thrale & thrall family history
Clara Preston
1848 - 1914 (66 years)1. Clara Preston was born in 1848; died in 1914. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: London, England; Address:
Oxford Street
Notes:
The birth and marriage years in A New Thraliana cannot be accurate, as they make her aged 9 or 10 years at marriage!
Clara married Ephraim Edward Phillipson in 1857 in Islington, Middlesex, England. Ephraim was born in 1843; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Victor Edward Phillipson was born in 1869; died in 1937.
- Residence: London, England; Address:
Generation: 2
2. Victor Edward Phillipson (1.Clara1) was born in 1869; died in 1937. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
Victor married Eliza Jane Atterbury in 1890 in Tollington Park, Stroud Green, Middlesex, England. Eliza (daughter of George Atterbury and Ruth Blunson) was born in 1861; died in 1935. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 3. Vera Joyce Phillipson was born on 27 Jan 1903 in London, England; died in Jan 1984 in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England.
Generation: 3
3. Vera Joyce Phillipson (2.Victor2, 1.Clara1) was born on 27 Jan 1903 in London, England; died in Jan 1984 in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. Vera married William Thrale in 1 Jul 1926-30 Sep 1926 in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. William (son of Ernest Norman Thrale and Hannah Maria Green) was born in 1 Jul 1900-30 Sep 1900 in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England; was christened on 8 Jan 1903 in Elstree, Hertfordshire, England; died in 1977 in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 4. John Thrale
- 5. Richard William Thrale was born in 1 Apr 1931-30 Jun 1931 in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England; died on 28 Oct 2007.
Generation: 4
4. John Thrale (3.Vera3, 2.Victor2, 1.Clara1) John married Jill Nicholls [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
5. Richard William Thrale (3.Vera3, 2.Victor2, 1.Clara1) was born in 1 Apr 1931-30 Jun 1931 in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England; died on 28 Oct 2007. Other Events and Attributes:
- Education: Lausanne, Switzerland; Ecole Hoteliere (Hotel School)
- Hobbies: St Albans, Hertfordshire, England; President of the Old Albanian Club
- Hobbies: St Albans, Hertfordshire, England; Rotary Club
- Note: Chairman and later President of the Ver Valley Society & campaigned against water companies abstracting water from the River Ver.
- Note: St Albans, Hertfordshire, England; Chairman of trustees at Glenalmond elderly care home; Address:
King Harry Lane - Note: St Albans School, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England; Governor & Chairman of Governors at St Albans School
- School: St Albans School, St Albans School, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
- Occupation: 31 Market Place, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
- Occupation: 80 London Road, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
- Occupation: Waterend Barn, St. Peters Street, St Albans, Hertfordshire; Ran the business for 25 years
- Military Service: 1950-1952; National Service
- Publication: 1952; A New Thraliana. A chronicle of the Thrale family of Hertfordshire.
- Residence: 1963, France; Bought a run-down farmhouse
- Note: 1971; Founding Chairman of the Luton Airport Resistance Committee, set-up in 1971 to oppose the expansion of Luton Airport.
- Publication: 1973; A New Thraliana
- Publication: 2005; A Newer Thraliana
- Obituary: 8 Nov 2007; Herts Advertiser 8 November 2007, page 4.
- Obituary: 28 Nov 2007; St Albans and Harpenden Review on 28 November 2007, pages 18 & 19.
- Property: 1978 - 2013, Sandridgebury, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England
Richard married Odile Isabelle Hoechstetter in 1958 in Le Vesinet, Paris, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 8. Christopher Thrale
- 9. Lynn Thrale
- 10. Gregory Thrale