See also

Family of Sidney Cecil Edwards and Mabel Grace Codling

  • Husband:

  • Sidney Cecil Edwards (1899-1975)

  • Wife:

  • Mabel Grace Codling (1898-2005)

  • Children:

  • Sybil Maude Edwards (1929-2023)

  •  

  • Noel Stanley Edwards (1931-2018)

  • Marriage Banns:

  • 18 May 1924

  • All Saints Church, Mettingham, Suffolk, England

  •  

  • also read on 25th May and 1st June 1924

  • Marriage:

  • 9 Jun 1924

  • Holy Trinity Church, Trinity Street, Bungay, Suffolk, England1 2

  •  

  • Witness-Sybil Irene Edwards, Mabel lived at 9 Upper Olland Street, Bungay

Husband: Sidney Cecil Edwards

  • Name:

  • Sidney Cecil Edwards3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Stanley Augustus Edwards (1875-1945)

  • Mother:

  • Maud Florence Payne (1880-1923)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • tractor driver and engineer4 5

  • Birth:

  • 2 Sep 1899

  • Haughley, Suffolk, England6 7 8 4 5 9

  •  

  • 1921 census says born in Wetherden Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 1)

  • Priory Cottage, Hintlesham, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • son living in four rooms with his parents Stanley and Maud, and sister Violet. Born in Haughley Suffolk

  • Baptism:

  • 17 Aug 1902 (age 2)

  • St. Peter's Church, Athelington, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • son of Stanley Augustus Edwards (labourer) and Maud Florence

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 11)

  • Tollgate Farm, Dovercourt, Essex, England8

  •  

  • son living in seven rooms with his parents Stanley and Florence, brothers, Reggie and Herbert, sisters Violet, Winnie, Sybil, Gwendoline and Florence, and a servant. Born in Haughley Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 21 yrs 9 mns)

  • Castle Farm, Castle Road, Mettingham, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a tractor driver and living in eight rooms with his parents Stanley and Maud, brothers Reginald, Arthur, Derrick and George, and sisters Winifred, Sybil, Gwyndoline, Marjory and Joyce. Born in Wetherden Suffolk

  • Residence:

  • 1925 (app) (age 25-26)

  • Ringsfield Corner, Suffolk, England

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 40)

  • Council Cottages, Beccles, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • a married tractor driver doing contract ploughing and cultivation, special constable no:1108 and an air raid warden living with his wife Mabel, son Noel and four closed records (presumably daughters Myrtle, Roma, Sybil and Barbara). Born on 2nd September 1899

  • Residence:

  • 1951 (age 51-52)

  • Weston, Suffolk, England

  •  

  • and worked as an engineer

  • Death:

  • Q1 1975 (age 75)

  • Waveney "Registration District", Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • committing suicide with a shot gun in a barn

  • Burial:

  • 4 Mar 1975

  • St. Peter, Weston, Suffolk, England10

Wife: Mabel Grace Codling

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Mabel Grace Codling

  • Name:

  • Mabel Grace Codling11

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • dressmaker

  • Birth:

  • 20 Sep 1898

  • Wangford "Registration District", Suffolk, England11 5 12

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 41)

  • Council Cottages, Beccles, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Sidney, son Noel and four closed records (presumably daughters Myrtle, Roma, Sybil and Barbara). Born on 20th September 1898

  • Miscellaneous:

  • 20 Sep 1998

  • Beccles, Suffolk, England13

  •  

  • received a 100th birthday card from the Queen

  • Miscellaneous:

  • 20 Sep 2001

  • Tan House, Beccles, Suffolk, England

  •  

  • was 103 years old. Yesterday Gloria and Harold Wilkinson paid her a visit at the above address. We left Mabel a birthday card and best wishes for her birthday.

