Family of Arthur Alfred Edwards and Sophia Noble

Husband: Arthur Alfred Edwards

  • Name:

  • Arthur Alfred Edwards

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • domestic gardener and stud groom2 3

  • Birth:

  • 1859 (app)

  • Harleston, Norfolk, England2

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 32)

  • Middle Green, Gazeley, Suffolk, England2

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a groom and domestic gardener and living in four rooms with his wife Sophia, daughter Alice and son Herbert. Born in Harleston Norfolk

Wife: Sophia Noble

  • Name:

  • Sophia Noble1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 1864 (app)

  • Quy, Cambridgeshire, England2 4

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 27)

  • Middle Green, Gazeley, Suffolk, England2

  •  

  • married wife living in four rooms with her husband Arthur, daughter Alice and son Herbert. Born in Quy Cambridgeshire

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 42)

  • Vine Terrace, Exning, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • married head of the household living with her son Herbert, daughters Alice and Minnie, and three boarders. Born in Quy Cambridgeshire

Child 1: Alice Rose Edwards

  • Name:

  • Alice Rose Edwards5

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • parlourmaid6

  • Birth:

  • Q4 1888

  • Norwich, Norfolk, England5 2 4 6

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 3)

  • Middle Green, Gazeley, Suffolk, England2

  •  

  • daughter living in four rooms with her parents Arthur and Sophia and brother Herbert. Born in Norwich Norfolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 12)

  • Vine Terrace, Exning, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • daughter living with her mother Sophia, brother Herbert, sister Minnie, and three boarders. Born in Norwich Norfolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 23)

  • Newnham Cottage, Queens Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England6

  •  

  • an unmarried servant working as parlour maid and living in nineteen rooms with two other servants. Born in Norwich Norfolk

Child 2: Herbert Alfred Edwards

  • Name:

  • Herbert Alfred Edwards7

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Mar 1891

  • Higham, Suffolk, England7 2 4

  •  

  • 1901 census says born in Soham Cambridgeshire (both places are within the Newmarket registration district)

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 1 mn)

  • Middle Green, Gazeley, Suffolk, England2

  •  

  • son living in four rooms with his parents Arthur and Sophia and sister Alice. Born in Higham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 10)

  • Vine Terrace, Exning, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • son living with his mother Sophia, sisters Alice and Minnie, and three boarders. Born in Soham Cambridgeshire

  • Census absence:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 20)

  •  

  • Death:

  • 4 Sep 1916 (age 25)

  • Iraq8

  • Burial:

  •  

  • Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Baghdad, Iraq8

  •  

  • private no:7646 2nd Battalion Norfolk Regiment, grave XXI.S.54, son of Sophia Gilbert (formerly Edwards), of 3, Idare Cottages, Exning, Newmarket, and the late Alfred Edwards

Child 3: Minnie Hilda Edwards

  • Name:

  • Minnie Hilda Edwards9 10

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse (1):

  • Oliver James Wiseman (1891-1918)

  • Spouse (2):

  • Percy Alexander Bowman (1881-1957)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • housemaid11

  • Birth:

  • 27 Feb 1895

  • Barrow, Suffolk, England9 4 11 12

  • Baptism:

  • 28 Apr 1895 (age 0)

  • All Saints Church, Church Road, Barrow, Suffolk, England13 10

  •  

  • daughter of Arthur Alfred Edwards (groom) and Sophia of Barrow

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 6)

  • Vine Terrace, Exning, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • daughter living with her mother Sophia, brother Herbert, sister Alice, and three boarders. Born in Barrow Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 18)

  • Thorney Creek, Herschel Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England11

  •  

  • an unmarried servant working as an under housemaid and living in nineteen rooms with Edmund henry parker and family and four other servants. Born in Barrow Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 44)

  • 15 King Edward VII Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, England12

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Percy and a closed record (presumably daughter Gladys). Born on 27th February 1895

  • Death:

  • Q3 1957 (age 62)

  • Newmarket "Registration District", Suffolk, England14

Child 4: Lily Blanche Edwards

  • Name:

  • Lily Blanche Edwards15 16

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • Q3 1896

  • Thingoe "Registration District", Suffolk, England15

  • Baptism:

  • 4 Oct 1896 (age 0)

  • St. Leonard's Church, The Street, Horringer (Horningsheath), Suffolk, England13 3

  •  

  • daughter as Lilian Blanche of Arthur Alfred Edwards (stud groom) and Sophia of Horringer

  • Death:

  • Mar 1897 (age 6 mns)

  • Newmarket "Registration District", Suffolk, England16 17 18

  • Burial:

  • 1 Apr 1897

  • St. Martin's Church, Church Road, Exning, Suffolk, England19 17 18

  •  

  • aged 6 months of Exning

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2.

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19.

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