Born in 1891 at Walthamstow, the son of Joseph Gottfried Marc and Lydia M Veale nee Bindoff, and registered as Otto Marc Veale. His father was born 23rd October 1828 in Offenbach Hessen Germany. An oil and seed merchant in 1891, he died in 1893. 1901: Otto aged 9 was at The Woodman pub in Snakes Lane, Woodford Green - the entry shows his mother as Mrs. Pierpoint, with Godfrey and Otto as stepsons to the Publican William Pierpoint, along with a full daughter Winifred aged 3. Pierpoint kept this pub until 1908. 1911: At Woodford Bridge with his family, William, Lydia, and step sister Winifred. He was described as an assistant in the business - which was The Crooked Billet pub which William ran from 1909 to 1912. On his William’s death Lydia ran the pub from 4th January 1913 until 1925/26.
Otto may have spent time in Canada, a person of his name and age arriving at Halifax NS from Liverpool on 20th Aril 1912 in the “Laurentic”.
His death in North Italy came after the Armistice in 1918, and was described as being due to illness. The Spanish Flu was virulent in Italy at that time, so Otto may be among those servicemen who survived the conflict only to die of Influenza.
Registration records trail clarification: His mother born Lydia Bindoff, married Thomas Veale in 1854. There is no marriage record in England and Wales of her and Joseph Gottfried Marc. 1891 census shows Lydia as a widow, and Joseph G Marc as a visitor. The births of Otto (and siblings) were registered with the two surnames “Marc Veale”. The 1901 census gives her name as Pierpoint, though the marriage registers suggest she married him under the name Veale at Fulham in Quarter 4 1906.
Research by Adrian Lee, Local Historian
Sources:
Ancestry.com