Henry Alger

A Skipper, with the Fishing Vessel Vanguard (Lowestoft) Henry died on 24 October 1917, at the age of 68.

Henry was born at Geldeston in 1849, a son of James and Jemima Alger. He weas baptised at Geldeston Parish Church on 18 November 1849. In 1851 his family lived 'On Dam' at Geldeston and in 1861 they lived 'Near Common' at Geldeston.

On 13 October 1870 Henry married Charlotte Baldry at Geldeston. They both lived at Geldeston and Henry was a fisherman. The 1871 Census shows Henry working on the Pride of Shannon at Lowestoft.

By 1881 Henry, Charlotte, and children, were living at 16 Edinburgh Road, Lowestoft, and in 1891 their home was at 6 Ipswich Road and henry worked as a smacksman. He was the Master of the trawler Pater. Charlotte died in 1892.

In 1911 Henry was a boarder living at 12 White Horse Street. 

Henry was the Skipper of the Vanguard. On the morning of 24 October 1917 the trawler Vanguard (LT 722) sailed from Lowestoft and went north apparently to fish off Happisburgh. The trawler was never seen again and it was assumed the trawler was lost through enemy action.  

See: 1914 – 1918 Lowestoft Fisherman: killed by enemy action – History of Lowestoft's Fishing Industry (wordpress.com)