See also

Family of Frederick Thomas Bradley Woods and Florence Maud Mary Edwards

  • Husband:

  • Frederick Thomas Bradley Woods (1871-1939)

  • Wife:

  • Florence Maud Mary Edwards (1876-1926)

  • Status:

  • Separated

  • Marriage:

  • 5 Oct 1904

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England1 2

Husband: Frederick Thomas Bradley Woods

  • Name:

  • Frederick Thomas Bradley Woods3 4 1 5

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Nickname:

  • Fred

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • miller6 7 8

  • Birth:

  • 12 Sep 1871

  • Haughley, Suffolk, England3 9 10 6 7 8

  • Baptism:

  • 3 Dec 1871 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Duke Street, Haughley, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • son of Frederick Turner Woods (miller) and Sarah of Haughley

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 9)

  • The Green, Haughley, Suffolk, England10

  •  

  • grandson as Bradley living with his grandparents Frederick and Mirriam (sic), and a servant. Born in Haughley Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 19)

  • The Green, Haughley, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • unmarried son as Bradley working as a miller and living with his parents Frederick and Sarah, sisters Angelina, Olive and Constance, and brothers Edwin and Bertie. Born in Haughley Suffolk

  • Military Service:

  • frm 15 Jan 1900 to 4 May 1901 (age 28-29)

  • Suffolk Regiment as private 6524 then 2975842

  •  

  • being 5' 9½" tall, weighing 165 lbs, with a chest of 39/41", a fair complexion, brown etes and dark hair. He served in South Africa from 11th February 1900 to 3rd May 1901

  • Census absence:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 29)

  •  

  •  

  • in South Africa on military service

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 38)

  • 35 Albert Crescent, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a flour miller and living in six rooms with his wife Florence. Born in Haughley Suffolk

  • Military Service:

  • frm 11 Nov 1915 to 6 Feb 1919 (age 44-47)

  • Army Service Corps as private 22739 then 29758411

  •  

  • serving in France

  • Medals:

  • 3 Dec 191912

  •  

  •  

  • White Star medal

  • Medals:

  • 13 May 192013

  •  

  •  

  • British War and Victory medals

  • Census absence:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 49)

  •  

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 68)

  • White House, Old Street, Haughley, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • a widowed and invalided miller as Fred living with his unmarried sister Olive. Born on 12th September 1871

  • Death:

  • Q4 1939 (age 68)

  • Gipping "Registration District", Suffolk, England5

Wife: Florence Maud Mary Edwards

  • Name:

  • Florence Maud Mary Edwards14 15

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Arthur Samuel Edward Edwards (1853-1913)

  • Mother:

  • Susannah Bryant Mann (1845-1898)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • domestic and dairy16

  • Birth:

  • 17 Sep 1876

  • Wetherden, Suffolk, England14 17 15 18 19 16 7 20

  •  

  • 1891 census says born in Haughley

  • Baptism:

  • 2 Dec 1876 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England17 15

  •  

  • daughter of Arthur Samuel Edwards (farmer) and Susannah Bryant of Wetherden, born 17th September 1876

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 4)

  • Brickwall Farm, Stowmarket Road, Wetherden, Suffolk, England18

  •  

  • daughter as F M M Edwards living with her parents Arthur and Susannah, brother Stanley and sister Alice, and a servant. Born in Haughley Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 14)

  • Wetherden, Suffolk, England21 19

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living with her parents Arthur and Susan, brother Stanley, sister Alice and a servant. Born in Haughley Suffolk

  • Criminal Witness:

  • 11 Feb 1900 (age 23)

  • The Petty Sessions, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England22

  •  

  • with Alice Blanche Edwards where William Thompson was found guilty and fined 2s 6d (~£10 in 2017) for being on a premises for an unlawful purpose, in fact he had threatened to burn it down

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 22)

  • Upper Lodge, Wetherden, Suffolk, England16

  •  

  • unmarried daughter as Maud working as a domestic and in the dairy and living with her father Arthur, step-mother Lucy, and sister Blanche. Born in Wetherden Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 33)

  • 35 Albert Crescent, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • married wife living in six rooms with her husband Frederick. Born in Wetherden Suffolk and married for six years without children

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 44)

  • 43 Victoria Street, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England20

  •  

  • married head of the household (husband absent <unreadable>) doing household duties and living in six rooms with two boarders. Born in Wetherden Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Q1 1926 (age 49)

  • Bury St. Edmunds "Registration District", Suffolk, England23 24

Note on Marriage

As per 1921 census for Florence

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England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Stow 1904 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1723. Cit. Date: 29 June 2022.

2.

FindMyPast British Army Service Records, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive ref:WO 364 no:6524. Cit. Date: 30 June 2022.

3.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Stow 1871 quarter:3 volume:4a page:509. Cit. Date: 5 July 2017.

4.

Suffolk Family History Society - Stow and Thedwastre Baptisms 1813-1900, (2011 SFK-BPI-05/P1 own copy). Haughley St. Mary baptisms entry:734. Cit. Date: 30 June 2022.

5.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Gipping 1939 quarter:4 volume:4a page:2179. Cit. Date: 30 June 2022.

6.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1456 folio:67 page:8 schedule:46. Cit. Date: 30 June 2022.

7.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10618 class:RG78 piece:570 registration district:207 sub-district:2 enumeration district:7 schedule:115. Cit. Date: 29 June 2022.

8.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6643A page:11 line:23 letter code:TXGK. Cit. Date: 30 June 2022.

9.

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

10.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1850 folio:76 page:3 schedule:849. Cit. Date: 30 June 2022.

11.

FindMyPast British Army Service Records, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive ref:WO 364 no:22739. Cit. Date: 30 June 2022.

12.

Ancestry UK WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914-1920, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Labour Corps piece:2856 no:227584. Cit. Date: 30 June 2022.

13.

Ibid. Labour Corps piece:1819 no:227584. Cit. Date: 30 June 2022.

14.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Stow 1877 quarter:1 volume:4a page:567. Cit. Date: 18 January 2017.

15.

Suffolk Family History Society - Stow and Thedwastre Baptisms 1813-1900, (2011 SFK-BPI-05/P1 own copy). Wetherden St. Mary baptisms entry:121. Cit. Date: 29 June 2022.

16.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1760 folio:120 page:1 schedule:5. Cit. Date: 29 June 2022.

17.

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

18.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1849 folio:44 page:1. Cit. Date: 9 February 2017.

19.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1456 folio:135 page:15. Cit. Date: 9 February 2017.

20.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9324 registration district:207 sub-district:2 enumeration district:7 schedule:52. Cit. Date: 9 June 2023.

21.

Neil Lanridge personal communication. email. Cit. Date: 28 March 2001.

22.

FindMyPast Newspaper article, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Bury and Norwich Post Tuesday 19th June 1900 page:8.

23.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bury St Edmunds 1926 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1015. Cit. Date: 29 June 2022.

24.

Suffolk Family History Society - Extracts at Lowestoft Record Office.