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HORRY, Albert
1906 - 1959 (52 years) Has one ancestor but no descendants in this family tree.
1867 - 1929 (62 years)-
Name HORRY, Albert Birth 6 Jan 1906 Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire 
Gender Male Death 1959 Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire Person ID I8115 Edgoose Last Modified 25 Feb 2026
Mother HOBSON, Christiana, b. 1867, Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire d. 1929, Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire (Age 62 years) Marriage No Marriage - Illegitimate child? Family ID F3152 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family BUTCHER, May Noble, b. 30 May 1906, Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire d. 1988, Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire (Age 81 years) Marriage 1925 Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire Family ID F2933 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Notes - HORRY, Albert (1906-1959)
The birth of Albert HORRY was registered in 1906. According to the 1939 Register he was born on 6 January 1906. The name of his father is unknown. He was born after the death of John Henry HORRY in 1903. Presumably his mother Christiana took a lover.
(GRO March Q 1906 [HOBSON] Sheffield 09C 648)
The 1911 census of 179 Alfred Road, Sheffield, Yorkshire:
Christiana HORRY, head, aged 42, widow, 8 children, 5 living, 4 dead (?), born at Newland, Sheffield, Yorkshire;
Mary Ann HORRY, daughter, aged 22, single, saw hardener at steel & saw works, born at Brightside, Sheffield;
Ethel HORRY, daughter, aged 19, single, 1 child (living), born at Brightside, Sheffield, Yorkshire;
Nellie HORRY, daughter, aged 8, born at Brightside, Sheffield, Yorkshire;
*Albert HORRY, son, aged 5, born at Brightside, Sheffield, Yorkshire;
William GRIFFITHS, boarder, aged 19, married under 1 year, tyre bowler's labourer in steel works, born at Wincobank, Sheffield;
Emma GRIFFITHS, daughter, aged 20, married under 1 year, 1 child (living), born at Brightside, Sheffield, Yorkshire;
William GRIFFITHS, boarder, aged 7 months, born at Brightside, Sheffield, Yorkshire;
William SANDS, boarder, aged 53, widower, forge man at steel works, born in Manchester;
Jack VOICE, boarder, aged 35, single, forge man at steel works, born at Leverton, Nottinghamshire;
Walter HOBSON, boarder, aged 41, single, bricklayer's labourer at steel works, born at Neepsend, Sheffield;
Annie E. HORRY, boarder, aged 5 months, born at Brightside, Sheffield, Yorkshire.
(RG14 PN27975 RD510 SD6 ED16 SN154)
Albert HORRY married May N. BUTCHER in 1925.
(GRO June Q 1925 Sheffield 9c 1155)
From the 1939 Register of 173 Alfred Road, Sheffield C.B., Yorkshire:
*Albert HORRY, born 6 January 1906, Ist hand Seimans Furnace (Armour & Aircraft Steels), married.
May HORRY, born 29 May 1906, unpaid domestic duties, married;
Violet GRUNDY (HORRY), born 6 November 1932, at school, single.
(RG101/3543A/009/35 KIPI)
The death of Albert HORRY aged 53 was registered in 1959.
(GRO September Q 1959 Sheffield 2d 95)
NOTES & QUERIES:
Who was his father? John Henry HORRY died in 1903 aged 37.
(revised 09.02.2026)
- HORRY, Albert (1906-1959)