See also

Family of Bertie Edwards and Gladys Ruby Smith

  • Husband:

  • Bertie Edwards (1888-1959)

  • Wife:

  • Gladys Ruby Smith (1906-1971)

  • Marriage:

  • Q4 1935

  • Cosford "Registration District", Suffolk, England1

Husband: Bertie Edwards

  • Name:

  • Bertie Edwards2,3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Frederick John Edwards (1856- )

  • Mother:

  • Elizabeth Jane Borley (1859- )

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • soldier then a postman4,5

  • Birth:

  • 17 Apr 1888

  • Helmingham, Suffolk, England2,3,4,5,6,7

  •  

  • 1911 census says born in Ipswich Suffolk, the nearest large town to Helmingham

  • Baptism:

  • 8 Mar 1891 (age 2)

  • St. Mary's Church, Helmingham, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • son of Frederick Edwards (labourer) and Elizabeth Jane, born on 17th April 1888 and baptised with siblings Elizabeth Maude, Ethel Jennie, Harry Edward and Minnie

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 3)

  • Near Brick Kiln, New Road, Helmingham, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • son living with his parents Frederic and Jane, sisters Rose, Jessie, Minnie, Maud and Jenny, and brother Harry. Born in Helmingham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 12)

  • Helmingham, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • son living with his parents Frederick and Jennie, and sister Ethel. Born in Helmingham Suffolk

  • Military Beginning:

  • 14 Apr 1905 (age 17)

  •  

  •  

  • when he joined the Suffolk R G (Militia) as no:3284 a labourer from Helmingham. He was 5' 3½" tall, weighed 118lbs with a chest of 33½, expansion 3", a sallow complexion, brown eyes, dark brown hair, was of Church of England religion and had a B.E. on left forearm and decaying teeth

  • Military Service:

  • 14 Jul 1905 (age 17)

  • The Rifle Brigade

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 22)

  • The Citadel, Cairo, Egypt4

  •  

  • an unmarried rifleman in the th Battalion of the Rifle Brigade. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 51)

  • 94, Helmingham, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • a married auxilliary postman living with his wife Gladys. Born on 17th April 1988

  • Death:

  • 28 Feb 1959 (age 70)

  • Gipping "Registration District", Suffolk, England8,9

  • Probate:

  • 19 Mar 1959

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • of 101 Framsden Stowmarket Suffolk died 28th February 1959, administration of £55 17s 1d (~£1,200 in 2017) to Gladys Ruby Edwards widow

Wife: Gladys Ruby Smith

  • Name:

  • Gladys Ruby Smith1,10

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • canteen cook5

  • Birth:

  • 24 Dec 1906

  • Walthamstow, Essex, England5,10,11,12

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 4)

  • 48 Canning Road, Walthamstow, Essex, England11

  •  

  • daughter living in five rooms with her parents Arthur and Winnifred. Born in Walthamstow Essex

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 32)

  • 94, Helmingham, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • a married canteen cook living with her husband Bertie. Born on 24th December 1906

  • Administrator:

  • 19 Mar 1959 (age 52)

  •  

     

    Gladys Ruby Smith was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of Bertie Edwards on Thursday on 19 March 1959 at the Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

  • Death:

  • Q4 1971 (age 64-65)

  • Gipping "Registration District", Suffolk, England12

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Cosford 1935 quarter:4 volume:4a page:2390. Cit. Date: 11 June 2020.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bosmere 1888 quarter:2 volume:4a page:796. Cit. Date: 10 June 2020.

3.

Suffolk Family History Society - Bosmere and Claydon Baptisms 1813-1900, (2008 SFK-BPI-11 own copy). Helmingham St. Mary baptisms entry:594. Cit. Date: 26 March 2020.

4.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:34994 registration district:641 sub-district:19 enumeration district:8 schedule:9999. Cit. Date: 11 June 2020.

5.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:6641D page:9 line:15 letter code:TXFS. Cit. Date: 11 June 2020.

6.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG12 piece:1462 folio:124 page:5. Cit. Date: 26 March 2020.

7.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:1768 folio:119 page:4. Cit. Date: 26 March 2020.

8.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Gipping 1959 quarter:1 volume:4b page:1020. Cit. Date: 11 June 2020.

9.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1959 page:52. Cit. Date: 11 June 2020.

10.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). West Ham 1907 quarter:1 volume:4a page:421. Cit. Date: 11 June 2020.

11.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:9746 class:RG78 piece:514B registration district:188 sub-district:10 enumeration district:72 schedule:290. Cit. Date: 11 June 2020.

12.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Gipping 1971 quarter:4 volume:4b page:2384. Cit. Date: 11 June 2020.