See also

Family of Robert Henry Edgar and Evelyn Jessie Chester

Husband: Robert Henry Edgar

  • Name:

  • Robert Henry Edgar2 1 3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • motor driver4

  • Birth:

  • 13 Dec 1905

  • Newcastle-upon-Tyne "Registration District", Northumberland, England2 4 3

  •  

  • death index says born on 19th December 1905

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 5)

  • 121 Commercial Street, Byker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England5

  •  

  • son living in three rooms with his parents Robert and Florence, and sisters Florence Emily and Doris. Born in Byker Newcastle Northumberland

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 33)

  • 12 Duxfield Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England4

  •  

  • a married corporation motor driver and member of the Newington Road N.C. ARP Decontamination Squad living with his wife Evelyn, son Stanley and three closed records (presumably daughters Joyce or Eva and Noreen, and son Gordon). Born on 13th December 1905

  • Death:

  • Q4 1976 (age 70-71)

  • Newcastle-upon-Tyne "Registration District", Tyne and Wear, England3

Wife: Evelyn Jessie Chester

  • Name:

  • Evelyn Jessie Chester6

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • William Henry Chester (1865-1939)

  • Mother:

  • Mary Tovell Gray (1864-1907)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • shop assistant7

  • Birth:

  • 21 Mar 1904

  • Heaton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England6 8 7 4 9

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 7)

  • 113 Denmark Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England8

  •  

  • a boarder as Evaline living in four rooms with William and Alice Gowan and family, her widowed father William, and sister Catherine. Born in Heaton Newcastle on Tyne

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 17 yrs 3 mns)

  • 206 Grace Street, Byker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England7

  •  

  • unmarried sister working as a shop assistant for Blagney & Co. of Grainger Street Newcastle on Tyne and living in three rooms with her brother George, sister-in-law Mary Ann, nieces Jean and Florence, and nephew Kenneth. Born in Heaton Newcastle on Tyne

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 35)

  • 12 Duxfield Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England4

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Robert, son Stanley and three closed records (presumably daughters Joyce or Eva and Noreen, and son Gordon). Born on 21st March 1904

  • Death:

  • Aug 1984 (age 80)

  • Newcastle-upon-Tyne "Registration District", Tyne and Wear, England9

Child 1: Eva Edgar

  • Name:

  • Eva Edgar10

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Eric Harold Hope (1926-2009)

  • Birth:

  • 11 Aug 1926

  • Newcastle-upon-Tyne "Registration District", Northumberland, England10 11

  • Death:

  • 2 Nov 2006 (age 80)

  • Newcastle-upon-Tyne "Registration District", Tyne and Wear, England11 12

  • Probate:

  • 24 Aug 2007

  • Probate Registry, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England12

  •  

  • grant and will, died 2nd November 2006

Child 3: Stanley Edgar

  • Name:

  • Stanley Edgar13

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 15 Oct 1930

  • Newcastle-upon-Tyne "Registration District", Northumberland, England13 4

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 8)

  • 12 Duxfield Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England4

  •  

  • attending school and living with his parents Robert and Evelyn, and three closed records (presumably sisters Joyce or Eva and Noreen, and brother Gordon). Born on 15th October 1930

  • Death:

  • 17 Jul 1994 (age 63)

  • Newcastle-upon-Tyne "Registration District", Tyne and Wear, England14 15

  • Probate:

  • 28 May 1996

  • Probate Registry, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England15

  •  

  • grant only, died 17th July 2021

Child 4: Gordon Edgar

  • Name:

  • Gordon Edgar16

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Q3 1932

  • Newcastle-upon-Tyne "Registration District", Northumberland, England16

  • Death:

  • 30 Oct 2013 (age 81)

  • North Tyneside "Registration District", Tyne and Wear, England17 18

  •  

  • as Gordon Gibb Edgar

  • Probate:

  • 17 Dec 2013

  • Probate Registry, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England18

  •  

  • grant and will, died 30th October 2013

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Newcastle upon Tyne 1926 quarter:3 volume:10B page:76. Cit. Date: 21 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). Newcastle upon Tyne 1906 quarter:1 volume:10b page:159. Cit. Date: 23 September 2021.

3.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Newcastle upon Tyne 1976 quarter:4 volume:2 page:903. Cit. Date: 26 September 2021.

4.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:2924F page:13 line:1 letter code:GALS. Cit. Date: 23 September 2021.

5.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:30668 class:RG78 piece:1756 registration district:558 sub-district:6 enumeration district:12 schedule:189. Cit. Date: 26 September 2021.

6.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Newcastle-upon-Tynee 1904 quarter:2 volume:10b page:163. Cit. Date: 19 August 2021.

7.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:25412 registration district:558 sub-district:6 enumeration district:28 schedule:86. Cit. Date: 29 June 2025.

8.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:30690 class:RG78 piece:1756 registration district:558 sub-district:6 enumeration district:34 schedule:242. Cit. Date: 1 July 2025.

9.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Newcastle upon Tyne 1984 quarter:3 register:884 volume:2 page:623. Cit. Date: 27 September 2021.

10.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Newcastle upon Tyne 1926 quarter:3 volume:10b page:198. Cit. Date: 21 September 2021.

11.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Newcastle upon Tyne 2006 quarter:4 district:0531F register:F98C entry:60 date:1106. Cit. Date: 25 September 2021.

12.

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). Newcastle upon Tyne 2007 no:2551358. Cit. Date: 25 September 2021.

13.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Newcastle upon Tyne 1930 quarter:4 volume:10b page:187. Cit. Date: 21 September 2021.

14.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Newcastle upon Tyne 1994 quarter:3 district:0531D register:D51C entry:131 date:0794. Cit. Date: 23 September 2021.

15.

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). Newcastle unpon Tyne 1996 no:9652007789. Cit. Date: 24 September 2021.

16.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Newcastle upon Tyne 1932 quarter:3 volume:10b page:221. Cit. Date: 21 September 2021.

17.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). North Tyneside 2013 quarter:4 district:0541A entry:509300112. Cit. Date: 22 September 2021.

18.

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). Newcastle upon Tyne 2013 no:4211928. Cit. Date: 22 September 2021.