See also

Edward Edwards (1880- )

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Occupation:

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  • basket maker3

  • Birth:

  • Q4 1880

  • Onehouse, Suffolk, England1 4 5 3

  • Baptism:

  • 9 Jan 1881 (age 0)

  • St. John the Baptist Church, Onehouse, Suffolk, England6 2

  •  

  • son of George Edwards (labourer) and Jane of Onehouse

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 5 mns)

  • Onehouse, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • son living with his parents George and Jane, sisters Keziah, Louisa, Anna, Ellen and Flora, and brothers John, Daniel, Thomas and Freeman. Born in Onehouse Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 10)

  • Top Road, Onehouse, Suffolk, England7 5

  •  

  • son attending school and living in four rooms with his parents James and Jane, brothers Daniel, Thomas, Freeman, Spencer and George Harry, and sisters Anna, Ellen and Florence. Born in Onehouse Suffolk

  • Military Service:

  • frm 30 Jan 1900 to 29 Jan 1908 (age 19-27)

  • Essex Regiment as private 58148

  •  

  • a basket weaver of Onehouse Suffolk who was 5' 6½" tall, weighed 122lbs with a chest of 34" expanding to 36", a fair complexion, blue eyes and brown hair. Edward trained at The Duke of York's Royal Military School and the Royal Hibernian Military School and served in South Africa, India and Burma, and was sentenced to 28 days in prison for prejudicing good order and military discipline. He was transferred to the Army Reserve on discharge

  • Census absence:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 20)

  •  

  •  

  • away in South Africa on military service

  • Medals:

  • 1902 (app)8

  •  

  •  

  • Queen's South Africa medal and three clasps and the King's South Africa medal and clasp

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 30)

  • Onehouse, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • an unmarried son working as a basket maker living in four rooms with his parents George and Jane, brother George, sister-in-law Laura and nephew Edward. Born in Onehouse Suffolk

Individual Note

Unsure when or where Edward died as there are many possibilities. There is a death in Woodbridge in 1916 but the age is three years out, so considered as probably not Edward

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 1880 quarter:4 volume:4a page:599. Cit. Date: 16 October 2020.

2.

Suffolk Family History Society - Stow and Thedwastre Baptisms 1813-1900, (2011 SFK-BPI-05/P1 own copy). Onehouse St. John the Baptist baptisms entry:430. Cit. Date: 14 November 2021.

3.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10682 class:RG78 piece:575 registration district:209 sub-district:2 enumeration district:8 schedule:11. Cit. Date: 27 May 2018.

4.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1848 folio:75 page:8 schedule:742. Cit. Date: 14 November 2021.

5.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1455 folio:63 page:3. Cit. Date: 16 October 2020.

6.

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

7.

Neil Lanridge personal communication. email. Cit. Date: 19 March 2001.

8.

FindMyPast British Army Service Records, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive ref:WO 97 - Chelsea Pensioners British Army Service Records 1760-1913 box:4764 record:27. Cit. Date: 14 November 2021.