Florence Eliza Terry lived at 2 Hampton villa Livingstone Rd Newbury. She was the youngest daughter of Henry and Ellen Terry.

Florence's husband Edward Terry was originally her uncle my marriage. Edwards first wife was ellen's younger sister amber. She died in 1893 and Edward married Florence in 1894 so Ellen was firstly it was sister-in-law and then became his mother-in-law

Edward Terry (1848 – 1927)

                                    Emma Terry (1843 – 1893)

                                    Florence Eliza Terry (1871 – 1906)

Edward Terry was born in 1848 in Newbury the son of Edward and Maria, nee Miller, Terry. In the 1851 and 1861 censuses Edward was recorded with his parents and siblings living in Newbury, in 1851 in Prospect Place and in 1861 at 130 Bartholomew Street. No trace of Edward in the 1871 census, he was not living with his parents in Newbury.

Edward married Emma Griffin on 28 July 1875 at The Independent Chapel, in Newbury. Emma was born in 1853 in Newbury, the daughter of John and Sarah, nee Payn, Griffin. In the 1861 census Emma was recorded with her parents and siblings in Hereford Place in Newbury. In the 1871 census Emma was living with her widowed mother Sarah, sister Louisa and brother Stephen in The City in Newbury and was working as a dressmaker.

Edward and Emma had five children all born in Newbury, Edward John (1876), Ethel Amma (1878), William Alfred (1881), Reginald James (1882) and Tom (1884). Edward John died on 28 March 1877 in Bristol aged 10 months.

In the 1881 census Edward and Emma with daughter Ethel were living at Hereford Place, 3 Newtown Road in Newbury. Edward was a railway carman. Ten years later in the 1891 census Edward and Emma with three children were living in Alpha Cottages, Victoria Terrace in Greenham with Edward recorded as a railway agent.

Emma died on 19 May 1893 aged 47 and she was buried on 24 May at Newtown Road Cemetery.

An announcement appeared in the Newbury Weekly News dated 25 May and Berkshire Chronicle of 27 May as below.

TERRY – May 19, at 5 Jubilee Terrace, East Fields, Emma, wife of Edward Terry jnr., and daughter of the late John Griffin.

Edward remarried on 24 November 1894 at St Mark in Peckham to Florence Eliza Collins. They were both resident in Peckham at the time of the marriage and Edward was a carman.

Florence was born in 1871 in Newbury, the daughter of Henry and Ellen, nee Griffin, Collins. Florence and Edward’s first wife Emma were related, Florence’s mother Ellen was the elder sister of Emma. In the 1881 census Florence was living in Bartholomew Street with her mother Ellen and sisters Ada and Florence and was a charwoman. Then in the 1891 census she was living in Charlton, Woolwich in Kent and recorded as a general domestic servant.

Edward and Florence had three children, all born in Newbury, Douglas Harold (1896), Una Florence (1898) and Frank (1904).

In the 1901 census Edward and Florence with children William, Reginald, Douglas and Una along with Florence’s mother Ellen and a visitor were living in Hampton Villas, Livingstone Road in Newbury. Edward was a railway cartage agent, William a general labourer and Reginald a printer’s apprentice machinist.

Florence died on 22 April 1906 aged just 34 and she was buried on 24 April at Newtown Road Cemetery. An announcement appeared in the Newbury Weekly News dated 26 April as below.

TERRY – April 22, at 2 Hampton Villas, Livingstone Road, Florence Eliza Terry, aged 34.

Edward was still living at 2 Hampton Villas, Livingstone Road in the 1911 census along with his children Ethel, Reginald, Douglas and Una. Edward was a railway parcel agent, Reginald was assisting his father as a parcel agent and Douglas was a printer’s apprentice.

Ten years later in the 1921 census Edward was living by himself in Bart Alms Houses in Argyle Road in Newbury and was now retired.

Edward was recorded in the electoral register at 4 King John’s Almshouses from 1922 to 1924 and then in 1925 and 1926 at 7 Argyle Road in Newbury.

Edward died in October 1927 aged 78 while still living at 7 Argyle Road and he was buried on 12 October at Newtown Road Cemetery.

Edwards’s parents were buried at Newtown Road Cemetery, his father Edward on 22 December 1899 and his mother Maria on 28 March 1903.

Florence’s father Henry Collins was buried at Newtown Road Cemetery on 23 January 1874.

Author: Linda Jones and Gerald Soper
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