Personal Details of Elizabeth Edwards
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| Buried: | 13/02/1931 |
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Burial Register
| Name at death | Elizabeth Edwards | ||||||
| Age at Death | 86 | ||||||
| Burial Date | 13 February 1931 | ||||||
| Abode |
The Haven, Finchampstead Road
Wokingham |
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| Official at Burial | T. Gerard Tylee | ||||||
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Burial Register entry for Elizabeth Edwards
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Burial Register Entry for Elizabeth 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 | Elizabeth EDWARDS |
| Date of death | 09/02/1931 |
| Age | 86 |
| Gender | Female |
| 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 | |
| Ellis John EDWARDS |
Biographical Information
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Elizabeth Edwards
Elizabeth Edwards
She was born in 1844 in Chard, Somerset, to Thomas and Ann Dunning. Her family lived in Perry Street and worked in the cotton lace making industry which dominated Chard at the time. In 1861 at the age of 16 she is working as a Silk Weaver. She married Ellis John Edwards on 31 August 1870 at the Parish Church, Sherborne, Dorset. They had 7 children and she died on 9 February 1931, aged 86 years, at The Haven, Finchampstead, Wokingham. She was buried on 13 February 1931 alongside her daughter Emily. Probate was granted to her son-in-law Frederick James Cates, stationer.
Sources: 1851-1911 Census; BMD 2Q 1844 Birth; Church of England Marriages 1813-1921; E. & W. Death Index Mar 1931; National Probate/Wills. For additional family information, refer to the record of Ellis John Edwards.
Mrs. P. Code LS (J) 55, page 157.
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