  • Death:

  • 17 Dec 2005 (age 107)

  • Beccles Hospital, St. Mary's Road, Beccles, Suffolk, England14 15 12

  • Cremation:

  • 23 Dec 2005

  • Earlham Crematorium, Earlham Road, Norwich, Norfolk, England14

  • Interred:

  • 2006

  • St. Peter, Weston, Suffolk, England12

Child 3: Sybil Maude Edwards

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Spouse: Ivan Charles Markwell

  • Name:

  • Sybil Maude Edwards16

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Ivan Charles Markwell (1926-2009)

  • Birth:

  • 23 Oct 1929

  • Wangford "Registration District", Suffolk, England16

  • Baptism:

  • 1 Dec 1929 (age 0)

  • All Saints Church, Church Road, Ringsfield, Suffolk, England17

  • Death:

  • Jan 2023 (age 93)18

  •  

Child 4: Noel Stanley Edwards

  • Name:

  • Noel Stanley Edwards19 20

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Rosemary Jean Rulton (1935-2001)

  • Birth:

  • 17 Dec 1931

  • Wangford "Registration District", Suffolk, England19 5

  • Baptism:

  • 14 May 1933 (age 1)

  • All Saints Church, Church Road, Ringsfield, Suffolk, England17

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 7)

  • Council Cottages, Beccles, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • attending school and living with his parents Sidney and Mabel, and four closed records (presumably sisters Myrtle, Roma, Sybil and Barbara). Born on 17th December 1931

  • Death:

  • 24 Dec 2018 (age 87)

  • Suffolk "Registration District", Suffolk, England21 22 20

  • Cremation:

  • 16 Jan 2019

  • Seven Hills Crematorium, Felixstowe Road, Nacton, Suffolk, England22

  •  

  • at 10:30am, dear husband of the late Jean, devoted dad to Carol, Paul and Beverley, father-in-law to Amanda and the late Christopher, beloved grandad to Daniel and the late Suzie.

Note on Wife: Mabel Grace Codling

Mabel's parents were Samuel Codling and Elizabeth late Aldington

Sources

1.

Suffolk Records Office (Lowestoft) - Parish Records. Suffolk Record Office (Lowestoft), Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.

2.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Wangford 1924 quarter:2 volume:4a page:2468.

3.

FindMyPast Parish Records Collection - Baptisms, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk).

4.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9516 registration district:217 sub-district:1 enumeration-district:3, 5 schedule:70. Cit. Date: 23 July 2024.

5.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6653I page:5 line:6 letter code:TXLG. Cit. Date: 23 July 2024.

6.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Stow 1899 quarter:4 volume:4a page:877.

7.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1771 folio:62 page:15 schedlule:52. Cit. Date: 26 December 2021.

8.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10247 class:RG78 piece:540 registration district:197 sub-district:3 enumeration district:1 schedule:126. Cit. Date: 4 June 2017.

9.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Waveney 1975 quarter:1 volume:10 page:3152.

10.

Church Register.

11.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Wangford 1898 quarter:4 volume:4a page:998. Cit. Date: 21 January 2017.

12.

Billion Graves, (on-line at www.billiongraves.com). https://billiongraves.com/grave/Mabel-Grace-Edwards/7288275#/. Cit. Date: 21 January 2017.

13.

Birthday Card from Queen. Received a Birthday Card from Queen Elizabeth II and a minister of state on her 100th Birthday.

14.

Roma Ling personal communication. Telephone call from her daughter Roma Ling.

15.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Waveney 2005 quarter:4 district:7531A register:A25C entry:297 date:1205. Cit. Date: 21 January 2017.

16.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Wangford 1929 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1597. Cit. Date: 10 September 2017.

17.

Suffolk Family History Society - Extracts at Lowestoft Record Office.

18.

Stella Diane Dixon nee Wilkinson personal communication. telephone call having talekd to Joyce Bridget Edwards. Cit. Date: 28 March 2023.

19.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Wangford 1932 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1615. Cit. Date: 23 September 2017.

20.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Suffolk 2014 quarter:4 district:7481D entry:518347562. Cit. Date: 23 July 2024.

21.

Paul Sidney Edwards personal communication. email dated 1st January 2019. Cit. Date: 2 January 2019.

22.

East Anglian Daily Times Web Site, (on-line at www.eadt.co.uk/memorials/). published 29th December 2019. Cit. Date: 2 January 2019.