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EDGOOSE, Annie Louisa (1856-1946) aka WALL late RENNISON		EDGOOSE, Annie Louisa (1856-1946) aka WALL late RENNISON
Annie RENNISON was born at Providence Place, Great Driffield, Yorkshire on 21 October 1856, daughter of William RENNISON, a journeyman blacksmith, and Ruth RENNISON formerly LOFTHOUSE.
(GRO December Q 1856 [LOFTHOUSE] Driffield 09D 230)

The 1861 census return for Brook Street, Great Driffield, Yorkshire:
William RENNISON, head, aged 48, blacksmith master employing 1 man & 1 boy, born at Great Driffield;
Ruth RENNISON, wife, aged 49, born at Scampston, Yorkshire;
William Edward RENNISON, son, aged 16, blacksmith, born at Leeds, Yorkshire;
Sarah Eliza RENNISON, daughter, aged 20, born at Leeds;
Joseph RENNISON, son, aged 13, scholar, born in Manchester;
Mary RENNISON, daughter, aged 8, scholar, born in Manchester;
*Anne RENNISON, daughter, aged 4, scholar, born at Great Driffield;
Robert DOWSON, lodger, aged 15, brickmaker's apprentice, born at Beverley, Yorkshire.
(RG9/3607/78/9)

The 1871 census return for Middle Street, Great Driffield:
William RENNISON, head, married, aged 58, blacksmith and general dealer, born at Driffield, Yorkshire;
Ruth RENNISON, wife, aged 60, born at Scampston, Yorkshire;
William Ed. RENNISON, son, widower, aged 27, blacksmith, born at Leeds, Yorkshire;
Joseph RENNISON, son, married, aged 23, blacksmith, born in Manchester;
Rebecca RENNISON, daughter-in-law, aged 29, blacksmith's wife, born at Kirkstead Warth, Lincolnshire;
Mary RENNISON, daughter, unmarried, aged 18, born in Manchester;
*Annie RENNISON, daughter, unmarried, aged 14, born at Driffield;
Thomas RENNISON, grandson, aged 11 months 25 days, born at Driffield.
(RG10/4807/30/13)

She married Henry EDGOOSE at St. Thomas Crookes, Sheffield, Yorkshire, on 14 May 1877. She was described as a 20 year old spinster from Crookes and her father as a blacksmith. Witnesses were Henry APPLETON and Mary RENNISON.
(GRO certificate)

In 1881 she was living with her husband at 16 Morton Street, Sheffield:
Henry EDGOOSE, head, aged 24, labourer, born Kirton End, Lincolnshire;
*Annie EDGOOSE, wife, aged 24, born Driffield, Yorkshire;
Joseph E. EDGOOSE, son, aged 3, born Sheffield;
Ruth A. EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 1, born Sheffield.
(RG11/4648/11/20)

The death of her mother Ruth RENNISON aged 78 wass registered in 1888.
(GRO June Q. 1888 Eccleshall B. 9c 199)

Ruth RENNISON, widow, of 72 Broomhall Street, Sheffield, Yorkshire, was buried in the General Cemetery on 11 April 1888 aged 78.
(Grave TH 28, Sheffield Records Online)

She emigrated to the USA with her husband and family in 1889 (the 1910 census has 1890, that for 1930 has 1889).

Henry, his wife Annie, a son Edward and a daughter Marian (= Miriam?), together with an Eliza EDGOOSE (?), Elizabeth DAWSON (=Lizzie?), Kirke WRENCH, and James HAYNES sailed on the ship City of New York travelling 2nd Cabin Class from Gloucester in May 1889 [a passenger is noted as having jumped overboard on 17 May 1889]. Henry was described as a farmer:
Hy EDGOOSE, aged 31, farmer;
*Annie EDGOOSE, aged 36, wife;
Edward EDGOOSE, aged 10, child;
Marian EDGOOSE, aged 4, infant;
Eliza EDGOOSE, aged 36, wife [Almost certainly Elizabeth EDGOOSE (1852-1944);
Eliz. DAWSON, aged 25, wife [Almost certainly Elizabeth (Lizzie) EDGOOSE (1863-1942);
Kirke WRENCH, aged 21, labourer;
Jas. HAYNES, aged 26, labourer;
(FindMyPast: New York Passenger Lists & Arrivals)

The US Federal Census of 528 Bay Street, Superior, Wisconsin, taken on 8 June 1900:
Henry EDGOOS (sic), head, born October 1857, aged 42, married 23 years, immigrated 1889, Naturalisation Pa, day labor, 3 months unemployed;
*Anna EDGOOS, wife, born October 1857, aged 42, married 23 years, mother of 9 children of whom 5 living, immigrated 1889;
Joseph EDGOOS, son, born July 1877, aged 22, single, immigrated 1889, Naturalisation Pa, day labor, 0 months unemployed;
Meriam EDGOOS, daughter, born May 1887, aged 13, immigrated 1889, at school;
Harry EDGOOS, son, born April 1890, aged 10, born South Dakota, at school;
John W. EDGOOS, son, born September 1892, aged 7, born Wisconsin, at school;
Louise EDGOOS, daughter, born June 1895, aged 4, born in Wisconsin, at school.
(www.FamilySearch.org)

She was living at Connor's Point when the Superior court granted her a decree of divorce in 1905. The case was reported in the Duluth News Tribune of 3 February 1905. Henry EDGOOSE had been convicted of a statutory offence in 1903 or 1904 and received an eight year sentence in the State Prison.

From the 1905 Wisconsin State Census, Superior City, Douglas, Wisconsin, USA.
George WALL, head, aged 35, married, born in England of English parents, labourer, employed 12 months in past year, home rented;
*Annie WALL, wife, aged 48, born in England of English parents;
Joseph E. EDGOOSE, stepson, aged 28, single, born in England of English parents, shipbuilder, employed 8 months in last 12;
Mariam B. EDGOOSE, stepdaughter, aged 18, married, born in England of English parents;
Harry EDGOOSE, stepson, aged 15, single, born in Dakota of English parents, student;
John W. EDGOOSE, stepson, aged 12, born in Wisconsin of English parents;
Louisa EDGOOSE, stepdaughter, aged 10, born in Wisconsin of English parents;
Leslie O. BUCHAN, aged 2, born in Wisconsin of English parents;
Fred J. BUCHANN, aged 22, married, born in Canada of Canadian parents, labourer, 12 months employed during past year.

She married George WALL in September 1905 but divorced him a few months later. The case was reported in the Duluth News Tribune of 2 March 1906 under the heading "Married Life a Bit Strenuous". According to Mrs. WALL's statements to the court she had once more loved unwisely. No sooner had she become a loving wife than her supposedly loving husband began to mistreat and abuse her. She alleged that he had choked her on several occasions and had threatened to demolish and carry away anything of value from the marital home. The defendant George WALL made no attempt to deny her accusations. Judge SMITH granted the divorce, enabling Annie to return to her former home, and awarded her custody of her two children. The slightly mocking tone of the newspaper report can have done nothing to relieve her unhappiness.

As Mrs. Anna EDGOOSE she is listed in the Superior City directories for 1906 and 1907 at 527 Bay. With her were her sons Harry, John W., and Joseph E. EDGOOSE.

The 1910 census lists her as Annie WALL at 527 Bay Street, Superior City, Douglas County, Wisconsin:
*Annie WALL, head, aged 54, married for 2 years, 9 children of whom 5 were living, born in England, arrived in the USA in 1890, owned her own house;
Joseph E. EDGOOSE, son, aged 32, born in England, arrived in the USA in 1888, not naturalised, worked as a stocker in a shipyard, was employed but had been unemployed for 36 weeks in 1909;
Harry EDGOOSE, son, aged 20, born in South Dakota, worked as a machinist in a shipyard, and was unemployed for 12 weeks in 1909;
John W. EDGOOSE, son, aged 17, born in Wisconsin, worked as a tinner(?), and was fully employed in 1909 and 1910;
Louisa EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 14, born in Wisconsin, and had not been to school since at least 1 September 1909;
John F. BUCHAN, head, aged 27, married 6 years, born in Canada, arrived in the USA in 1883, was a machinist by trade but had been unemployed since at least the beginning of 1909;
Miriam BUCHAN, wife, aged 23, married 6 years, two of her three children were living, born in England, arrived in the USA in 1890;
Leslie BUCHAN, son, aged 6, born in Wisconsin, had not started going to school;
Margaret I. BUCHAN, daughter, aged 3, born in Wisconsin.
(www.ancestry.com Series T624 Roll 1707 24A District 93 Image 571)
(see also T624 1707 58B District 95 Image 808)
(see also T624 1707 40A District 95 Image 766)

Her husband George WALL was living at 3 st W John Ave in 1910. Annie and her children are duplicated on his census return.

The Duluth News Tribune reported on 7 March 1912 that the Salvation Army was presenting an entertainment that evening to raise funds to defray the expense of conducting religious and charitable work in the city. Amongst those participating were Mrs. George WALL and Miss Louise EDGOOSE.

From the 1917 and 1918 Detroit city directories:
Mrs. Annie EDGOOSE, 75 Beech.
(1917: page 2027)
(1918: page 1889)

From another 1917 Detroit city directory:
Annie EDGOOSE (wid Henry), h 75 Beech;
Jno. W. EDGOOSE, metalwkr, b 75 Beech;
Jos. E. EDGOOSE, lab, b 75 Beech.
(page 826)

From the 1918 Detroit city directory:
Annie EDGOOSE (wid of Henry), h 75 Beech;
Jno. W. EDGOOSE, metalwkr, b 75 Beech;
Jos. E. EDGOOSE, riveter, h 75 Beech.
(page 755)

The 1920 US Federal Census of Burk(?), Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan:
*Mrs. Annie EDGOOSE, head, aged 63, widow, house rented, immigrated 1889, naturalised 1895, born in England;
Joseph Edward EDGOOSE, son, aged 43, immigrated 1889, naturalised 1895, rivetter for construction company, born in England;
Louisa EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 24, single, born in Wisconsin, USA;
Robert FERGUSON, lodger, aged 27, single, sheet metal worker at Ford Motor Co., born in Illinois, USA.
Next door were:
John W. EDGOOSE, head, aged 27, house rented, inspector for (illegible), born in Wisconsin;
Margaret(?) EDGOOSE, wife, aged 37, naturalised, born in Wales;
Leslie BUCHAN, nephew, aged 16, house carpenter, born in Wisconsin.
(T625_805 11A 405)

The Detroit City directory lists Annie EDGOOSE at h 5629 (new number)1825 Burke Avenue with John W. EDGOOSE and Joseph E. EDGOOSE in 1920; and Anna EDGOOSE at 8138 Central Avenue with Joseph E. EDGOOSE from 1924-1930. She was described as the "widow of Henry".

From the 1921 Detroit city directory:
Anne EDGOOSE (wid Henry), h 4262 Western Blvd
Jno. W. EDGOOSE, auto mech, h 4262 Western Blvd
Jos. E. EDGOOSE, carp, b 4262 Western Blvd
(page 957)

From the 1920, 1921 and 1923 Detroit city directories:
Robert E FERGUSON, 4262 Western Blvd
John W EDGOOSE, 4262 Western Blvd
Mrs. Anne EDGOOSE, 4262 Western Blvd
(1920: page 2616)
(1921: page 2532)
(1923: page 2865)

The 1930 US Federal Census of Central Detroit City, Wayne County, Michigan:
Robert E. FERGUSON, head, aged 37, owner of a house worth £ 11,000, unemployed saleman, veteran of World War I, born in Illinois;
Louisa FERGUSON, wife, aged 34, born in Wisconsin of English parents;
Leslie R. FERGUSON, son, aged 2 years 2 months (possibly 7 months), born in Michgan;
William R. FERGUSON, son, aged 8, born in Michigan;
Harry RYAN, brother in law, aged 40, widower, insurance salesman, born in South Dakota;
Emma RYAN, niece, aged 10, born in Michigan;
*Anne EDGOOSE, mother in law, aged 73, widow, immigrated 1889, naturalised, born in England;
Joseph EDGOOSE, brother in law, aged 53, single, immigrated 1889, naturalised, unemployed labourer at Baseball Park, born in England.
(www.ancestry.com)
Louisa FERGUSON's brother John William EDGOOSE and his family lived next door.

The 1940 census of 6621 Mead Street, Dearborn, Wayne County, Michigan, USA:
Robert E. FERGUSON, head, aged 45, married, Elementary School 7th grade, born in Illinois, foreman at tanning plant earning $1600;
Louisa FERGUSON, wife, aged 44, married, Elementary School 7th grade, born in Wisconsin;
William R. FERGUSON, son, aged 17, High School 4th Year, born in Michigan;
Leslie R. FERGUSON, son, aged 12, Elementary School 7th grade, born in Michigan;
David J. FERGUSON, son, aged 2, born in Michigan;
*Annie L. EDGOOSE, mother-in-law, aged 83, widow, Elementary School 6th grade, born in England, alien;
George SCHULTZ, lodger, aged 41, single, Elementary School 6th Grade, born in Michigan, church janitor earning $300;
Harry J. RYAN, brother-in-law, aged 49, widower, High School 4th year, born in South Dakota, seeking work, 2 weeks unemployed, salesman, hospitization corporation, earning $100.
(Roll T627_1826 Page 5A)

She died in 1946 at Berkley, Michigan, nineteen days before her 90th birthday, i.e. on 2 October 1946.
The Dearborn Genealogical Society lists her death aged 89 at Dearborn, Michigan, on 2 October 1946 under the name EDGOOSE, Annie Louisa. The only other indication that she had a second christian name was in the 1940 census: Annie L. EDGOOSE.


NOTES & QUERIES:
The name of a James E. EDGOOSE is listed in the 1907 edition of the Superior City Directory at 527 Bay with Mrs. Anna EDGOOSE, Harry EDGOOSE, John W. EDGOOSE, and Joseph E. EDGOOSE. He is unlikely to be a son of the Henry EDGOOSE (1857-1914) who married Annie RENNISON in 1877. In the 1910 census Annie was said to have had 9 children of whom 5 were living. He may be synonymous with James Edgoose WESTMORELAND 1869-1948.


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EDGOOSE, Annie Louisa (1920-2005) wife of Elmer C. SWINDLEHURST (1919-2001)		EDGOOSE, Annie Louisa (1920-2005) wife of Elmer C. SWINDLEHURST (1919-2001)
Annie Louisa EDGOOSE was born in Detroit, Michigan, on 19 April 1920, daughter of John William and May EDGOOSE. John William EDGOOSE had married May HARRIS on 25 June 1919.

From the 1930 United States Federal Census of Wayne County, Detroit, Michigan, USA:
John W. EDGOOSE head, aged 37, age at first marriage 26, born in Wisconsin of English parents, and employed as an insurance salesman;
Margaret EDGOOSE, wife, aged 37, age at first marriage 20, born in Wales of Welsh born parents, immigrated 1909, naturalised, no occupation;
Margaret EDGOOSE, daughter ad[opted by her second husband], aged 15, born in Illinois of US and Welsh born parents;
*Anne L. EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 9, born in Michigan of Wisconsin and Welsh born parents;
Ruth EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 7, born in Michigan of Wisconsin and Welsh born parents;
Harriet EDGOOSE, aged 6, born in Michigan of Wisconsin and Welsh born parents.
Living next door were his sister Louisa's family, his brother Harry RYAN and daughter Emma, his brother Joseph EDGOOSE, and his mother Anne EDGOOSE.
(www.ancestry.com)

Elmer SWINDLEHURST, born in Canada but residing in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA, and working as a clerk, son of James SWINDLEHURST and his wife Ida OLIVER, married 18 year old Annie Louisa EDGOOSE of Detroit, daughter of John EDGOOSE and his wife Margaret formerly HARRIS, at Dearborn, Wayne County, Michigan, on 18 March 1939. Witnesses were Ernest SWINDLEHURST of 5716 Wabash and Mrs Walter JOHNSON of 1161 Wildwood.
(Michigan Marriage LIcense and Certificate)

The 1940 census of 2139 Warren Street, Detroit, Michigan, USA:
Elmer C. SWINDLEHURST, head, aged 21, married, born in Canada, naturalised American citizen, Elementary School 7th Grade, salesman, house rented;
*Annie SWINDLEHURST, wife, aged 20, married, born in Michigan, High School 2nd Year.

She died at Westland, Maine, Michigan, on 6 April 2005.
(SSDI)

NOTES & QUERIES:
1) The United States Social Security and Claims Index 1936-2007 has references to Harriet Josephine RYAN and Annie Louisa SWINDLEHURST. See 2) and 3) below. Ruth Annie WARWASHANA died in 2015 and was not included. May HARRIS's daughter from a previous relationship has not been traced.

2) "Name: Margaret HARRIS
Gender: Female
Spouse: John W. EDGOOSE
Child: Annie Louise SWINDLEHURST"

3) "Name: Margaret N. HARRIS
Gender: Female
Spouse: John W. RYAN
Child: Harriet Josephine RYAN"

4) Margaret or May RYAN/EDGOOSE's daughter Margaret who was born in 1915 and adopted by her husband has not yet been traced.

5) Ruth M. Warwashana died aged 93 on 3 December 2015. [She had changed her name from Ruth Annie EDGOOSE to Ruth Miriam RYAN before marriage to Glen]. "Predeceased by her sisters Edith, Annie and Harriet.........." Who was Edith? Her husband's sister or Margaret HARRIS's daughter who was adopted by John William?

6) Add the 1950 census for these families.


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EDGOOSE, Annie Mastin (1886-1889) aka HEADGOOSE		EDGOOSE, Annie Mastin (1886-1889) aka HEADGOOSE
Annie Mastin MASTIN, daughter of William Groom MASTIN and Rose Ann Amy MASTIN formerly SMITH, was born at Railway Parade, Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia, on 3 August 1886. The informant was her mother R. A. A. MASTIN of Kogarah. According to the certificate, Rose Ann Amy MASTIN was 18 years old and born at Newcastle, New South Wales, and William Groom MASTIN was 28 years old and born in Lincolnshire, England. He was a storekeeper. They had married on 11 January 1886 at Ultimo, New South Wales.

The birth of their daughter Annie Mastin MASTIN or HEADGOOSE at St. Peter's was registered in 1886.
(NSW Births 7218/1886 indexed under MASTIN and HEADGOOSE)
She died in 1889.
(NSW Deaths 425/1889 indexed under MASTIN only)


NOTES & QUERIES:
Extract of correspondence with NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages dated 13 December 2011.
"The daughter was registered under both names, however it appears Mastin was her middle name, Headgoose surname. However this is how it was registered at the time, the reasons why, are unknown."

The correspondence has been scanned and can be found at edgoose.one-name.net under "Letters from AUSTRALIA" and "William Groom HEADGOOSE".


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EDGOOSE, Anthony (1589-????)		EDGOOSE, Anthony (1589-????)
Anthony [Antonius], son of John [Joh'is] EDGOOSE, was baptised at Boston, Lincolnshire, on 18 October 1589.
(PR)
John EDGOOSE had married Margarett ACASTER at Boston on 23 January 1588/89.

NOTES & QUERIES:
When and where was he buried?


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EDGOOSE, Anthony (1589-????) No further trace of him has been found.		EDGOOSE, Anthony (1589-????) No further trace of him has been found.
Anthony [Antonius], son of John [Joh'is] EDGOOSE, was baptised at Boston, Lincolnshire, on 18 October 1589.
(PR)
John EDGOOSE had married Margarett ACASTER at Boston on 23 January 1588/89.


NOTES & QUERIES:
When and where was he buried?


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EDGOOSE, Anthony (1620-1692) with Joan SUMPTER (1620-1658) & Frances CAWDRON (1663-????)		EDGOOSE, Anthony (1620-1692) with Joan SUMPTER (1620-1658) & Frances CAWDRON (1663-????)
Anthony, son of John EDGOOSE, was baptised at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 2 January 1619/20. John EDGOOSE had married Elizabeth PILKINTON at Pinchbeck on 19 January 1614/15.

In his will made on 17 April 1630 John EDGOOSE of Pinchbeck refers to Anthony EDGOOSE, one of the sons he had by his wife Elizabeth. He was under 21 years old.
(LCC Wills 1630 454)

An Index to the Will of John EDGOOSE (1575-1630) of Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire:
John EDGOOSE, the Testator
John EDGOOSE (1601-1668), eldest son of the Testator
Mr. Dymocke WALPOLE (????-1652), adjoining land owner
Margaret EDGOOSE formerly BEATCH (15??-1614), the Testator's late wife
Thomas EDGOOSE (1606-1640), son of the Testator's marriage to Margaret BEATCH
Elizabeth EDGOOSE (1609-1685), daughter of the Testator's marriage to Margaret BEATCH
Elizabeth EDGOOSE formerly PILKINGTON, the Testator's second wife
Theodocia EDGOOSE, daughter of the Testator's marriage to Elizabeth PILKINGTON
*Anthony EDGOOSE, son of the Testator's marriage to Elizabeth PILKINGTON
Richard EDGOOSE, son of the Testator's marriage to Elizabeth PILKINGTON
William SLATER, supervisor and witness
Arthur BURD, supervisor
Robert HARINSON, witness
William HARVIE, witness
(Lincoln Consistory Court Will 1630/454)

FIRST MARRIAGE: (1620-1658)
Anthonie EDGOOSE married Joan SUMPTER, daughter of Joh. SUMPTER, at Pinchbeck on 4 February 1644/45.

