A lbert Edward FORDHAM (1878 - 1950) Albert's Childhood My Great Great Grandfather Albert Fordham was born on the 4th December 1878 in Mermaid Court, Southwark in London. The son of Charles Fordham, a 25 year old brewers labourer and his wife, 28 year old Eliza Fordham nee Howell. Albert's parents had both come from the East of England, his far from the village of Hadstock in Essex and his mother from Sawston in Cambridgeshire. Albert's birth was registered 42 days later he was born. When Albert was born he had 2 older brothers, 6 year old William Charles Fordham and 4 year old Walter James Fordham. Albert's family had been living in London some time when he was born as his parents both lived in Bethnal Green almost 7 years prior to his birth, where his father worked as a milkman at the time. Southwark, where Albert was born, makes its first appearance as the family home in 1876, 6 years prior to Albert's birth, when, a little under a year after his p...
