Albert Henry Byner was born in 1845 at Sedlescombe, Sussex, England. He was the son of
James Byner and
Caroline Hyacinth Young. Albert Henry Byner appeared in the household of
James Byner in the 1851 census at Sedlescombe Street, Sedlescombe, Sussex. Albert Henry Byner appeared in the 1861 census at Herne, Kent. He married
Ellen Stonham between 1 April 1871 and 30 June 1871 at Rye, Sussex. Albert Henry Byner appeared in the 1871 census at Village Grocer's shop & Draper, Frittenden, Kent; Head: Albert H. Byner, 26, unmarried grocer etc. employing 1 man; Caroline H. Byner, mother, widow, 59, housekeeper, William Lansdell, nephew, 11 (b Ashford, Kent) and 2 servants (1 in the shop). He appeared in the 1881 census at 15 Wolsely Rd, Ashford, Kent; Head: Albert Henry Byner, 36, a grocer (assistant), living with wife, Ellen, 35, and 3 children, Arthur James, 7, Edith May, 5, and Thomas William, 3 - with one visitor, a dressmaker. He appeared in the 1891 census at 5 Hanover Place, Eastbourne, Sussex; Head: Albert H. Byner, 46, commission agent, with his wife Ellen, 45, and 2 sons and 2 daughters, Arthur J., 17, draper's porter, Edith M., 15, draper's apprentice, Thomas W., 13, jeweller's apprentice and Augusta E., 9, together with one boarder and one visitor. He died after 5 April 1891.