Audrey FFOLKES [2604]

  General Notes:

Audry was the eldest of three girls from a well connected family of Hillington Norfolk, her grandfather was Sir Martin ffolkes Bt.

Audrey an accomplished violinest and tutor, taught the viola to Benjamin Britten, this is mentioned in an obituary for her son Denys, who with his brother Christopher became a close friends of the composer.

Audry on the death of her husband and the help of his brother William built "Three Ways" for herself and family in Framingham Earl
After Audry and her second husband separated she built a second home in Framingham Earl "Alston Meadows" passing it to her younger son Christopher when he married in 1950. She then built a bungalow nearby for herself in the pyghtle.

Audrey ffolkes
Marriage Age: 29
Birth Date: abt 1883
Marriage Date: 14 Nov 1912
Marriage Place: St John the Evangelist, Smith Square, London, Westminster, England
Father Martin William Brown ffolkes
Spouse: Alfred Edward Alston

Audrey ffolkes
Spouse Surname: Alston
Registration Year: 1912
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration District: St George Hanover Square
Volume: 1a
Page: 1090

1939 Register
Alston Meadows,Framington , Forehoe and Henstead R.D., Norfolk, England.
AudreyAlston (Sutton)15 Mar 1883 Unpaid Domestic Duties

  Research Notes:

Note this surname is ffolkes

Audrey married Rev Alfred Edward ALSTON [1526] [MRIN: 853], son of Edward Graham ALSTON [72] and Elizabeth Caroline ABBOTT [1524]. (Rev Alfred Edward ALSTON [1526] was born on 25 Jun 1862 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, baptised on 27 Jul 1862 in Christ Church Cathedral Victoria BC, died in 1927 in Framingham Earl NFK and was buried in Framingham Earl NFK.)

Audrey next married Lincolne SUTTON [6866] [MRIN: 2284]. The marriage ended in separation.