See also

Family of George Abel Edwards and Emma Sully

Husband: George Abel Edwards

  • Name:

  • George Abel Edwards1

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • John Edwards (1819?-1886)

  • Mother:

  • Mary Ann Barnard (1810?-1893)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • domestic gardener2,3,4

  • Birth:

  • 1849 (app)

  • Brisley, Norfolk, England1,2,3,4

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 32)

  • Pant-y-goytre Garden Cottage, Llanvair Kilgeddin, Monmouthshire, Wales2

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a gardener domestic servant and living with his wife Emma, son Harry and mother-in-law Mary Sully. Born in Brisley Norfolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 42)

  • Hunters Hill Cottage, Godstone Road, Blindley Heath, Surrey, England3

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a gardener and living with his wife Emma, sons Harry, Arthur and Walter. Born in Brisley Norfolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 52)

  • Hunters Hill Cottage, Godstone Road, Blindley Heath, Surrey, England4

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a domestic gardener and living with his wife Emma, sons Harry and Walter, and daughter Hilda Mary. Born in Brisley Norfolk

  • Death:

  • 1918 (age 68-69)5

  •  

Wife: Emma Sully

  • Name:

  • Emma Sully1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Father:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 1853

  • Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England1,2,3,4

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 27)

  • Pant-y-goytre Garden Cottage, Llanvair Kilgeddin, Monmouthshire, Wales2

  •  

  • married wife working as a gardeners help and living with her husband George, son Harry and her mother Mary Sully. Born in Wiveliscombe Somerset

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 37)

  • Hunters Hill Cottage, Godstone Road, Blindley Heath, Surrey, England3

  •  

  • married wife living with her husband George, sons Harry, Arthur and Walter. Born in Brisley Wiveliscombe Somersetshire

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 47)

  • Hunters Hill Cottage, Godstone Road, Blindley Heath, Surrey, England4

  •  

  • married wife living with her husband George Abel, sons Harry and Walter, and daughter Hilda Mary. Born in Wiveliscombe Somerset

  • Death:

  • 1913 (age 59-60)1

  •  

  •  

  • Godstone Registration District, Surrey. England.

Child 1: Harry Edwards

  • Name:

  • Harry Edwards1,6

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Mabel Ada Smeed (1889-1972)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • coach builder, wheelwright, machinist becoming a locomotive motor engineer4,7,8,9

  • Birth:

  • 15 Mar 1881

  • Llanvair Kilgeddin, Monmouthshire, Wales1,2,3,4,6,7,9

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age < 1 mn)

  • Pant-y-goytre Garden Cottage, Llanvair Kilgeddin, Monmouthshire, Wales2

  •  

  • son living with his parents George and Emma, and his grandmother Mary Sully. Born in Llanvair Kilgeddin Monmouthshire

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 10)

  • Hunters Hill Cottage, Godstone Road, Blindley Heath, Surrey, England3

  •  

  • son attending school and living with his parents George and Emma, brothers Arthur and Walter. Born in Llanvair Kilgeddin Monmouthshire

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 20)

  • Hunters Hill Cottage, Godstone Road, Blindley Heath, Surrey, England4

  •  

  • an unmarried son working as a coach builder and living with his parents George Abel and Emma, brother Walter, and sister Hilda Mary. Born in ? Killgedin

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 30)

  • Abinger Hammer, Surrey, England7

  •  

  • an unmarried boarder working as a wheelwright and living in four rooms with Leonard and Jessie Compton and their daughter Evelyn. Born in Lanvair Killgiden

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 58)

  • Post Office Cottage, Abinger Hammer, Surrey, England9

  •  

  • a married locomotive motor engineer (heavy worker) and an ARP Ambulance driver living with his wife Mabel and son Brian. Born on 15th March 1881

  • Death:

  • Q4 1954 (age 72)

  • Surrey "Northern Registration District", Surrey, England10

Child 2: Arthur Edwards

  • Name:

  • Arthur Edwards11

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1882

  • Thorington, Suffolk, England3,11

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 8)

  • Hunters Hill Cottage, Godstone Road, Blindley Heath, Surrey, England3

  •  

  • son attending school and living with his parents George and Emma, brothers Harry and Walter. Born in Thorington Suffolk

Child 3: Walter Edwards

  • Name:

  • Walter Edwards1,12,13

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Annie Myrtle Pankhurst (1889-1950)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • domestic gardener becoming a market gardener14,15

  • Birth:

  • 19 Dec 1887

  • Thorington, Suffolk, England1,3,4,12,13,14,15

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 3)

  • Hunters Hill Cottage, Godstone Road, Blindley Heath, Surrey, England3

  •  

  • son living with his parents George and Emma, brothers Harry and Arthur. Born in Thorington Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 13)

