See also

Family of Robert Edwards and Mary Ridgion

  • Husband:

  • Robert Edwards (1794?-1878)

  • Wife:

  • Mary Ridgion (1801-1888)

  • Marriage:

  • 7 Nov 1833

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Road, Old Newton, Suffolk, England1,2

  •  

  • Robert of Haughley

Husband: Robert Edwards

  • Name:

  • Robert Edwards3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Robert Edwards (1772?-1855)

  • Mother:

  • Pleasance Martin (1770-1841)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • pig dealer4,5,6,7

  • Birth:

  • 1794 (app)

  • Haughley, Suffolk, England3,4,5,6,7

  • Baptism:

  • 30 Mar 1795 (age 0-1)

  • St. Mary's Church, Duke Street, Haughley, Suffolk, England1,3

  •  

  • son of Robert Edwards and Pleasance late Martin, private baptism

  • Criminal Witness:

  • 18 Mar 1833 (age 38-39)

  • The Suffolk Assizes8

  •  

  • giving evidence at the trial of John Redgrave indicted for sheep stealing, he was transported for life. Note there were three generations of Robert Edwards living in Haughley at this time, but the one born in 1772 is considered the most likely person

  • Banns:

  • 20 Oct 1833 (age 38-39)

  • St. Mary's Church, Duke Street, Haughley, Suffolk, England

  •  

  • also published on 27th October and 3rd November 1833

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 46-47)

  • Haughley, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • aged 50 as Robrt Edwards, dealer living with his wife. Born in Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 56-57)

  • Haughley New Street, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • head of the household aged 57 married, pig dealer living with his wife. Born in Haughley Suffolk

  • Directory:

  • 1855 (age 60-61)

  • Haughley New Street, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • as a jobber of

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 66-67)

  • Haughley New Street, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • head of the household aged 66 married, pig dealer living with his wife. Born in Haughley Suffolk

  • Directory:

  • 1868 (age 73-74)

  • Haughley New Street, Suffolk, England10

  •  

  • as a cattle dealer and poulterer of

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 76-77)

  • Haughley New Street, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • head of the household aged 77 married, dealer living with his wife. Born in Haughley Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Dec 1878 (age 84)

  • St. Mary's Church, Duke Street, Haughley, Suffolk, England11,12,13,14

  • Burial:

  • 26 Dec 1878

  • St. Mary's Church, Duke Street, Haughley, Suffolk, England13,14

  •  

  • aged 84

Wife: Mary Ridgion

  • Name:

  • Mary Ridgion3,4

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • a poulterer/poutlry dealer4,6,7

  • Birth:

  • 3 Apr 1801

  • Old Newton, Suffolk, England3,4,5,6,7,15

  • Baptism:

  • 30 Apr 1801 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Road, Old Newton, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • daughter of George Ridgion and Elizabeth late Barret

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 40)

  • Haughley, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • aged 45, living with her husband. Born in Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 49)

  • Haughley New Street, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • wife aged 42 married, poulter living with her husband. Born in Newton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 60)

  • Haughley New Street, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • wife aged 63 married, poultry dealer living with her husband. Born in Newton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 69)

  • Haughley New Street, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • wife aged 75 married, poulterer living with her husband. Born in Newton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 80)

  • Bury Street, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England15

  •  

  • sister-in-law aged 80 widow, formerly market woman living with Jno and Alice Streggall. Born in Old Newton Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Mar 1888 (age 89)

  • Stow "Registration District", Suffolk, England13,14,16

  • Burial:

  • 13 Mar 1888

  • Stowmarket Old Cemetery, Bury Road, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England13,14

  •  

  • widow aged 89

Sources

1.

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

2.

Suffolk Family History Society - Suffolk Marriage Index 1813 - 1837, (1992 - 2005 own copy). volume:5 page:25.

3.

Suffolk Family History Society - Stow and Thedwastre Baptisms 1754-1812, (2011 SFK-BPI-05/P2 own copy).

4.

England and Wales Census 1851, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:HO107 piece:1794 folio:701 page:4.

5.

England and Wales Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:HO107 piece:1035 book:7 folio:26 page:8.

6.

England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG09 piece:1146 folio:59 page:9.

7.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG10 piece:1733 folio:68 page:1.

8.

FindMyPast Newspaper article, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Bury and Norwich Post Wednesday 20th March 1833 page:2.

9.

Archive CD Books, White's Directory of Suffolk 1855 (own copy), (CD-ROM). page:414.

10.

Morris's Directory of Suffolk 1868.

11.

Suffolk Records Office (Lowestoft) - Parish Records. Fiche 25/28. Suffolk Record Office (Lowestoft), Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.

12.

Sian Plant (One Name Study) personal communication. ex NBI. Cit. Date: July 2001.

13.

Suffolk Family History Society - Suffolk Burial Index, (2020 SFK-BUI/03-1 own copy).

14.

The Federation of Family History Societies, National Burial Index for England & Wales v.3, (2010 own copy).

15.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG11 piece:1851 folio:101 page:11.

16.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Stow 1888 quarter:1 volume:4a page:489.