George Albert was the son of Elijah and Elizabeth Humphrey (nee Tyrrell).
Elijah Humphrey, the son of William and Dinah, was born in Helmdon, Northamptonshire, in 1854 and baptised in Helmdon on 24 December 1854. Elizabeth Tyrrell, the daughter of Susanna Tyrrell, was born in Northamptonshire and baptised in Guildsborough, Northamptonshire on 24 August 1854 (register marked 'illegitimate').
Elijah was 21 when he married Elizabeth (23) at Leeds St Peter on 13 September 1875. They were both then living on Castle Street, Leeds.
Elijah and Elizabeth had at least seven children: John William b. 1877 (O/N/D Leeds) baptised 4 September 1878 Leeds St Paul, Edith Emily b. 1879 (J/A/S Leeds), Florence Annie b. 1881 (A/M/J Leeds, George Albert b. 18 December 1883 (baptised 22 July 1884 Leeds St Paul), Ernest Francis b. 1886 (O/N/D Nottingham), Kate Lilian b. 1890 A/M/J Nottingham) and Gertrude b. 1892 (A/M/J Nottingham). The four oldest children were born in Leeds and the three youngest in Nottingham.
Elijah had had joined the Midland Railway at the age of 19 on 25 January 1873, and was based at Rotherham Station.
In 1881 Elijah (26) a railway porter, and Elizabeth (28) were living at 26 Castle Street, Leeds, with their three children John (3), Edith (1) and Annie (3 months).
The family had moved to Nottingham by 1891 and were living at 16 Queen's Square in the civil parish of St Mary. Elijah (36) was still working as a railway porter. He and Elizabeth (37) now had six children: John (13) a printer, Edith (11), Florence (10), George (7), Ernest (4) and Kate (1). Their youngest child, Gertrude, was born the following year.
In 1901 Elijah (46), now a railway policeman, and Elizabeth (46) were living at 111 Kirkewhite Street, Meadows, Nottingham, with their children Edith (21) and Florence (20) both cap winders (yarn), George (17) who was in work, Ernest (14) an errand boy, and Kate (11) and Gertrude (9) who were both still at school. Also in the household was the eldest son, John (23) a labourer, and his wife Elizabeth Kitty (nee Humphreys) whom he had married in 1900 (A/M/J Nottingham).
George joined the Royal Navy the following year.
Florence Annie married John William Bainbridge in 1903 (J/F/M Salford) and in 1911 they were living at 13 Harry Terrace, Crocus Street, Meadows, Nottingham. John (29, b. Derby) was an engineer's labourer (machine tool). He and Florence (30) had three children; Emily May (6), Florence Myra (4) and Phyllis Elizabeth (2).
By 1911 the eldest child, John (33), a pantographer, and his wife Elizabeth (32, b. Lenton) were living at 5 Maxwell Street, Lenton. They had been married for eight years and had had one child who had died.
In 1911 George was still serving in the Navy (HMS Neptune) while his younger brother, Ernest, was serving with the 42nd Company Royal Engineers as a stone mason at Fort Monckton, Alverstoke, Gosport, Hampshire.
Elijah and Elizabeth and their other children have not yet been traced on the 1911 census.
George married Sarah A Allsop in 1914 (J/A/S Nottingham). At the time of his death in 1919 they were living at 12 Harry Terrace, Crocus Street, Meadows, Nottingham, which was the same address as that of his sister Florence in 1911.
George's mother died in 1918 (September Nottingham) age 64 and his father died in 1926 (March Nottingham) age 71.
It is probable that George's widow never remarried as there is a record of a Sarah Ann Humphrey born 14 January 1886 (J/F/M Nottingham) who died in 1970 (March Nottingham).
Of George's siblings:
John William probably served in the 2nd Battalion Yorks and Lancs Regiment in the war (21337 Private) and qualified for the British War Medal and Victory Medal. He may have died in 1952 (December Sheffield) age 75.
Ernest Francis married Myra F Allen in 1912 (J/F/M Nottingham) and died on 5 February 1920 in Nottingham General Hospital. He was employed for a time as an attendant at the Nottinghamshire County Asylum (Saxendale) and is commemorated on the hospital's memorial. According to hospital records he served in the war between 1914 and 1917 athough his grave in Nottingham General Cemetery is marked by a CWGC headstone, '17671 Corporal EF Humphrey Royal Engineers 5th February 1920 age 33'. (See T2T ROH, Saxondale Hospital memorial)
Florence died in 1940 (March Nottingham) aged 59.
Kate Lilian married John H Sykes in 1920 (A/M/J Nottingham) and died in 1944 (September Nottingham) age 54.
Gertrude may have married in 1911 (A/M/J Nottingham).