Edward | Alfred Frederick William | Arthur | Henry Edward | John James | Frederick | Edward Richardson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 9th Sep 1844 Hackney, London ch: 21st Oct 1849 St. John's Church, Hoxton | b: 8th Mar 1846 Hackney, London ch: 21st Oct 1849 St. John's Church, Hoxton | b: Apr to Jun 1848 Kingsland, Hackney, London d: Jan to Mar 1916 149 Grosvenor Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent bur: 21st Feb 1916 Tunbridge Wells Cemetery, Tunbridge Wells, Kent | b: 1852 Hackney, London | b: 1854 Holborn, London ch: 12th Aug 1854 St. Mary's Church, Haggerston, Hackney, London | b: 25th Oct 1855 Hackney, London ch: 27th Oct 1876 St. John's Church, Hoxton | b: 1858 St. Leonards, Shoreditch, London | b: 7th Nov 1863 St. Leonards, Shoreditch, London ch: 20th Sep 1874 St. John's Church, Hoxton, Hackney, London | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alfred Frederick William Burton artist | m: 20th Dec 1876 St. James-the-Great, Hackney, London | Fanny Hilbert | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: Apr to Jun 1848 Kingsland, Hackney, London d: Jan to Mar 1916 149 Grosvenor Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent bur: 21st Feb 1916 Tunbridge Wells Cemetery, Tunbridge Wells, Kent | b: 1853 Tattershall, Lincolnshire d: Jan to Mar 1910 149 Upper Grosvenor Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent bur: 26th Mar 1910 Tunbridge Wells Cemetery, Tunbridge Wells, Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mabel Emilie Madeline | May Irene | Frederick William | Edward Hilbert | Rose Emily | Victor Marshall | Dorothy Beatrice | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: Jan to Mar 1881 Clapton, Hackney, London ch: 2nd Jun 1881 All Saints, Clapton Park d: After 2nd Jun 1881 | b: Jul to Sep 1882 9, Clifden Road, Clapton, Hackney, London ch: 15th Jan 1883 All Saints, Clapton Park d: c May 1883 | b: Jul to Sep 1884 Camden Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent | b: Jul to Sep 1887 Culverden Park, Tunbridge Wells, Kent | b: Oct to Dec 1889 Brunswick Terrace, Tunbridge Wells, Kent | b: Apr to Jun 1893 Brunswick Terrace, Tunbridge Wells, Kent | b: Oct to Dec 1896 Brunswick Terrace, Tunbridge Wells, Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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