See also

Family of John Edwards and Harriet Harvey

Husband: John Edwards

  • Name:

  • John Edwards3 4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Robert Edwards (1772?-1855)

  • Mother:

  • Pleasance Martin (1770-1841)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • agricultural / farm labourer5 6 7 8

  • Birth:

  • 1799 (app)

  • Haughley, Suffolk, England3 4

  • Baptism:

  • 12 Mar 1799 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Duke Street, Haughley, Suffolk, England1 3 4

  •  

  • son of Robert Edwards and Pleasance late Martin

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 41-42)

  • Wetherden Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • aged 40, agricultural labourer living with his wife and four children. Born in Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 51-52)

  • Wetherden Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • head of the household aged 48, agricultural labourer living with his wife and four children. Born in Haughley Suffolk

  • Directory:

  • 1855 (age 55-56)

  • Old Bells, Haughley, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • at the

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 61-62)

  • Wetherden Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • head of the household aged 62, agricultural labourer living with his wife and four children. Born in Haughley Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Apr 1878 (age 79)

  • Stow "Registration District", Suffolk, England10 1 11 12

  • Burial:

  • 3 May 1878

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England1 13 11 12

  •  

  • aged 79 of Church Street

Wife: Harriet Harvey

  • Name:

  • Harriet Harvey14

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 14 Jan 1809

  • Hessett, Suffolk, England7 14 15 16

  • Baptism:

  • 29 Jan 1809 (age 0)

  • St. Ethelbert, Hessett, Suffolk, England14

  •  

  • private baptism, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Sparke)

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 32)

  • Wetherden Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • aged 30, living with her husband and four children. Born in Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 42)

  • Wetherden Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • wife aged 40, living with her husband and four children. Born in Hessett Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 52)

  • Wetherden Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • wife aged 51, living with his wife and four children. Born in Wetherden Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 72)

  • Wetherden Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England15

  •  

  • head of the household aged 72 widow, goes out washing living with two daughters. Born in Hesset Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 82)

  • Wetherden, Suffolk, England17 16

  •  

  • head of the household aged 82 widow, living in three rooms on her own means with a daughter. Born in Hessett Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 92)

  • Wetherden Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England18

  •  

  • head of the household aged 93 widow, pension 5/6 week living in three rooms with a daughter. Born in Hessett Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Q4 1906 (age 99)

  • Stow "Registration District", Suffolk, England19

Child 1: Mary Edwards

  • Name:

  • Mary Edwards20

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • servant6

  • Birth:

  • 1827 (app)20

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 7 Oct 1827 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England1 20

  •  

  • daughter of John Edwards and Harriett

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 13-14)

  • Haughley, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • aged 13, female servant living with William and Elizabeth Cranford. Born in Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 23-24)

  •  

  •  

  • 1851 census - aged 25, Cook. Born in Wilkenton Suffolk, living with Sarah Hodges of 9 Manor Terrace, Brixton Surrey. ? could be the Mary ??.

Child 2: Susanna Edwards

  • Name:

  • Susanna Edwards6

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Thomas Cobbold (1825?- )

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • needle woman21

  • Note:

  •  

  •  

  •  

  • Mary Edwards (? sister) was a witness at the wedding.

  • Birth:

  • 1830 (app)

  • Wetherden, Suffolk, England5 6 22 21

  • Baptism:

  • 21 Mar 1830 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England1 23 5

  •  

  • daughter of John Edwards (labourer) and Harriet late Harvey of Wetherden

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 10-11)

  • Wetherden Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • aged 11, living with parents and three siblings. Born in Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 21)

  • Wetherden Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England22

  •  

  • married wife living with her husband, two daughters and a lodger. Born in Wetherden Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 31)

  • West Wickham, Kent, England21

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a plain needle woman and living with six children and a lodger. Born in Wetherden Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Q4 1863 (age 34)

  • Bromley "Registration District", Kent, England24

Child 3: Charles Edwards

  • Name:

  • Charles Edwards25

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 1832 (app)25

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 15 Apr 1832 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England1 25

  •  

  • son of John Edwards and Harriet

  • Death:

  • Mar 1835 (age 2-3)12

  •  

  • Princ.:

  •  

  • Note

  • Burial:

  • 8 Mar 1835

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England26 12

  •  

  • aged 4

Child 4: Charles Edwards

  • Name:

  • Charles Edwards27

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Note:

  •  

  •  

  •  

  • same person? baptised twice?

  • Birth:

  • 1835 (app)27

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 22 Feb 1835 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England1 27

  •  

  • son of John Edwards and Harriet Harvey

  • Death:

  • aft 22 Feb 1835 (age 0)

  •  

  • Burial:

  • 8 Mar 1835

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England

  •  

  • aged 4 weeks.

