Adolphe Joseph Henry Boucneau Junior
Born 15 December 1844
Died 3 December 1899
Active: 1881 - 1899
Country of birth and death: England
Marble merchant, marble mason
Born in London. He was the oldest son of Adolphe Joseph Boucneau (1820-86) who came from a family of stonecutters in Rance, Hainaut province, Belgium. His father established a successful firm of marble merchants in Warren Street and sometime before 1881 Adolphe Joseph Henry joined his father in the business. A brother, Victor Emmanuel (1863-1934) became a sculptor and exhibited at the Royal Academy and Liverpool Autumn Exhibition. At his father's death in 1886, Adolphe Joseph Henry was granted probate and continued to run the family business into the 1890s. He died in 1899 in Witney, Oxfordshire.
There is a website for the Boucneau family: www.boucneau.be (accessed 24 November 2011).
Wealth at death: £50 0s. 0d.
Probate date: 20 May 1903
Locations
Address 48 Warren Street Fitzroy Square London | View on map
1844 - 1899
Appears to have been associated with this address throughout his life although he and his family were in the Witney area (Oxfordshire) when he died.
Address Minster Lovel Witney | View on map
1899
Address given at his death
Institutional and Business Connections
Traded as Adolphe Boucneau and Son
1881 (Circa) - 1899
Sometime before 1881 Adolphe Joseph Henry joined his father in the family business as a marble merchant and mason
Personal and Professional Connections
Daughter/son/child of Adolphe Joseph Boucneau Senior
Sister/sibling of Victor Emmanuel Boucneau
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
'Marble Mason' and his father, Adolphe Joseph 'Marble Mason'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Marble Mason' employer
Occupation given in England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
Adolphe Joseph Henry (to whom probate was granted) 'Marble Merchant' and his father Adolphe Joseph 'Marble Merchant'
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
2005
HO107 piece 1494 folio 493 page 21
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
2005
RG09 piece 102 folio 64 page 55
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
2004
RG10 piece 210 folio 118 page 49
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
RG11 piece 187 folio 54 page 40
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
RG12 piece 120 folio 14 page 24
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Adolphe Joseph Henry Boucneau
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1845
Registration district: Pancras
Inferred County: London, Middlesex
Volume: 1
Page: 277
England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Adolphe Joseph H Boucneau
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1844
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1899
Age at Death: 55
Registration district: Witney
Inferred County: Oxfordshire
Volume: 3a
Page: 587
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Adolphe Joseph Boucneau
Probate Date: 30 Apr 1886
Death Date: 4 Apr 1886
Death Place: Middlesex, England
Registry: Principal Registry
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Adolphe Joseph Henry Boucneau
Probate Date: 22 May 1903
Death Date: 3 Dec 1899
Death Place: Oxfordshire, England
Registry: London, England
London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
2010
Name: Adolphe Joseph Henry Boucneau
Record Type: Baptism
Estimated Birth Date: abt 1847
Baptism Date: 15 Sep 1847
Father's Name: Adolphe Joseph Boucneau
Mother's Name: Mary Ann Boucneau
Parish or Poor Law Union: St Marylebone
Borough: Westminster
Register Type: Parish Registers. London Metropolitan Archives, Holy Trinity, Marylebone Road, Register of baptisms, P89/TRI, Item 020
Citing this record
'Adolphe Joseph Henry Boucneau Junior', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=ann_1322130146, accessed 03 Jun 2023]
