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POOLE, Ellen May
1913 - 2000 (86 years) Has 4 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1885 - 1951 (65 years)-
Name POOLE, Ellen May [1] Birth 11 Jun 1913 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire 
[1] Gender Female Death 24 Jan 2000 King's Lynn Registration District, Norfolk Person ID I544 Edgoose Last Modified 1 Feb 2026
Father POOLE, George Percy, b. 3 Sep 1885, Southery, Norfolk, England d. 1951, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 65 years) Mother GREEN, Annie Maud, b. 15 Apr 1887, Wisbech Registation District, Cambridgeshire d. 1970, Wisbech Registation District, Cambridgeshire (Age 82 years) Marriage 1910 Wisbech Registation District, Cambridgeshire Family ID F381 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family EDGOOSE, William Lewin, b. 10 Feb 1909, West Walton, Norfolk d. 26 Mar 1981, King's Lynn Registration District, Norfolk (Age 72 years) Marriage 12 Oct 1935 West Walton, Norfolk [1] Family ID F373 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Marriage - 12 Oct 1935 - West Walton, Norfolk 
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Biographies 
EDGOOSE, Ellen May née POOLE (1913-2000) Wife of William Lewin EDGOOSE (1909-1981)
Ellen May POOLE was born on 11 June 1913, daughter of Percy POOLE and Maud GREEN.
(GRO June Q 1913 Wisbech 3b 1010)
William Lewin EDGOOSE married Ellen May POOLE at West Walton, Norfolk, on 12 October 1935. He was described as a 26 year old bachelor, a West Walton fruit grower, son of John Lewin EDGOOSE, labourer. Ellen May POOLE was a 22 year spinster, also from West Walton, daughter of George Percy POOLE, labourer. Witnesses C. J. EDGOOSE and G. Percy POOLE.
(GRO December Q 1935 Wisbech 3b 1639)
(Marriage Certificate)
From the 1939 Register of Ingleboro Farm, Mill Road, Marshland R.D., Norfolk:
William L. EDGOOSE, born 10 February 1909, married, farmer, ARP [ARP Reserve crossed out]
*Ellen M. EDGOOSE, born 11 June 1913, married, unpaid domestic duties and farm worker
1 CLOSED RECORD
(RG101/6566H/010/01 TRQO)
A consolidated index of the Probate and Will of William Lewin EDGOOSE:
01*William Lewin EDGOOSE, the Testator.
02*Ellen May EDGOOSE, wife of the Testator.
03 Name withheld, daughter of the Testator, may be living.
04 E. ALEXANDER, Probate Officer, District Probate Registry, Ipswich.
05 FRASER, WOODGATE & BEALL,
06 S. A. WHITTERIDGE, Solicitor, Wisbech.
07 B. EDWARDS, solicitor's clerk.
(District Probate Registry, Ipswich)
She was living at 15 St. Martin's Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, when probate of her husband's will was granted on 11 May 1981. She was still living there in 2000.
Ellen May EDGOOSE formerly POOLE (1913-2000), Housewife, of St.Martin's Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, Widow of William Lewin EDGOOSE, Smallholder, Retired, died at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, Norfolk, on 24 January 2000. The informant on 25 January 2000 was her daughter [name withheld] of Walsoken, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. Cause of death was I(a) Heart Failure I(b) Rectal Carcinoma (disseminated). The Certificate records that her date and place of birth was 11 June 1913 at Upwell, Cambridgeshire.
(GRO January Q 2000 Kings Lynn 6371B 84B 200)
Probate of her will was granted on 28 March 2000.
(revised 14.06.2026)
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Sources - [S1] Edgo21.FTW.
- [S1] Edgo21.FTW.