Personal Details of Ellis John Edwards
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| Buried: | 29/08/1934 |
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Burial Register
| Name at death | Ellis John Edwards | ||||||
| Age at Death | 88 | ||||||
| Burial Date | 29 August 1934 | ||||||
| Abode |
The Haven, Finchampstead Road
Wokingham |
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| Official at Burial | E.H. Stenning | ||||||
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| Sources | Burial Register |
Burial Register entry for Ellis John Edwards
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Burial Register Entry for Ellis John Edwards
Memorial Details
| Headstone: In ever loving memory of / Emily / youngest daughter of Ellis John and Elizabeth Edwards / who passed to her rest / Dec. 26th. 1922 aged 37 years. / Also of our dear sons / George aged 36 years / Russell aged 28 years / both killed in Action in France / July 4th. 1917, and Dec. 2nd 1917 / during the Great War. // North Kerbston: outer slope: Also of Elizabeth, beloved wife of Ellis John Edwards, who died Feb. 1931 in her 87th. year. // South Kerbstone: outer slope: Also of Elis John Edwards died 24th. Aug. 1934 aged 88 years. // West Kerbstone: outer slope: "Grant them Eternal Rest, O Lord, and let Thy perpetual light shine upon them." | |
| Name on Memorial | Ellis John EDWARDS |
| Date of death | 24/08/1934 |
| Age | 88 |
| Gender | Male |
| Memorial Type | Double plot. Headstone; 4 Kerbstone |
| Construction Material | Granite Lead letters |
| Condition of memorial | Very good but MI obliterated by a large bush unless cut back. Roots difficult to excavate. |
| Pattison Location Code | LS(J)55 |
| Others named on memorial | |
| Emily EDWARDS | |
| George EDWARDS | |
| Russell EDWARDS | |
| Elizabeth EDWARDS |
Biographical Information
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Ellis John Edwards
Ellis John Edwards
He was born in 1846 in Ryme Intrinseca, Dorset, to Robert and Charlotte Edwards, and he was baptised on 15 March 1846. He grew up in Cerne Abbas where his father was a Coachman/Groom/Gardener. He married Elizabeth Dunning on 31August 1870 at the Parish Church in Sherborne, Dorset. In the 1871 Census he is a Groom living at Green Hill, Dorset, and by 1881 together with his wife and 5 children, Thomas Robert (b.1871), James Dunning (b.1872), Annie (b.1875), Edith Charlotte (b.1879) and George (b.1880), they have moved to Winchester, his occupation shown as Butler. In 1891 the family are living at Wash Common, Newbury, with children George, Emily (b.1885) and Ellis Russell (b. 1890). From the 1901 and 1911 Census he is the Sub-Postmaster at The Post Office, Wash Common. He died on 24 August 1934, aged 88 years, at The Haven, Finchampstead, Wokingham, and he was buried on 29 August 1934 alongside his wife Elizabeth and daughter Emily. Probate was granted to his son-in-law Frederick James Cates, bookseller, the husband of Edith Charlotte.
The grave is also a memorial to their two sons Private George Edwards, killed in action in France on 4 July 1917 aged 37, and Private Ellis Russell Edwards killed in action in France on 2 December 1917, aged 26.
Sources: BMD 1Q 1846 Birth; Church of England Births & Baptisms 1813-1906; Church of England Marriages 1813-1921; 1851/1871-1911 Census; E. & W. Death Index Sep. 1934; National Probate/Wills
Mrs. P. Code LS (J) 55, page 157
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