Judith, daughter of Anthony EDGOOSE, was baptised at Pinchbeck on 11 January 1645/46 and buried there on 16 January.

According to the Pinchbeck Acre Book made on 1 November 1647, Anthony EDGOOSE rented one rood from John JOHNSON gent.. This piece of land, on which buildings had been erected, was on the south bank of the River Glen, somewhere between the road leading from Toll Bridge to Rotten Row to the east and Stile Gate Way to the west. His neighbour to the south and east was Roger CALTHROPE; to the west Thomas GUNN rented three roods from Captain Thomas OGLE.
(LAO Pinchbeck Acre Book 1647 p.60)

Abigail, daughter of Anthony EDGOOSE, was baptised at Pinchbeck on 25 July 1647 and buried there on 18 November 1655.

Phillip sic, daughter of Anthony EDGOOSE, was baptised at Pinchbeck on 28 April 1650 and buried there on 11 May 1650.

Joan, daughter of Anthony EDGOOSE, was baptised at Pinchbeck on 28 April 1650 and buried there on 13 February 1650/51.

John son of Anthony EDGOOSE, was baptised at Pinchbeck on 21 December 1651.

Joan, daughter of Anthony EDGOOSE, was buried at Pinchbeck on 23 September 1652. (She may have been the daughter of Robert EDGOOSE who was baptised at Pinchbeck on 27 June 1652).

Jane or Joane, daughter of Anthony and Joan EDGOOSE, was baptised at Pinchbeck on 2 October 1653 and buried there on 21 November 1655.

Ann, daughter of Anthony and Joan EDGOOSE, was baptised at Pinchbeck on 26 October 1656.
Two infant daughters of Anthony and Joan EDGOOSE were buried at Pinchbeck on the same day.

Joan, wife of Anthony EDGOOSE, was buried at Pinchbeck on 5 July 1658.

SECOND MARRIAGE (1663-????)
Anthony EDGOOSE married Frances CAWDRON at Pinchbeck on 7 July 1663.

Mary, daughter of Anthony and Frances EDGOOSE, was baptised at Pinchbeck on 24 June 1664.

Elizabeth, daughter of Anthony and Frances EDGOOSE, was baptised at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 24 February 1666/67.

Anthony EDGOOSE, labourer, was buried at Pinchbeck on 2 April 1692.

Here comes the link to Whitechapel, Middlesex:

An Index of the Will of Richard EDGOOSE (1623-1702) of Whitechapel, Middlesex.
01*Richard EDGOOSE, the Testator.
02 Lady JOANS [Lidya JONES?), daughter of the Testator.
03*Anthony EDGOOSE (1620-1692), the Testator's brother.
04 Un-named daughter of Anthony EDGOOSE.
05 John HAMMORTON, the children of.
06 Sarah EDGOOSE, wife of the Testator, joint executor.
07 Sarah MOSELEY, daughter of the Testator, joint executor.
08 Samuel HOWELL iron monger living at Tower Hill, trustee.
09 Joshua ARNELD, brother of the Testator, trustee.
10 Robert EDWARDS, witness.
11 Wm. HEASLER, witness.
12 Thomas MOSELEY, husband of the above Sarah MOSELEY.
(London Metropolitan Archives MS 9172/93 Will No. 70)

NOTES & QUERIES: CAWDRON surname.
01. Where was Frances CAWDRON baptised? No trace at Pinchbeck between 1636 and 1646. Frances, daughter of Robert CAWDRON, was baptised at Great & Little Hale , Lincolnshire, on 23 March 1619.
02. Did she remarry after the death of her husband.
03. When did she die?
04. Was CAWDRON her maiden name or was she a widow when she married Anthony EDGOOSE?
05. From Gosberton Parish Register: Widow CAWDRON buried at Gosberton, Lincolnshire, on 14 May 1729.
06. William CAWDRON buried at Gosberton on 4 March 1729/30.
07. There is reference to Anthonye CAWDRON, gentleman, in the will of Nicholas HARRYMAN of Quadring, Lincolnshire, proved in 1567. PROB 11/49)


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EDGOOSE, Anthony (1702-????)		EDGOOSE, Anthony (1702-????)
Anthony, base born son of Elizabeth EDGOOSE, was baptised at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 26 March 1702. Elizabeth EDGOOSE may have been the daughter of Anthony and Frances EDGOOSE who married at Pinchbeck on 7 July 1663.

His date and place of burial is unknown.


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EDGOOSE, Anthony (1964-2013)		EDGOOSE, Anthony (1964-2013)
An Anthony EDGOOSE was born on 5 January 1964 at Bowthorpe Maternity Hospital, Wisbech, the grandson of William Lewin EDGOOSE and his wife Ellen May.
(GRO March Q 1964 [EDGOOSE] Wisbech 4a 721) The name of his mother cannot be revealed - she is living.

Anthony was later adopted. No records are in the public domain.


NOTES & QUERIES:
Who was the Mr. Anthony EDGOOSE who died in an accident in Niagara, Ontario, Canada, in about 2013? Is it possible that Anthony EDGOOSE was his name prior to a name change after 1964.

According to a letter written on the letterheading of PERRY, KNUDSEN & GILBERT LLP on 22 June 2020, an Anthony EDGOOSE died in an accident in Niagra, Ontario, Canada, seven years earlier (i.e. 2012-2013). Apparently, all attempts to place his relatives had proved unsuccessful. On reflection, the letter was probably a spoof or an attempt at "phishing".
The punctuation is imperfect, as is the use of the capital letters. The letter is unlikely to be the work of a highly educated lawyer.

The Weatherford Daily News, Oklahoma, USA, had a similar story on 6 July 2020 by Josh BURTON:
"Scam alert: Resident receives letter, police warn of probable scam". It continues: "The Weatherford Police Department received a letter from a resident regarding a new mail scam.
The resident shared the information with WPD, who said the letter is a scam for several reasons. WPD warned "Law firms will not contact you with such vague details. You will notice the letter is very vague with information such as no bank or company which underwrote the life insurance policy," police said. "The company the policy holder worked for is simply listed as a Canada Energy Company and not the specific company, and date of death is just listed as 7 years ago. The email to contact the Lawyer is a Bulk, @gmail.com address. The address under the company information is a differrent address for the lawyer which is another indication the letter is a scam........"
WPD said, "They want you to call them so they can get information of [sic] get their portion of the settlement up front. If it is too good to be true it probably isn't legitimate. Do not give information by phone or email to people you do not know. If you have doubts please contact the Weatherford Police Department or your local Police Department."
Copyright 2024 Weatherford Daily News


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EDGOOSE, Aristean (1878-1906) now GITTINGS		EDGOOSE, Aristean (1878-1906) now GITTINGS
Aristean EDGOOSE was born at Kenosha Co., Wisconsin, USA, on 4 August 1878, daughter of John Lewin EDGOOSE and his wife Lucinda.

John Lewin EDGOOSE had married Mrs. Lucinda ANDERSON on 18 July 1875.

She is listed at Paris, Kenosha, Wisconsin, in the 1880 census:
John EDGOOSE, head, aged 52, farmer, born in England of English-born parents;
Lucinda EDGOOSE, wife, aged 42, housekeeping, born in (?) of NY born parents;
*Aresteen EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 2, born in Wisconsin;
Thom. ANDERSON, son, aged 14, farmer, born in Michigan of NY born parents;
Edith HANCOCK, servant, aged 18, housekeeping, born in Wisconsin of English born parents.
(www.ancestry.com)

"FROM BIG STONE. How the Aberdeen Folks Are Passing the Time---A Breezy Letter
ORTONVILLE, Aug. 2, 1890.
Miss EDGOOSE is determined to add the art of swimming to her many other accomplishments and will doubtless succeed. Mrs. COCKER, Miss SCHOFIELD, and Miss Nettie McBRIDE have by their musical talents added greatly to the enjoyment of the party. Mr. McBRIDE seems to be doing fairly well. Though looking a little pale and care-worn, I think, with proper care he will pull through all right."
(Aberdeen Daily News (Aberdeen SD) Volume V Issue 7 Page 4 accessed via www.genealogybank.com)

The Musicale at Union Grove.
"At the musicale given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Will CALLENDER, of Union Grove, Feb. 20th, by Miss Imogen BACON and her pupils, Anna ROHDE, Estella GOLDSWORTHY, Lillian HANSMAN, Aria EDGOOSE, Edith MOREY, Blanche ROBERTS and Edith MEREDITH the following program was given:" [here the newspaper printed the details of 15 piano solos, piano duets, a piano trio and a violin solo].
(The Telegraph-courier (Kenosha, Wis.) March 04,1897, Image 5, via Chronicling America)

"Miss BACON of Bristol has been spending a few days in the village a guest of Arrie EDGOOSE."
(newspapers.com: The Journal Times (Racine, Wisconsin) 15 September 1897).

The Racine Journal dated 30 June 1898 under the heading Salem announced that Miss Arestine (sic) EDGOOSE of Union Grove was the guest of Miss Genie BACON last week.

"Arril EDGOOSE is spending the summer in Minneapolis."
(The Telegraph-courier (Kenosha, Wis.), 14 July 1898, Image 5, via Chronicling America)

From the Racine Daily Journal dated 10 May 1899:
"Union Grove: Mrs. EDGOOSE called on Racine friends Friday."
"Mrs. J S BLAKEY and Mrs. EDGOOSE spent Saturday at Somers."
"Miss Arrie EDGOOSE is learning to ride a wheel."

"UNION GROVE
Miss Aristeen EDGOOSE entertained a couple of young lady friends part of last week."
(The Telegraph-courier (Kenosha, Wis.) 15 June 1899, Image 5, via Chronicling America)

From the Racine Weekly Journal dated 16 August 1900:
"Union Grove. Mrs. AYERS and Mr. Tom ANDERSON are guests of Mrs. and Miss EDGOOSE"

From the Racine Daily Journal dated 19 December 1900:
"Miss Aristeen EDGOOSE was among the Union Grove ladies that visited at the county set Tuesday."

"Miss A. EDGOOSE is a guest of relatives in Chicago"
(The Telegraph-courier (Kenosha, Wis.), September 26, 1901, Image 5, via Chronicling America)

She married John GITTINGS at Union Grove, Racine, Wisconsin, USA, on 4 June 1902. Witnesses were William GITTINGS and Lucinda EDGOOSE.

From the Racine Journal 6 June 1902:
"MATRIMONIAL
Last evening, at the village of Union Grove, at the home of the bride's parents, Miss Aristeen EDGOOSE and John GITTINGS were united in holy matrimony by the Rev. Price. A reception followed the ceremonies. The home was beautifully decorated for the occasion, Mr. and Mrs. GITTINGS were the recipients of many valuable wedding gifts and departed on a late train for trip in the east. After July 1 they will be at home to their friends at Union Grove. The bride is a most accomplished young lady and is held in the highest esteem by her friends and acquaintances in the society in which she moves. The groom is one of the leading attorneys of this section and is very well known in this city, and throughout the county and has offices at Union Grove and Burlington. Mr. and Mrs. GITTINGS will receive the congratulations of their many friends upon their return home."
(https://www.newspapers.com/image/644325195 Burlington Free Press (Burlington, Wisconsin), 11 June 1902)

From the 1905 Wisconsin State Census of Union Grove, Racine:
John T. GITTINGS, head, aged 34, married, born in Wisconsin of Welsh parents, a lawyer, employed for 12 months during the past year, home rented;
*Ernestine (sic) GITTINGS, wife, aged 26, born in Wisconsin of English and Illinois parents;
Elinor GITTINGS, daughter, aged 1, born in Wisconsin of Wisconsin born parents;
Lucinda A. EDGOOSE, mother-in-law, aged 67, widow, born in Illinois of New York born parents.

She died on 17 May 1905 and was buried in the Edgoose family plot in the Union Grove Cemetery on Highway 45 (Main St.), Union Grove, Racine, Wisconsin, USA. According to the footstone on her grave, her nickname was "Arrie". Her name is inscribed on the EDGOOSE family tombstone as "Aresteen (sic), wife of John T. GITTINGS". She had given birth to her son, John Halbert GITTINGS, 13 days earlier on 4 May 1905. The date of birth on her gravestone was 4 August 1878.

OBITUARY. GITTINGS.
"Mrs. John T. GITTINGS died at 10:30 o'clock last evening, at her home in the village of Union Grove, of pleural pneumonia, aged 27 years. Announcement of her demise caused profound sorrow, not only in Union Grove, but throughout the western part of the county where she was so well and favourably known. Mrs. GITTINGS was born in this county and before marriage was Miss Aristeen EDGOOSE. She was a lady of sweet and amiable disposition, possed those qualities that made a noble woman and was accomplished, one of the first graduates of the Union Grove high school. Besides a husband there survives two children, the youngest ten days old. She also leaves a mother and two half brothers. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock from her late home and at 3:30 from the Congregational church at Union Grove."
(Racine Journal, Racine, Wisconsin 22 May 1906)

"DEATH OF J. T. GITTINGS WELL KNOWN LAWYER
John T. GITTINGS, 52 years old, well known attorney of Union Grove, died on Tueday morning at St. Mary's hospital in Racine from the result of a paralytic stroke received at his summer home at Eagle Lake, July 21, 1922.
John T. GITTINGS was born in the town of Caledonia, Aug. 9, 1870, and was a son of Mr. and Mrs. William GITTINGS, pioneer settlers of Racine county. After graduating from the Racine High school in 1989, he entered the Wisconsin university,m which he graduated with the law class of 1894.
Mr. GITTINGS first engaged in the practice of law at Burlington, being associated with George W. WALLER for several years. Later he moved to Union Grove where he became a leading attorney, devoting most of his attention to corporation matterd the probating of estates.
Mr. GITTINGS was twice married, his first wife being Miss Aresteen EDGOOSE, whom he married in 1900. To them two children were born, Elinor May and John Halbert. Mrs. GITTINGS died in 1906 and in December 1910 Mr. GITTINGS was united in marriage to Miss Stella M. SEARS, who with the two children survive him. He is also survived by two brothers, Christopher and Ward and two sisters, Mrs. John PUGH and Miss Elizabeth GITTINGS, all of Racine.
The funeral was held on Thursday from the Congregational church at Union Grove at 2 p. m., Rev. H. P. FREELING officiating.
(newspapers.com: Burlington Free Press (Burlington, Wisconsin), 4 January 19 T.

MAY IT PLEASE THE COURT: [An Obit]
Once again DEATH , that bailiff whose command may not denied, has summoned from the bar of this Court to that great court around the judgment seat of the Judge of all the earth, the soul of our colleague and friend John T. Gittings, who departed this life on the 2nd day of January 1923, and the undersigned members of a committee appointed by the President of the Racine County Bar Association ask leave to present the following memorial to this court:

John Thomas Gittings was born August 9, 1870 on a farm in the town of Caledonia in this county. He came of sturdy Welsh parentage. His father came to America in early manhood and worked his way west from New York, coming to Wisconsin in 1855. His mothers maiden name was Elizabeth Gittings. These worthy people while not pioneers were yet entitled to be classed as early settlers, and by their industry and thrift and by their loyal support of their adopted country, they contributed largely to the upbuilding of Racine County and its various institutions. They were religious people, and strong believers in the cause of education; they provided for their children every educational advantage and required of them filial obedience and a strict observance of the laws of God and of their country.

It was in this simple Christian home and surrounded by these influences that John Gittings grew to manhood. His boyhood days were spent in doing chores and working on the farm. After completing the course in the district school he entered Racine High School, from which he graduated in 1889.
His genial ways and happy disposition made him justly popular among his class mates and school companions.

After finishing high school he taught school for a year and the entered an insurance office in Racine, where he was employed until the fall of 1892 when he entered the Law School of the University of Wisconsin. His two years in the Law School were years of hard and conscientious work to fit himself for his chosen profession. He was neither the brilliant type of student who with a minimum of effort coupled with a large amount of self assurance is able to make a creditable showing, nor yet of the easy going type content to "get by", but he was the kind of student who by hard and consistent study prepares his lessons day by day and completes his course with honor to himself and with the respect of his fellow students and instructors.

He was graduated from the University on June 20. 1894, receiving the degree of L. L. B. and on the same day with other members of his class was admitted to practice at the bar of the Supreme Court and of the Federal courts for Wisconsin. After his admission to the bar, and while seeking a permanent location he spent a year in the offices of Palmer & Gittings in the city of Racine, and on the first of September 1895, in partnership with his classmate, George W. Waller, he opened an office in Burlington, Wisconsin, under the firm name of Waller & Gittings. Burlington was then a city of but 2600 people and already had a bar of three established lawyers, and the new partners soon learned that there is more truth than pleasantry in the proverbial saying that the young lawyer must face a starvation period of seven years; but during these first years, when clients were few and expenses many, John's even disposition, his optimism, his willingness to to wait for the success which he believed would come, and his steadfast adherence to the ethics of his chosen profession, served to hold the partnership together and built up between the partners a bond of [end of page 2] friendship, trust and affection which remained unbroken, an which will ever remain with the survivor as a cherished and enduring memory.

In the spring of 1897, upon the death of Henry Wiesman, a lawyer practicing at Union Grove, John bought his library and office fixtures, intending to spend two days each week in the new office, but experience soon proved that business could only be secured and held by being on the ground continuously, and in a short time he took up his permanent address in Union Grove. The partnership was continued for several years longer, when by mutual consent it was dissolved, and John continued to practice alone until a few years ago when he formed a partnership with Olin R. Moyle of Racine under the firm name of Gittings & Moyle, maintaing offices both in Union Grove and in Racine.

On June 4, 1903, John T. GITTINGS was united in marriage with Miss Aristeen EDGOOSE, of Union Grove, and to this union were born two children, Eleanor May in 1905 and John Halbert in 1907. Shortly after the birth of her son death claimed the young mother, and left the husband and father with the care and nurture of two small children, a responsibility which was bravely met and successfully carried out. In December 1910 he married Miss Stella M. SEARS, a companion of his boyhood days, and who with the children, now grown to young manhood and womanhood, survive to mourn the loss and cherish the memory of a loving and indulgent husband and father.

A number of years ago he built a cottage in Pan Yak Park on the shores of Eagle Lake, and in this beautiful spot, surrounded by his family and by congenial neighbours he spent many happy summers, becoming an enthusiastic swimmer and golfer, and it was here in the summer of 1922 that he was stricken with illness, which in spite of all that loving hands and medical skill [end of page 3] could do, at last claimed his life on the 2nd day of January of this year.

What shall we say in eulogy of our departed brother? We cannot acclaim him as a great trial lawyer, because he never aspired to that branch of the law; we cannot hail him as a political leader of his fellow men, for he never saw public office. The plaudits of the crowd, the front page of the newspaper, the publicity and notoriety which some men seek and upon which they thrive were to him distasteful and things to be avoided. If these things were the measure of success, then we might say he had failed; but not so, for the true measure by which the success of a lawyer is to be determined, is the word "service", and he best succeeds who serves most his chosen clients and the community in which he makes his home. Judged by this standard, the life of John Gittings, cut short as it was in its very prime, stands out conspicuously as an ideal seldom equaled in the history of our Bar.

Casting his lot with the people of a small community, he devoted his lifeto serving the every day needs of his fellow men, and more often these needs were for friendly counsel than for legal services. He sought not to foster litigation, but to prevent it; not to set neighbour against neighbour but to reconcile enmities and promote harmony, regardless of financial consideration to himself. The country lawyer must be the arbitrator of disputes, not the advocate of either party, for he must retain both parties as his clients in order that he may build and retain a business sufficient for his support; and the members of this bar will, I think agree with me when I say that few and far between were the cases or matters of business arising in Union Grove or in the surrounding territory, in which the services of any other lawyer were sought or retained. [end of page 4)

To my mind the highest tribute which can be paid to the memory of John GITTINGS as a man and as a lawyer, is to say that he spent 25 years in the practice of his profession in one community, and that to the day of his death he commanded the confidence and respect, the good will and affection, not only of his friends and neighbours who knew him best, but of the entire community in which he lived and served.

John GITTINGS not only served his community as a legal adviser, but as a constructive and useful ctizen. He interested himself in every project for the betterment of his home town and gave liberally of his time and money to these ends. He was intensely interested in education and served for many years on the School Board. He was Secretary of the Old Settlers Society and worked hard to make its annual meeting a success. He was a member of the
[not stated] Church, The Masonic Order, Eastern Star, The I.O.O.F. Modern Woodmen, and other local organisations.
He was stricken down in the prime of life, and at a time when he was beginning to enjoy the material rewards for the labor and sacrifices of former years. It is with profound sorrow that we as members of the bar pay this tribute to his memory. He was a good lawyer; a loyal and high minded citizen;
a genial and whole-souled companion: a kind neighbor; a loving husband and father. With those that knew him, his image and the impress of his presence will long remain.

[Three poems omitted]

Dated at Racine Wisconsin April 9 1923.

Repectfully submitted:
[signed] George W. WALLER
[signed] E. John WEHMHOFF
Committee.

Resolutions to John T. GITTINGS.

