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Arthur Edward Horne: 1889-1979 (90 years)

Son of William Mann Horne and Bertha Dann

Born:- 1st January 1889, Mattishall: Norfolk. Details for Birth Cert; Arthur-Edward Born:- 1st January 1889: Mattishall: Mitford: Norfolk:- son of William Mann Horne, Occupation Grocer & Bertha Horne formally Dann: Entry 166. Information taken from Birth Certificate.

1889:- 3rd March:- Baptised in the Primitive Methodist Chapel, Church Plain, Mattishall

1889:- 5th April:- Arthur’s mother (Bertha Dann) died in a flu epidemic, Arthur was just 13 weeks old.

1891:- Mattishall census page 22:Schedule No.154: 35 South Green
William M Horne, Head, Mar, aged 33, Grocer & Tailor, born Mattishall
Alice M Horne, Wife, Mar, aged 28, born Costessey
Eva A Horne, Daughter, aged 6, Scholar, born Mattishall
Flora K Horne, Daughter, aged 4, Scholar, born Mattishall
Arthur E Horne, Son, aged 2, born Mattishall

1901: Census - 54 South Green, Mattishall
William M. Horne - Head - age 43 - Shopkeeper, Grocer (own account at home) - born Mattishall
Alice M. Horne - Wife - age 36 - born Costessey
Flora K. Horne - Daughter - age 14 - born Mattishall
Arthur E. Horne - Son - age 12 - born Mattishall
Nellie M. Horne - Daughter - age 9 - born Mattishall
Agnes M. Horne - Daughter - age 4 - born Mattishall
Edith E. Horne - Daughter - age 10m - born Mattishall

1903:- Arthur became apprentice to his uncle Lebbel King, see separate sheet for a transcription of the Apprenticeship document:-

1907:- 1st September; Witness to the marriage of his brother Herbert Walter Horne to Lousia Holt

1911: Censu - Grocer South Green Mattishall E Dereham
William Mann Horne - Head - Married - age 53 (1858) Grocer Retail - born Mattishall Norfolk
Alice Margret Horne - Wife - married 20 years - age 46 (1865) - born Costessey Norfolk
Arthur Edward Horn - Son - Single - age 22 (1889) - Cowman And Carpenter - born Mattishall
Agnes May Horn - Dau - age 14 (1897) born Mattishall
Edith Emma Horn - Dau - age 10 (1901) - School - born Mattishall

1918:- 12th November; The marriage of Arthur Edward Horne and Elsie Kate Fisher, in the Primitive Methodist Chapel, Mattishall, Cert No A14406, Entry No 68
Arthur Edward Horne, aged 29, Batchelor, Carpenter and Joiner of Mattishall
Elsie Kate Fisher, aged 26, Spinster of Mattishall
Fathers; William Mann Horne, Grocer, of Mattishall & Isaac Fisher, Farmer of Mattishall
Witnesses; Isaac Fisher (father) and Wilfred C Fisher (brother) all signed

1919:- 5th December; Daughter Ivy Elsie Horne was born, Mattishall

1921:- 23rd June; Daughter Katie (Kay) Horne was born, Mattishall

1923:- 3rd November; Daughter Bertha Horne was born, Mattishall

1926:- 26th July; son Stephen Horne was born, Mattishall

1929:- 6th July; Son Russell William Horne was born, Mattishall……. JILL’S ANCESTRAL LINE

1929:- Took over the building and undertaking firm from his uncle Lebble King. The first house he built was Glenthorne, 149 Dereham Road, Mattishall for A.J. Farrow.

Arthur Horne with his Hearse The picture was taken on Athur Horne's field which is now the site of the Mattishall School

1929:- Kelly's Directory of Norfolk-under Mattishall: Arthur E Horne, builder

1931: There are some documents held in the Norfolk Record Office of sale particulars and related document of Case And Dewing, Auctioneers, East Dereham of a sale or purchase of 3 cottages with shop by A.E. Horne of Mattishall - Ref: BR 73/20 - I have not seen these documents myself so at this moment in time I have no idea what properties they relate to.

1933:- Kelly's Directory of Norfolk-under Mattishall: Arthur E Horne, builder & undertaker

1936:- 2nd November (from Arthur’s diaries) Arthur had the telephone installed first used on the 4th November. A great step forward, something we take for granted theses days. Another note on the 8th November 1st phone call from Flora Horne (Arthur’s sister).

1937:- Kelly's Directory of Norfolk-under Mattishall: Arthur E Horne, builder & undertaker

1938: Arthur Horne was contracted by Mr. David Potter to put the roof on the Christian Brethren Gospel Hall, Shipdham Road, Toftwood, Russell Horne (his son) recalls on school holidays biking with his sister Bertha from their family home in Mattishall to take their father's lunch. Almost 30 years later in 1965 David Charles Potter would become Arthur's Hornes son inlaw when he married his daughter Bertha Rosalind Horne.

1940:- 3rd February; Daughter Ivy Elsie Horne died of meningitis, aged 21, buried 9th February in Mattishall Cemetery, Entry 427

1952:- 2nd February; Arthur’s son Russell informs him of his proposed engagement (From Arthur’s diaries)

1970:- 9th May; Arthur’s wife Elsie died.

1979:- 19th May, Arthur Edward Horne died aged 90, buried 28th May in the Mattishall Cemetery Entry No 763

More on:- Wife; Elsie Kate Fisher 1892-1970 (78 years)

Daughter of Isaac Fisher and Kate Groom, Occupation; Butcher, Mattishall

Born 10th April 1892, Mattishall, Norfolk.

1892:- 8th May; Baptised in the Primitive Methodist Chapel, Mattishall

1903:- 29th January; Reported to Attendance Officer for bad attendance at
school together with Ethel Buttle, Alice Stackwood, Louisa Drew & Maude Howling…. From Mattishall School Diary ….Note, it should be mentioned that this is probably not truancy, in this day children we often kept home to help out in the family business.

1918:- 12th November; The marriage of Arthur Edward Horne and Elsie Kate Fisher, in the Primitive Methodist Chapel, Mattishall, Cert No A14406, Entry No 68
Arthur Edward Horne, aged 29, Batchelor, Carpenter and Joiner of Mattishall
Elsie Kate Fisher, aged 26, Spinster of Mattishall
Fathers; William Mann Horne, Grocer, of Mattishall & Isaac Fisher, Farmer of Mattishall
Witnesses; Isaac Fisher (father) and Wilfred C Fisher (brother) all signed

1970:- 9th May; Elsie died at the West Norwich Hospital. Buried 14th May in Mattishall Cemetery, Norfolk; Entry 694