See also

Family of Edward Albert Foreman and Minna Susannah Graystone

  • Husband:

  • Edward Albert Foreman (1905- )

  • Wife:

  • Minna Susannah Graystone (1907- )

  • Marriage:

  • 31 Oct 1927

  • St. Nicholas's Church, Church Street, Harwich, Essex, England1 2

  •  

  • Edward a bachelor working as a cabinet maker of 4 Alexander Road Sible Hedingham and son of William Foreman a deceased steward. Mina a spinster of 5 Talbot Street Harwich and daughter of Oliver Henry Graystone a donkeyman for L.N.E.R. Married by banns and witnessed by Frederick William Graystone and John Alexander

Husband: Edward Albert Foreman

  • Name:

  • Edward Albert Foreman3 4 1 2

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • cabinet maker then a shipwright2 5

  • Birth:

  • 29 Jul 1905

  • Blue Town, Sheerness, Kent, England3 4 6 7 2 5

  • Baptism:

  • 17 Aug 1905 (age 0)

  • St. Paul's Church, Terminus Road, Blue Town, Sheerness, Kent, England4

  •  

  • son of William Foreman (steward) and Irma Elizabeth of Litanary Saint Chch (sic) Chapel Street Sheerness, born 29th July 1905

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 5)

  • 13 Chapel Street, Blue Town, Sheerness, Kent, England6

  •  

  • son living in nine rooms with his parents William and Jane, sister Florence, and brother Sidney. Born in Blue Town Sheerness

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 15 yrs 11 mns)

  • 13 Chapel Street, Blue Town, Sheerness, Kent, England7

  •  

  • unmarried son living in eight rooms with his parents William and Jane, and brother Sidney. Born in Sheerness Kent

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 34)

  • 27 Brenchley Avenue, Gillingham, Kent, England5

  •  

  • a married shipwright living with his wife Mina, and and his widowed mother Jane Foreman. Born on 29th July 1905

Wife: Minna Susannah Graystone

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Minna Susannah Graystone

  • Name:

  • Minna Susannah Graystone8 9

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Oliver Henry Graystone (1864-1945)

  • Mother:

  • Anna Caroline Fisher (1864-1927)

  • Birth:

  • 10 Jun 1907

  • Harwich, Essex, England8 9 10 11 5

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 3)

  • 5 Talbot Street, Harwich, Essex, England10

  •  

  • daughter living in six rooms with her parents Oliver and Anna, brothers Harry, Jack and Harold, and sisters Kate and Olive. Born in Harwich Essex

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 14)

  • 5 Talbot Street, Harwich, Essex, England11

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living in six rooms with her parents Oliver and Anna, sister Olive, and brothers Jack and Harold. Born in Harwich Essex

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 32)

  • 27 Brenchley Avenue, Gillingham, Kent, England5

  •  

  • married as Mina S Foreman doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Edward, and her widowed mother-in-law Jane Foreman. Born on 10th June 1907 and married a Byers at a later date

Note on Husband: Edward Albert Foreman

Unsure when Edward died

Note on Wife: Minna Susannah Graystone

Minna married a Byers after 1939 but cannot locate any details nor about her death9

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Tendring 1927 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1788. Cit. Date: 24 June 2018.

2.

Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). St. Nicholas Harwich marriages 1916-1933 ref:D/P 170/1/33 image:181. Cit. Date: 24 June 2018.

3.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Sheppey 1905 quarter:3 volume:2a page:1059. Cit. Date: 22 July 2018.

4.

FindMyPast Parish Records Collection - Baptisms, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Sheerness St. Paul baptisms Kent History & Library Centre ref:P254C/1/B/5 page:32 entry:251. Cit. Date: 16 September 2025.

5.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1726F page:13 line:1 letter code:DHQF. Cit. Date: 24 June 2018.

6.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:4463 class:RG78 piece:182 registration district:62 sub-district:1 enumeration district:13 schedule:247. Cit. Date: 16 September 2025.

7.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:4424 registration district:62 sub-district:1 enumeration district:15 schedule:228. Cit. Date: 16 September 2025.

8.

Adams/Wilkinson Family Tree, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Ancestry.com. Cit. Date: 6 September 2008.

9.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Tendring 1907 quarter:3 volume:4a page:776. Cit. Date: 3 August 2017.

10.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10250 class:RG78 piece:540 registration district197 sub-district:3 enumeration district:4 schedule:314. Cit. Date: 23 June 2018.

11.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9146 registration district:197 sub-district:3 enumeration district:4 schedule:333. Cit. Date: 16 September 2025.