See also

Family of William Henry Edwards and Martha Payne

Husband: William Henry Edwards

  • Name:

  • William Henry Edwards1

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • Charlotte Edwards (1806?-1874)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • dock labourer / general labourer3,4

  • Birth:

  • 1837

  • Hoxne, Suffolk, England1,3,4

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 55)

  • 10 Sheppey Street, Sheerness, Kent, England3

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a dock labourer and living in four rooms with his wife Martha, sons Ernest and Herbert, and adopted daughter Margaret. Born in Hoxen Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 65)

  • 1 School Lane, Sheerness, Kent, England4

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a general labourer and living in three rooms with his wife Marthar and grandson John Buttfield. Born in Suffolk

  • Death:

  • 1908 (age 70-71)1

  •  

  •  

  • Sheppey Registration District, Kent. England.

Wife: Martha Payne

  • Name:

  • Martha Payne1,2

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 1848 (app)

  • Plymouth, Devon, England1,3,4

  •  

  • Dad had Portsmouth Devon, but 1881,91 & 1901 census say Plymouth Devon

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 42)

  • 10 Sheppey Street, Sheerness, Kent, England3

  •  

  • married wife living in four rooms with her husband William, sons Ernest and Herbert, and adopted daughter Margaret. Born in Plymouth Devon

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 55)

  • 1 School Lane, Sheerness, Kent, England4

  •  

  • married wife living in three rooms with her husband William and grandson John Buttfield. Born in Plymouth Devon

  • Death:

  • 1906 (age 57-58)1

  •  

  •  

  • Sheppey Registration District, Kent. England.

Child 1: Henry Edwards

  • Name:

  • Henry Edwards1

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 1866 (app)

  • Malta1

Child 2: Charles Edwards

  • Name:

  • Charles Edwards1

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 1868 (app)

  • Malta1

Child 3: Lily Catherine Edwards

  • Name:

  • Lily Catherine Edwards1,5

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • John Edward Buttfield (1864- )

  • Birth:

  • 1871 (app)

  • Jersey, Channel Islands1,6,7,8

  •  

  • 1891 census say born in Alderney, 1911 census says Guernsey

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 20)

  • 12 Sheppey Street, Sheerness, Kent, England6

  •  

  • married wife living in two rooms with her husband John, and daughter Lily. Born in Alderney

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 30)

  • 25 Fort Pitt Street, Chatham, Kent, England7

  •  

  • married wife living in four rooms with her husband John, and daughters Lily and Edith. Born in Jersey

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 40)

  • 21 Saunders Street, Chatham, Kent, England8

  •  

  • married wife living in five rooms with her husband John, daughters Martha, Edith, Ena and Nellie, and sons George, Sidney and James. Born in Guernsey and married for twenty years with nine children, all of whom are still living

Child 4: Ernest Edwards

  • Name:

  • Ernest Edwards1

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • labourer3

  • Birth:

  • 1874 (app)

  • Malta1,3

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 17)

  • 10 Sheppey Street, Sheerness, Kent, England3

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a labourer and living in four rooms with his parents William and Martha, brother Herbert, and adopted sister Margaret. Born in Malta

Child 5: Herbert Alfred Edwards

  • Name:

  • Herbert Alfred Edwards1,9

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 1878

  • Sheerness, Kent, England1,3,9

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 13)

  • 10 Sheppey Street, Sheerness, Kent, England3

  •  

  • son attending school and living in four rooms with his parents William and Martha, brother Ernest, and adopted sister Margaret. Born in Sheerness Kent

Sources

1.

Colin Edwards - Suffolk Edwards Database.

2.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Plymouth 1863 quarter:1 volume:5b page:511. Cit. Date: 23 April 2020.

3.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG12 piece:722 folio:58 page:13. Cit. Date: 23 April 2020.

4.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:816 folio:45 page:10. Cit. Date: 23 April 2020.

5.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Sheppy 1890 quarter:3 volume:2a page:1494. Cit. Date: 24 April 2020.

6.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG12 piece:722 folio:58 page:13. Cit. Date: 27 April 2020.

7.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:729 folio:71 page:26. Cit. Date: 25 April 2020.

8.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:3909 class:RG78 piece:149 registration district:47 sub-district:1 enumeration district:25 schedule:64. Cit. Date: 25 April 2020.

9.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Sheppy 1878 quarter:1 volume:2a page:834. Cit. Date: 23 April 2020.