Albert's records are in the name CRIMES until the 1914 Electoral Register which is in the name CHRIMES, but the 1921 England Census is in the name CRIMES. The 1921 England Census does not specify the particular property. In the 1921 England Census, Albert completed the census return himself. He signed his name 'Chrimes', entered his name as 'Crimes' and corrected the names of two of his children from 'Chrimes' to 'Crimes'. From The Cheshire Observer of 18 December 1964: "'NO LIGHTS ON CYCLE' - Misadventure verdict on elderly man. A verdict of death by misadventure was returned by a jury at an inquest at the Town Hall, Chester, on Thursday on Mr. Albert Chrimes, aged 78, of Red Cottage, Rake-lane, Little Stanney, who died in Chester Royal Infirmary on 5th December after an accident which occurred in the main Helsby-Queensferry road at Little Stanney on 18th November. Mr. Chrimes, who was a widower, was a retired stonemason. The Chester Coroner, Mr. H.O. Jones, said Mr. Chrimes was crossing the road, pushing his bicycle, when he was struck by a car. Mr. Roy Walters, garage proprietor of Little Stanney Service Station said he hear[d] a screech of [sic] at about 5 p.m. and saw a Vauxhall car skidding along the road. The front off-side of the car struck a man pushing a cycle, and he fell to the ground. There was no front light to the cycle, and the back light was not working. CAUSE Of DEATH Dr. T.D.S. Holliday, who carried out a post-mortem examination on 7th December, said the cause of death was broncho-pneumonia, following fractures of both legs below the knees. P.C. J.J. O'Rourke said he saw Mr. Chrimes at the Infirmary when he said, 'This car came from nowhere and hit me. I was going home'. Mr. Stephen Joseph Reynard, of Elgar-avenue, Eastham, a stores accountant, said, 'It was dark at the time. I suddenly saw in my dipped headlights the figure of a man pushing a bicycle across the road about 15 to 20 feet away from me. I could not stop and hit him. I tried to mount the grass verge to avoid him.' Mr. Thomas Chrimes, of Cedar-grove, Hoole, identified his father on 6th December. He said his father was lame as a result of an accident some years ago. The Coroner, recording the verdict, said it was difficult to understand why Mr. Chrimes did not see the car's headlights. 'Mr. Reynard appears to have been driving quite properly', he said." |