  • Hunters Hill Cottage, Godstone Road, Blindley Heath, Surrey, England4

  •  

  • son living with his parents George Abel and Emma, brother Harry, and sister Hilda Mary. Born in Thorington Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 24)

  • 89 Arthur Road, Windsor, Berkshire, England14

  •  

  • an unmarried boarder as Walter M Edwards working as a gardener and living in seven rooms with Robert and Pheobe Beglie and family. Born in Thorington Suffolk

  • Military Service:

  • btw 26 Apr 1916 and 30 Apr 1920 (age 28-32)

  • Royal Air Force as no:12978816

  •  

  • a gardener who was 5' 4½" tall with a chest of 33", son of Emma Edwards of Blindley Heath

  • Medals:

  • 11 May 192216

  •  

  •  

  • Bristish war medal

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 51)

  • Homeleigh, The Villas, Blindley Heath, Surrey, England15

  •  

  • a married market gardener of vegetable produce living with his wife Annie, daughter Daphne, a Charlotte Harvey and two closed records. Born on 19th December 1887

  • Death:

  • Q3 1974 (age 86)

  • Surrey "South Eastern Registration District", Surrey, England13

Child 4: Hilda Mary Edwards

  • Name:

  • Hilda Mary Edwards1,17

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Oscar James Sparke (1892-1983)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • domestic servant18

  • Birth:

  • 6 Feb 1893

  • Blindley Heath, Surrey, England1,4,17,19

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 8)

  • Hunters Hill Cottage, Godstone Road, Blindley Heath, Surrey, England4

  •  

  • daughter living with her parents George Abel and Emma, brothers Harry and Walter. Born in Bly Hth Godstone

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 19)

  • 16 Pelham Street, Kensington, London, England18

  •  

  • an unmarried servant working as a parlourmaid and living in eleven rooms with Ada Wray, a visitor and a cook

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 46)

  • 38 Meadow Walk, Maidstone, Kent, England19

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Oscar, daughter Muriel and a closed record (presumably daughter June). Born on 6th February 1893

  • Death:

  • Q3 1962 (age 69)

  • Battle "Registration District", East Sussex, England20

Note on Wife: Emma Sully

parents William Sully (c1834-?) and Mary née Dibble (c1831-?)

Sources

1.

Colin Edwards - Suffolk Edwards Database.

2.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG11 piece:5232 folio:49 page:1. Cit. Date: 3 May 2020.

3.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG12 piece:583 folio:50 page:20. Cit. Date: 3 May 2020.

4.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:630 folio:122 page:30. Cit. Date: 17 July 2019.

5.

Colin Edwards - Suffolk Edwards Database. Godstone Registration District, Surrey. England.

6.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Abergavenny 1881 quarter:2 volume:11a page:45. Cit. Date: 3 May 2020.

7.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:3177 class:RG78 piece:118 registration district:36 sub-district:1 enumeration district:3 schedule:22. Cit. Date: 3 May 2020.

8.

FindMyPast Parish Records Collection - Marriages, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Blindley Heath St. John marriages 1844-1953 page:144 entry:287. Cit. Date: 2 May 2020.

9.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:1939A page:5 line:38 letter code:DNEH. Cit. Date: 3 May 2020.

10.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Surrey Northern 1954 quarter:4 volume:5g page:429. Cit. Date: 3 May 2020.

11.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Blything 1882 quarter:2 volume:4a page:821. Cit. Date: 3 May 2020.

12.

Ibid. Blything 1888 quarter:1 volume:4a page:895. Cit. Date: 3 May 2020.

13.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Surrey South Eastern 1974 quarter:3 volume:17 page:767. Cit. Date: 27 June 2020.

14.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:6714 class:RG78 piece:334 registration district:125 sub-district:2 enumeration district:9 schedule:316. Cit. Date: 27 June 2020.

15.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:1943D page:6 line:28 letter code:DNHG. Cit. Date: 27 June 2020.

16.

FindMyPast British Royal Air Force, Airmen's service records 1912-1939, (on-line at www.findmypast. co.uk). National Archive ref:AIR 79/1163 no:129788. Cit. Date: 27 June 2020.

17.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Godstone 1893 quarter:1 volume:2a page:208. Cit. Date: 17 July 2019.

18.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:114 class:RG78 piece:4 registration district:2 sub-district:1 enumeration district:27 schedule:7. Cit. Date: 17 July 2019.

19.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:1746D page:8 line:33 letter code:DIAU. Cit. Date: 17 July 2019.

20.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Battle 1962 quarter:3 volume:5h page:2. Cit. Date: 17 July 2019.