william Greenfield b1916 parents were Stephen and Alice Phillips, (Stephen was brother of my Grandfather Alfred.)
I think William married 1940 to Philis Mattin.in Colchester,Essex ( Stephen died around 1996 Colchester.)
If you connect to this family i would like to hear from you i have lots of info on our London Greenfields.
Thanks
STAN Greenfield.
Kilburn, N.W.London.

Hi, My Great grandfather was Alfred Greenfield, born in London 1858. Places stated on various censuses say Newington, Hilford Middlesex. He was a stonemason as was his father William, born in Colchester 1826 and his father, William, also born in Colchester. Alfred's father William, wife Sarah(born in Chelsea) and seven of their children lived in Hanwell near Ealing from about1858 to about 1865 and then moved to Birmingham (Aston). They all appear there on the 1871 census but then most of them disappear (apart from my direct line who stayed in Birmingham). Maybe they returned to London. There may be a connection as Alfred and William are strong Greenfield
male names. I am amazed at how many Greenfields there have been. I shouldn't be as one of my great grandfather's ancestors was supposed to have had 23 children !
Be interested to hear from you. Regards, Pauline

Was your Alfred Greenfield a boxer if so i may have more info for you, contact me at stan2@iswho.co.uk

Hello Pauline,
Have you read my message i put on in reply to your message.
STAN.

not had a reply to the message i sent to you, maybe you forgot.
stanwhogreenfield

Hi Stan, Sorry for not getting back to you. My Dad was very sick and died in July, so had put genealogy on hold for a while. I have been researching my Greenfields. My Dad's Mum was Rose Greenfield and her father was Alfred Greenfield, born in 1858 at either Salford or Hilford, Middlesex. He was a stonemason, as was his father, William, born at Colchester, Essex. Have we got the same line? I was very interested in the Greenfields as my grandmother Rose always had stories to tell of the old days (the late 1800's and early part of the 1900's)and her family. There were six girls and two boys in my grandmother's family. The boys were Alfred and Arthur. I am not sure what happened to them, but had an idea that one died during the first World War.My query is, just how many brother's and sisters did Alfred (born 1858) and wife Sarah have? I have traced Ellen, William, Thresa, Alfred, Caroline, Alice, Frederick, Walter, Lucy and Henry. My grandmother always said there were 23 children in that family (no TV !!) Try as I might I cannot find any more. Trouble was that William was a journeyman stonemason,with the eldest children being born all over the place, until he obviously got a job at, or near, the new Hanwell public cemetery when it opened in the late 1850's. They were there for about six years and then moved to Birmingham where William became a manager in a stonemason business. That is where my grandmother and her siblings were born. I would be very interested to hear from you and any info you can give me if these are your Greenfields. Kind Regards from Thewinkler in Oz.

Hi again,

No, I have never heard of any boxers in the family, not to say that there were'nt any. Regards Thewinkler

Hello Thewinker,
Dont think we have the same William Greenfield, mine was born in October 1916 and his parents were Stephen and Alice all born in Camden Town London N.W.1.
Strange thing is i was in contact with a lady whose family were in Aston Birmingham up to 2008 and one of her relations was a Alfred (Alf) Greenfield born 1853/56 ?? and his wife i think was called Rachael, i know that they live in London and had there children all over the place.
I know he was a good boxer and i have information on him. I also i have the contact e/mail and phone number and address,i think her father was called Walter and so was his father, but you will have to e/mail me if you want it, i dont want to put this info on site.
This is my temp.e/mail address. stan2@iswho.co.uk
(I am off to Australia for 7 weeks from the end of November)

Bye for now.
STAN Greenfield