Complex sentence: Poignant was son to his Swedish father and English mother, as well as elder brother to Axel Jonas Alfred Poignant and married to his english born wife Annie Lake, nee Ferraby.
Split into simpler sentences: Poignant was son to his Swedish father and English mother, as well as elder brother to Axel Jonas Alfred Poignant. He was married to his English born wife Annie Lake, nee Ferraby.