May it please the Court:

In concluding this memorial The Committee respectfully ask the adoption of the following Resolutions:

WHEREAS, Death has taken from us our dearly beloved friend and brother, John T. Gittings, who died at Racine, Wisconsin, on January 2 1923, and who for a period of twenty-nine years practiced his profession at the Bar of this County and State;

RESOLVED, that while bowing in submission to the Divine Will: we in common with other members of the Bar deeply deplore his loss;

RESOLVED, that in his death the Bar has been deprived of one of its useful and honored members and the county in which he lived has been bereft of a public spirited and useful citizen; and the community in which he lived of one who took a prominent part in its religious and civic life.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, while we mourn his loss yet the example of his unselfish and honored life will ever remain to us an inspiration and incentive to better things and high ordeals.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that our heartfelt sympathy be tendered to the bereaved family, that this memorial and these Resolutions be spread upon the Minutes of this Court and a copy be transmitted to his widow;
and as a further mark of respect that the Courts of this county adjourn for the day.


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EDGOOSE, Arthur (1656-1656)		EDGOOSE, Arthur (1656-1656)
Arthur, son of John EDGOOSE and Rachell, was baptised at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 3 February 1655/56 and buried there on 16 October 1656.
(PR)
John EDGOOSE had married Rachell BIRD at Pinchbeck on 19 January 1631/32.
  
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EDGOOSE, Arthur (1808-1811)		EDGOOSE, Arthur (1808-1811)
Arthur EDGOOSE was supposedly born on 2 September 1808, son of James EDGOOSE and Mary WINFREE who married at Moulton, Lincolnshire, by licence on 14 December 1807, although the WEST family bible appears to be the only record of his existence. However, it seems likely that a child could have been born about nine months after the marriage. Perhaps he died before he could be baptised. If it is true that there was a convention in Georgian England which called for the next child to be named after the last deceased sibling it was certainly followed in this case.
(WEST Family Bible).
James EDGOOSE had married Mary WINFREE by licence at Moulton, Lincolnshire, on 14 December 1807.

He was presumably dead by 4 September 1811 when a second son Arthur was born. No record of his burial has been found.



NOTES & QUERIES:
Gosberton baptisms and burial searched 1808-1811.
Moulton baptisms and burials searched 1808-1811.



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Arthur EDGOOSE was born on 4 September 1811 (WEST family bible) and baptised at Gosberton, Lincolnshire, on 29 September 1811, son of James and Mary EDGOOSE. James EDGOOSE had married Mary WINFREE at Moulton, Lincolnshire, on 14 December 1807.

An Index of the Will of James EDGOOSE (1780-1832), auctioneer & grazier, of Gosberton, Lincolnshire. The Will was made on 10 June 1832. The Testator died on 15 June 1832. Probate was granted on 25 August 1832.
01*James EDGOOSE (1780-1832), the Testator.
02 Mary EDGOOSE formerly WINFREY, wife of the Testator, executrix.
03 Mr. LAWRENCE, from whom the Testator purchased land.
04 William WALTON, from whom the Testator purchased land.
05 Mr. CHARLES, owner of nearby farm in Gosberton.
06 Thomas CAVE, tenure of public house and tenements in Sutton St. Mary.
07 Mrs. Rebecca FISHER, properties in Gosberton and Surfleet.
08 John ALCOCK of Gosberton, farmer.
09*Arthur EDGOOSE, son of the Testator.
10 Albert EDGOOSE, son of the Testator.
11 Caroline EDGOOSE, daughter of the Testator.
12 John LIEVESLEY, farmer of Gosberton, witness.
13 Ann MOULD, servant to Mr. EDGOOSE, witness.
14 [illegible name & initials], attorney of Spalding, witness.
(Lincoln Consistory Court Will 1832/88)

Arthur EDGOOSE: Warrant No. 9836. Date of joining the Metropolitan Police: 9 September 1834. Date of leaving not specified.
(The National Archives, Kew, MEPO 4/333/9836, Subjects: Policing)
An Arthur EDGOOSE, police constable No. 145, gave evidence against William Stroud at the Old Bailey on 13 July 1836:
"William STROUD was indicted for feloniously breaking and entering a building within the curtilage of the dwelling house of John BOYCE, on the 6th of June, and stealing therein 3 pairs of boots, value 4s.; 1 pair of shoes, value 6d.; 1 handkerchief, value 4d.; and 1 table-cover, value 6d.; his goods; and 9 brushes, value 7s., the goods of William COVENTRY.
Arthur EDGOOSE (police-constable N 145.) On Tuesday, the 6th of June, I was at the corner of King's-road, Kingsland-road, and saw the prisoner coming from Hoxton, about two o'clock in the morning, with a bundle on his head - I asked him what he had got in that bundle, and where he got it - he said his sister gave it to him, who lived in Waterloo-town Mile-end - COOK took it from him, and took him into custody.
William COOK (police-constable N 96.) I was with EDGOOSE, and took the bundle from the prisoner - I found three pairs of boots, one pair of shoes and sundry odd shoes and brushes in it - they were tied in a green baize table cover.
James William HUNT. I live in Gee-street, Shoreditch, and am a painter. These brushes are mine - I was at work with them the day before - I know all these belong to William COVENTRY, my employer - I left them in the brewhouse.
Mary Ellis FLEGG. I am servant to John BOYCE, of Wallis-buildings, Kingsland-road - he is an examiner at the Board of Excise. The boots and shoes, handkercief and table-cover, produced, belong to him, and were taken from Mr. Boyce's brewhouse - six tiles had been taken off the roof, which would admit a person - the brewhouse forms part of the premises, and is connected with the dwelling-house, and enclosed with a wall, which wall joins the dwelling house - the premises are enclosed with a wall in the yard of the dwelling-house - the brushes were kept in the brew-house with the boots.
Prisoner's Defence. As I was coming home, I saw somebody throw the bundle down and run away - I took it up, and was taking it to the light to look at it, when the policeman came and took me.
Arthur EDGOOSE re-examined. when I took him he was not looking at the property - he came by a gas-light.
GUILTY of breaking and entering, and stealing the brushes only. Aged 18. - Transported for Fourteen Years.
(The Proceedings of the Old Bailey 1674-1913 t18360713-1508)

The Metropolitan Police Service's Historical Collection contains a reference to Arthur EDGOOSE, Warrant No. 9836, of 'F' Division (which was the Kensington area of London). He was suspended on 23 June 1837 and given a gratuity on 25 June. There is no record of why he was suspended but as a gratuity was apparently the equivalent of a pension his misdemeanor must have been minor.
(E-mail from george.bird@met.police.uk 02.09.2008)

From the 1841 census of Near the High Street, Bletchley, Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire:
Robert ADAMS, aged 50, agricultural labourer, born in Buckinghamshire;
Rebecca ADAMS, aged 50, born in Buckinghamshire;
George BARKER, aged 50, tailor, (born in Scotland, Ireland, or Foreign Parts?);
*.......... EDGOOSE, aged 35, police constable, (born in Scotland, Ireland or Foreign Parts?).
(HO107/56/5)

An LNWR Salary Register for the London Division Police Department in the 1840s shows thar Arthur EDGOOSE, No. 166, was appointed on 22 September [year not stated]. He was responsible for miles 48 to 51. His wages were 19s. per week. The date of his leaving was left blank but under "Remarks" is written to Bletchley. An interesting article entitled Early Railway Policemen which appeared in Railway Policemen on 9 March 2013 and which mentions Arthur EDGOOSE and explains their duties.
(http://workswhistle.com/?p=46)

The 1851 census of 5 Drummond Street, St. Pancras, Middlesex, taken on 30 March:
Ann WRIGHT, head, aged 48, born at St. Pancras, Middlesex;
Marion WRIGHT, daughter, aged 16, dressmaker, born at St. Pancras, Middlesex;
*Arthur EDGOOSE, aged 36, unmarried, signalman, born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire.
(HO107/1496/413/2)

From the 1861 census of Tinley Square, Peterborough, Northamptonshire:
Samuel TINLEY, head, aged 40, coal merchant's clerk, born at Marllpool, Derbyshire;
Hannah TINLEY, wife, aged 31, born at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire;
Eliza A. TINLEY, daughter, aged 5, scholar, born at Peterborough, Northamptonshire;
Walter D. TINLEY, son, aged 3, scholar, born at Peterborough, Northamptonshire;
Ellen TINLEY, daughter, aged 2, scholar, born at Peterborough, Northamptonshire;
Emma TINLEY, daughter, aged 11 months, born at Peterborough, Northamptonshire;
Arthur EDGOOSE, lodger, unmarried, aged 47, railway servant, born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire.
(RG9/966/39/26)

He was married on 30 September 1862 at St. Pancras Church, St. Pancras, Middlesex, to Bithiah LEETE of Judd Street, St. Pancras, the widowed daughter of William CHAMBERLAIN deceased. Witnesses were William and Catharine [sic]CHAMBERLAIN.

In 1871 he was living at 21 Chestnut Street, Leicester:
*Arthur EDGOOSE, head, aged 57, messenger in yarn warehouse, born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire;
Bithiah EDGOOSE, wife, aged 44, born at Mordan (sic), Cambridgeshire;
Reuben LEETE, son, aged 18, elastic band hand, born at Mordan (sic);
Tempest LEETE, son, aged 14, clicker, born at Hitchin, Hertfordshire.
(RG10/3283/24/19)

He is listed as a clerk living at 60 Chestnut Street in the Leicester street directories for 1877, 1878, 1880, 1882, 1883-84, 1884, and 1886, but not in 1875 or 1888.

He was a clerk living at 60 Chestnut Street, Leicester St. Mary, with his wife Bithiah at the time of the 1881 census. Their surname was transcribed as EDGOODE:
*Arthur EDGOODE, head, aged 69, clerk, born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire;
Bethiah EDGOODE, wife, aged 53, born at Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire.
(RG11/3173/144/6)

His wife Bithiah died at 60 Chestnut Street, Leicester, on 22 March 1885. The Leicester street directory for 1886 was the last time that Arthur was listed at that address.

At the time of the 1891 census Arthur HEADGOOSE (sic) was an inmate in the Union Workhouse, Narborough Road, Blaby, Leicestershire. He was described as a 78 year old widower, born Aylestone, Leicestershire, a pauper inmate and farm labourer.
(RG12/2500/103/2)

He died on 2 October 1895 at the Union Workhouse, St. Margaret's, Leicester, and was buried on 5 October at the Welford Road Cemetery, Leicester.
Strangely, although he bought the freehold of the grave he himself was not buried in it. Edwin James FULLER, aged 5, of 19 Oxenden Street, Leicester, was buried in it on 22 March 1920; Francis FULLER, aged 84, of 2 Wakefield Place, Leicester, on 5 January 1935; and Edwin Thomas FULLER, aged 86, of 67 Gypsy Lane, Leicester, on 24 February 1943.

He is described as a railway servant of Leigh Street, St. Pancras, on his marriage certificate; as a clerk of 60 Chestnut Street, Leicester, on his wife's death certificate in 1885; and as a former general labourer on his death certificate in 1895.


NOTES & QUERIES:
Frances Chamberlain LEETE married Edwin Thomas FULLER in 1878.
(GRO December Q 1878 Leicester 7a 481).
In 1881 Frances FULLER was 27 years old, born at Morden, Cambridgeshire, and living at 106 Walnut Street, Leicester, with her husband Edwin T. FULLER and son Edwin F. FULLER (RG11/3173/119/11).
In 1891 the family were living at Duncan Road, Aylestone, Leicestershire. Also present was their 66 year old spinster aunt Catherine CHAMBERLAIN who was born at Potton, Bedfordshire (RG12/2496/81/30).

FURTHER RESEARCH:
1). Blaby Workhouse Minutes and Admission & Discharge Registers at Leicestershire Record Office.
2). Midland Railway staff records at TNA (RAIL491). NB Leicester was also on the Midland Railway.


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Arthur EDGOOSE was born on 11 May 1865 at 12 Hayfield Cottages, Poplar, Middlesex, son of Elmitt and Priscilla EDGOOSE. His birth was registered as Arthur HEADGOOSE.
(GRO 1865 June Q Poplar 1c 708)

Elmitt EDGOOSE had married Priscilla PARKER at Enfield on 24 March 1856.

The 1871 census return for 15 (sic) Hayfield Cottages, Poplar, lists Arthur EDGOOSE:
Helmet EDGOOSE, head, aged 47, carpenter and joiner, born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire;
Priscilla EDGOOSE, wife, aged 47, born at Drayton, Oxfordshire;
James EDGOOSE, son, aged 14, fishmonger, born at Plaistow, Essex;
Mary EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 10, scholar, born at Plaistow, Essex;
Kerenhappuck EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 7, scholar, born at Poplar, Middlesex;
*Arthur EDGOOSE, son, aged 5, scholar, born at Poplar, Middlesex.
(RG10/588/12/17)

In the 1881 census for 260 Manchester Road, Poplar, he was a 16 year old unemployed labourer:
Elmitt EDGOOSE, head, aged 57, house carpenter, born at Gosberton;
Priscilla EDGOOSE, wife, aged 57, born at Oxford, Oxfordshire;
James EDGOOSE, son, aged 23, fishmonger, born at Canning Town, Essex;
Kerrenhappuch EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 18, unemployed domestic servant, born at Poplar;
*Arthur EDGOOSE, son, aged 16, unemployed labourer, born at Poplar.
(RG11/0512/33/3)

He married Elizabeth HEATH at St. James the Great, Bethnal Green, Middlesex, on 21 March 1887. Elizabeth HEATH came from Bethnal Green and was the 22 year old daughter of Edward HEATH, a tank maker. Arthur EDGOOSE was described as a 22 year old Bethnal Green labourer, the son of Arthur EDGOOSE. Witnesses were John ANDREW and Edward HEATH.
(GRO September Q 1862 Pancras 1b 210)

He was living at 8 Tooke Street, Poplar, when his daughter Caroline was born on 5 May 1889. He was a dock labourer.

When his daughter Ethel was born on 16 September 1890 he had moved to 105 West Ferry Road. She died at 9 Galbraith Street in November 1890.

Elizabeth EDGOOSE was described as the daughter of Arthur EDGOOSE, a stevedore's labourer, when she died at the age of 6 on 5 June 1892. She was probably the illegitimate daughter of Elizabeth HEATH. The family were living at 5 Florence Terrace, Alpha Road, Poplar.

He was described as a stevedore's labourer on the birth certificates of three of his children. He lived at 34 Havannah Street, Poplar, when his daughter Hilda Elizabeth was born on 13 October 1893; at 5 Tobago Street, Poplar, when his son Arthur James was born on 17 March 1898; and at 2 Strafford Street when his son Frederick was supposedly born on 11 August 1899.

The electoral roll for All Saints, Poplar, lists Arthur EDGOOSE at a dwelling house in Tobago Street, Poplar, in 1899.

The 1901 census of 32 Newcastle Street, Poplar:
*Arthur EDGOOSE, aged 36, dock labourer, born at Poplar;
Elizabeth EDGOOSE, aged 34, born at Poplar;
Hilda EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 7, born at Poplar;
Arthur EDGOOSE, son, aged 3, born at Poplar;
Frederick EDGOOSE, son, aged 1, born at Poplar.
The family were boarding with an Irish Dock Labourer James SWEENEY and his wife Margaret.
(RG13/356/169/57)

The 1902 electoral roll for Cubitt Town Ward, All Saints, Poplar, shows Arthur EDGOOSE to have been lodging in two unfurnished first floor rooms at 32 Newcastle Street. The landlord was J. SWEENEY of the same address.

He died on 29 November 1902 at 62 Galbraith Street, Poplar, at the age of 38.
(GRO December Q 1902 Poplar 1c 404)

His wife Elizabeth died on 9 July 1954. She was described as the widow of Arthur James EDGOOSE, stevedore.


NOTES & QUERIES:
1891 Census: Untraced


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EDGOOSE, Arthur James (1871-1957)		EDGOOSE, Arthur James (1871-1957)
Arthur James EDGOOSE was born at Leopold in the State of Victoria, Australia, on 21 April 1871, the eldest son of John James and Sarah Ann EDGOOSE. John James EDGOOSE had married Sarah Ann ADAMS on 18 June 1870.

He spent his adolescence at Heathcote, a mining town in the Victorian Midlands, where his father was a teacher, and taught for a short time at the district school of Costerfield.

At the age of seventeen he applied for employment with the Public Service Board, and on 28 July 1888 he was appointed a fifth class officer in the Department of Law. Later he was transferred to the Lands Department and then to the Titles Office where he stayed for the rest of his career. He had risen to Assistant Registrar of Titles when he retired in 1936.

On 21 September 1898 he married Ann Harriet Celia CANNON at the house of her father, John G. CANNON of Twyford, Elgar Road, Box Hill, and together they lived for the next forty years at Oxford Street, Box Hill, first on one side of the road and, after winning the lottery, on the other. In about 1940 they moved to a smaller house in Box Hill North.

The Argus 11 November 1898:
"EDGOOSE-CANNON. - On the 21st September, at the residence of the bride's parents, by the Rev. G. Schofield, Arthur J., eldest son of J. J. EDGOOSE, of "Risegate," Blackburn, to Annie, youngest daughter of J. G. Cannon, of "Twyford," Elgar-road, Box Hill".

Camberwell & Advertiser, Friday 11 November 1898:
"CANTERBURY CRICKET CLUB
Annual Match
PLAYERS V. OFFICERS
Notwithstanding the threatening weather which prevailed on Wednesday, a good number mustered at the Boroondara Recreation Reserve to witness the above match, which resulted in a substantial victory for the office bearers by 43 runs. This gamme i is looked forward to by all lovers of cricket in the district as being one of the most enjoyable of the season and the members of the club are to be complimented on the very successful way in which every thing was carried out for the comfort anand welfare of the visitors. A marquee was erected on the ground and tables placed in the centre, at which 60 guests partook of a substantial mid-day meal. After the inner man had been satisfied, Cr. SCOTT, who was chairman, proposed "The Queen" coupled with the name of the "Prince of Wales," which was duly honored (sic) by the National Anthem. The "Office Bearers" was proposed by Mr. ALLAN, who spoke in high terms of the officers and said that during 16 or 17 years of cricket, h he had never met with such good officers as those of the Canterbury cricket club. Cr. MALING in responding said that from the very first day they got the reserve they commenced to improve the ground. Last year they badly wanted a new fence annd he wwas glad to say that they had now got a 6ft. paling fence round the reserve, and trusted that the next annual meeting they would be seated in a nice wooden pavilion instead of under canvas. The "Canterbury Cricket Club" was proposed by Cr. SCOTT, and responded to by Mr. LEACH. Mr. P. WATSFORD proposed the health of the "Visitors," which was responded to by the Revs SNODGRASS, DARLING, WALLACE, Mr. RENNICK (Shire Solicitor), and Mr. SOWERBY, who finished up by reading the following lines which caused much amusement.

CRICKET GATHERING
On Canterbury's Recreation-ground
A goodly number is often found,
To watch the merry sport with bat and ball,
And cheer the players as they stand or fall.
When Captain DODDS stoops low behind the wicket,
Surveys the field and studies ev'ry picket;
We watch with bated breath TOM MACKIE's ball,
And shout with triumph if the wicket fall.
With honest pride TOM's face begins to swell,
And "chuck her up!" he cries, with tig'rish yell.
Your secretary has a handsome face,
And moves abou the field with SWAN-like grace;
While ARTHUR LEACH, forsaking law for cricket,
True to his name's a sticker at the wicket.
A bridegroom is not always in good luck -
EDGOOSE by name, he sometimes gets a "duck";
Full many a batsman essaying a "swipe,"
Is victimised by papa ALLAN's "tripe."
Another SWAN, the youngest of the team,
A brilliant future has, we fondly dream;
Spectators like big hits and not a "waiter,"
And well applaud the prowess of a SLATER -
A goodly player, though 'tis sad to see
His legs placed sometimes where his bat should be.
The wanderer's returned and lustrous shines,
For Percy WATFORD strength with skill combines-
The WATSFORD Three! Oh, mark their merry faces!
They'll rival yet the three immortal Graces;
We often hear "how's that?" from yoyous eyes-
"oh, caught by good Tom FITCHETT in the slips!"
An umpire true must know what he's about,
And never say that he's in any doubt,
When "leg-before!" rewards the bowler's shout,
The batsman hardly ever thinks he out;
An awkward law sometimes to judge upon,
But all respect the verdict of a SWAN!
Another umpire stands: 'tis Mr. BROOKES,
Who's rather stout, but livelier than he looks;
Tom MACKIE's son, well-versed in cricket lore,
Most ably keeps the record of the score.
The president's a man we all admire,
For B. D. SMITH is known throughout the shire;
His illness is a thing we all regret,
But hope to see his face amongst us yet.
I thank you for your hospitable greeting,
I'm sure we've had a very pleasant meeting;
Right festive the gathering and gala the hour be,
Your bright, cheerful faces I hope will not not Sour be!

The health of the "Ladies" was proposed by Mr. A. EDGOOSE and responded to by Mr. BROOKS. The "Press" was proposed by Mr. EDGOOSE and responded to by the representative of this paper. A wedding present was next made by Cr. SCOTT, on behalf of the club, to Mr. A. EDGOOSE, who has recently taken unto himself a wife. The presentation was in the form of a very neat silver butter cooler and Mr. EDGOOSE suitably replied."

