See also
Husband:
Walter Robert Edwards (1880-1948)
Wife:
Hester Grace Emmins (1897-1993)
Marriage:
Q3 1933
West Ham "Registration District", Essex, England1
Name:
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
Occupation:
quay labourer, railway porter then a railway carriage cleaner for L.N.E.R.5,6,7,8
Birth:
14 Jun 1880
Baptism:
1 Aug 1880 (age 0)
St. Mary's Church, Brettenham Road, Buxhall, Suffolk, England3
son of Henry Edwards (labourer) and Anne of Buxhall
Census:
3 Apr 1881 (age 9 mns)
near Church, Buxhall, Suffolk, England9
son living with his parents Henry and Anne, brothers Harry, Charles and William, and sister Annie. Born in Buxhall Suffolk
Census:
5 Apr 1891 (age 10)
son attending school and living in four rooms with his parents Henry and Anne, brothers Harry and William, and sisters Annie and Ethel. Born in Buxhall Suffolk
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 20)
33 Hordle Street, Dovercourt, Essex, England5
unmarried boarder working as a quay labourer and living with Henry Smith and family (also from Buxhall). Born in Buxhall Suffolk
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 30)
1 Red Lion Yard, Kings Quay Street, Harwich, Essex, England6
an unmarried boarder working as a dock labourer and living in four rooms with Susannah Keeble and family. Born in Buxhall Suffolk
Census:
19 Jun 1921 (age 41)
5 Church Street, Harwich, Essex, England7
unmarried boarder working as a railway porter for Great Eastern Railway at Harwich Goods Station and living in five room with widowed Harriet Burwood, his brother William, and another boarder. Born in Buxhall Suffolk
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 59)
Alberta, Main Road, Harwich, Essex, England8
a married carriage cleaner for L.N.E.R. living with his wife Hester, his brother William, brother-in-law? William Emmins, sister-in-law? Sarah Emmins, and a John Morgan. Born on 14th June 1880
Death:
9 Apr 1948 (age 67)
Burial:
13 Apr 1948
All Saints Church, Main Road, Dovercourt, Essex, England12
of 1 nelson Road Dovercourt died 9th April 1948 aged 67
Name:
Sex:
Female
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Occupation:
blouse maker14
Birth:
1 Jan 1897
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 4)
50 Northbank Road, Walthamstow, Essex, England15
daughter living with her parents William and Sarah, sister Elsie, and uncle Albert Emmins. Born in Leyton Essex
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 14)
38 Beresford Road, Chapel End, Walthamstow, Essex, England16
daughter living in five rooms with her parents William and Sarah, sister Elsie, brothers Arthur, George, Reginald and Sydney, and a boarder. Born in Leyton Essex
Census:
19 Jun 1921 (age 24 yrs 5 mns)
170 Fulbourne Road, Walthamstow, Essex, England14
daughter working as a blouse maker at home for Ellis & CO of Gresham Street London and living with her parents William and Sarah Jane, and brothers Arthur, George, Reginald, Sydney and Ronald. Born in Leyton Essex
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 42)
Alberta, Main Road, Harwich, Essex, England8
married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Walter, brother-in-law William, her brother? William Emmins, her sister? Sarah Emmins, and a John Morgan. Born on 1st January 1897 and married a Sparrow at a later date
Witness:
26 Dec 1943 (age 46)
Hester Grace Emmins witnessed the death of William Edwards on 26 December 1943 in 75 Shaftesbury Avenue, Dovercourt, Essex, England
present at the death
Death:
Jun 1993 (age 96)
Bromley "Registration District", Greater London, England17
after Walter's death Hester married Ernest Albert Sparrow (c1888-1966) in Colchester in 1958. Hester is a sister of Reginald Albert Morton Emmins (1905-1984) who married Elizabeth Annie Thorndyke (1906-1969)18,19,20
England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). West Ham 1933 quarter:3 volume:4a page:1001. Cit. Date: 6 December 2021.
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:3 volume:4a page:618. Cit. Date: 13 June 2021.
Suffolk Family History Society - Stow and Thedwastre Baptisms 1813-1900, (2011 SFK-BPI-05/P1 own copy). Buxhall St. Mary baptisms entry:78. Cit. Date: 13 June 2021.
England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Harwich 1948 quarter:2 volume:4a page:507. Cit. Date: 7 December 2021.
England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1698 folio:47 page:33 schedule:227. Cit. Date: 6 December 2021.
England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10252 class:RG78 piece:540 registration district:197 sub-district:3 enumeration district:6 schedule:271. Cit. Date: 6 December 2021.
England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9144 registration district:197 sub-district:3 enumeration district:1, 2 schedule:109. Cit. Date: 20 March 2023.
UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1515B page:2 line:8 letter code:DBZE. Cit. Date: 6 December 2021.
England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1848 folio:16 page:3 schedule:634. Cit. Date: 6 December 2021.
England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1455 folio:13 page:2. Cit. Date: 13 June 2021.
Neil Lanridge personal communication. email. Cit. Date: 19 March 2001.
Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Dovercourt All Saints burials 1942-1949 ref:D/P 174/1/22 image:29. Cit. Date: 7 December 2021.
England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). West Ham 1897 quarter:1 volume:4a page:315. Cit. Date: 7 December 2021.
England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:8710 registration district:188 sub-district:12 enumeration district:35 schedule:260. Cit. Date: 14 October 2022.
England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1630 folio:96 page:27. Cit. Date: 7 December 2021.
England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:9733 class:RG78 piece:514B registration district:188 sub-district:10 enumeration district:59 schedule:210. Cit. Date: 7 December 2021.
England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bromley 1993 quarter:2 district:2221C register:C20 entry:137 date:0693. Cit. Date: 7 December 2021.
England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Colchester 1958 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1121. Cit. Date: 7 December 2021.
England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Colchester 1966 quarter:4 volume:4a page:609. Cit. Date: 7 December 2021.
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 1967 page:512. Cit. Date: 7 December 2021.