Family of Andrew AZZARO and Margaret Florence BAKER

Husband:	Andrew AZZARO (1878-1953)
Wife:	Margaret Florence BAKER (1883-1976)
Children:	Margaret Kathleen AZZARO (1913-1996)
	Victor Emmanuel AZZARO (1915-1997)
	David AZZARO (1920-1988)
	Irene AZZARO (1922- )
	Antonio AZZARO (1924- )
Marriage	25 May 1912	Brighton Register Office1

Husband: Andrew AZZARO

Wife: Margaret Florence BAKER

Child 1: Margaret Kathleen AZZARO

Child 2: Victor Emmanuel AZZARO

Child 3: David AZZARO

Child 4: Irene AZZARO

Child 5: Antonio AZZARO

Name:	Antonio AZZARO
Sex:	Male
Spouse:	Joyce (?) ( -1979)
Birth	1924

Note on Husband: Andrew AZZARO - shared note

1. Born in Red Lion Row, Windsor in 1877. A transcription of his birth certificate can be seen at www.familychest.co.uk/History/Data/BthAA_01.htm

 

2. At the time of the 1901 census he is living with his parents in John Street, Brighton.. See transcript at www.familychest.co.uk/History/Data/Cen01_008.htm

 

3. Again in the 1911 census he is still living with his parents at 17 John Street and described as a Cabman. See Census transcript at www.familychest.co.uk/History/Data/Cen11_003.htm

 

4. Served in th 1914-18 war with the Royal Army Service Corps as a driver. A transcript of his Army service record can be seen at www.familychest.co.uk/History/Data/Misc_010.htm

 

5. I have a copy of his marriage certificate (1912) which gives his address as 21 Lavender Street, Brighton. A transcription of the certificate can be seen at www.familychest.co.uk/History/Data/MarAB_01.htm

 

6. The birth of his daughter Margaret was registered at Steyning, which seems curious, but apparently Hove was in the Steyning registration district at the time. In Kelly's 1928 directory of Brighton he is at 4 Nelson Place, which is the area where my father (ie. David) said he grew up. (Yes, this is the 'famous' Nelson Place - the one in Graham Greene's Brighton Rock). The whole area was subject to slum clearances in the 1930's. Uncle Tony told me that the family moved to Whitehawk in 1931.

 

7. In the 1921 census the family are living at 4 Nelson Place, Brighton with their eldest 3 children (David is 1 year old). Andrew gives his occupation as a taxi driver as we've always been told it was. A transcript of the census record can be seen at www.familychest.co.uk/History/Data/Cen21_004.htm

 

7. He died in 1953, at which time he lived at 47 Fletching Road, Whitehawk. A transcription of his death certificate can be seen at www.familychest.co.uk/History/Data/DthAA_01.htm

 

8. I always knew him as 'Grandad Gary', and the 'Gary' was said to relate to 'Garibaldi' - see the story about his father Emanuel who claimed to have fought with Garibaldi.

 

9. The story in the family is that he was a taxi driver from before the 1st World War and continuing almost up to his death. Much of what we know (that is, Chris and myself) about the taxi business amounts to anecdotes rather than facts, so I have put it together in a separate file. See www.familychest.co.uk/History/Data/Misc_004.htm

Note on Wife: Margaret Florence BAKER - shared note

1. She was born at 43, Wood Street Brighton in 1883. A transcription of her birth certificate can be seen at www.familychest.co.uk/History/Data/BthMB_01.htm

 

2. In the 1901 census there is a Margaret F Baker, aged 17, General domestic servant, in the household of Leonard Wester at 58 London Road. See census transcript at www.familychest.co.uk/History/Data/Cen01_003.htm

 

3. Before her marriage she was 'in service' as a maid at 141 Queens Park Road, Brighton.

 

4. She died in Brighton in 1976. A transcription of her death certificate can be seen at www.familychest.co.uk/History/Data/DthMA_01.htm

Sources

1	"Marriage Certificate of Andrew Azzaro and Margaret Baker 1912".

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