albert john francis forecast mallindine + mary tindall
Albert was born in Shoreditch in the spring of 1868 to John Francis Forecast Mallindine and his wife Eliza Manning. Although his father always used the surname Mallindine, Albert was baptised under the surname Forecast at Christ Church in Spitalfields on 3 May 1868.
Albert and his family lived on Clifton Place in Shoreditch before moving to Newcastle in the north east of England. After finishing school, Albert worked at a number of jobs including a Postman and later as a French Polisher like his father.
When he was twenty-one years old, he married married Mary Tindall at St Phillip in Elswick, a ward in the western part of the city of Newcastle. Mary was born in Newcastle in 1869 to Thomas Thompson Tindall and Christina Black. Six months after their marriage, their first child, Albert Tindall, was born and he was baptised in Elswick on 14 August 1889.
In 1891, Albert, Mary and their son were living at 72 Barrington Street in Elswick with Mary’s sister Barbara and her husband Joseph Barten and their two sons. The four adults and three children were living in just three rooms. Several months later, their daughter Christina Aitken Mary was born but less than a year later, Mary died aged only 22 years. Christina was baptised later that year, on 12 August 1892, at St Anne in Newcastle but two years later, she too died.
catherine bradshaw
In early 1895, Albert married a second time to Catherine Bradshaw and although their marriage was registered, the parish register hasn’t been found. Catherine was the daughter of Bernard and Mary Bradshaw who were both from Ireland so it is possible the marriage took place in a Catholic church. The following year, Catherine gave birth to twins Bernard Michael Bradshaw and Walter Albert Francis Forecast but they both died shortly after their baptism at St Dominic on 23 May 1896.
Albert and Catherine have not been located in the 1901 census but two years later, they emigrated to America and the passenger lists notes their previous address as West Hartlepool. They sailed from Liverpool on board the SS Belgenland bound for Philadelphia but their intended destination was Charleston, North Carolina where according to the passenger list, their parents lived on Pinckney Street. Since Albert’s mother was still in Newcastle, this must refer to Catherine’s parents.
Albert’s 11 year old son from his first marriage, Albert Tindall, was living with his widowed grandmother, Christina Tindall, on Monday Street in Newcastle and it seems likely that he had lived with her since his mother’s death in 1892.
By 1904, Albert and Catherine had moved to 97 South Pryor Street in Atlanta, Georgia where he worked as a Clerk. The following year, they appear in the City Directory at 86 Walton Street and Albert was working in a restaurant and later, at 230 Hill Street, working as a painter for the W.E. Browne Decorating Co.
But by 1911, Albert had returned to Newcastle although it does not appear that Catherine was with him. Albert was staying with his mother and her second husband at 9 Ayton Street in Byker and working as a French Polisher. His son Albert Tindall was still living with his mother’s family but this time with his uncle William Aitken Tindall and his family at 9 Carmarthen Road in Plymouth; both Albert and his uncle were employed as Engine Fitters. But by 1918, he was back in Newcastle and enlisted in the Royal Engineers along with his cousins Thomas Thompson Barber and William Aitken Tindall Barber.
On 11 July 1918, Albert Sr also enlisted but as a Private in the RAF. He gave his date of birth given as 9 April 1871 — 3 years younger than his actual age of 50 — and he was described as being 5’ 4" tall with brown hair, blue eyes, and a fresh complexion. As his next of kin, Albert listed his wife Sarah Ann, who was living on Masbro Road in Hammersmith, and there is a confirmed marriage between Albert and Sarah Garvey but his first wife Catherine was still alive. She does not appear in UK records until 1929 so it is possible she was still in America and Albert felt it was safe to marry again.
His son, Albert Tindall, was still serving as a Corporal in the Royal Engineers when he married Beatrice Emma Dawe in Middlesbrough early 1919. Within months of their marriage, they moved to Rosyth in Dunfermline, Scotland where Albert died of pneumonia on 28 March 1919, aged only 29 years. His father in law, who lived in Middlesbrough, acted as the informant on his death certificate and listed Albert’s occupation as an Electrian. He was buried in the Dunfermline Cemetery. Beatrice later returned to her home town of Falmouth in Devon and married a second time to Roy Gover in 1921 but it does not appear they had any children.
Albert Sr transferred to the RAF reserves on 7 February 1919 and when he was discharged on 30 April 1920, he returned to Sarah and their home on Masbro Road. They appear at this address from 1918 until Albert’s death in Hammersmith in 1933. Without his wages, Sarah was forced to place an advert in the West London Observer seeking part time work as a cleaning lady later that year. She may have known about Albert’s bigamy as she reverted to her maiden name after his death but she remained in their home on Masbro Road and was still there when the 1939 Register was compiled.
Catherine Bradshaw reappears in the Newcastle Electoral Registers in 1929 living at 171 Welbeck Road. From 1936, she was living at 103 Cardigan Terrace near Heaton Park and was still there in 1939 along with several other widows. She died in Newcastle in 1943.