See also

Family of Christopher Edwards and Sarah Drake

  • Husband:

  • Christopher Edwards (1810?-1889)

  • Wife:

  • Sarah Drake (1810?-1864)

  • Marriage:

  • 9 Oct 1833

  • St. Mary's Church, Brettenham Road, Buxhall, Suffolk, England1

Husband: Christopher Edwards

  • Name:

  • Christopher Edwards

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • James Edwards (1779?-1847)

  • Mother:

  • Elizabeth Everett (1765?-1841)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • agricultural / farm labourer2

  • Birth:

  • 1810 (app)

  • Buxhall, Suffolk, England2

  • Baptism:

  • 10 Jun 1810 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Brettenham Road, Buxhall, Suffolk, England3

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 30-31)

  • Rattlesden Road, Buxhall, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • head of the household aged 25 born in Suffolk working as an agricultural labourer

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 40-41)

  • Fen Cottage, Buxhall, Suffolk, England2

  •  

  • head of the household aged 40, working as an agricultural labourer. Born in Buxhall.

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 50-51)

  • Fen Hall Cottage, Buxhall, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • head of the household aged 50, working as an agricultural labourer. Born in Buxhall

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 60-61)

  • Fen Hall Cottage, Buxhall, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • married head of the household aged 61 working as an agricultural labourer born in Buxhall Suffolk.

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 70-71)

  • House No. 19, Wood Farm, Shelland, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • aged 70, servant living in Shelland, Head of Family - Sarah Scott of No 19 Wood farm House, Shelland Suffolk. - Farmer of 53 Acres empl. 3 men.

  • Death:

  • 1889 (age 78-79)8,9

  •  

  •  

  • Stow district - An earlier email from Terri Markland gave date of death as 1899.

Wife: Sarah Drake

  • Name:

  • Sarah Drake

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 1810 (app)

  • Wetherden, Suffolk, England2,9

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 30-31)

  • Rattlesden Road, Buxhall, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • Wife aged 30 born in Suffolk living with her husband

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 40-41)

  • Fen Cottage, Buxhall, Suffolk, England2

  •  

  • wife aged 45. Born in Wetherden, Living with her husband.

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 50-51)

  • Fen Hall Cottage, Buxhall, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • wife aged 55. Born in Wetherden, livong with her husband

  • Death:

  • Jul 1864 (age 53-54)8

  •  

Sources

1.

Suffolk Family History Society - Suffolk Marriage Index 1813 - 1837, (1992 - 2005 own copy).

2.

England and Wales Census 1851, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk).

3.

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

4.

England and Wales Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:HO107 piece:1033/P20.

5.

England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). 1861/RG9/1145/P62.

6.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG10 piece:1732/p16.

7.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG11 piece:1849/5/4.

8.

Terri Richardson personal communication. email. Cit. Date: 3 July 2007.

9.

Colin Edwards - Suffolk Edwards Database.