From the 1903 Electoral Roll of Blackburn, Box Hill, Kooyong, Victoria, Australia:
EDGOOSE John James, independent means
EDGOOSE Sarah
*EDGOOSE Arthur James, clerk
EDGOOSE Annie
EDGOOSE Winfrey Ernest (sic), grocer
EDGOOSE Lucy
EDGOOSE Elmitt, blacksmith

From the 1905 Electoral Roll of Blackburn, Box Hill, Kooyong, Victoria, Australia:
EDGOOSE, Sarah
*EDGOOSE Arthur James
EDGOOSE Winfrey Ernest (sic)
EDGOOSE Lucy
EDGOOSE Laura Jane

From the 1909 and 1912 Electoral Roll of Box Hill, Kooyong, Victoria, Australia:
*EDGOOSE Arthur James, clerk
EDGOOSE Annie, Box Hill

From the 1913 Electoral Roll of Box Hill, Kooyong, Victoria, Australia:
*EDGOOSE Arthur James

From the 1914 Electoral Roll of No. 5 Oxford Street, Box Hill, Kooyong, Victoria, Australia:
*EDGOOSE Arthur James, civil servant
EDGOOSE Annie

From the 1915 Electoral Roll of Box Hill, Kooyong, Victoria, Australia:
*EDGOOSE Arthur James, civil servant
EDGOOSE Annie

From the 1919 Electoral Roll of No. 5 Oxford Street, Box Hill, Kooyong, Victoria, Australia:
*EDGOOSE Arthur James, civil servant
EDGOOSE, Annie

At the annual daffodil show of the Royal Horticultural Society held at Melbourne Town Hall on 3 September 1919 the amateur class challenge cup was awarded to Mr. A. J. EDGOOSE of Box Hill.
(The Argus, 4 September 1919)

From the 1924 Electoral Roll of No. 5 Oxford Street, Box Hill, Flinders, Victoria, Australia:
*EDGOOSE Arthur James, civil servant
EDGOOSE Annie
EDGOOSE Lynda Ann, typist

From the 1925 Electoral Roll of Box Hill, Flinders, Victoria, Australia:
*EDGOOSE Arthur James, civil servant
EDGOOSE Annie

Arthur James EDGOOSE and James Henry QUEALY, clerks class 3, Office of Titles, to be Assistant Registrars of Titles, pursuant to the Provisions of the Transfer of Land Act 1915.
(Victoria Government Gazette, 26 January 1927, Issue 10, Page 282)

From the 1927 Electoral Roll of Box Hill, Flinders, Victoria, Australia:
*EDGOOSE Arthur James, civil servant
EDGOOSE Annie

From the 1928 Electoral Roll of Box Hill, Flinders, Victoria, Australia:
*EDGOOSE Arthur James, civil servant
EDGOOSE Annie
EDGOOSE Norma Winfrey
EDGOOSE Ina Mildred

From the 1931 Electoral Roll of No. 5 Oxford Street, Box Hill, Flinders, Victoria, Australia:
*EDGOOSE Arthur James, civil servant
EDGOOSE, Annie

Arthur James EDGOOSE, John Henry QUEALY, James MCLENNAN and Alexander Philip SUTHERLAND, Assistant Registrars of Titles, to be also Deputy Registrars-General.
(Victoria Goverment Gazette, 17 October 1934, Issue 167, Page 2335)

Arthur James EDGOOSE of 5 Oxford Street, Box Hill, was appointed to "Keep the Peace in the Central Bailiwick of the State of Victoria".
(Victoria Government Gazette, 26 February 1936, Issue 44, Page 563)

According to the Box Hill Reporter dated 16 February 1940 "At a meeting of the justices, MR. A. J. EDGOOSE, J.P., was appointed chairman of the Bench of Honorary Magistrates of Box Hill Court. He was congratulated on his appointment by Sergeant McKenzie on behalf of the police, Mr. Wadham on behalf of the Bar, and Mr. Maloney, Clerk of Courts."

From the 1936 Electoral Roll of No. 5, Oxford Street, Box Hill, Flinders, Victoria, Australia:
*EDGOOSE, Arthur James, civil servant
EDGOOSE Annie
EDGOOSE Ina Mildred

Arthur James EDGOOSE of 5 Oxford Street, Box Hill, was appointed to "Keep the Peace in the Central Bailiwick of the State of Victoria".
(Victoria Government Gazette, 26 February 1936, Issue 44, Page 563)

From the 1937 Electoral Roll of Box Hill, Deakin, Victoria, Australia:
*EDGOOSE Arthur James
EDGOOSE Annie
EDGOOSE Myra Winfrey

Arthur James EDGOOSE, J.P., of 5 Oxford Street, Box Hill, to be a Special Magistrate, pursuant to section 5 of the Children's Court Act of 1928, for the Petty Sessions District of Box Hill.
(Victoria Government Gazette, 18 August 1937, Issue 185, Page 2516)

From the1939 Electoral Roll of 5 Oxford street, Box Hill, Victoria, Australia (abbreviations expanded):
*EDGOOSE Arthur James, civil servant
EDGOOSE Annie, home duties
EDGOOSE Myra Winfrey, kindergarten teacher
(findmypast)

Arthur James EDGOOSE resigned as a Special Magistrate, pursuant to the provisions of the Children's Court Act 1928, for the Petty Sessions District at Box Hill.
(Victoria Government Gazette, 19 May 1943, Issue 96, Page 1238)

He took a keen interest in his garden and particularly in his roses and daffoldils. He exhibited blooms in many local and Melbourne shows, usually with success and sometimes reaching championship class. For many years he was President of the Royal Horticultural Society of Victoria. His daughter Myra MAY wrote "He took a two week break every year to prune his roses - about 300 I think from memory. He was noted for the large bunches he took to work in the shape of a fan, he hung them from the luggage rack of the train carriage and loved people to remark on them. His daffodails were also treated like children. They were picked in bud, opened in the cellar, and packed in large boxes (also taken by train) to the Town Hall or Exhibition Building in Melbourne to be put on show. Any girl at home had to help! He won 4 paintings (I still have mine), one for each of us - originals of course" (source: e-mail 24.11.2002).

Undated newspaper cutting with photograph of Arthur James EDGOOSE:
"Wants Scientific Investigation
Leading bulb-growers in their campaign against destructive eel-worms and bulb mites - pests which have banished daffodils from many a garden - is A. J. EDGOOSE, president..........."

Another of his interests was the Independent Order of Oddfellows, in which he reached the position of Grand Master. When he retired from the Titles Office he devoted some time to the office of Grand Treasurer.

He took a great interest in the Box Hill Methodist Football Club and for many years acted as its referee, but in the world of sport cricket was his great love. He captained many a club team in the Surrey Hills and Canterbury districts, and gave up the game in favour of bowls very reluctantly at the age of 56. Heart trouble eventually forced him to give up all forms of sport.

His daughter Lynda described him as a reserved man who did not encourage publicity if he could possibly avoid doing so, yet he was liked enough to be invited to lead a local group of young men who called themselves The Wattle Club in the period between the two World Wars. A letter he received from Kingsley Greenwood of 29 Victoria Street, Box Hill, when he finally left them shows that he was a popular man:
"Dear Mr. EDGOOSE
According to your wishes, you were not elected a Vice-President of our Club at the Last General Meeting, but this was much against the feeling of the meeting. The members present very much regretted the fact that you had decided to retire from the Club this season, and they unanimously decided that you should be asked to continue with the Club this year. An enthusiastic motion was passed directing me to convey to you an expression of gratitude for the very regular and generous services you have rendered to the Club. I am certain, Mr.EDGOOSE, that you have had a great influence on the boys, and that we will very much miss your advice and experience this year. I, myself, have very much admired the way you have stuck to the team, and the players have always appreciated your interest in them.
Sincerely hoping to see you with us,
I am,
Yours faithfully,
Kingsley GREENWOOD"

Ethellyn EDGOOSE described him as a strange man. Perhaps he was - a member of the "establishment" and a strict Methodist like his father, yet he was not averse to gambling. When he won Tattersall's Lottery he spent his winnings wisely and generously. For himself he bought two blocks of land at 5 Oxford Street, Boxhill, building a house on one plot and creating his flower garden on the second. For others, he paid off the mortgage on "Risegate", the house and land at Blackburn where his parents and sisters lived, and bought the adjacent plot in his father's name. It was on this adjacent plot that Winfrey EDGOOSE planted fruit trees and vegetables, keeping his brother in Box Hill well supplied for years. There is no doubt at this time that the brothers were friends: Myra EDGOOSE recalled how Percy used to drive the two miles from Doncaster every day on his way to catch the train to the City, how it was her sister Ina's duty to feed and water the horse in the morning, put the jinker in the shed, and reverse the routine at five o'clock every evening, and how Percy's eldest son (Tom Alfred) often did his homework at their dining table whilst waiting for his father. Sadly, this good relationship did not survive the reading of John James EDGOOSE's will in 1930. What happened next is in dispute, but feelings were so bitter that Arthur vowed never to set foot in a Methodist church again, feeling badly let down by all his brothers except Winfrey, and he did not even attend the funeral of his youngest brother Bert (Herbert Harry) in 1944. In fact, he went to a Methodist church just twice more when his daughters Ina and Myra were married. His daughter Myra MAY told her nephew Bruce TIPPETT that she believed her father was upset that John James EDGOOSE did not put in writing or leave something to say what had been done (source: e-mail 24.11.2001). On the contrary, the will of John James EDGOOSE contained a clause to the effect that 'Any property or money that may come to me from Relatives or Friends to be equally divided between my surviving sons and daughters' (Will dated 9.10.1912).

His daughter Myra MAY did not think he had much money for gambling. She wrote that "money was always tight and Mother had a housekeeping book which was entered up every day and signed by Father!!! Money borrowed could have been just to catch up with the running of the house, etc.. We must remember that although Father's brothers and sister were 'state school' teachers we, the EDGOOSE (underlined) girls had to have the best and went to 'Private' schools. Even in those days that cost a bit - uniforms, etc.. I well remember I had only one school uniform which was replaced as I grew but the new one became my Sunday best for quite a while. I had one new white frock for the Sunday School Anniversary and that had to do for the Speech Day prize giving at school" (source: e-mail from Bruce TIPPETT 24.11.2001).

Bruce TIPPETT remembers his mother Lynda "saying that no-one was allowed to buy the meat except AJE. The butcher of choice rubbed his hands gleefully every time that AJE came into the shop because of the order he placed - but heaven help the day the service was not up to scratch or the meat satisfactory because AJE very quickly went to another butcher and the one that was left lost a very nice order!" (source: e-mail 24.11.2001).

From the 1943 Electoral Roll of Box Hill, Deakin, Victoria, Australia:
*EDGOOSE Arthur James
EDGOOSE Anne

From the 1946 Electoral Roll of 94 Carrington Road, Box Hill, Victoria, Australia (abbreviations expanded)
*EDGOOSE Arthur James, nil
EDGOOSE Anne, home duties
(findmypast)

Box Hill Rate Books 1947-1954:
Arthur James EDGOOSE of 10 Hawkins Avenue
(20 West)

From the 1949 Electoral Roll of Box Hill, Deakin, Victoria, Australia:
*EDGOOSE Arthur James
EDGOOSE Anne

Newspaper cutting circa 1949:
"Mr. A. J. EDGOOSE, who has been Chairman of the Bench in the Court of Petty Sessions, Box Hill, for the past nine years, has retired. Mr. EDGOOSE has been a resident of Box Hill for 56 years and for 12 of those years has given devoted service in administering the law. He was also for seven years Chairman of the Children's Court. Of a quiet unassuming disposition, he is held in high esteem by his brother Justices who over this long period have found Mr. EDGOOSE to be a man of sterling character, impartial in his decisions, and always ready to give sound guidance when approached for advice. Mr. J. H. Patterson, J.P., has been appointed to succeed Mr. EDGOOSE as Chairman of the Bench".

From the 1954 Electoral Roll of Surrey Hills, Deakin, Victoria, Australia:
*EDGOOSE Arthur James
EDGOOSE Annie

He died of a digestive failure on 6 October 1957 and was buried in Box Hill Cemetery.

Box Hill Reporter 18 October 1957:
"OBITUARY MR. A. J. EDGOOSE
Another link with Box Hill's early days was severed by the death, on 6th October, of a well known and highly respected resident in the person of Mr. Arthur James EDGOOSE. The funeral took place on the following Wednesday and, after services conducted by Rev. Harold Chambers at Le Pine's Parlours, the cortege proceeded to the Box Hill cemetery.
Mr. EDGOOSE, who was in his 87th year, lived for 65 years in the district, at Blackburn when his father, the late Mr. J. J. EDGOOSE, retired from Mitcham State School, and afterwards in Box Hill. Always interested in the welfare of young people, Mr. EDGOOSE was the first secretary of the Mitcham Methodist Sunday School, and later was appointed president of the Wattle Club for young men when that office was relinquished by the late Mr. E. W. GREENWOOD.
Mr. EDGOOSE entered the Public Service as a young man and when he retired over twenty years ago he held the position of Assistant Registrar at the Titles Office. He was an enthusiastic gardener and was a very successful exhibitor of fruit and flowers in that great old organisation, the Box Hill Agricultural Show, which used to be an event of local importance. Mr. EDGOOSE won several amateur championships with his daffodils and was also a successful rosarian. He held office as president of the Royal Horticultural Society.
He was a Justice of the Peace for many years and as such sat on the Bench at Box Hill Court of Petty Sessions. He was also a special magistrate of the Children's Court.
Mr. EDGOOSE was a foundation member of the I.O.O.F. and had been also a member of the Box Hill and Blackburn Bowling Clubs.
He is survived by his wife and five daughters, to whom many expressions of sincere sympathy have been conveyed by a wide circle of friends".

The Age, Melbourne, Australia 7 October 1957 Page II
"EDGOOSE.--On October 6, passed peacefully away at Box Hill District Hospital, Arthur James, devoted husband of Annie, loving father of Lynda, Norma, Ina, Laura, Jean (deceased) and Myra, in his 87th year. The long day closes"

"EDGOOSE.--On October 6, passed peacefully away, Arthur James, dearly loved father of Norma, loved and respected father-in-law of Alex (deceased), devoted grandfather of Judith and Donald, Ian and Dooren [sic], great grandfather of Andrew and Jennifer."

"EDGOOSE.--On October 6, at Box Hill and District Hospital, Arthur James, loved father of Lynda and Will TIPPETT, dear grandfather of Bruce and Elva, Neil and Margaret, great grandfather of Ronald and Barbara.

"EDGOOSE.--On October 6, Arthur James, dearly loved father Myra, father-in-law of Geoffrey MAY, loving grandfather of Joan, David and Patsy MAY(Sydney)"

"EDGOOSE.--On October 6, passed peacefully away, Arthur James, beloved father of Ina and Sam, loving grandfather of Rex, Howard and Gwenyth McCORKELL.


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EDGOOSE, Arthur James (1898-1932)		EDGOOSE, Arthur James (1898-1932)
Arthur James EDGOOSE was born at 5 Tobago Street, Poplar, Middlesex, on 17 March 1898, son of Arthur and Elizabeth EDGOOSE.
(GRO June Q 1898 [HEATH] Poplar 01C 644)
Arthur EDGOOSE had married Elizabeth HEATH on 21 March 1887.

He was baptised at St. Luke's, Millwall, London, on 17 April 1898, son of Arthur EDGOOSE labourer and his wife Elizabeth of 5 Tobago Street.

The 1901 census of 32 Newcastle Street, Poplar:
Arthur EDGOOSE, aged 36, dock labourer, born at Poplar;
Elizabeth EDGOOSE, aged 34, born at Poplar;
Hilda EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 7, born at Poplar;
*Arthur EDGOOSE, son, aged 3, born at Poplar;
Frederick EDGOOSE, son, aged 1, born at Poplar.
The family were boarding with an Irish Dock Labourer James SWEENEY and his wife Margaret.
(RG13/356/169/57)

The 1911 census of 38 Wellington Place, Canning Town E., Essex:
Elizabeth EDGOOSE, head, widow, aged 46, charwoman, born at Poplar, London;
*Arthur EDGOOSE, son, aged 13, at school, born at Millwall, London;
Fred EDGOOSE, son, aged 11, at school, born at Millwall, London.
(RG14/PN9467/RG78PN507B/RD188/SD3/ED57/SN326)

Arthur EDGOOSE of 7 Springfield Road, West Ham, Essex enlisted in the 6th Battallion The Essex Regiment on 16 November 1914 as Private 3773. He was 16 years old and appears to have enlisted in the Territorial Force for 4 years' service in the United Kingdom.

As 3773 Private A. EDGOOSE he signed Army Form E.624.A. at Stamford on 16 June 1915 indicating his willingness to serve overseas. At some time after this his regimental number changed to 275636.

His mother Elizabeth EDGOOSE wrote from 21 Springfield Road, West Ham, Essex, presumably between 17 March 1915 and 16 March 1916.
"Sir
My son has m...ioned Imperial Service without my permission. His age now being seventeen I am a widow He joined the army against my wish. I will be very thankful to you Sir If you will kindly oblige me by transferring him. [until he] comes of age to the Service Battalion.
Yours respectfully, E. EDGOOSE
EDGOOSE, Pte A.
No. [illegible, but 3773]
Signalling Section,
D Company."

A second letter, undated but still from 21 Springfield Road, West Ham:
"Dear Sir
I am [rest of line and part of next line missing] of [my] son Private ....er EDGOOSE I am enclosing his Birth Certificate which brings his age as only 17 years and I am a Widow and he was my chief support when he was at home and I should very much like to have him out of the Army as he would be a great help to me as I am not able to work myself hoping you will oblige.
Yours Respectfully
Mrs EDGOOSE

No 3773
Private EDGOOSE
Signalling Section
2/6 Battallion
Essex Reg
D. Company"

A third letter from 21 Springfield Road, West Ham, Essex was dated 20 March 1916:
"Sir
Please excuse me writing to you again. My Son Private A. EDGOOSE No 3773 6th Batt. Essex Regt Was 18teen the 17th of this Month. I understand by your letter Sir you have his age as 17 years, 4 months. The 16.11.14. That would make his age 19 years the coming August".

He was posted to the 4th Res. Battallion Essex Regiment on 10 or 12 January 1918, to the (illegible) Inf B Depot on 3 April 1918, and to the Essex Regiment 10th Battallion on 17 April. He embarked at Folkestone on 3 April and disembarked at Boulogne in France.

He contracted influenza on 16 December 1918, rejoining his unit from Rouen on 10 January 1919. He was granted leave in the UK from 8 April until 22 April 1919.

He was transfered to England with the Cadre 10th Essex Regiment on 1 June 1919.

At the time of his discharge from the army in June 1919 his permanent address was 106 Eve Road, West Ham, London, E15.

His name appears in an index to Merchant Navy Seamen 1918-1941. Card CR1 (stamped M. M. Office, Victoria Dock, London 6 June 1923) gives his description: Height 5.7; Colour Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown; Complexion: Fresh. The reverse of the card has his signature ant the note "First voyage s/s Meissomer".
(National Archives BT349)

He died at 102 Eve Road, Plaistow, Middlesex, on 7 April 1932. He was described as a Corporation bath attendant. His sister Hilda Elizabeth EDGOOSE of Ingona, Elm Avenue, Eastcote, Middlesex, was present.
(GRO June Q 1932 W.Ham 4a 47)


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EDGOOSE, Arthur John (1872-1872)		EDGOOSE, Arthur John (1872-1872)
Arthur John EDGOOSE was born on 11 June 1872, son of James Lewin and Emily EDGOOSE.
(GRO June Q 1872 [WILLIAMSON] Wisbech 03B 656)
James Lewin EDGOOSE had married Emily WILLIAMSON at Walpole St. Andrew, Norfolk, on 13 October 1865.

Arthur John, son of James Lewin EDGOOSE farmer and his wife Emily, was baptised at West Walton, Norfolk, on 21 July 1872.

He died on 24 August 1872 and was buried at West Walton, Norfolk, on 26 August.

According to his death certificate Arthur John EDGOOSE, the 10 week old son of James Lewin EDGOOSE market gardener, died at West Walton on 23 August 1872. The cause of death was Diarrhoea. The informant was James Lewin EDGOOSE of West Walton, present at death.
(Death Certificate)
(GRO September Q 1872 Wisbech 3b 377)


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EDGOOSE, Athol Bertram (1920-2008)		EDGOOSE, Athol Bertram (1920-2008)
Athol Bertram EDGOOSE was born in 1920, son of Bertie Horace and Hannah Ann EDGOOSE. According to www.ancestry.co.uk Athol EDGOOSE was born on 15 October 1920 and died on 16 October 2008.
(GRO December Q 1920 Wisbech 3b 927)
(www.ancestry.co.uk: England & Wales Deaths 2007-2015)
Bertie Horace EDGOOSE had married Hannah Ann PITTS at Wisbech on 7 July 1914.

