See also

Alice Mary Edwards (1870-1943)

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Alice Mary Edwards

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • domestic servant then a cook4,5,6,7

  • Birth:

  • 15 Jun 1870

  • Rattlesden, Suffolk, England1,4,5,6,7,8,9,10

  •  

  • 1891 census says born in Woolpit Suffolk

  • Baptism:

  • 7 Aug 1870 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, The Street, Brettenham, Suffolk, England2,11,12

  •  

  • daughter of George Edwards (labourer) and Mary Ann of Rattlesden Fen

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 9 mns)

  • The Fenn Farm, Rattlesden, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • daughter living with her parents George and Mary Ann, brothers William and George, and sisters Anna and Mary Ann. Born in Rattlesden Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 10)

  • Rattlesden Fen, Rattlesden, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living with her parents George and Mary Ann, brothers George and John, and sisters Emma, Mary Ann, Rosa, Margaret and Martha. Born in Rattlesden Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 21)

  • 41 Oxford Terrace, Paddington, London, England4

  •  

  • an unmarried domestic servant living with Thomas and Ada Pitfield and family, and two other servants. Born in Woolpit Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 30)

  • 41 Oxford Terrace, Paddington, London, England5

  •  

  • unmarried servant working as a domestic cook and living with Thomas and Ada Pitfield and family, her sister Margaret, and another servant. Born in Rattlesden Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 40)

  • 71 Knightsbridge, Belgravia, London, England6

  •  

  • an unmarried general servant and cook living in seven rooms with Cuthbert Camm, and another servant. Born in Rattlesden Fen Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 51 yrs 0 mns)

  • Little Forest House, 19 Bath Road, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England7

  •  

  • an unmarried servant working as the head housemaid and living in fifteen rooms with Jane Caucern (sic), her sister Annie, three visitors, and four other servants. Born in Rattlesden Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 69)

  • 166 Ebury Street, Belgravia, London, England10

  •  

  • unmarried and incapacitated living with her sister Margaret. Born on 15th June 1870

  • Death:

  • 27 Jun 1943 (age 73)

  • St. Stephens Hospital, 369 Fulham Road, Chelsea, London, England3,13

  • Probate:

  • 14 Aug 1943

  • Probate Registry, Llandudno, Caernarvonshire, Wales13

  •  

  • a spinster of 7 Bourne Street Westminster died 27th June 1943 at St. Stephens Hospital London, probate of effects of £373 3s 11d (~£14,000 in 2017) to Margaret Elizabeth Edwards spinster

Sources

1.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Stow 1870 quarter:3 volume:4a page:510. Cit. Date: 13 March 2021.

2.

Suffolk Family History Society - Sudbury East Baptisms 1813-1904, (2015 SFK-BPI-04/P1 own copy). Brettenham St. Mary baptisms entry:608. Cit. Date: 13 March 2021.

3.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Chelsea 1943 quarter:2 volume:1a page:360. Cit. Date: 22 October 2023.

4.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG12 piece:15 folio:55 page:16 schedule:148. Cit. Date: 21 October 2023.

5.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:13 folio:72 page:24 schedule:115. Cit. Date: 29 March 2022.

6.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:432 class:RG78 piece:15 registration district:5 sub-district:2 enumeration district:1 schedule:229. Cit. Date: 21 October 2023.

7.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG15 piece:5486 registration district:95 sub-district:2 enumeration district:11, 12 schedule:14. Cit. Date: 22 October 2023.

8.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG10 piece:1732 folio:85 page:1 schedule:1. Cit. Date: 25 October 2022.

9.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG11 piece:1848 folio:84 page:6. Cit. Date: 13 March 2021.

10.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:0634D page:2 line:36 letter code:AYOD. Cit. Date: 22 October 2023.

11.

Cosford Data Base - Internet.

12.

Suffolk Records Office (Lowestoft) - Parish Records. Brettenham St. Mary. Cit. Date: 19 March 2003. Suffolk Record Office (Lowestoft), Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.

13.

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). Llandudno 1943 page:28. Cit. Date: 22 October 2023.