Alexander James Rawlins

Alex's education:- Primary: ? Secondary: as at Dec 1920: Crouch End Boys’ School, Hornsey, London. Alex's occupations:- Electrician (in factory); At 1st marriage (1935): Civil Servant; 08 September 1936 [The London Gazette – Page 5819 - Transfers]: Tithe Redemption Commission. Probably Draughtsman (using maps from Ordnance Survey); September 1939 (Register): Assistant Examiner (Tithe Redemption Commission); During WW2 (1939 – 1945): ? 1958 (d of 1st wife): Examiner, Tithe Redemption Commission; At 2nd marriage (1962): Civil Servant (in Inland Revenue – Senior Executive Officer - at Somerset House, London, where met 2nd wife); 1987 (d of 2nd wife): Senior Executive Officer (retired). Other information:- Mystery: what did Alex do during World War 2? The Tithe Redemption Commission was suspended for the duration of the war. Alex was a man in his early 30s, apparently fit & healthy. Alex wrote at least one play, including a Play in One Act called "Parkin Picnic," published by Samuel French Limited, London, 1955; Alex was twice widowed. Alex lived:- At birth (1907): Hornsey, Edmonton, London [address?]; 1911 (census): 78 Wightman Road, Hornsey, Harringay, London, N (with parents, older sister & 2 servants); 1929 (electoral register): 7 Topsfield Parade, Hornsey, Haringey, London (with at least parents Alexander & Nellie and Arthur & Theresa Swann); 1930 (electoral register): 7 Topsfield Parade, Hornsey, Haringey, London (with at least parents Alexander & Nellie and Fay Gardner); 1931 (electoral register): 7 Topsfield Parade, Hornsey, Haringey, London (with at least parents Alexander & Nellie and Florence Gardner); 1933 (electoral register): 7 Topsfield Parade, Hornsey, Haringey, London (with at least parents Alexander & Nellie and Florence Gardner & Jane Elizabeth Paul); 1934 (electoral register): 18 Piermont Road, Dulwich, Camberwell, Southwark, London (with at least John & Emily Mabe and Dorothy Measures); At 1st marriage (1935): 441 Crescent Drive, Petts Wood, Orpington, Kent; September 1939 (Register): 243 Crescent Drive, Petts Wood, Orpington, Kent (with father Alexander & wife Rosamond); Abt 1945: 243 Crescent Drive, Petts Wood, Orpington, Kent; 1950 (b of dtr): Bromley, Kent; At 2nd marriage (1962): 243 Crescent Drive, Petts Wood, Orpington, Kent; From 1968 (early retirement) to death (1992): Thorpe Cloud, St Michael’s Road, Minehead, Somerset, TA24 5JW.