From the 1921 Census of 3 Short Street, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire:
Bertie Horace EDGOOSE, Head, aged 28 years 6 months, married, born at West Walton, Norfolk, employed as a Builders Merchants' Storekeeper by Isaac COLLETT & Sons of Monica Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire;
Hannah EDGOOSE, Wife, aged 32 years 9 months, married, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, At Home.
Gladys Margaret EDGOOSE, Daughter, aged 4 years 3 months, [parents] both alive, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.
*Athol Bertie EDGOOSE, Son, aged 8 months, [parents] both alive. born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.
(WISBECH 187/2/9)

In 1968 he was unmarried and living in Grimsby.

There is an entry in the Grimsby and Cleethorpes Directory for 1967 and 1970: EDGOOSE, A. B., 142 Victor Street.

MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
WHO: Athol Bertie EDGOOSE (1920-2008) and Gertrude JENNINGS formerly MOULSON (1929-2004) were married by licence.
Athol Bertie EDGOOSE was described as a 71 year old bachelor, a retired boilermaker, of 1 Bremerhaven Way, Grimsby, and the son of Bertram Horace EDGOOSE, a deceased timber merchant.
Gertrude JENNINGS was a 62 year old retired canteen assistant whose previous marriage had been dissolved, living at 1 Bremerhaven Way, Grimsby, and daughter of Edward Charles MOULSON, a deceased ships' painter.
WHEN: 23 January 1992.
WHERE: Grimsby Register Office.
WITNESSES: The witnesses may be living: the certificate is withheld.
(GRO January 1992 Grimsby 7 164 Reg. No.192)

In 2000, 2002, 2003, and 2004 he was living at 43 Stainton Drive, Grimsby, DN33 1EE. A Gertrude EDGOOSE was living at the same address in 2002 and 2003 (Electoral Rolls).

His wife Gertrude died on 8 February 2004 at the age of 74.
(www.lastingtribute.co.uk)
(GRO February 2004 NE Lincs 5481C C60C 044 204)

"EDGOOSE GERTRUDE An endless love, Sacred and true, A love like no other, No other like you, Missing you so dearly on this special day, Not able to share this precious moment with you, Fondest memories that we share. Your soulmate Athol, loving daughter Maureen, Roy, grandchildren and great grandchildren Love you until eternity xxxx"
(Lasting Tribute, undated but printed 17 August 2007)

Athol Bertie EDGOOSE died in the Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby, on 16 October 2008 aged 88 years.
(www.lastingtribute.co.uk)
(GRO December Q 2008 North East Lincolnshire 5481C Reg.1C004 EN186 DOB 1920)

"16th October 2008
EDGOOSE Athol Bertie Passed away peacefully after a long illness in the Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital surrounded by his loving family on 16th October 2008 aged 88 years. Much loved husband and soulmate of the late Gertrude, special father of Maureen and the late Jacqueline, sadly missed father-in-law of Roy and Ernie, also a dearly loved grandad of Christine, Deborah, Stephen, Richard, Julie, Graham, Ian and Jacqueline, dear great-grandad of Robert, Ellie, Bethany, Hannah, Connor, Kaitlan, Nikita, Eloise, Jessica, Demi, Jack, Regan, Chandler, Bethany, Jamie and Zak and friend to many. A funeral service will be held at the Grimsby Crematorium on Thursday 23rd October at 3pm. Family flowers only please, a donation in Athol's memory can be sent to the Coronary Care Unit at the Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby. Any enquiries to J. W. Emberson Funeral Directors. Telephone 01472 250074."


NOTES & QUERIES:
1939 Register: Untraced.


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EDGOOSE, Augusta (1847-1927) Spinster		EDGOOSE, Augusta (1847-1927) Spinster
Augusta EDGOOSE was born at King Street, Leek, Staffordshire, on 16 February 1847, daughter of Jesse and Eliza EDGOOSE.
(GRO March Q 1847 [ROWLEY] Leek 17 57]

Jesse EDGOOSE had married Eliza ROWLEY on 11 August 1841.

The 1851 census returns for Northallerton, Yorkshire, list:
Mary EDGOOSE, wife, aged 30, Wesleyan Minister's wife, born at Naburn, Yorkshire;
Alfred James EDGOOSE, son, aged 7, born at Longton, Staffordshire;
Agnes Rowley EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 5, born at Tunstall, Staffordshire;
*Augusta EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 4, born at Leek, Staffordshire;
Mary JACKSON, servant, aged 19, house servant, born at Osgodby, Yorkshire.
(HO107/2377/293/18)

At the time of the 1861 census she was boarding in Manchester Street, Oldham, Lancashire, at the house of William BIRD, the superintendant Wesleyan Minister.
Augusta was described as a 14 year old Minister's daughter, born at Leek in Staffordshire.
(RG9/3014/79/11)

She has not been traced in the 1871 census. One possibility is the following entry for Clarence Street, Gloucester:
Ann WILKINSON, head, aged 69, widow, annuitant, born at Goswell, London;
Martha WILKINSON, daughter, aged 30, schoolmistress, born at Ripon, Yorkshire;
Sarah Rebecca WILKINSON, daughter, aged 26, schoolmistress, born at Thirsk, Yorkshire;
Isaac WILKINSON, son, aged 37, accountant, born at Knaresbro, Yorkshire;
*Augusta EGERTON, aged 24, unmarried, governess, born at Leake (sic), Staffordshire;
Ada WESTBOCK, aged 11, scholar, born at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire;
Louisa MANELL, aged 79, servant, born in Gloucestershire.
(RG10/2615/72/37)

The 1881 census returns for Beaversbrook Farm, Hillmarton, Wiltshire:
Benjamin BODMAN, head, aged 29, farmer of 130 acres employing 3 labourers and 1 boy, born at Calne, Wiltshire;
Kate S. BODMAN, wife, aged 28, born at Calne;
Ada BODMAN, daughter, aged 6, born at Calne;
Henry BODMAN, son, aged 5, born at Calne;
William J. BODMAN, son, aged 3, born at Calne;
Marian E. BODMAN, daughter, aged 2, born at Calne;
Infant BODMAN, aged 1 month, born at Calne;
*Agusta (sic) EDGOOD (sic), aged 34, unmarried, tutor to children, born at Leek, Staffordshire;
Elizabeth J. DOLLMAN, aged 18, unmarried, general domestic servant, born at Chippenham, Wiltshire.
(RG11/2036/93/5).

In 1891 she was a 45 year old assistant bookseller at 49 Great George Street, Liverpool, living with 56 year old Irish born "tract depot bookseller" Esther FERGUSON. Her name was again spelled "Agusta" and her place of birth was simply "England" (RG12/2912/19/33).

The 1901 census returns for Sheep Street, Burford, Oxfordshire, show her as a 54 year old Stafford born retired school governess. She had a 14 year old domestic servant, Beatrice MOORE, born in London, Middlesex (RG13/1397/36/10). Beatrice MOORE was a beneficiary of her will made in 1927 - see below.

On a postcard picturing her house Upton Helions postmarked Bexhill 5 January 1910 and addressed to Mr. Herbert EDGOOSE, Risegate, Blackburn, Victoria, Melbourne, Australia (sic), she wrote: "Dear Cousin Herbert, Am just sending Upton Helions my little home across the water I trust you are well Accept my best wishes for the New year With best love. Your affectionate Cousin Augusta EDGOOSE".

The 1911 census of 16 Linden Road, Bexhill, Sussex:
*Augusta EDGOOSE, head, single, aged 64, retired teacher, born at Stafford, Staffordshire;
Beatrice MOORE, servant, single aged 22, domestic servant, born on the Isle of White.
(RG14PN4774/RG78PN205/RD70/SD1/ED4/SN155)

Kelly's Directory of Sussex lists a Miss EDGOOSE at 16 Linden Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, in 1911 and 1915.

Percy Llewellyn EDGOOSE was visited in hospital in 1918 by Agnes and Augusta EDGOOSE and he later visited Augusta in Brighton.

She is not listed in the Brighton directories between 1913 and 1923.
(Letter from Brighton & Hove Local Studies Library 09.06.2000)

She died at Woodview, Ninfield, Sussex, on 23 April 1927. George NORMAN, occupier, of the same address was present. She was described as a spinster of independent means. Probate was granted on 15 July 1927 to Hamilton SMITH of independent means:

An Index of the Will of Augusta EDGOOSE (1847-1927), spinster. The Will was signed on 17 March 1927. Probate was granted at London on 15 July 1927.
01*Augusta EDGOOSE, the Testator.
Beneficiaries:
02 Hamilton SMITH, executor
03 Inglis FLEMING
04 Alfred COLLIER
05 Ada FULLER
06 Beatrice MOORE
07 George NORMAN
08 Rhoda NORMAN
09 Agnes Rowley EDGOOSE
Others:
10 Mrs. HITCHCOCK
11 Robert C. MIDDLEMIST, witness
12 G. R. WAIT, witness.
(Probate Registry, London, 1927)

"THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of me Augusta EDGOOSE of Woodview Ninfield in the County of Sussex Spinster whereby I revoke all former wills and testamentary instruments heretofore made by me and declare this to be my last will I appoint Hamilton SMITH of Elmswood Montpelier Weston super Mare in the County of Somersetshire Gentleman to be the EXECUTOR and trustee of this my will and I take this opportunity of recording my appreciation of the kindness I have for many years received from him and I further thank him for undertaking the executorship and trusteeship of this my last will I bequeath the following pecuniary legacies free of all duty To the said Hamilton SMITH the sum of two hundred pounds To Inglis FLEMING of 11115 7th Avenue West Seattle in Washington State United States of America the sum of fifty pounds To Alfred COLLIER of 734C Christchurch Road Boscombe in the county of Hampshire the sum of seventy pounds To Ada FULLER of the School House Lewes in the County of Sussex Spinster the sum of twenty five pounds To Beatrice MOORE care of Mrs. HITCHCOCK of New College Burford in the County of Oxon Spinster the sum of ten pounds To my faithful friend George NORMAN of Woodview Ninfield in the co cocounty of Sussex the sum of seventy pounds and I forgive and release unto the said George NORMAN all sums of money advanced to him by me But if the said George NORMAN shall predecease me then I direct that such sums advanced to him by me shalall b be paid to me out of his estate I give to Rhoda NORMAN of Wood View Ninfield in the County of Sussex all my wearing apparel I give and bequeath all the rest of my real and personal estate unto my trustee to sell call in and convert the same into money and out of the proceeds thereof pay my funeral and testamentary expenses and debts and give the residue to my sister Agnes Rawley (sic) EDGOOSE of Crosby Dene 53 Crouch Hall Road Crouch End London N 8 spinster IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand this seventeenth day of March one thousand nine hundred and twenty seven Augusta EDGOOSE

Signed by the above named Augusta EDGOOSE as her last will in the joint presence of herself and us who at her request and in such joint presence have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses
Robt C MIDDLEMIST Ninfield Medical Practitioner
G R WAIT Market Gardener Catsfield"

"EDGOOSE Augusta of Woodview, Ninfield, Sussex, died on 23 April 1927. Probate London 15 July to Hamilton SMITH of independent means. Effects £ 1549 10s."
(National Probate Calendar 1927)


NOTES & QUERIES:
George NORMAN, her faithful friend, was single and a 29 year old butcher in 1911. His 34 year old sister Rhoda was also single and acted as his housekeeper. They lived at 11 Little Common Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex.
(Source: 1911 census)

Where was she buried?
Checked Manchester Southern Cemetery, Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Checked St. Pancras Cemetery
Checked Islington Cemetery
Checked Marylebone Cemetery
Checked Hampstead Cemetery
Checked Great Northern Cemetery
Checked Borough of Haringey
Checked Highate Cemetery
Checked Hailsham, Sussex, Cemetery
Checked Ninfield, Sussex, Cemetery

Try also:
The Cemeteries and Crematoria Office, Woodvale Lodge, Lewes Road, Brighton, BN2 3QB, telephone 01273 292332.
Downs Crematorium, Bear Road, Brighton, telephone 601601 (private cemetery).
Sussex Family History Group Hon Sec Mrs. J. R. Goddard, 54 Shirley Drive, Hove, BN3 6UF, telephone 01273 556382 (monumental inscriptions).


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EDGOOSE, Barry (1934-2013)		EDGOOSE, Barry (1934-2013)
Barry EDGOOSE was born in 1934, son of Frank Woods EDGOOSE and his wife Nellie.
(GRO June Q 1934 Boston 7a 640)
Frank Woods EDGOOSE had married Nellie PICK in 1932.

He married Doreen E. BINKS of 37 Periwinkle Lane, Hitchin, Herts., elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. BINKS, at St. Mary's Church, Hitchin, in 1957. Barrie EDGOOSE was living at 49 Beach Road, South Shields, and was working as a member of the South Shields reporting staff.
(GRO December Q 1957 Hitchin 4b 187)

Unidentified newspaper cutting:
"Shields Press man weds
Wearing a ballerina-length dress of French Chantilly lace over nylon, with a coronet head-dress of nylon, Miss Doreen BINKS, of 37 Periwinkle Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, was married at St Mary's Church, Hitchin, today to Mr. Barrie EDGOOSE, of 49 Beach Road, South Shields.
The bride, who was given away by her father, is the elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. BINKS, of Hitchin, and the bridegroom, a member of the Shields Gazette reporting staff, is the only son of Mr. F. W. EDGOOSE, of Frampton, Lincolnshire.
The bride was attended by her sister, Miss Gillian BINKS, and her cousin, Miss B. RANKIN. Best man was Mr. Peter ROBERTS and groomsman was Mr. R. BINKS, the bride's uncle.
The service was conducted by the Rev. D. Graebe".

He worked for a year as a sub-editor of the Birmingham Evening Dispatch after leaving his job as chief reporter of the South Shields Gazette. He then worked as a sub-editor of the Daily Telegraph, joining them on 5 November 1961. According to his aunt Hilda BURTON he worked for the Boston Standard, Skegness Standard, Daily Herald, The Sun, Daily Sketch, Daily Telegraph, and in 1968 was working for the People and as a freelance reporter.

Unidentified newspaper cutting:
"Ambition realised
FORMER "Standard" junior reporter, Barry EDGOOSE, son of Mr. F. W. EDGOOSE, of Church End, Frampton, has just achieved a personal ambition, I learn, by landing a job in Fleet Street.
He is due to start work on November 5th as a sub-editor on the "Daily Telegraph."
For the past year he has been a sub-editor with the "Evening Dispatch" in Birmingham, and before that was chief reporter on the "South Shields Gazette."
Barry was married four years ago to a Hitchin girl, and they have a three-month-old baby son."

He had married Doreen BINKS when she was 17. They had two children: Steven Barrie EDGOOSE in 1961 and Richard P. EDGOOSE in 1964.

Unidentified newspaper cutting:
"EDGOOSE. - On 30th March, 1964, at Ormsby Gardens, Greenford, Middlesex, to Doreen and Barry EDGOOSE, a son (Richard), a brother for Steven".

He left his wife.

At one time he was living at 2 Ormsby Gardens, Greenford, Middlesex.

There is a reference to Barry and Rosie EDGEGOOSE in Tristan Jones' book 'Adrift' published in 1992.
(ISBN 0924486309 9780924486302)

A Meeting with Barrie EDGOOSE and Rose (Rosina) WOODGATE at the Queen's Head, Ramsgate, in July 2001:
Barrie (or Baz as he is now known) told us that he lived at West Ham with his mother and sister during the war. His mother worked in a munitions factory and had a string of American airman boyfriends. When they were killed Baz quickly got another uncle! Rosie said that even Susan's mother didn't know who the father was. There was some discussion of the date of his mother's death: they suggested it was between two and four years ago.

He spoke bitterly of how his aunt Hilda adopted him and refused to sign the papers to enable him to become a pilot at the age of eighteen. After National Service he became an assistant auctioneer. Then, unbeknown to him, Hilda applied to the Lincolnshire Standard on his behalf.

He said that Hilda was a vindictive woman who was always telling lies about him - saying that he was in prison on drugs charges etc. He said that he had never been in prison in his life.

He blamed Hilda for putting his father Frank into an old peoples' home. He died within three months, just one week after Baz had taken him to Skegness.

His partner Rosina WOODGATE was the granddaughter of Major-General WOODGATE. She met Baz when she was 22 and working for The Times and Baz was 29. They lived on a 57' ChrisCraft motor cruiser at Ramsgate after being asked to leave St. Katherine's.

Baz told of how his son Richard whom he hadn't seen for twenty years telephoned to say that he was planning to get married but wouldn't do so unless his father promised to attend. Apparently his ex-wife had wanted their sons to change their name but they both refused. He paid for lunch. I was impressed.

His address from 2007-2010 was Maisonette (1st and 2nd Floor), 11 Hardres Street, Ramsgate, Kent, CT11 8QD. Rosina H. WOODGATE and Kevin J. SPRATT were at the same address.
(www.findmypast.com 17.01.2008)

In 2011 and 2012 he was living in Margate, Kent, CT9. Rosina H. WOODGATE was listed in 2011.
(Electoral Roll)

The death of Barry EDGOOSE was registered in 2013.
(GRO March Q 2013 Kent 564-1F EN 509062009 DOB 1934)

DEATH CERTIFICATE
WHEN: 6 September 2013.
WHERE: Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital, Margate
WHO: Barry EDGOOSE
WHAT: Death Certificate
DATE OF BIRTH: 18 May 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH: Lincolnshire
OCCUPATION: National Newspaper Editor (retired)
USUAL ADDRESS: 13G Arlington House, All Saints Avenue, Margate, Kent.
INFORMANT: The name and address of the informant is withheld. He may be living.
CAUSE OF DEATH: I(a) Methicillin-resistant staphyllococcus aureus community aquired pneumonia
(c) Cerebrovascular disease
Certified by William Davies MB
DATE OF REGISTRATION: 12 September 2013


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EDGOOSE, Bartholomew (1799-1815)		EDGOOSE, Bartholomew (1799-1815)
Bartholomew EDGOOSE was baptised at Swineshead, Lincolnshire, on 22 September 1799, son of John and Sarah EDGOOSE of Alderchurch, Lincolnshire.
(FreeReg)

John EDGOOSE married Sarah LAWSON on 19 July 1791.
(PR)

Bartholomew EDGOOSE of Algarkirk, Lincolnshire, was buried at Algarkirk on 14 April 1815 aged 16.
(PR)


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EDGOOSE, Beatrice Ellen (1925-1998) born VOYCE		EDGOOSE, Beatrice Ellen (1925-1998) born VOYCE
Beatrice Ellen VOYCE was born at Whitewall, St. Briavels, Gwent, Wales, on 6 June 1925, daughter of Richard Oswald and Charlotte Ellen VOYCE.
(GRO June Q 1925 [PAGE] Chepstow 11a 24)

Richard Oswald VOYCE had married Charlotte Ellen PAGE in 1924.
(GRO December Q 1924 Chepstow 11a 42)

From the 1939 Register of Alesmore Court, Lydney R.D., Gloucestershire:
Edith PALIN, born 16 January 1861, widow, householder
Lily LEWIS, born 20 July 1873, single, companion (nurse)
Lydia WILLIAMS, born 16 January 1881, widow, cook
2 CLOSED RECORDS
*Beatrice E. EDGOOSE (VOYCE), born 6 January 1925, kitchen maid.
(RG101/5106J/013/42 NULL)

John EDGOOSE, a 26 year old bachelor decribed as 4804368 Private, Sherwood Foresters (bricklayer) from Chepstow (home address No. 9, Tilney Avenue, Boston, Lincs) and son of Frederick EDGOOSE bus driver, married Beatrice Ellen VOYCE by licence on 7 April 1945. Beatrice Ellen VOYCE, a 19 year old spinster, an assistant nurse, of No. 5 Bungalow, Hewelsfield, Forest of Dean, and daughter of Richard Oswald VOYCE, timber faller. Witnesses were Charlotte Ellen VOYCE and Richard O. VOYCE.
(GRO June Q 1945 Forest of Dean 06a 821)
(Marriage Certificate)

Beatrice Ellen EDGOOSE formerly VOYCE (1925-1998), State Registered Nurse (retired), died at home, 145 Fenside Road, Boston, Lincolnshire on 5 June 1998. She was described as the wife of John EDGOOSE, Store Supervisor (retired), of the same address. The informant on 8 June 1998 was John EDGOOSE, widower of the deceased, present at the death. Cause of death was I(a) Myocardial Infarction I(b) Ischaemic Heart Disease I(c) Hypercholesterolaemia and II Diabetes Melitus.
(GRO June Q 1998 Boston 6101B C16 185)

From the Sleaford Target, 17 June 1998:
"MRS Beatrice Ellen EDGOOSE has died at her home in Fenside Road, Boston, at the age of 72.
Born at St. Briavels, in the Forest of Dean, she has lived in Boston for 53 years.
In her early days she was a nurse at Chepstow Hospital and after moving to Boston worked at the General Hospital as a ward orderly and domestic for 21 years.
For many years she also worked behind the bar at the Royal George in West Street.

The funeral service took place at Boston Crematorium conducted by the Rev Jacob Knee.
Chief family mourners were [Redacted.Possibly living].
Arrangements by F.E. ADDLESEE and Son."

NOTES & QUERIES:
In 2000 she and her husband were still listed at 145 Fenside Road, Boston, Lincolnshire.


