See also

Family of John Edwards and Laura Theresa Kersey

Husband: John Edwards

  • Name:

  • John Edwards

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • John Edwards (1783?-1845)

  • Mother:

  • Mercy Pettit (1783?-1862)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • farmer2

  • Birth:

  • 22 Jul 1811

  • Stonham Aspal, Suffolk, England3

  • Baptism:

  • 11 Sep 1811 (age 0)

  • Blessed Virgin Mary Church, The Street, Stonham Aspal, Suffolk, England3

  • Directory:

  • 1844 (age 32-33)

  • Waltham Hall, Little Stonham, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • as a farmer of

  • Witness:

  • 3 Aug 1850 (age 39)

  • John Edwards witnessed the marriage of Thomas Pettit and Eliza Edwards on Saturday on 3 August 1850 in St. Mary's Church, Church Lane, Little Stonham, Suffolk, England

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 39)

  • Waltham Hall, Little Stonham, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • aged 39, unmarried, Farmer 360 acres empl. 14 men & 8 boys. Born in Stonham Parva, living with mother.

  • Directory:

  • 1855 (age 43-44)

  • Stonham Parva, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • as a farmer of

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 49)

  • Waltham Hall, Stowmarket Road, Stonham Parva, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • head of the household aged 49, Farmer of 300 acres empl. 13 men & 8 boys. Born in Stonham Parva

  • Directory:

  • 1868 (age 56-57)

  • Little Stonham, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • as a farmer of

  • Death:

  • bef 1881 (age 69-70)

  •  

Wife: Laura Theresa Kersey

  • Name:

  • Laura Theresa Kersey

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • Ann Kersey (1809?- )

  • Birth:

  • 1831 (app)

  • Kelvedon, Essex, England

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 29-30)

  • Waltham Hall, Stowmarket Road, Stonham Parva, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • wife aged 30. Born in Kelvedon Essex living with her husband

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 49-50)

  • Nellham Hall, Little Stonham, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • head of the household aged 50, widow, Farmer 300 acres empl. 11 men & 3 boys. Born in Kelvedon Essex

  • Death:

  • 1885 (age 53-54)

  • Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, England10

  • Burial:

  • 9 Feb 1885

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Lane, Little Stonham, Suffolk, England10

Child 1: John Kersey Edwards

  • Name:

  • John Kersey Edwards2 11

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Q1 1862

  • Little Stonham, Suffolk, England2 11

  • Baptism:

  • 24 Apr 1862 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Lane, Little Stonham, Suffolk, England10 2

  •  

  • son of John Edwards (farmer) and Laura Theresa of Little Stonham

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 19)

  • Nellham Hall, Little Stonham, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • aged 19, unmarried, Farmers son. Born in Little Stonham, living with mother.

Child 2: Frederick Owen Edwards

  • Name:

  • Frederick Owen Edwards

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 1864 (app)

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 8 Apr 1864 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Lane, Little Stonham, Suffolk, England10

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 16-17)

  • Nellham Hall, Little Stonham, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • aged 17, unmarried, Farmers son. Born in Little Stonham, living with mother.

Child 3: Edith Ada Edwards

  • Name:

  • Edith Ada Edwards

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 1865 (app)

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 16 Apr 1865 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Lane, Little Stonham, Suffolk, England10

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 15-16)

  • Nellham Hall, Little Stonham, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • aged 16, unmarried, farmers daughter. Born in Little Stonham, living with mother.

Sources

1.

Suffolk Records Office (Lowestoft) - Parish Records. Cit. Date: 11 October 2000. Suffolk Record Office (Lowestoft), Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.

2.

Suffolk Family History Society - Bosmere and Claydon Baptisms 1813-1900, (2008 SFK-BPI-11 own copy). Cit. Date: 29 July 2017.

3.

Suffolk Records Office (Lowestoft) - Parish Records. Cit. Date: 24 January 2001. Suffolk Record Office (Lowestoft), Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.

4.

Archive CD Books, White's Directory of Suffolk 1844 (own copy), (CD-ROM). Beccles Library. Cit. Date: 2 March 1998.

5.

England and Wales Census 1851, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). 1851/1797/437.

6.

Archive CD Books, White's Directory of Suffolk 1855 (own copy), (CD-ROM). CD-ROM, own copy.

7.

England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). 1861/RG9/1158/P241.

8.

Morris's Directory of Suffolk 1868. Ipswich Record Office. Cit. Date: 3 October 1998.

9.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1863/122/12.

10.

Suffolk Records Office (Lowestoft) - Parish Records. Cit. Date: 7 March 2000. Suffolk Record Office (Lowestoft), Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.

11.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bosmere 1862 quarter:1 volume:4a page:529. Cit. Date: 29 July 2017.