Child 5: Sarah Ann Edwards

  • Name:

  • Sarah Ann Edwards7

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 1835 (app)

  • Wetherden, Suffolk, England7

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 5-6)

  • Wetherden Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • aged 6, living with parents and three siblings. Born in Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 15-16)

  • Wetherden Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • daughter aged 16 unmarried, living with parents and three siblings. Born in Wetherden Suffolk

Child 6: Charles Edwards

  • Name:

  • Charles Edwards6

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 1837 (app)

  • Suffolk, England6

  • Baptism:

  • 7 May 1837 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England1

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 3-4)

  • Wetherden Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • aged 4, living with parents and three siblings. Born in Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Dec 1850 (age 12-13)12

  •  

  • Burial:

  • 21 Dec 1850

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England1 26 12

  •  

  • aged 14

Child 7: George Edwards

  • Name:

  • George Edwards6

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Nov 1840

  • Suffolk, England6

  • Baptism:

  • 25 Apr 1841 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England1

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 0)

  • Wetherden Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • aged 5 months, living with parents and three siblings. Born in Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Nov 1842 (age 1-2)12

  •  

  • Burial:

  • 17 Nov 1842

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England1 26 12

  •  

  • aged 2

Child 8: George Edwards

  • Name:

  • George Edwards7

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Sarah Ann Moye (1837?- )

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • agricultural labourer then a bricklayer8 28 29 30

  • Birth:

  • 1844 (app)

  • Wetherden, Suffolk, England7 28 29 30

  • Baptism:

  • 27 Apr 1845 (age 0-1)

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England1

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 6-7)

  • Wetherden Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • son aged 6, attending school and living with parents and three siblings. Born in Wetherden Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 16-17)

  • Wetherden Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • son aged 17 unmarried, agricultural labourer living with parents and three siblings. Born in Wetherden Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 27)

  • Bond Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England28

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a bricklayer and living with his wife Sarah, step-son Samuel Fell, sons George and Charles, and daughters Kate and Sarah. Born in Wetherden Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 37)

  • Bond Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England29

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a bricklayer and living with his wife Sarah, sons George, Charles, Walter and Albert, and daughters Kate, Sarah, Helena and Alice. Born in Wetherden Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 46)

  • 21 Norfolk Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England30

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a bricklayer and living with his wife Sarah, sons Charles and Albert, and daughters Sarah, Helena and Alice. Born in Wetherden Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 56-57)

  • 8 Withipoll Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England31

  •  

  • head of the household aged 55, Bricklayer. Born in Wetherden.

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 66-67)

  • 4 Cobden Place, Ipswich, Suffolk, England32

  •  

  • married head of the household aged 67 Bricklayer born in Wetherden Suffolk.

  • Address:

  • Oct 1918 (age 73-74)

  • 4 Cobden Place, Ipswich, Suffolk, England33 34

Child 9: Harriett Edwards

  • Name:

  • Harriett Edwards7

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • John Pegg (1843?- )

  • Birth:

  • 1847 (app)

  • Wetherden, Suffolk, England7 35 36 37

  • Baptism:

  • 19 Aug 1847 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England1

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 3-4)

  • Wetherden Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • daughter aged 3, living with parents and three siblings. Born in Wetherden Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 13-14)

  • Wetherden Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • daughter aged 13, living with parents and three siblings. Born in Wetherden Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 24)

  • Norton Road, Woolpit, Suffolk, England37

  •  

  • married wife living with her husband John, and son Herbert. Born in Wetherden Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 33)

  • Little London, Wetherden, Suffolk, England35

  •  

  • married wife living with her husband John, daughters Louisa, Alice, Rose and Esther, and sons Herbert and George. Born in Wetherden Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 44)

  • Wetherden, Suffolk, England36

  •  

  • married wife living in four rooms with her husband John, son George and daughters Esther and Mary. Born in Wetherden Suffolk

Child 10: Rachel Edwards

  • Name:

  • Rachel Edwards7 38

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • domestic servant15

  • Birth:

  • Oct 1850

  • Wetherden, Suffolk, England7 16 18

  • Baptism:

  • 17 Nov 1850 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England1 38

  •  

  • daughter of John Edwards (labourer) and Harriett

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 0)

  • Wetherden Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • daughter aged 5 months, living with parents and three siblings. Born in Wetherden Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 10)

  • Wetherden Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • daughter aged 10, living with parents and three siblings. Born in Wetherden Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 30)

  • Wetherden Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England15

  •  

  • daughter aged 30 unmarried, out of service living with mother and a sister. Born in Wetherden Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 40)

  • Wetherden, Suffolk, England17 16

  •  

  • daughter aged 40 unmarried, living in three rooms on her own means with her mother. Born in Wetherden Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 50)

  • Wetherden Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England18

  •  

  • daughter aged 50 unmarried, living with mother. Born in Wetherden Suffolk

Child 11: Jane Edwards

  • Name:

  • Jane Edwards8 38

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • domestic servant15

  • Birth:

  • 1857 (app)

  • Wetherden, Suffolk, England39 8

  • Baptism:

  • 10 May 1857 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England1 38

  •  

  • daughter of John Edwards (labourer) and Harriet of Wetherden

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 3-4)

  • Wetherden Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • daughter aged 3, living with parents and three siblings. Born in Wetherden Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 23-24)

  • Wetherden Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England15

  •  

  • daughter aged 23 unmarried, out of service living with mother and a sister. Born in Wetherden Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Apr 1886 (age 29)

  • Stow "Registration District", Suffolk, England1 40 11 12

  • Burial:

  • 23 Apr 1886

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England1 13 11 12

  •  

  • aged 29 of Church Street Wetherden

Note on Wife: Harriet Harvey

Harriet's parents were Thomas Harvey and Elizabeth née Sparke

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