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EDGOOSE, Beatrix (Before 1540-????) aka Beatrix ETGOOSE or ETGOSE.		EDGOOSE, Beatrix (Before 1540-????) aka Beatrix ETGOOSE or ETGOSE.
Beatrix ETGOOSE was the daughter of William and Margaret ETGOOSE.

In his will made on 24 February 1540/41 William ETGOOSE of Pinchbeck mentions his daughter Beatrix:
"Item I will yt yff my wyffe be with a son I will the sayd son shall have the sayd viij acres to have and to holde the sayd viij acres to the sayd son and to the heyres and assignes for ever And yff my sayd wyffe be with a daughter, then I will that the foresayd viij acres of customary lands remayn to my daughter Beatrix and to her heyres and assygnes aftyr the custome of the sayd manor"
Her mother Margaret ETGOOSE, who was named as the sole executrix, died before she could execute the will. Letters of Administration were granted at Lincoln on 27 March 1540/41 to Henry CUSTE of Pinchbeck who was sworn to administer the goods in the name of Robert REDDE, Anne REDDE, and Beatrix ETGOSE, the sons and daughters of the said deceased persons
(LCC Wills 1541 107)

An Index of the Will of William ETGOOSE (????-1541) of Pinchbeck, husbandman. The Will was made on 24 February 1540/41 and Probate was granted on 27 March 1541:
01*William ETGOOSE, the Testator.
02*Beatrix ETGOOSE, daughter of the Testator.
03 Thomas REDE
04 Robert REDDE
05 Anne ETGOOSE who married Robert REDDE
06 Helen CARTER
07 Margaret EDGOOSE, executrix
08 Adlard EDGOSSE or ETGOSE
09 Henry CUSTE
10 Thomas AWERTON, witness
11 Hugh VESSE, witness
12 Raphe PARKER, witness, parish priest of Pinchbeck
13 William SCHEYLL, witness, parish priest of Pinchbeck
(Lincoln Consistory Court Will 1541/107)


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EDGOOSE, Benjamin (1854-1928)		EDGOOSE, Benjamin (1854-1928)
Benjamin EDGOOSE was born at West Walton, Norfolk, on 1 August 1854, the illegitimate son of Patience EDGOOSE, widow of Stanton EDGOOSE. The name of his father is unproven.
(GRO September Q 1854 [HUDSON] Wisbech 03B 575)

He and his twin sister Serena were baptised at West Walton on 3 June 1855.
(BTs)

The 1861 census of Dam Lane, West Walton, Norfolk:
Patience EDGOOSE, head, aged 44, widow, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Mary EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 18, born at West Walton;
Stanton EDGOOSE, son, aged 16, born at West Walton;
James EDGOOSE, son, aged 14, born at West Walton;
*Benjamin EDGOOSE, son, aged 7, born at West Walton;
Serena EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 7, born at West Walton.
(RG9/1050/72/8)

The 1871 census of Dam Road, West Walton:
Patience EDGOOSE, head, aged 54, farmer of 35 acres employing 1 agricultural labourer, born at West Walton;
Mary EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 28, born at West Walton;
Stanton EDGOOSE, son, aged 26, farmer of 36 (sic) acres employing 1 agricultural labourer, born at West Walton;
*Benjamin EDGOOSE, son, aged 16, born at West Walton;
Serena EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 16, born at West Walton.
(RG10/1617/76/8)

At the time of the 1881 census he was living alone at Dam Road, West Walton:
*Benjamin EDGOOSE, son (head), aged 26, unmarried, farmer's son, born at West Walton.
(RG11/1697/81/7)

He married Catherine CASH, daughter of George CASH, at St. Augustine's, Wisbech, on 8 May 1883. Witnesses were George CASH and Mary C. LOWE.
(GRO June Q 1883 Wisbech 3b 997)

In a poll book for the North West Division of Norfolk 1885-86 Benjamin EDGOOSE of Church End, West Walton, is listed under Occupational Voters, qualifying by means of a dwelling house at Church End.
(X593)

His daughter Edith EDGOOSE was born on 30 December 1886. She married Frank Hayward PEARSE in 1909 and died in 1966.

The 1891 census returns for Mill Road, West Walton:
*Benjamin EDGOOSE, head, aged 35, farmer, born at West Walton;
Catherine EDGOOSE, wife, aged 34, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire;
Edith EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 4, born at Emneth, Norfolk;
James ROSE, farm servant, aged 19, born at Walpole, Norfolk;
William WHITBY, farm servant, aged 17, born at Walpole.
(RG12/1306/68/7)

From Kelly's Directory of Cambridge, Norfolk and Suffolk, 1892:
West Walton
EDGOOSE Benj. farmr. Honington house
EDGOOSE James, market gardener
EDGOOSE Patience (Mrs.), farmer
EDGOOSE Stanton, beer ret. Walton dam

Benjamin EDGOOSE, farmer, is listed at Honington House, West Walton, in the Norfolk directories for 1892, 1896, 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912, and 1922.
(Kelly's Directory of Norfolk 1904, 1912)

"On Saturday........... and 4a. 1r. of arable land, copyhold of West Walton Collraine, to Mr. B. EDGOOSE, for 400.l."
(Stamford Mercury, Friday 13 April 1900)
(www.findmypast.co.uk)

According to the 1901 census returns for West Walton, Norfolk, he was a 47 year old farmer. Living with him were his wife Katherine (sic) EDGOOSE and 14 year old daughter Edith. There were three servants: Elizabeth HARDIMENT, a domestic servant; and two agricultural labourers, John SHARP and John RUDLAND.
(RG13/1557/52/1)

Four mourners from West Walton, Norfolk, attended the funeral in Runhall, Norfolk, of Sarah Albertina ROSE, wife of Thomas ROSE, who was born on 18 June 1838 and who died on 7 April 1902: Mr. Henry HOULDEN, Mr. Robert PRATT, Mr. Benjamin EDGOOSE, and Mr. G. E. WARD.
(Norwich Mercury, 19 pril 1902)

"WISBECH. - Property Sales
On Saturday Messrs. ELWORTHY and Son offered for sale by instructions from the exors. of the late Mr. Joseph JOHNSON, the West Walton portion of his estate. The lots were disposed of as follows: - Lot 1, a cottage and 19a. 0r. 38p. of pasture land, Mr. B. EDGOOSE, £ 1260."
(Stamford Mercury 5 July 1907)
(www.findmypast.co.uk)

"HOUSEKEEPER (good Working) wanted for farm house. Servant kept. No family. Aged about 30 to 40 preferred. - Apply B. EDGOOSE, West Walton, Wisbech."
(Stamford Mercury, Friday 6 May 1910)
(www.findmypast.co.uk)

From the 1911 census of Walton, Wisbech:
*Benjamin EDGOOSE, head, aged 55, married, farmer, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Robert ALEXANDER, servant, single, aged 23, groom on farm, born at Terrington St.Clement, Norfolk;
Jane Elizabeth ALEXANDER, servant, single, aged 20, housemaid domestic, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Alice BLYTHE, servant, single, aged 17, cook domestic, born at West Walton, Norfolk.
(RG14PN9308 RD187 SD3 ED5 SN16)

"Messrs. ELWORTHY & Son have sold by auction at Wisbech part of the Trafford Estates, comprising some 640 acres.............. White House Farm with premises and 110 acres of land, occupied by Mr. B. EDGOOSE, fetched £ 11,500, Mr. J. HALSTEAD being the purchaser. Grange Farm, in West Walton, comprising farm-house and 161 acres of land, in the hands of Mr. PRATT's Executors, made £ 19,400. Mr. B. EDGOOSE becoming the purchaser."
(Farmer and Stockbreeder and Chamber of Agriculture Journal, Monday 7 July 1919. The University of Illinois Library)

He owned 165 acres 2 roods 10 perches at the Grange Farm, West Walton, on the High Road between West Walton and Walpole which he bought from William Henry TRAFFORD Esq. in 1919.

He was living at The Grange Farm, Church End, West Walton, Norfolk, when he died aged 73 on 2 April 1928. Cause of death was Bronchitis and Myocardial Degeneration. The informant was Frank Hayward PEARSE, son in law, present at the death, of White House, Church End, West Walton, Norfolk.
(GRO June Q 1928 Wisbech 03B 604)

He was buried at West Walton on 4 April 1928.

The 1929 sale particulars of the Grange Farm describe the farmhouse as follows:
"THE HOUSE is Brick-built and Slated, and contains:- Entrance Hall, Drawing Room, Dining Room, Morning Room, 2 Store Rooms, Pantry, Cellar, Kitchen, Scullery and Dairy, with 7 Bedrooms and Bathroom above, approached by front and back Staircases. Hot and Cold Water is fixed to the Bath and Marham Water is laid on."

"EDGOOSE Benjamin of The Grange Farm West Walton Norfolk died 2 April 1928. Probate (save and except settled land) Norwich 24 August to Edith PEARSE (wife of Frank Hayward PEARSE) John Stanton BATTERHAM fruit grower and Frank SEARLE solicitors clerk. Effects £ 15,905 12s 7d. Further Grant 6 September 1928."
(National Probate Calendar 1928)

"EDGOOSE Benjamin of The Grange Farm West Walton Norfolk died 2 April 1928. Probate (limited to settled land) Norwich 6 September to John Stanton Batterham fruit grower. Effects £ 1035. Former Grant D. R. Norwich 24 August 1928."
(National Probate Calendar 1928)

THE WILL OF BENJAMIN EDGOOSE (1854-1928), farmer, of The Grange Farm, West Walton, Norfolk.
WHO: Son of Patience EDGOOSE (1817-1906), widow of Stanton EDGOOSE. The name of his father is unknown.
WHEN: The Will was signed on 17 February 1923. Probate was granted at Norwich on 24 August 1928.
EXECUTORS: Edith PEARSE, John Stanton BATTERHAM, and Frank SEARLE.

A Consolidated Index of the Will of Benjamin EDGOOSE (1854-1928) of Grange Farm, West Walton, Norfolk. The Will was signed on 17 February 1923. Probate Norwich 24 August 1928.
01 Benjamin EDGOOSE, the Testator
02 Edith PEARSE, daughter of the Testator, joint executor
03 John Stanton BATTERHAM, joint executor
04 Frank SEARLE, joint executor
05 William Henry TRAFFORD Esq., owner of Grange Farm till 1919
06 Charles Ernest JACKSON, solicitor, Wisbech
07 E. A. HOLMES, witness
08 Frank THISTLETON, witness
09 Alfred SOUTHWELL, Commissioner for Oaths

The Will of Benjamin EDGOOSE:
"This the last Will and Testament of me Benjamin EDGOOSE of 'The Grange Farm' West Walton in the County of Norfolk Farmer.
I appoint my daughter Edith PEARSE and my Friends Mr. John Stanton BATTERHAM of "Larkfield" Walsoken in the said County Fruitgrower and Mr. Frank SEARLE of 120, Norwich Road, Walsoken aforesaid Clerk executrix and executors and Trustees of this my last Will and I also appoint the said Edith PEARSE and John Stanton BATTERHAM and Frank SEARLE Trustees of this my Will for the purposes of the Settled Land Acts.
I bequeath to the said Frank SEARLE the legacy of One hundred pounds to be paid or retained free of legacy duty as soon as can be after my decease. I bequeath to the said Edith PEARSE absolutely all my household goods and furniture plate and plated goods linien china glass books pictures wines liquors and consumable stores and provisions
I devise and bequeath all the real estate (except as hereinafter mentioned) and all the personal estate (including all Farm stock both live and dead) not hereinafter bequeathed to which I shall be beneficially entitled at my death unto my trustetees Upon Trust to convert and sell the same into money or such part thereof as shall not already consist of money and out of the proceeds to pay all expenses incidental thereto and my debts (including all Mortgage debts) funeral and testamentary expenses and the legacy hereinafter bequeathed and the legacy duty thereon and then to stand possessed of the ultimate surplus Upon Trust for my said daughter Edith PEARSE absolutely to whom I bequeath the same accordingly.
I devise all that my Messuage tenement or Farmhouse stables Barn and other outbuildings and several pieces or parcels of Freehold land lying under and adjoining the same known as "The Grange Farm" situated in West Walton aforesaid and now in my occupation abutting upon the High Road from West Walton to Walpole and continuing according to the Ordnance Survey Map One hundred and Sixty-five acres two roods and ten perches (more or less) and which I purchased in the year One thousand ninine hundred and nineteen of William Henry TRAFFORD Esquire unto my said daughter Edith PEARSE during her life she keeping the Buildings thereon in proper repair and insured in an adequate amount against loss or damage by fire and upon the deceasase of my said daughter Edith PEARSE I direct my Trustees to sell the said Farm and out of the proceeds to pay all incidental expenses and then to stand possessed of the ultimate surplus Upon Trust for the child if only one or all the children if more than one of my said daughter living at my decease or her decease whichever event shall last happen who shall then have attained or shall thereafter attain the age of twenty-one years such children if more than one to take in equal shares.
I declare it my express desire that my trustees or trustee shall in all cases in which they may require legal advice or assistance in carrying out the trusts and powers of this my Will or any of them or in any matter arising under this my Will consult and employ Mr. Charles Ernest JACKSON of The Crescent, Wisbech, he having an intimate knowledge of my affairs and being cognizant of my views and wishes on points likely to arise under this my Will.
And I revoke all former and other Wills.
In Witness whereof I the said Benjamin EDGOOSE the Testator have hereunto set my hand this seventeenth - day of February One thousand nine hundred and twenty-three.
Signed by the Testator in
our presence and by us in Benjamin EDGOOSE
his presence and in the
presence of each other
E HOLMES 22, Norfolk Street, Wisbech, Clerk
Frank THISTELTON, 2, Clarence Road, Wisbech, Clerk"

Monumental Inscription, West Walton Cemetery:
In Remembrance of
Benjamin Edgoose
Born Aug. 1st 1854
Died April 2nd 1928

NOTES & QUERIES I:
Who was the father of Patience EDGOOSE's illegitimate children?

Patience EDGOOSE's husband Stanton died on 17 March 1845 in the presence of Joseph BATTERHAM. Subsequently Patience gave birth to James (Great Grandfather of Michael James EDGOOSE) on 2 April 1847, Charles on 19 May 1849, William on 19 October 1850, Benjamin John on 19 May 1852, and twins Benjamin and Selina on 1 August 1854.

Burt EDGOOSE told me that he thought Robert, Stanton's elder brother, whose wife Judith had died in April 1842, was the father. He certainly never remarried and thanks to the land and money which his wife inherited from her grandfather a few years before she died he was able to describe himself as an 'annuitant' or 'of independent means'. He may well have thought it his duty to look after Patience and her children. Whilst no documentary evidence has been found, DNA tests in February 2006 on Michael James EDGOOSE and John Samuel EDGOOSE proved conclusively that Robert EDGOOSE was the father of Patience's son James EDGOOSE.

Before she died Bertha CURTIS (nee EDGOOSE) told me that as a young girl in West Walton she had heard a whisper that George BATTERHAM was the father of Benjamin. Impossible as it happens as he wasn't born until 1867! Raymond BENNETT told me in 1969 that the father of Benjamin and Selina was called BATTERHAM. Intriguingly, Joseph BATTERHAM was present when James EDGOOSE died and he informed the registrar. Joseph BATTERHAM married Mary Ann, the daughter of Joseph OLDFIELD who had married Stanton EDGOOSE's sister Ann in 1818, and had sons George BATTERHAM and John Stanton BATTERHAM. Of course this proves nothing, but it does prove that Joseph BATTERHAM and Patience EDGOOSE knew each other. Raymond BENNETT also told me that Patience was Joseph BATTERHAM's cousin.

Is it a coincidence that John Stanton BATTERHAM (1857-1929) was the executor of the wills of James Lewin EDGOOSE (died 1906) and Benjamin EDGOOSE (died 1928)?

There is absolutely no documentary evidence that Robert EDGOOSE, brother of Patience's late husband Stanton EDGOOSE, is the father of Benjamin or any of her other children except James. All that has been proved is that DNA testing has shown that Robert was the father of Patience's son James EDGOOSE born in 1847.


NOTES & QUERIES II:
"PRATT Robert of The Grange West Walton Norfolk farmer died 4 August 1908 Probate Norwich 21 October to Elizabeth PRATT widow Walton PRATT and Robert Ernest PRATT farmers
Effects £ 7023 8s.
(National Probate Calendar 1908)

What, if any, is the connection between the William PRATT (1857-1942) who married Benjamin EDGOOSE's twin sister Selina Mary EDGOOSE (1854-1931) and the unknown William PRATT who supposedly sired Elizabeth Ann EDGOOSE 's illegitimate son Halbert EDGOOSE (1891-1976)? Halbert is said to have told his son Graham Thomas EDGOOSE that Elizabeth Ann was one of William PRATT's servants and that her son Halbert played with one of William PRATT's daughters, perhaps indicating that they lived in close proximity.


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EDGOOSE, Benjamin John (1852-1853)		EDGOOSE, Benjamin John (1852-1853)
Benjamin John EDGOOSE was born at West Walton, Norfolk, on 19 May 1852, the illegitimate son of Patience EDGOOSE, widow of Stanton EDGOOSE.
(GRO June Q 1852 [HUDSON] Wisbech 03B 600)

Benjamin John, son of Patience EDGOOSE of West Walton, Norfolk, farmer, unmarried.
(BTs)

He died at West Walton on 25 October 1853 aged 17 months. The Cambridge Chronicle dated 29 October 1853 carried the following report under the heading West Walton: "...On Thursday, an inquest was held at the same place, before Mr. PRESS, Coroner, on the body of a child of Mr. EDGOOSE, farmer. The poor little thing was about a year and a half old; it got into the yard where there was a vessel filled with water, fell in, and was drowned. - Verdict, Accidental Death."
(GRO December Q 1853 Wisbech 03B 367)

He was buried at West Walton on 28 October 1853 aged 17 months.
(BTs via www.ancestry.co.uk)

NOTES & QUERIES:
Who was the father of Patience EDGOOSE's illegitimate children?

Patience EDGOOSE's husband Stanton died on 17 March 1845 in the presence of Joseph BATTERHAM. Subsequently Patience gave birth to James (Great Grandfather of Michael James EDGOOSE) on 2 April 1847, Charles on 19 May 1849, William on 19 October 1850, Benjamin John on 19 May 1852, and twins Benjamin and Selina on 1 August 1854.

Burt EDGOOSE told me that he thought Robert, Stanton's elder brother, whose wife Judith had died in April 1842, was the father. He certainly never remarried and thanks to the land and money which his wife inherited from her grandfather a few years before she died he was able to describe himself as an 'annuitant' or 'of independent means'. He may well have thought it his duty to look after Patience and her children. Whilst no documentary evidence has been found, DNA tests in February 2006 on Michael James EDGOOSE and John Samuel EDGOOSE proved conclusively that Robert EDGOOSE was the father of Patience's son James EDGOOSE.

Before she died Bertha CURTIS (formerly EDGOOSE) told me that as a young girl in West Walton she had heard a whisper that George BATTERHAM was the father of Benjamin. Impossible as it happens as he wasn't born until 1867! Raymond BENNETT told me in 1969 that the father of Benjamin and Selina was called BATTERHAM. Intriguingly, Joseph BATTERHAM was present when James EDGOOSE died and he informed the registrar. Joseph BATTERHAM married Mary Ann, the daughter of Joseph OLDFIELD who had married Stanton EDGOOSE's sister Ann in 1818, and had sons George BATTERHAM and John Stanton BATTERHAM. Of course this proves nothing, but it does prove that Joseph BATTERHAM and Patience EDGOOSE knew each other. Raymond BENNETT also told me that Patience was Joseph BATTERHAM's cousin.

There is absolutely no documentary evidence that Robert EDGOOSE, brother of Patience's late husband Stanton EDGOOSE, is the father of Benjamin John or any of her other children except James. All that has been proved is that DNA testing has shown that Robert was the father of Patience's son James EDGOOSE born in 1847.


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EDGOOSE, Benjamin John (1852-1853)		EDGOOSE, Benjamin John (1852-1853)
He died at West Walton on 25 October 1853 aged 17 months. The Cambridge Chronicle dated 29 October 1853 carried the following report under the heading West Walton: "...On Thursday, an inquest was held at the same place, before Mr. PRESS, Coroner, on the body of a child of Mr. EDGOOSE, farmer. The poor little thing was about a year and a half old; it got into the yard where there was a vessel filled with water, fell in, and was drowned. - Verdict, Accidental Death."


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EDGOOSE, Bertha Janet (1887-1967) now CURTIS		EDGOOSE, Bertha Janet (1887-1967) now CURTIS
Bertha Janet EDGOOSE was born at West Walton, Norfolk, on 3 April 1887, daughter of Stanton John and Margaret EDGOOSE.
(GRO June Q 1887 [DAWSON] Wisbech 3b 610)

Stanton John EDGOOSE had married Margaret DAWSON at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, on 16 January 1872.

