See also

Family of Joshua Edwards and Jane Cooper

Husband: Joshua Edwards

  • Name:

  • Joshua Edwards3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • William Edwards (1749-1817)

  • Mother:

  • Susanna Ramply (1749?-1835)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • an agricultural labourer becoming a pauper4 5

  • Note:

  •  

  •  

  •  

  • Wetherden History records that a Josh EDWARDS, a poor person was given 2 spinning wheels and one reel, to spin thread supplied by the villiage.

  • Birth:

  • 1780 (app)

  • Shelland, Suffolk, England6 4 3

  • Baptism:

  • 9 Jun 1782 (age 1-2)

  • King Charles the Martyr Church, Church Lane, Shelland, Suffolk, England7 3

  •  

  • son of William and Susan Edwards

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 60-61)

  • Wetherden Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • aged 55, agricultural labourer living with his wife and two children. Born in Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 70-71)

  • Wetherden Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England

  •  

  • aged 71, agricultural labourer and pauper. Born in Sheland, living The Street, Wetherden.

  • Death:

  • Jan 1858 (age 77-78)

  •  

  • Burial:

  • 22 Jan 1858

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England7 8

  •  

  • aged 77.

Wife: Jane Cooper

  • Name:

  • Jane Cooper2

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • Aug 1783 (app)

  • Wyverstone, Suffolk, England6 4

  • Baptism:

  • 31 Aug 1783 (age 0)

  • St. George's Church, Westhorpe Road, Wyverstone, Suffolk, England9

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 57)

  • Wetherden Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • aged 55, living with her husband and two children. Born in Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 67)

  •  

  •  

  • aged 70. Born in Wyverstone, living with her husband.

  • Death:

  • Dec 1868 (age 85)

  •  

  • Burial:

  • 1 Jan 1869

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • aged 90.

Child 1: Harriet Edwards

  • Name:

  • Harriet Edwards

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • Dec 1805 (app)

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 22 Dec 1805 (age 0)

  • All Saints Church, Main Road, Great Ashfield, Suffolk, England10

Child 2: Joshua John Edwards

  • Name:

  • Joshua John Edwards11 12

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Sarah Ann Wright (1812?-1901)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • agricultural / farm labourer13 5

  • Birth:

  • 10 Sep 1807

  • Norton, Suffolk, England14 11 13

  • Baptism:

  • 15 Sep 1807 (age 0)

  • St. Andrew's Church, Church Lane, Norton, Suffolk, England14 11

  •  

  • son of Joshua Edwards and Jane late Cooper, private baptism and born 10th September 1807

  • Re-Baptism:

  • 15 Nov 1807 (age 0)

  • St. Augustine's Church, Haughley Road, Harleston, Suffolk, England12

  •  

  • son of Joshua Edwards and Jane late Cooper, probably being received into the church

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 33)

  • Upper Town, Wetherden, Suffolk, England13

  •  

  • aged 25 as John Edwards, agricultural labourer living with his wife and a daughter. Born in Suffolk

  • Immigration:

  • 18 Feb 1844 (age 36)

  • to Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia15

  •  

  • onboard the Royal Consort travelling with his wife and son

  • Death:

  • 1881 (age 74)

  • Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia16

  •  

  • son of Joshua Jno and Jane Cooper

Child 3: Charlotte Edwards

  • Name:

  • Charlotte Edwards3 17

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 1810 (app)3 17

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 1 Apr 1810 (age 0)

  • St. Augustine's Church, Haughley Road, Harleston, Suffolk, England7 3 17

  •  

  • daughter of Joshua Edwards and Jane late Cooper

Child 4: Jane Edwards

  • Name:

  • Jane Edwards5

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 1813 (app)

  • Woolpit, Suffolk, England5

  • Baptism:

  • 12 Jul 1813 (age 0)

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

  •  

  • daughter of Joshua Edwards (labourer) and Jane late Cooper of Woolpit, private baptism

Child 5: Robert Edwards

  • Name:

  • Robert Edwards5

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 1816 (app)

  • Woolpit, Suffolk, England5

  • Baptism:

  • 12 Aug 1816 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Road, Woolpit, Suffolk, England1 5

  •  

  • son of Joshua Edwards (labourer) and Jane late Cooper of Woolpit

Child 6: Betsy Edwards

  • Name:

  • Betsy Edwards5

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 1818 (app)

