See also

Ethel Elsie Edwards (1891-1978)

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • dairy maid4

  • Birth:

  • 12 Sep 1891

  • Haughley Bushes Farm, Haughley, Suffolk, England1 5 2 6 4

  • Baptism:

  • 25 Dec 1891 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England5 2

  •  

  • daughter of Charles Martin Edwards (farmer) and Emily of Haughley, born on 12th September 1891 in Haughley Bushes

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 9)

  • Haughley Bushes Farm, Haughley, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • daughter living with her parents Charles and Emily, brothers Frederick and Frank, and sisters Adelaide, Edith and Olive. Born in Haughley Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 19)

  • Mill Farm, Station Road, Finningham, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • unmarried farmers daughter doing dairy work and living in eight rooms with her parents Charles and Emily, brother Albert, sisters Edith, Olive and Ena, and a servant. Born in Haughley Suffolk

  • Military Service:

  • btw 22 May 1915 and 1919 (age 23-28)

  • Red Cross7 8

  •  

  • of Mill Farm Finningham Suffolk: Served at Ampton Hall, Bury St. Edmunds and the Red Cross Hospital, Sussex Lodge, Newmarket

     

    In the 1911 census Ethel is living with her family at Mill Farm in Finningham. She was a dairy worker, daughter of Charles and Emily Edwards, died in 1978

  • Medals:

  • 1920 (app)9

  •  

  •  

  • three W.S bars

  • Death:

  • 22 Jan 1978 (age 86)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England3 10

  • Probate:

  • 17 Mar 1978

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England10

  •  

  • of 75 Constable Road Ipswich died 22nd January 1978, probate of £23,151 (~£125,000 in 2017)

Sources

1.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Stow 1891 quarter:4 volume:4a page:768. Cit. Date: 4 October 2019.

2.

Suffolk Family History Society - Stow and Thedwastre Baptisms 1813-1900, (2011 SFK-BPI-05/P1 own copy). Wetherden St. Mary baptisms entry:348. Cit. Date: 4 October 2019.

3.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1978 quarter:1 volume:10 page:3252. Cit. Date: 8 October 2019.

4.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10701 class:RG78 piece:577 registration district:210 sub-district:1 enumeration district:3 schedule:72. Cit. Date: 8 October 2019.

5.

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

6.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1761 folio:51 page:4. Cit. Date: 8 October 2019.

7.

FindMyPast British Red Cross Register of Volunteers 1914-1918, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Cit. Date: 4 October 2019.

8.

FindMyPast Lives Of The First World War 1914-1918, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Cit. Date: 4 October 2019.

9.

FindMyPast British Red Cross Register of Volunteers 1914-1918, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Suffolk B. Cit. Date: 4 October 2019.

10.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1978 page:2491 no:781002675R. Cit. Date: 11 April 2020.