From the 1891 census returns for the Dam Inn, Dam Head, West Walton:
Stanton EDGOOSE, head, aged 40, Farmer & Publican, born at West Walton;
Margaret EDGOOSE, wife, aged 39, publican, born at Wisbech in Cambridgeshire;
Hilda EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 12, scholar, born at West Walton;
Stanton EDGOOSE, son, aged 10, scholar, born at West Walton;
Frank EDGOOSE, son, aged 9, scholar, born at West Walton;
*Bertha EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 4, born at West Walton;
Jessie EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 7 months, born at West Walton.
(RG12/1306/60/7)

The 1901 census returns for West Walton, Norfolk (adjoining the Ferry Station?):
Stanton EDGOOSE, head, aged 56, market gardener,born at West Walton;
Margaret EDGOOSE, wife, aged 49, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire;
Mabel EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 23, born at West Walton;
*Bertha EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 13, born at West Walton;
Jessie EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 11, born at West Walton;
Bertie EDGOOSE, grandson, aged 7, born at West Walton.
(RG13/1557/54/6)

The 1911 census of 6 Lancaster Road, Leicester, Leicestershire:
Margaret JACKSON, head, single, aged 31. fancy hosiery forewoman,born in Leicester;
James JACKSON, father, widower, aged 72, retired butcher, born at Hinckley;
*Bertha EDGOOSE, boarder, single, aged 24, type writer, born at West Walton, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.
(RG14PN19284/RG78PN1152A/RD407/SD3/ED20/SN152)

Wright's Directory of Leicester 1914 and Kelly's Directory of Leicestershire and Rutland 1916 list Miss Bertha EDGOOSE, principal, Central Copying Office, at No. 1 Chancery Street, Leicester. The former also lists her at 115 St. Leonard's Road, Leicester.

According to her niece Doris Malisande EDGOOSE she once ran a secretarial school in Wisbech.

From the 1939 Register of 44 Peggotty Road, Great Yarmouth C.B., Norfolk:
Thomas CURTIS, born on 28 February 1884, butcher's manager, married.
*Bertha J. CURTIS, born 3 April 1887, unpaid domestic duties, married;
3 CLOSED RECORDS [John? Peter? and Frank?]
(RG101/6493G/013/16 TOBC)

MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
WHO: Bertha J. EDGOOSE (1887-1967) and Thomas CURTIS (1884-19??) were married by licence.
Bertha J. EDGOOSE was described as a 53 year old spinster, a shorthand typist, of 43 Golden Hillock Road, Small Heath, Birmingham.
Thomas CURTIS was a 55 year old widowed master butcher of the same address and son of Thomas CURTIS, a deceased horse dealer.
WHEN: 4 November 1940.
WHERE: Birmingham Register Office.
WITNESSES: The witnesses may be living: the certificate is withheld.
(GRO December 1940 Birmingham 6d 1939)

After her marriage she ran a guest house in Great Yarmouth for a time. Doris Malisande EDGOOSE had in her possession a Christmas card bearing the inscription "From Auntie Bertha and Uncle Tom 44 Peggotty Road, GT. Yarmouth".

She wrote to her niece Doris EDGOOSE from Belle Vue, Sutton Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire on 4 November 1947:
"Dear Doris & All
Just a line to let you you (sic) know that I am still in the land of the living though I think you really owe me a letter. Well, they say 'no news is good news' so I presume you are all O.K. Pleased to say we are in the best of health at the moment. We have Frank on leave until the 14th November. He looks fit & well. He hopes to be demobbed in May next. His friend John WEBB is on Leave also so they are having a good time together. They have gone with a shooting party to Norfolk today so we hope they will bring us a dinner home. Rations are worse than ever. I visit Jessie each week & there is nothing to report.
John has become engaged to a very nice girl. She is a Dispenser at Oldhams (chymists) Market Place. We are pleased about it as we know her parents & hope to see them married one day.
Must now close & trust you are all well.

Yours affectly
Bertha"

She wrote from Emneth, Wisbech, Cambs. to Michael James EDGOOSE on 4 February 1967:
"Dear Mr. Edgoose
Thank you for your letter and I shall be pleased to help you with Edgoose family tree if possible. I understand the name originates from the Dutch which sounds feasible. I am the last of our family and my father's name was Stanton John and all his family etc. were farmers [and] were born and lived at West Walton. I understand Edgoose is one of the oldest names on the Church Register. All I knew were Church people and I suggest you you (sic) get in touch with the Rector of West Walton and ask if it is possible to see one of the old Registers [Rector Brown's time many years ago] as you may be able to trace someone.
I have a bible with the date of my mother's and father's Wedding date 16 January 1872 presented to them on that day by the Rev. WOODGATES.
My father I believe had a brother named James who lived on the Lynn Rd Wisbech next door to "The Bowling Green" Inn. Also a young brother Benjamin who lived at West Walton (Farmer)
I think you may be interested in West Walton Church as it is very old and unique by the steeple being some distance away from the Church. It is now known as "The Cathedral of the Fens"
I hope I have made myself clear and if you do come this way I am usually at home Sat. afternoons
I trust what I have mentioned will be of some use to you
Yours sincerely
Bertha J. Curtis"

She wrote a second letter to Michael James EDGOOSE from Emneth, Wisbech, on 2 March 1967:
"Dear Mr. Edgoose,
Thank you for your letter, and I think you seem to be getting on very well.
I am sorry I do not know the relationship of James Lewin. Harold Edgoose was his son There was also a son John and a daughter, I forget her name. I don't remember James dying.
I had two brothers Stanton (John? or C.) and Frank William four sisters Kate Mabel Hilda & Jessie (one named Alice died before Jessie was born). I think Stanton had a daughter. Stanton was gassed in first world War & buried at Grimsby Frank was buried at Birmingham. There is a daughter still living at Bordesley Green Birmingham.
Have you heard of William Edgoose, Coal Merchant and Fruit Grower, Walton Highway He passed away. His son & wife live at 8 Sandringham Road, Walton, Peterborough I don't know what branch of the family he belongs to.
I regret I am unable to remember more
Yours sincerely
Bertha J. Curtis

PS During the First World War a Soldier visited me from Australia named Edgoose. He wrote names of his family in my Birthday Book as follows
Father John James
Family:- Herbert Harry
Lucie Clarissa, Alice Bessie,
Percy Llewellyn
Ernest Winfrey
Laura Jane
Arthur James
Herbert Harry took me to Crouch End London to meet a lady there of the same name but we could not find any connection. Any way I though you might be interested.
My Niece's address in case she can help you.
Miss D. Edgoose
38 Whitacre Rd
Bordesley Green
Birmingham 9"

A final letter to Michael James EDGOOSE was written on 28 March 1967 from Meatmarket, Brandon, Suffolk:
"Dear Mr. Edgoose
Thank you for your letter. I am staying with my second son Peter also a Butcher but go home to Emneth today.
I was quite surprised at news of my grandmother and am sorry to hear it as it must have been very disappointing for you. Of course all that happened many years before I was born.
The only whisper I ever heard was once when mother and father were arguing about the family that Benjamin [fathers youngest brother] was the son of George Batteram, Fruit Farmer and a near neighbour. I feel almost sure that Grandmother did not live with a man and that is the only one I think [Batterham] that you may be descended from.
I found several names of Edgoose in our telephone directory. If you would like a list I will send it on.
Yours sincerely
Bertha J. Curtis"

Bertha Janet CURTIS died a few months later at 33 Lynn Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, on 20 August 1967 aged 80.
Her usual address was Main Street, Emneth. She was described as the widow of Thomas CURTIS, a retired butcher's assistant. The informant on 21 August 1967 was her son Frank CURTIS of Main Street, Emneth. Cause of death was I(a) Carcinoma of Breast.
(GRO September Q 1967 Wisbech 4a 301)

She was buried in West Walton cemetery in Norfolk. The monumental inscription reads:
In Loving Memory Stanton J. Edgoose, Died 19th. March 1927,
Aged 84 Years.
Also of Margaret, His Wife, Died 2nd. August 1929, Aged 78
Years. "At Rest"
Also Jessie Alice Edgoose Who passed away 10th. Nov. 1956
Aged 68 Years. At Rest.
Also Bertha Janet Curtis, Who passed away 20th. Aug. 1967,
Aged 80 Years. Brave, Unselfish, Loving

NOTES & QUERIES:
1) Was John Curtis her eldest son? Was he born in 1925?

2) The birth of Peter CURTIS, mother's maiden name EDGOOSE, was registered in 1927. In a letter dated 28 March 1967 Bertha refers to him as her second son.
(GRO June Q 1927 Yarmouth 4b 8)

3) The birth of Frank CURTIS, mother's maiden name EDGOOSE, was registered in 1928.
(GRO September Q 1928 Yarmouth 4b 7)

She wrote to her niece Doris EDGOOSE from Belle Vue, Sutton Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire on 4 November 1947:
"Dear Doris & All
Just a line to let you you (sic) know that I am still in the land of the living though I think you really owe me a letter. Well, they say 'no news is good news' so I presume you are all O.K. Pleased to say we are in the best of health at the moment. We have Frank on leave until the 14th November. He looks fit & well. He hopes to be demobbed in May next. His friend John WEBB is on Leave also so they are having a good time together. They have gone with a shooting party to Norfolk today so we hope they will bring us a dinner home. Rations are worse than ever. I visit Jessie each week & there is nothing to report.
John has become engaged to a very nice girl. She is a Dispenser at Oldhams (chymists) Market Place. We are pleased about it as we know her parents & hope to see them married one day.
Must now close & trust you are all well.
Yours affectly
Bertha"

1939 Register: Opening of the three closed records may show whether she had a son named John.

Bertha Janet EDGOOSE and Thomas CURTIS had children in the 1920s, not necessarily because Thomas's parents objected to their marriage. The Will of Thomas CURTIS senior in 1939 and that of his wife Elizabeth Ellen CURTIS in 1940 may have been the catalyst causing them to marry very quickly after their parents' deaths in order to prevent the excutors from concluding that their options to transfer the bequests from Thomas to his sister Ellen CURTIS were the right ones. They married by licence on 4 November 1940.

NOTES & QUERIES:
What is the identity of the three CLOSED RECORDS listed in the 1939 Register?
Which of these: John, Peter, Thomas, Ellen?


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EDGOOSE, Bertie Horace (1893-1950)		EDGOOSE, Bertie Horace (1893-1950)
Bertie Horace EDGOOSE was born at West Walton, Norfolk, on 8 December 1893, the son of Hilda Mary EDGOOSE (1878-1900). The name of his father is unknown.
(GRO March Q 1894 Wisbech 3b 587)

Mrs. Gladys SYLVESTER, his daughter, wrote in June 1968 that her father was the son of Stanton John EDGOOSE, a Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, fruit grower. This indicates that he may have been brought up to believe that Stanton and Margaret EDGOOSE were his parents rather than his grandparents. He was in fact only six years younger than Stanton's youngest child Jessie Alice.

The 1901 census returns for West Walton, Norfolk (adjoining the Ferry Station?):
Stanton EDGOOSE, head, aged 56, market gardener,born at West Walton;
Margaret EDGOOSE, wife, aged 49, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire;
Mabel EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 23, born at West Walton;
Bertha EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 13, born at West Walton;
Jessie EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 11, born at West Walton;
*Bertie EDGOOSE, grandson, aged 7, born at West Walton.
(RG13/1557/54/6)

From the 1911 census of Church End, West Walton, Norfolk:
Culey ALLEN, head, aged 22, married 1 year with no children, farm labourer, born Terrington St. John, Norfolk;
Beatrice ALLEN, wife, aged 26, married, born at Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire;
*Bert EDGOOSE, boarder, aged 17, single, farm labourer, born at West Walton, Norfolk.
(RG14/9308)

Bartram (sic) H. EDGOOSE married Hannah Ann PITTS, a 24 year old spinster of 3 Short Street, Wisbech, and daughter of a timber merchant's labourer George PITTS, at Wisbech Register Office on 7 July 1914. He was described as a stone mason's labourer of 3 Short Street, Wisbech, and the son of Stanton John EDGOOSE. Witnesses were George PITTS and Jessie Alice EDGOOSE.
(GRO September Q 1914 Wisbech 3b 1351)

In the Great War he served as Private 1315 in the Cambridgeshire Regiment and as A/200638 in the King's Royal Rifle Corps. The name of B. EDGOOSE 200638 of the K.R.R.C. appears in a list of Wounded NCOs and Men on page 10 of The Times, 8 May 1917.
(PRO WW1 Medal Rolls)
(The Times, 8 May 1917)

From the 1921 Census of 3 Short Street, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire:
*Bertie Horace EDGOOSE, Head, aged 28 years 6 months, Married, born at West Walton, Norfolk, employed as a Builders Merchants' Storekeeper by Isaac COLLETT & Sons of Monica Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire;
Hannah EDGOOSE, Wife, aged 32 years 9 months, Married, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, At Home.
Gladys Margaret EDGOOSE, Daughter, aged 4 years 3 months, [Parents] both alive, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.
Athol Bertie EDGOOSE, Son, aged 8 months, [Parents] both alive. born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.
(WISBECH 187/2/9)

On leaving Wisbech in about 1925 he went to Derby to work as a bricklayer. He lived at Cleethorpes in Lincolnshire before making a final move to 142 Victor Street, Grimsby, and worked as a stevedore before taking over a wholesale firewood business. The Grimsby and Cleethorpes Directory for 1935-6 lists Bert. H. EDGOOSE, firewood hawker, of 7 Oxford Terrace, Grimsby.

They had five children:
Gladys Margaret in 1917;
Athol Bertram in 1920;
Bertram in 1923;
Dennis in 1923;
Mabel in 1926.

In September 2001 Bryan FIELD (Tendaro@aol.com) wrote that he grew up in Grimsby next door to the EDGOOSE family at 142 Victor Street.

From the 1939 Register of 142 Victor Street, Grimsby C.B., Lincolnshire:
*Bertie H. EDGOOSE, born 8 December 1893, married, firewood merchant on own account
Hannah A. EDGOOSE, born 29 September 1899 [sic, error], married, unpaid domestic duties
Gladys M. SYLVESTER (EDGOOSE), born 14 March 1917, single, unpaid domestic duties
3 CLOSED RECORDS
(RG101/6408C/020/19)

On 31 July 1968 his daughter Gladys SYLVESTER wrote that her parents left Wisbech when she was 8 years old and that she never saw her grandparents again. After their death "Aunt Jessie" was the only one they kept in touch with.

Bertie Horace EDGOOSE of 142 Victor Street, Grimsby, died at the General Hospital, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, on 28 January 1950 at the age of 57.
He was described as a firewood merchant. Cause of death was Carcinoma of head of Pancreas. The informant was his daughter M. EDWARDS of Back of 134 Victor Street, Grimsby.
(GRO March Q 1950 Grimsby 03B 240)

Bertie EDGOOSE was buried in the Scartho Road Cemetery, Grimsby, aged 57, Row 132 M21. The burial register noted that he died on 28 January 1950.

According to Grimsby Central Library no death notice appeared in the Grimsby Evening Telegraph between 28 January and 9 February 1950, contrary to information from Gladys SYLVESTER.

Monumental Inscription:
IN LOVING
MEMORY OF
BERT EDGOOSE
DIED JAN 28th 1950,

AGED 57 YEARS.
ALSO HIS WIFE
HANNAH
DIED SEPT. 1st 1964
AGED 75 YEARS.


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EDGOOSE, Bertram (1923-1945)		EDGOOSE, Bertram (1923-1945)
Bertram EDGOOSE was born on 23 September 1923, the son of Bertram Horace and Hannah Ann EDGOOSE.
(GRO December Q 1923 Wisbech 3b 775)
Bertram Horace EDGOOSE had married Hannah Ann PITTS on 7 July 1914.

He worked as a lorry driver before enlisting as Private No. 14236536 115 Infantry Ordnance Sub Park R.A.O.C. on 16 July 1942.

He served in England and in North west Europe and was accidently drowned in Germany on 19 June 1945. He is buried at Hamburg Cemetery, Ohlsdorf, Grave 2A B.15. He was awarded the 1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, and the 1939-1945 War Medal.


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EDGOOSE, Betty L. (1936-????) aka FELTEN. ?		EDGOOSE, Betty L. (1936-????) aka FELTEN. ?
Wallace J. EDGOOSE married Betty FELTEN on 6 January 1956.
(Illinois Marriage Index 1930-1960)

Wallace R. EDGOOSE, industrial engineer, and Mrs. Betty L. EDGOOSE, asst cash, were listed at 66 N Union, Aurora, Illinois, in the 1956 Aurora City Directory.

Wallace R. EDGOOSE and Betty EDGOOSE were listed in the 1958 Aurora City Directory.

Wallace R. EDGOOSE and Betty EDGOOSE were listed at 314 Hillside Pl N A in the 1959 and 1960 Aurora City Directories. In 1960 he was an Ind Eng at Standard Coil.

NOTES & QUERIES:
I have found just one Betty L. FELTEN on FamilySearch this morning. It is taken from Miscellaneous United States Public Records, 1970-2009.
The record states that she lived at Elkhorn, Walworth, Wisconsin 53121, from 1993 to 25 March 2008.
Her date of birth was listed as 16 July 1936.

Betty L Felten
Principal
United States Public Records, 1970-2009
Residence from 1 April 1993 to 25 March 2008
Elkhorn, Walworth, Wisconsin, United States
Birth 16 July 1936

Betty L Felten
Principal
United States Public Records, 1970-2009
Residence 15 November 2007
Delavan, Walworth, Wisconsin, United States
Birth 16 July 1936
[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KB3H-8SK]

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Donald O. Felten
US Public Records 1970-2009
Residence 1 March 2007 to 15 November 2007
Birth 26 October 1934

Donald Owen Felten
Find A Grave Index
Burial Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Williams Bay, Walworth, Wisconsin, USA
Birth 26 October 1934

Donald Owen FELTEN
Find A Grave
Maquoketa, Jackson County, Iowa, USA
Death 19 April 2020 (Aged 85)
Delavan, Walworth County, Wisconsin, USA


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EDGOOSE, Bithiah (1828-1885) late LEETE born CHAMBERLAIN		EDGOOSE, Bithiah (1828-1885) late LEETE born CHAMBERLAIN
As Bethany CHAMBERLAIN she was baptised at Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire, on 19 October 1828, daughter of William and Esther CHAMBERLAIN. (The 1881 census returns confirm that she was born at Guilden Morden, Cambridge).

From the 1841 census of Shates Cottage, Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire:
James CHAMBERLAIN, aged 9 [sic], agricultural labourer, born in Cambridgeshire;
Esther CHAMBERLAIN, aged 35, NOT born in Cambridgeshire;
David CHAMBERLAIN, aged 6, born in Cambridgeshire;
George CHAMBERLAIN, aged 3, born in Cambridgeshire;
William CHAMBERLAIN, aged 5 months, born in Cambridgeshire;
*Bithia CHAMBERLAIN, aged 13, born in Cambridgeshire.
(HO107/63/9/7/11)

Frances CHAMBERLAIN, the illegitimate daughter of Bethia [sic] CHAMBERLAIN of Guilden Morden, was born at Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire, on 18 April 1849.
(GRO June Q 1849 Royston &c 6 613)

From the 1851 census of High Street, Great Morden, Cambridgeshire [30 March 1851]:
Wm CHAMBERLAIN, head, aged 53, agricultural labourer, born at Great Morden;
Esther CHAMBERLAIN, wife, aged 45, born at Northampton;
*Bithiah CHAMBERLAIN, daughter, aged 23, born at Great Morden;
David CHAMBERLAIN, son, aged 16, born at Great Morden;
Wm CHAMBERLAIN, son, aged 11, born at Great Morden;
John CHAMBERLAIN, son, aged 7, scholar, born at Great Morden;
Charles CHAMBERLAIN, son, aged 5, scholar, born at Great Morden;
Frances CHAMBERLAIN, granddaughter, aged 2, born at Great Morden.
(HO107/1707/554/25)

Reuben CHAMBERLIN [sic], the illegitimate son of Bithian CHAMBERLIN [sic] of Guilden Morden, was born at Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire, on 7 June 1853. The informant was Esther CHAMBERLIN, occupier.
(GRO June Q 1853 Royston 3a 183)

She married Tempest LEETE at Old Church, St. Pancras, London, on 22 October 1855.

The birth of a Tempest LEETE was registered in 1856.
(GRO September 1856 Hitchin 3a 211)

The 1861 census of Bedford Road, Hitchin, Hertfordshire:
Tempest LEETE, head, aged 66, retired farmer, born at Shingay, Cambridgeshire;
*Bithiah LEETE, wife, aged 33, born at Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire;
Frances LEETE, daughter, aged 11 (from a previous relationship), scholar, born at Guilden Morden;
Reuben LEETE, son, aged 7 (from a previous relationship), scholar, born at Guilden Morden;
Tempest LEETE, son, aged 4, scholar, born at Hitchin, Hertfordshire.
(RG9/819/70/26)

"LEETE Tempest. 7 January. The Will of Tempest LEETE late of Hitchin in the County of Hertford Gentleman deceased who died 5 November 1861 at Hitchin aforesaid was proved at the Principal Registry by the oath of Bithiah LEETE of Porch-terrace Bedford Road Hitchin aforesaid Widow the Relict the sole Executrix.
Effects under £ 300."
(National Probate Calendar 1862)

She married Arthur EDGOOSE, son of James EDGOOSE, at St. Pancras Church, St. Pancras, Middlesex, on 30 September 1862. James EDGOOSE had married Mary WINFREE at Moulton, Lincolnshire, on 14 December 1807.