  • Woolpit, Suffolk, England5

  • Baptism:

  • 13 Feb 1818 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Road, Woolpit, Suffolk, England1 5

  •  

  • daughter of Joshua Edwards (labourer) and Jane late Cooper of Woolpit

Child 7: William Edwards

  • Name:

  • William Edwards5

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 1821 (app)

  • Woolpit, Suffolk, England18 5

  • Baptism:

  • 29 Apr 1821 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Road, Woolpit, Suffolk, England1 5

  •  

  • son of Joshua Edwards (labourer) and Jane late Cooper of Woolpit

Child 8: Joseph Edwards

  • Name:

  • Joseph Edwards5

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 1824 (app)

  • Woolpit, Suffolk, England5

  • Baptism:

  • 5 Sep 1824 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Road, Woolpit, Suffolk, England1 5

  •  

  • son of Joshua Edwards (labourer) and Jane late Cooper of Woolpit

Child 9: George Edwards

  • Name:

  • George Edwards5

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 1825 (app)

  • Woolpit, Suffolk, England4

  • Baptism:

  • 20 Nov 1825 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Road, Woolpit, Suffolk, England1 5

  •  

  • son of Joshua Edwards (labourer) and Jane late Cooper of Woolpit

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 15-16)

  • Wetherden Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • aged 15, living with parents and a sibling. Born in Suffolk

Child 10: Matilda Edwards

  • Name:

  • Matilda Edwards5 19

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 1828 (app)

  • Suffolk, England20 21 19 5

  • Baptism:

  • 17 Aug 1828 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Road, Woolpit, Suffolk, England1 5

  •  

  • daughter of Joshua Edwards (labourer) and Jane late Cooper of Woolpit

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 12-13)

  • Wetherden Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England19

  •  

  • aged 11, living with parents and a sibling. Born in Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Aug 1850 (age 21-22)21 20

  •  

  • Burial:

  • 17 Aug 1850

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England7 22 21 20

  •  

  • aged 23 of Wetherden

Note on Wife: Jane Cooper

parents Charles Cooper and Mary late Reynolds

Sources

1.

Church Register.

2.

Suffolk Family History Society - Blackbourn, Stow, Thedwastre and Thingoe Marriages 1754-1812, (2010 SFK-MI/05 own copy).

3.

Suffolk Family History Society - Stow and Thedwastre Baptisms 1754-1812, (2011 SFK-BPI-05/P2 own copy).

4.

England and Wales Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:HO107 piece:1035 book:15 folio:12 page:19.

5.

Suffolk Family History Society - Stow and Thedwastre Baptisms 1813-1900, (2011 SFK-BPI-05/P1 own copy).

6.

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

7.

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

8.

John Oakley personal communication. PAF. Cit. Date: 20 April 2001.

9.

Colin Edwards personal communication. email. Cit. Date: December 2007.

10.

Suffolk Records Office (Lowestoft) - Parish Records. Cit. Date: 11 August 1998. Suffolk Record Office (Lowestoft), Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.

11.

Suffolk Family History Society - Blackbourn Baptisms 1754-1812, (2014 SFK-BPI-08/P2 own copy). Norton St. Andrew baptisms entry:30/8. Cit. Date: 29 November 2023.

12.

Suffolk Family History Society - Stow and Thedwastre Baptisms 1754-1812, (2011 SFK-BPI-05/P2 own copy). Harleston St. Augustine baptisms entry:9/6. Cit. Date: 29 November 2023.

13.

England and Wales Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:HO107 piece:1035 book:15 folio:5 page:5.

14.

Church of the Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch, (www.familysearch.org). batch:C06206-1 sys:England-ODM film:950447.

15.

Ancestry Australia New South Wales Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists 1828-1896, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk).

16.

Ancestry Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). year:1881 place:Victoria:register:9090.

17.

Suffolk Records Office (Ipswich) - Parish Records. film:J426/40. Suffolk Record Office (Ipswich), Suffolk Record Office, Gateacre Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

18.

Vital Record Index of LDS Church.

19.

England and Wales Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:HO107 piece:1035 book:15 folio:13 page:20.

20.

Suffolk Family History Society - Suffolk Burial Index, (2020 SFK-BUI/03-1 own copy).

21.

The Federation of Family History Societies, National Burial Index for England & Wales v.3, (2010 own copy).

22.

Sian Plant (One Name Study) personal communication. ex NBI. Cit. Date: July 2001.