Family of Spencer John Edwards and Marjorie Kent

Husband: Spencer John Edwards

Spencer John Edwards

Name:
Spencer John Edwards⁴ ⁵ ¹
Sex:
Male
Nickname:
Jimmy
Father:
Herbert Spencer Edwards (1892-1971)
Mother:
Maud Mary Miller (1889-1976)
Birth:
11 Sep 1918
Wood Farm, Helmingham Road, Otley, Suffolk, England⁵ ⁴ ⁶
Baptism:
1 Jun 1919 (age 0)
St. Mary's Church, Church Road, Otley, Suffolk, England⁵
Death:
10 Jan 1941 (age 22)
Mediterranean Sea, Malta¹ ⁷ ⁸ ⁶
Cause: on board HMS Gallant when she struck a mine

leading sea man number C/JX 141014, husband of Marjorie Edwards of Ipswich, missing presumed dead. The ship was towed to Malta for repairs and carried on serving

Marjorie Kent

Name:
Marjorie Kent⁹ ¹
Sex:
Female
Father:
William George Kent (1868-1942)
Mother:
Alice Blanche Edwards (1881-1953)
Occupation:
silk machinist
Birth:
30 Apr 1919
Walton, Suffolk, England¹⁰ ⁹ ¹¹ ¹² ¹³
1921 census says born in Felixstowe
Census:
19 Jun 1921 (age 2 yrs 2 mns)
258 High Street, Walton, Suffolk, England¹¹
daughter living in four rooms with her parents William Kent and Alice Edwards, sister Mabel, and brother Thomas. Born in Felixstowe Suffolk
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 20)
46 Ranelagh Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England¹² ¹⁴
an unmarried silk machinist living with her mother Alice, sister Bluebell, and brother Thomas. Born on 30th April 1919 and married an Edwards and a Dimes at later dates. This address was described as "a small and dark house but an Aladdins cave to us children" by Sylvia Gillingham
Death:
28 Feb 1996 (age 76)
Ipswich, Suffolk, England¹⁰ ¹³

1.: Janet A Tomkins nee Dawson personal communication. email. Cit. Date: 11 May 2014.

2.: Elizabeth Goffin nee Dimes personal communication. Letter dated 31st March 2021. Cit. Date: 8 April 2021.

3.: England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1940 quarter:1 volume:4a page:4000. Cit. Date: 2 May 2018.

4.: England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Woodbridge 1918 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1450. Cit. Date: 2 May 2018.

5.: Suffolk Records Office (Lowestoft) - Parish Records. Otley St. Mary. Cit. Date: 20 August 2003. Suffolk Record Office (Lowestoft), Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.

6.: FindMyPast British armed forces and overseas deaths and burials Transcription, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive ref:ADM 104/130. Cit. Date: 2 May 2018.

7.: Ancestry UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk).

9.: England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Woodbridge 1919 quarter:2 volume:4a page:1395. Cit. Date: 2 May 2018.

10.: Elizabeth Goffin nee Dimes personal communication. Letter dated 31st March 2021. Cit. Date: 7 April 2021.

11.: England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9465 registration district:214 sub-district:1 enumeration district:13 schedule:76. Cit. Date: 20 June 2023.

12.: UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6602G page:24 line:37 letter code:TVBO. Cit. Date: 19 September 2020.

13.: England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1996 quarter:1 district:7471C register:C14B entry:219 date:0296. Cit. Date: 2 May 2018.