Alfred was born in 1832 to Charles and Charlotte Wootton, and was baptised in Cambridge on 30th September 1832.
In 1851 the family lived in Emmanuel House, Emmanuel Road, Cambridge. Charles was a solicitor’s general clerk and Alfred a brewer’s clerk.
Alfred married Agnes Masterson at Holy Trinity church in Cambridge, on 31st May 1857. At that time he is described as a station clerk of Eccles, Norfolk.
In 1861 Alfred was the station master at Brandon, living in the station with his wife Agnes and their infant daughter Victoria, whose birth was recored nin the first quarter of 1861.
The birth of a son, Alfred Ernest was recorded in the third quarter of 1862.
The Cambridge Chronicle and Journal of 1st December 1866 reported the death of Agnes on November 26th, aged 32.
The Norwich Mercury of 11th June 1870 reports on a court case involving the GER and a carrier called John Gogle during which Alfred Wootton, stationmaster at Faknham was called as a witness.
The census of 1871 records Alfred as the Station Clerk at Fakenham, living in the Great Eastern Railway Station house with his son Alfred, aged 10, and daughter Victoria, who has only aged 8 years since the 1861 census.
In 1881 Alfred is the station master at Fakenham. Alfred junior is now 15 and Victoria 17. Agnes’ sister Elizabeth has joined the family as the housekeeper.
The Thetford & Watton Times of 6th May 1882 again has Alfred appearing as a witness in his position as stationmaster, this time in a case involving the theft of a parcel of cloth from the goods shed.
On 21st February 1883 the Eastern Daily Press reported that Mr Wootton had moved to the City Station in Norwich.
By the time of the 1891 census, Alfred is the railway station agent at City Station on Norwich. Alfred E is 28 years old and they have a live-in general servant, Edith Jewell.
In March 1901, Alfred is still the agent at City Station. His son is living on his own means and the household is completed by a railway guard, Alfred Walker, his wife Edith and their four children.
Alfred’s death is recorded in the third quarter of 1910, in Norwich.