 He described those years when fighting for the company as "11 years of purgatory".In March 1880 Alfred married Emma Roberta Theobald (1859–1934).Their children were Waldron (1880–1954), Florence (1882–1942), Langley (1884–1955), Hubert (1885–1953), Eva (1886–1973), and Norman (1887–1976).