See also

Family of William Spencer Edwards and Edith Ellen Fordham

Husband: William Spencer Edwards

  • Name:

  • William Spencer Edwards3 4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Martin Edwards (1810-1892)

  • Mother:

  • Susan Gladwell (1830-1893)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • farmer5 6 7 8

  • Birth:

  • Q1 1865

  • Wetherden, Suffolk, England3 9 6 10 7

  •  

  • 1891 census says born in Haughley Suffolk

  • Baptism:

  • 9 Apr 1865 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • son of Martin Edwards (farmer) and Susan of Wetherden

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 6)

  • Wetherden, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • son as Spencer attending school and living with his parents Martin and Susan, brothers Samuel, Charles, Philip and Herbert, and sisters Jane and Eliza. Born in Wetherden Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 16)

  • Rookery Farm, Gipping, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • unmarried farmers son living with his parents Martin and Susan, brother George, and sister Harriett Born in Wetherden Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 26)

  • Farm House, Gipping, Suffolk, England10

  •  

  • unmarried son living with his parents Martin and Susan, brother Herbert, and a servant. Born in Haughley Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 36)

  • Botesdale Road, Finningham, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a farmer and living with his wife Edith, sons Alfred and William, daughter Florence, and a servant. Born in Wetherden Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Q2 1905 (age 40)

  • Hartismere "Registration District", Suffolk, England11

  • Burial:

  • 22 Jun 1905

  • St. Margaret's Church, Church Road, Westhorpe, Suffolk, England12

  •  

  • aged 40 of The Church Farm, Westhorpe.

  • Probate:

  • 5 Sep 1905

  • Probate Registry, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • farmer at Westhorpe, effects of £1,138 4s 7d (~£65,300 in 2005) to Edith Ellen Edwards widow, Ernest Stanley Fordham and George Philip Edwards farmers

Wife: Edith Ellen Fordham

  • Name:

  • Edith Ellen Fordham13 1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • threshing machine owner14

  • Birth:

  • 23 Feb 1874

  • Walsham le Willows, Suffolk, England13 15 16 7 14

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 7)

  • Feoffee Farm, Common, Walsham le Willows, Suffolk, England15

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living with her parents William and Mary Ann, brothers William and Ernest, sister Florence, and a boarder. Born in Walsham le Willows Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 17)

  • Town Farm, Allwood Green, Walsham le Willows, Suffolk, England16

  •  

  • daughter living with her parents William and Mary, brothers William and Ernest, sister Flo, and a servant. Born in Walsham le Willows Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 27)

  • Botesdale Road, Finningham, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • married wife living with her husband William, step-son Alfred, son William and daughter Florence and a servant. Born in Walsham le Willows Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 37)

  • West Cottage, Bacton, Suffolk, England14

  •  

  • widowed head of the houshold working as a threshing machine owner and living in nine rooms with a step-son and three children. Born in Walsham le Willows Suffolk. Although crossed out she had four children of whom three are still living

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 65)

  • Highfield, Orchard Road, Seer Green, Buckinghamshire, England17

  •  

  • an incapacitated widow living with her daughter Ida and husband Reginald George Powley, and a closed record. Born on 23rd February 1874

  • Death:

  • 9 Dec 1941 (age 67)

  • Seer Green, Buckinghamshire, England18 19 20

  • Probate:

  • 18 Mar 1942

  • Probate Registry, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England19

  •  

  • a widow of Highfields Seer Green Buckinghamshire died 9th December 1941, administration of effects of £455 13s 2d (~£17,200 in 2017) to Florence Edith Vera Williams (wife of George Howard Williams)

Child 1: Florence Edith Vera Edwards

  • Name:

  • Florence Edith Vera Edwards21 22

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • George H Williams ( - )

  • Birth:

  • 2 Jun 1897

  • Finningham, Suffolk, England21 7 14 23

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 3)

  • Botesdale Road, Finningham, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • daughter living with her parents William and Edith, brothers Alfred and William and a servant. Born in Finningham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 13)

  • West Cottage, Bacton, Suffolk, England14

  •  

  • daughter as Vera Edwards attending school and living in nine rooms with her mother and three siblings. Born in Finningham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 42)

  • Silvercroft, Bridge Road, Countess Wear, Devon, England23

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties. Born on 2nd June1897

  • Administrator:

  • 18 Mar 1942 (age 44)

  •  

     

    Florence Edith Vera Edwards was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of Edith Ellen Fordham on Wednesday on 18 March 1942 at the Probate Registry, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England

  • Death:

  • Q2 1970 (age 72-73)

  • Amersham "Registration District", Buckinghshire, England24

Child 2: Eva Edwards

  • Name:

  • Eva Edwards25 26

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 2 Jun 1898

  • Finningham, Suffolk, England25 12 26

  • Baptism:

  • 13 Jun 1898 (age 0)

  • St. Bartholomew's Church, Church Lane, Finningham, Suffolk, England12 26

  •  

  • daughter of William Spencer Edwards (farmer) and Edith Ellen of Finningham, private baptism, born on 2nd June 1898

  • Death:

  • 19 Jun 1898 (age 17 dys)

  • Hartismere "Registration District", Suffolk, England27 12 28 29

  • Burial:

  • 21 Jun 1898

  • St. Bartholomew's Church, Church Lane, Finningham, Suffolk, England12 30 28 29

  •  

  • aged 17 days and of Finningham

Child 3: William Spencer Edwards

  • Name:

  • William Spencer Edwards31

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Elsie Violet Abbs Fox (1908-1987)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • farmer32

  • Birth:

  • 3 Apr 1900

  • Finningham, Suffolk, England31 7 14 32 33

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 11 mns)

  • Botesdale Road, Finningham, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • son living with his parents William and Edith, brother Alfred, sister Florence and a servant. Born in Finningham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 11)

  • West Cottage, Bacton, Suffolk, England14

  •  

  • son attending school and living in nine rooms with his mother and three siblings. Born in Finningham Suffolk

  • Directory:

  • 1933 (age 32-33)

  • Woodlands Farm, Yarmouth Road, Corton, Suffolk, England34

  •  

  • as a farmer at

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 39)

  • Woodlands Farm, Yarmouth Road, Corton, Suffolk, England32

  •  

  • a married farmer living with his wife Elsie, a closed record (presumably son Michael) and a John Davidson. Born on 3rd April 1900

  • Death:

  • 18 Dec 1975 (age 75)

  • Waveney "Registration District", Suffolk, England33 35 36

  • Burial:

  • 23 Dec 1975

  • St. Bartholomew's Church, Corton, Suffolk, England37 36

  •  

  • of Woodlands Farm, Corton, husband of Elsie Violet, plot 216

Child 4: Ida May Edwards

  • Name:

  • Ida May Edwards38 39

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Reginald George Llewellyn Powley (1901-1984)

  • Birth:

  • 28 Aug 1901

  • Finningham, Suffolk, England38 14 17 40

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 9)

  • West Cottage, Bacton, Suffolk, England14

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living in nine rooms with her mother and three siblings. Born in Finningham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 38)

  • Highfield, Orchard Road, Seer Green, Buckinghamshire, England17

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Reginald, a closed record and her widowed mother Edith. Born on 28th August 1901

  • Death:

  • Q2 1978 (age 76)

  • Wycombe "Registration District", Buckinghamshire, England40

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