See also

Family of Frederick Martin Edwards and Rosetta Shimmen

  • Husband:

  • Frederick Martin Edwards (1880-1947)

  • Wife:

  • Rosetta Shimmen (1881-1935)

  • Children:

  • Estelle Vera Edwards (1917-2008)

  • Marriage:

  • Q4 1910

  • Woodbridge "Registration District", Suffolk, England1

Husband: Frederick Martin Edwards

  • Name:

  • Frederick Martin Edwards2,3,4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Charles Martin Edwards (1858-1916)

  • Mother:

  • Emily Sadler (1859-1946)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • farmer5,6,7,8

  • Birth:

  • 12 Sep 1880

  • Haughley, Suffolk, England2,3,6,7,8,9,10

  • Baptism:

  • 3 Oct 1880 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Street, Wetherden, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • son of Charles Martin Edwards (farmer) and Emily of Stradbroke, born on 12th September 1880

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 6 mns)

  • Brooklands, Mill Lane, Stradbroke, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • son living with his parents Charles and Emily, and a servant. Born in Haughley Suffolk and sharing the same house as his uncle Arthur Steggall and family

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 10)

  • Haughley Bushes Farm, Haughley, Suffolk, England11,12

  •  

  • son attending school and living with his parents Charles and Emily, brother Frank, sisters Adelaide and Edith, and two servants. Born in Haughley Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 20)

  • Haughley Bushes Farm, Haughley, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a farmer's son and living with his parents Charles and Emily, brother Frank, and sisters Adelaide, Edith, Ethel and Olive. Born in Haughley Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 30)

  • Pear Tree Farm, Grundisburgh Road, Clopton, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • married head of the household as Martin Edwards working as a farmer and living in eight rooms with his wife Rose. Born in Haughley Suffolk

  • Directory:

  • 1933 (age 52-53)

  • Pear Tree and Mount Pleasant Farms, Clopton, Suffolk, England13

  •  

  • as a farmer at

  • Administrator:

  • 18 Oct 1935 (age 55)

  •  

     

    Frederick Martin Edwards was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of Rosetta Shimmen on Friday on 18 October 1935 at the Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

  • Directory:

  • 1937 (age 56-57)

  • Pear Tree and Mount Pleasant Farms, Clopton, Suffolk, England14

  •  

  • as a farmer at

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 59)

  • Pear Tree Farm, Grundisburgh Road, Clopton, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • a widowed farmer living with his daughter Estella and two closed records. Born on 12th September 1880

  • Death:

  • 17 Feb 1947 (age 66)

  • Ipswich and East Suffolk Hospital, Anglesea Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England4,15

  • Probate:

  • 1 Nov 1947

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England15

  •  

  • of Pear Tree Farm Clopton died 17th February 1947 at The East Suffolk and Ipswich Hospital Ipswich, effects of £5,962 14s (~£202,000 in 2017) administered by Albert Arthur Turner retired bank cashier and Albert John Coppen farmer

Wife: Rosetta Shimmen

  • Name:

  • Rosetta Shimmen1,16

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Nickname:

  • Rose

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • school teacher17

  • Birth:

  • Q1 1881

  • Tuddenham St. Martin, Suffolk, England7,16,17,18,19

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 3 mns)

  • Stewards House to Hall, Tuddenham St. Martin, Suffolk, England18

  •  

  • daughter living with her parents Bassett and Esther, and brother Arthur. Born in Tuddenham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 10)

  • Stewards House to Hall, Tuddenham St. Martin, Suffolk, England19

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living with her parents Bassett and Esther, and brother George Arthur. Born in Tuddenham St. Martin Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 20)

  • The Hall Farm, Tuddenham St. Martin, Suffolk, England17

  •  

  • unmarried daughter as Rose working as a school teacher and living with her parents Bassett and Esther, and brother Arthur. Born in Tuddenham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 30)

  • Pear Tree Farm, Grundisburgh Road, Clopton, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • married wife as Rose Edwards living in eight rooms with her husband Martin. Born in Tuddenham Suffolk and married under one year, no children

  • Death:

  • 17 Sep 1935 (age 54)

  • University College Hospital, Gower Street, Bloomsbury, London, England20,21

  • Probate:

  • 18 Oct 1935

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England21

  •  

  • of Pear Tree Farm Clopton Suffolk (wife of Frederick Martin Edwards) died 17th September 1935 at the University College Hospital Gower Street Middlesex, administration of effects of £120 (~£6,100 in 2017) resworn as £330 12s 9d (~£17,000 in 2017) to the said Frederick Martin Edwards farmer

Child 1: Estelle Vera Edwards

  • Name:

  • Estelle Vera Edwards22

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Geoffrey Thomas Ball (1916-2008)

  • Birth:

  • 5 Aug 1917

  • Woodbridge "Registration District", Suffolk, England8,22

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 22)

  • Pear Tree Farm, Grundisburgh Road, Clopton, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • unmarried doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her widowed father Frederick and two closed records. Born on 5th August 1917 and married a Ball at a later date

  • Death:

  • 19 Jun 2008 (age 90)

  • Deben "Registration District", Suffolk, England23,24

  • Probate:

  • 7 Jan 2009

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England24

  •  

  • grant and will, died 19th June 2008

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England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Woodbridge 1910 quarter:4 volume:4a page:2316. Cit. Date: 10 September 2021.

2.

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:601. Cit. Date: 11 September 2021.

3.

Suffolk Family History Society - Stow and Thedwastre Baptisms 1813-1900, (2011 SFK-BPI-05/P1 own copy). Wetherden St. Mary baptisms entry:177. Cit. Date: 4 October 2019.

4.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1947 quarter:1 volume:4b page:1119. Cit. Date: 11 September 2021.

5.

Jane Catherine Elizabeth Finbow personal communication. letter. Cit. Date: 22 May 1999.

6.

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

7.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:10856 registration district:214 sub-district:1 enumeration district:1 schedule:32. Cit. Date: 11 September 2021.

8.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:6636I page:4 line:17 letter code:TXDR. Cit. Date: 11 September 2021.

9.

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10.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG12 piece:1456 folio:49 page:7.

11.

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

12.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG12 piece:1456 folio:49 page:7. Cit. Date: 10 April 2020.

13.

Kelly's Directory of Suffolk 1933, (Archive CD Books (own copy)). page:112. Cit. Date: 11 September 2021.

14.

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15.

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17.

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18.

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19.

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20.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Pancras 1935 quarter:3 volume:1b page:28. Cit. Date: 11 September 2021.

21.

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 1935 page:230. Cit. Date: 11 September 2021.

22.

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23.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Deben 2008 quarter:2 district:7431 register:1002 entry:173. Cit. Date: 11 September 2021.

24.

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