Adolf Hitler’s Liverpudlian half-brother in the 1911 census

We’ve unearthed Adolf Hitler’s half-brother in our 1911 census records, and his return makes for fascinating reading.

Alois Hitler Jr had a troubled childhood and is said to have had a rocky relationship with his parents. In 1910 he met a young woman called Bridget Elizabeth Dowling, at the Dublin horse show in Ireland. Alois and Bridget eloped to London and married in June 1910.

Alois’ 1911 census return shows him and Bridget living at 102 Upper Stanhope Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool. This house is reported to have been destroyed in a German air-raid on Liverpool in 1942.

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