Family of Harry Edwards and Mabel Ada Smeed

Husband:
Harry Edwards (1881-1954)
Wife:
Mabel Ada Smeed (1889-1972)
Children:
Brian Edwards (1927-2008)
Marriage:
20 Jun 1914
St. John the Evangelist Church, St. John's Meadow, Blindley Heath, Surrey, England^1,2
Harry a machinist, both single and of Blindley Heath, groom's father George Abel Edwards a gardener, bride's father Henry James Smeed a farmer, witnessed by Henry James Smeed and Henrietta Smeed

Husband: Harry Edwards

Name:
Harry Edwards^3,4
Sex:
Male
Father:
George Abel Edwards (1849?-1918)
Mother:
Emma Sully (1853-1913)
Occupation:
coach builder, wheelwright, machinist becoming a locomotive motor engineer^1,5,6,7
Birth:
15 Mar 1881
Llanvair Kilgeddin, Monmouthshire, Wales^{3,4,5,6,7,8,9}
Census:
3 Apr 1881 (age < 1 mn)
Pant-y-goytre Garden Cottage, Llanvair Kilgeddin, Monmouthshire, Wales⁸
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, England⁹
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, England⁵
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, England⁶
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, England⁷
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

Name:
Mabel Ada Smeed^3,11
Sex:
Female
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Occupation:
dressmaker¹²
Birth:
28 Mar 1889
Godstone, Surrey, England^{3,7,11,12,13,14,15}
Census:
5 Apr 1891 (age 2)
Gate House Farm, East Grinstead Road, Blindley Heath, Surrey, England¹³
daughter living in three rooms with parents Henry and Amy, and brother Herbert. Born in Godstone Surrey
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 12)
Gate House Farm, East Grinstead Road, Blindley Heath, Surrey, England¹⁴
daughter living with her parents Henry and Amy, brothers Herbert and Leonard, sisters Henrietta and Edith and two boarders. Born in Godstone Surrey
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 22)
Gate House Farm, East Grinstead Road, Blindley Heath, Surrey, England¹²
unmarried daughter working as a dressmaker and living in eight rooms with her parents Henry and Amy, brothers Herbert and Leonard, sisters Henrietta and Edith, and cousin William Jupp. Born in Godstone Surrey
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 50)
Post Office Cottage, Abinger Hammer, Surrey, England⁷
married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Harry and son Brian. Born on 28th March 1889
Death:
Q2 1972 (age 83)
Surrey "South Eastern Registration District", Surrey, England¹⁵

Name:
Brian Edwards^16,17,18
Sex:
Male
Birth:
15 Oct 1927
Dorking "Registration District", Surrey, England^7,16,17
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 11)
Post Office Cottage, Abinger Hammer, Surrey, England⁷
attending school and living with his parents Harry and Mabel. Born on 15th October 1927
Death:
14 Oct 2008 (age 80)
Bristol "Registration District", Bristol, England^17,18

Note that Harry's death may not be correct but it is the most likely fit

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2.: England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Godstone 1914 quarter:2 volume:2a page:523. Cit. Date: 2 May 2020.

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

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

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12.: England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:3253 class:RG78 piece:123 registration district:38 sub-district:1 enumeration district:10 schedule:186. Cit. Date: 2 May 2020.

13.: England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:583 folio:42 page:4. Cit. Date: 2 May 2020.

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16.: England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Dorking 1927 quarter:4 volume:2a page:301. Cit. Date: 3 May 2020.

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18.: England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bristol 2008 quarter:4 district:3011A register:1A003 entry:501238546. Cit. Date: 3 May 2020.