In 1871 she was living at 21 Chestnut Street, Leicester:
Arthur EDGOOSE, head, aged 57, messenger in yarn warehouse, born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire;
*Bithiah EDGOOSE, wife, aged 44, born at Mordan (sic), Cambridgeshire;
Reuben LEETE, son, aged 18, elastic band hand, born at Mordan (sic);
Tempest LEETE, son, aged 14, clicker, born at Hitchin, Hertfordshire.
(RG10/3283/24/19)

She and her husband ARTHUR were listed at 60 Chestnut Street, Leicester St. Mary, in the 1881 census. Their surname was wrongly transcribed as EDGOODE:
Arthur EDGOODE, head, aged 69, clerk, born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire;
*Bethiah EDGOODE, wife, aged 53, born at Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire.
(RG11/3173/144/6).

She died on 22 March 1885 at 60 Chestnut Street, Leicester, of asthma, bronchitis and disease of the heart, and was buried on 25 March 1885 at Welford Road Cemetery, Leicester aged 57. Strangely, although her husband bought the freehold of the grave he himself was not buried in it but see the note below. Edwin James FULLER, aged 5, of 19 Oxenden Street, Leicester, was buried in it on 22 March 1920; Francis FULLER, aged 84, of 2 Wakefield Place, Leicester, on 5 January 1935; and Edwin Thomas FULLER, aged 86, of 67 Gypsy Lane, Leicester, on 24 February 1943.

"EDGOOSE - On the 22nd inst., at 60 Chestnut-street, Leicester. Bithiah, wife of Mr. A. EDGOOSE, aged 57."
(Leicester Chronicle, 28 March 1885)
(www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

NOTES & QUERIES:
Frances Chamberlain LEETE married Edwin Thomas FULLER in 1878.
(GRO December Q 1878 Leicester 7a 481).
In 1881 Frances FULLER was 27 years old, born at Morden, Cambridgeshire, and living at 106 Walnut Street, Leicester, with her husband Edwin T. FULLER and son Edwin F. FULLER (RG11/3173/119/11).

In 1891 the family were living at Duncan Road, Aylestone, Leicestershire. Also present was their 66 year old spinster aunt Catherine CHAMBERLAIN who was born at Potton, Bedfordshire.
(RG12/2496/81/30)


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EDGOOSE, Brenda May (1913-2003) born TURNER		EDGOOSE, Brenda May (1913-2003) born TURNER
Brenda May TURNER was born at 6 Park Road, Farnborough, Hampshire, on 12 October 1913, daughter of Harry and Mabel Mary ("Win" or "Fanny") TURNER. Her father was described as as 'General Furnisher and Ironmonger' on her birth certificate.
(GRO December Q 1913 Hartley W. 2c 379)

Harry TURNER had married Mabel Mary BUTCHER at Farnborough, Hampshire, on 30 November 1904.

A pupil at South Farnborough High School in Hampshire she was presented with the Fifth Form Prize in the summer term of 1927: 'Poems by William Morris' (The World's Classics by Humphrey MILFORD, Oxford University Press, 1920-1923).

She married Raymond Thomas James EDGOOSE on 21 May 1934.
(GRO June Q 1934 Aldershot 2c 518)

They had four children:
Shirley Elizabeth EDGOOSE, born on 12 December 1934. She died in 1997.
Michael James EDGOOSE
Diana Susan EDGOOSE
Jane EDGOOSE

From the 1939 Register of Pentire, Quarry Hill, Godalming M.B., Surrey:
Raymond T. J. EDGOOSE, born 3 February 1909, married, director & manager timber merchants
*Brenda M. EDGOOSE, born 12 October 1913, married, unpaid domestic
2 CLOSED RECORDS
(RG101/1899F/007/28)

In 2002 she was living at 21 Clarke Place, Elmbridge Village, Cranleigh, Surrey, a retirement village.
(Electoral Roll)

She died at The Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, on 26 April 2003. She was described as the Wife of Raymond Thomas James EDGOOSE, Timber Merchant (Retired). By then, her usual address was Robertson, Priorsfield Road, Compton, Godalming, Surrey.

DEATH CERTIFICATE
WHO: Brenda May EDGOOSE
WHAT: Death Certificate
WHEN: 26 April 2003
WHERE: Royal Surrey County Hospital Guildford
BIRTH DATE: 12 October 1913
BIRTH PLACE: Farnborough, Hampshire
OCCUPATION: Wife of Raymond Thomas James EDGOOSE Timber Merchant, retired
USUAL ADDRESS: Robertson, Priorsfield Road, Compton, Godalming, Surrey
INFORMANT: The informant is living. Her name and address is withheld.
CAUSE OF DEATH: I (a) Myocardial infarction
(b) Ischaemic heart disease
Certified by F Rannard MB
REGISTRATION DATE: 29 April 2003

Her son-in-law Martin BALLINGER, chief executive of Go-Ahead Group Plc, gave the following address at her funeral service:
"Born 89 years ago, Brenda May EDGOOSE was the third of four daughters of Harry and Win TURNER who owned an ironmonger's business in Farnborough. He was a professional footballer and her uncle Arkie was a famous international footballer in the early 1900's. Brenda obviously inherited considerable sporting skills. She was a keen and proficient badminton and tennis player at club level and she followed Ray into golf, becoming lady captain of West Surrey Golf Club. That energetic enthusiam was a key part of Brenda and her attitude to life.
Sixty-nine years ago this month she married Ray. They moved to Eashing, just close to Godalming, living in a house called Pentire where all four children were born. Almost all the rest of Brenda's life was spent in The Close in Godalming, whererere she and Ray built and lived in three separate houses, all named Treetops. Just as she followed Ray into golf, so she followed Ray's passionate interest in bridge. As usual with anything she took up, Brenda became wholly enthusiastic about the game. Bridge became a hobby, a relaxation and an escape. It also provided Ray and Brenda with an intimate circle of friends who share their love of the game. In retirement with their neighbours in The Close, and later with their friends in Elmbridge, bridge provided an absorbing interest for Brenda. It was a tragedy when her eyesight finally failed and she could no longer take part. How much she would have loved to have entertained her bridge friends at Robertsons if only she had been able.
Time went by and the four children eventually married and moved away from Treetops producing nine grandchildren on whom Brenda doted. Maybe it was the energetic enthusiasm she had inherited from her sporting family but when everyone was exhausted and the grandchildren were still not in bed, it would be Brenda who would be down on her hands and knees playing some insane game or kicking a football around the garden - or, best of all, organising putting competitions across the lounge flooor and out into the hall. Her empathy with young people made her a firm favourite and a confidante of all of her grandchildren. She always shared their pride in their achievements and their disappointments too when things didn't turn out so well. I hope that her seven greatgrandchildren will also find intimate friends in their grandparents.
She was never very religious in an organised churchy sort of way but she had a firm belief that people should care for one another. "I don't mind what you do so long as you don't hurt anybody," was Brenda's saying. A sort of "love thy neighbour as thyself" philosophy. She suggested to one of her children that they ought to be more scrupulous in their church attendance. "What about you, mother?" "Ah well, I'm older than you, but I used to go when I was your age."
"What fun," she would say. And that was how it was for Brenda's family and friends. She was fun to be with. A few weeks before she died she was sitting up in bed, at the age of 89, telling me a rude joke about (what she described) as two old dears in a nursing home. Life has its funny side, even in the darkest times, but it takes somebody like Brenda to show us. Her family and friends will miss her a lot".

Probate of her will was granted on 20 June 2003.

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EDGOOSE, Brian (1945-1986)		EDGOOSE, Brian (1945-1986)
Brian EDGOOSE was born on 23 March 1945, son of Sydney James and Lucy EDGOOSE.
(GRO March Q 1945 Stepney 1c 96)

Sydney James EDGOOSE had married Lucy COLLEY in 1944.

He witnessed the marriage of his father to Elizabeth HERRING at the Roman Catholic Church in Stepney, Middlesex, on 19 December 1967.
(GRO December Q 1967 Stepney 5E 264)

MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
WHO: Brian EDGOOSE (1945-1986), son of Sidney James EDGOOSE labourer (1912-1978), and Elizabeth Ellen OLIVER (1943-1996).
Brian EDGOOSE was a 27 year old bachelor, a provision merchant's warehouseman of 215 Graham Road, Hackney, E.8.
Elizabeth OLIVER was a 29 year old spinster, a food packer of 17 Riverside Mansions, Guinet Street, E.1., and daughter of Joseph OLIVER a retired dock worker.
WHEN: 23 December 1972.
WHERE: St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Wapping, London, E1, according to the rights of the Roman Catholics.
WITNESSES: The witnesses may be living: the certificate is withheld.
(GRO December Q 1972 Stepney 05e 231)

He was living at 11 Agatha Close, London E1, when he died on 25 March 1986.
(GRO April 1986 Surrey S.W. 17 1255)

DEATH CERTIFICATE
WHO: Brian EDGOOSE
WHAT: Death Certificate
WHERE: Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford
WHEN: 25 March 1986
BIRTH DATE: 23 March 1945
BIRTH PLACE: Stepney, London
OCCUPATION: Lorry Driver
ADDRESS: 11 Agatha Close, Wapping, London E.1
INFORMANT: The certificate is withheld: the informant is living.
CAUSE OF DEATH: I a Myocardial infarction
b Coronary atheroma
Certified by Geo. M. M. Ewan Coroner for Surrey after Post-Mortem without Inquest.
REGISTRATION DATE: 1 April 1986

PROBATE
"EDGOOSE, Brian of 11 Agatha Clo London E1 died 25 March 1986 Administration London 19 June Not exceeding £40,000.
(National Probate Calendar 1986)


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EDGOOSE, Bridget Mary (1921-2019) born BATES		EDGOOSE, Bridget Mary (1921-2019) born BATES
Bridget Mary BATES was born on 21 July 1921. Her mother's maiden name was DOWDELL.
(GRO September Q 1921 [DOWDELL] Holbeach 7a 735)

Graham Thomas EDGOOSE married Bridget Mary BATES by licence at Long Sutton Parish Church, Lincolnshire, on 29 June 1943. He was described as a 23 year old bachelor of High Street, Long Sutton, serving in the Royal Navy. Bridget was a 21 year old spinster of High Street, Long Sutton, serving in the ATS. Witnesses were Alec WILLIAMSON, Leah Mary BATES, and Halbert EDGOOSE.
(GRO June 1943 East Elloe 7a 1019)

She witnessed the marriage of her daughter Judith Mary EDGOOSE to Alfred John ARMITAGE at Scraptoft on 14 December 1968.

In 2002, 2003, and 2004 she was living at 3 Sandhurst Court, Holway Road, Sheringham, Norfolk, NR26 8JW.
(Electoral Rolls)

She died on 27 June 2019, just three weeks short of her 98th birthday.
GRO Q3 2019 Cambridgeshire (339-1B) Entry Number 519238562
(E-mail from Susan EDGOOSE 28 June 2019)

The funeral service was scheduled to take place at St. Faith's Crematorium, Horsham St. Faith, on 15 July 2019. She was survived by her daughter, her granddaughter and three great grandchildren, all living in Canada.
(Eastern Daily Press, 10 July 2019)


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EDGOOSE, Burt Walter (1901-1989)		EDGOOSE, Burt Walter (1901-1989)
Burt Walter EDGOOSE was born on 25 May 1901 at 57 Perowne Street, Aldershot, Hampshire, son of Walter Leeder EDGOOSE, master builder, and his wife Naomi EDGOOSE formerly MILES. The informant on 6 July 1901 was his father, W. L. EDGOOSE of 57 Perowne Street.
(GRO June Q 1901 [MILES] Farnham 02A 116)

Walter Leeder EDGOOSE had married Naomi MILES at Aldershot on 14 July 1897.

The 1911 census of Albion Works, Church Lane, Aldershot, Hampshire:
Walter Leeder EDGOOSE, head, aged 39, builder and joinery manufacturer, born at Walsoken, Norfolk;
Naomi Edgoose, wife, married 13 years, aged 37, born at Aldershot;
Edith Naomi EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 12, at school, born at Aldershot;
*Burt Walter EDGOOSE, son, aged 9, born at Aldershot;
Frank Arthur EDGOOSE, son, aged 6, born at Aldershot;
Winifred Maud Julia EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 4, born at Aldershot;
Raymond Thomas James EDGOOSE, son, aged 2, born at Aldershot.
(RG14PN3117/RG78PN113/RD34/SD2/ED8)

He was educated at West End School and Aldershot County High School. At the early age of 16 he entered Manchester University where he studied under Sir Ernest RUTHERFORD (later Lord RUTHERFORD), the first man to split the atom. He obtained a First Class Honours Degree in engineering in 1921. The electoral rolls for 1920 and 1921 show that he was living at Hulme Hall, Oxford Place, Rusholme, Lancashire. Perhaps student accomodation.

The Aldershot News 8 July 1921:
"HIGH SCIENCE HONOURS WON BY ALDERSHOT BOY
The congratulations of a very wide circle of friends and acquaintances will be offered to Mr. and Mrs. W. L. EDGOOSE on the brilliant success of their eldest son in the recent science examination at the Victoria University of Manchester, he haviving been granted the degree of Bachelor of Science (Engineering) with first-class honours. Mr. Burt W. EDGOOSE is but twenty years of age, and his achievement marks him out as an engineering expert of pronounced ability. He was born and educateed in Aldershot, passing the London Matriculation examination while attending the Aldershot County School four years ago, and then going to Owen College to study for his degree. His remarkable success is the more pronounced when it is remembered that the mejority (sic) of the promising engineering students in the country go to Manchester for their degrees, and to come out on top in such a class is evidence of extraordinary skill and ability. Mr. Burt EDGOOSE was granted in addition the only Graduate Scholarship in mechanical engineering. He has in his studies specialised in hydraulics. Aldershot feels proud indeed of its gifted townsman in his marked success".

It is said that he was encouraged to apply to the Indian Civil Service but his father Walter Leeder EDGOOSE forbade it.

He married Eleanor May ARNOLD, daughter of William John and Alice ARNOLD, at Aldershot Parish Church on 27 April 1929. She was a 25 year old spinster, living at North View, Park Road, Aldershot, and the daughter of William John ARNOLD, a traveller (i.e. a travelling salesman). Burt EDGOOSE was a 27 year old bachelor, a timber merchant, living at Dungannon, Highfield Avenue, Aldershot, and son of Walter Leeder EDGOOSE, a timber merchant. Witnesses were Naomi EDGOOSE and William John ARNOLD.
(GRO June 1929 Farnham 2a 309)

The Aldershot News 3 May 1929:
"EDGOOSE-ARNOLD. - On April 27th, 1929, at St. Michael's Church, Aldershot, by the Rev. Canon Le Fleming, John (sic), eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. EDGOOSE, of Dungannon, Highfield-avenue, Aldershot, to Lena, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. ARNOLD, of Park-road, Aldershot".

The Aldershot News 3 May 1929:
" ALDERSHOT WEDDING MISS E.W. ARNOLD - MR. B.W. EDGOOSE
Many relatives and friends of both families were present at the Aldershot Parish Church on Saturday, on the occasion of the wedding of Miss Eleanor May ARNOLD, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. ARNOLD, of North View, Park-road, Aldershot, who was married to Mr. Burt W. EDGOOSE, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. EDGOOSE, of Dungannon, Highfield-avenue, Aldershot. The Rev. Canon H. Le FLEMING, Vicar of Aldershot, conducted the service, and Mr. G. GOODWIN, at the organ, played appropriate music.
The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a pretty dress of pink georgette, bordered with powder blue and adorned with hand-painted flowers. She wore a blue straw hat and carried a bouquet of pink roses. Her sister (Mary) was the only bridesmaid, and wore a dress of powder blue crepe suede with hat to match, and carried a sheaf of irises. Mr. R. EDGOOSE (brother) acted as best man.
After the service the reception was held in the Parish Hall, about ninety friends being entertained, and later in the afternoon the happy pair, who were the recipients of a host of good wishes and many handsome gifts, left for a motor tour in Devonshire, the bride travelling in a brown tailored costume, with fur".

From 1929 until his death he lived at Beggar's Roost, Northbrook Road, Aldershot. He is listed at that address in Drew's Aldershot & Farnborough Directory for 1932, 1935, 1936, 1937, and 1938; and in Kent's Service Ltd.'s Aldershot Directory at 27 Northbrooke Road in 1955-56.

His son Stanton John EDGOOSE was born on 4 January 1931, followed by David Burt EDGOOSE on 13 August 1934. Aldershot News 17 August 1934: "EDGOOSE - On August 13th, to Lena, the wife of Burt W. EDGOOSE of Beggars Roost, Aldershot, a Son".

He became a director of W.L. Edgoose & Sons Ltd. in 1938 and succeeded his father as chairman in 1957.

From the 1939 Register of Beggars Roost, Northbrook Road, Aldershot M.B., Hampshire:
*Burt W. EDGOOSE, born 25 May 1901, married, director & manager timber merchant, Head ARP Warden;
Eleanor M. EDGOOSE, born 21 February 1904, married, unpaid domestic duties;
2 CLOSED RECORDS
(RG101/2314E/012/31)

He was Aldershot's chief air raid warden during the 1939-1945 war.

He was elected to Aldershot Borough Council in 1940, served on the Council continuously for 33 years, and retired when Aldershot was merged into Rushmoor in 1973.

He was appointed a magistrate in 1950, eventually becoming deputy chairman of the Aldershot Bench.

He was chairman of the Aldershot Hospital Management Committee and of the Area Education Committee. He was also a governor of several local schools.

A Freemason, he wrote 'A Short History of the Panmure Lodge, No. 723 Aldershot' which was published in 1957 (60pp, illustrated, Masonic Museum call number BE166(723)EDG). The list of members shows that he was initiated in 1926, was Worshipful Master in 1943, Provincial Junior Grand Warden in 1951, Provincial Deputy Grand Director of Ceremonies 1953-1957, P.A.G.D.C. in 1956, Treasurer 1946-1957, and Director of Ceremonies in 1946. The book contains a photograph of him in his Masonic regalia and a chapter on W. Bro. Walter Leeder EDGOOSE, P.P.S.G.W.

To quote R. W. Bro. W.G. ATTENBOROUGH, M.B., B.S., Provincial Grand Master of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, in his Foreword to the text of the book:
"In the later chapters, the writer has given a list of several names of those who have rendered great service both to the Craft in general and to Panmure Lodge in particular, but, amongst that number, with innate modesty, he has omitted his own. W. Bro. B. W. EDGOOSE, B.Sc., J.P., the worthy son of a worthy father, after a distinguished career in the Lodge, was appointed Junior Warden of the Province in 1951 and Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies in the Grand Lodge of England in 1956. In 1953, he was appointed Provincial Deputy Grand Director of Ceremonies, an office which he still holds."

An Index of the Will of Walter Leeder EDGOOSE (1871-1957):
01*Walter Leeder EDGOOSE, the Testator.
02 Naomi EDGOOSE, wife of the Testator, executor.
03 Edith Naomi EDGOOSE, daughter of the Testator, executor.
04*Burt Walter EDGOOSE, son of the Testator, executor.
05 Raymond Thomas James EDGOOSE, son of the Testator.
06 Winnifred [sic] Maud Julia EDGOOSE, daughter of the Testator.
07 Julia May EDGOOSE, sister of the Testator.
08 Frank Arthur EDGOOSE, son of the Testator.
09 O. M. FOSTER, Solicitor.
10 Pearl V. McLELLAND, Solicitor's clerk.

"Edgoose, Burt Walter, B.Sc. Engineering I 1921"
(University of Manchester, Register of Graduates and Holders of Diplomas and Certificates, 1851-1958)

From a letter to Burt's grandson Julian Miles EDGOOSE:
"The biggest regret I have is refusing point blank to go to Burt's 70th birthday party because I was too busy building a house. He actually drove to Kingsley Green to ask us to come and still I refused when he told me that I was the only one of my generation for whom he felt any affinity. We used to have so much to talk about, family history, the design of timber structures, timber in general, and so many other things, but I have never had any other male friend who comes close to the esteem in which I held him. I knew him so much better than I ever knew my father."
(Michael James EDGOOSE to Julian Miles EDGOOSE, 28 August 2017)

Burt Walter EDGOOSE, timber merchant (retired), of 27 Northbrook Road, Aldershot, died at Sunways Nursing Home, Manor Road, Aldershot, Hampshire, on 20 April 1989 at the age of 87. The informant on 21 April was his son Stanton John EDGOOSE of Goostrey, Paddock Drive, Pulford Road, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. Cause of death was Ia) Cardiac Failure b) Myocardial Degeneration c) Senility II Mitral Stenosis
(GRO April 1989 NE Hants 20 0484)

Daily Telegraph 24 April 1989:
"EDGOOSE. - On April 20, 1989, in Aldershot, Burt Walter, aged 87 years. Husband of the late Eleanor May EDGOOSE and father of John and David. A much loved father, grandfather and great-grandfather. Funeral service at St. Michael's Church, Aldershot, on Friday April 28 at 12 noon, followed by private cremation".

An Index of the Will of Burt Walter EDGOOSE (1901-1989).
01*Burt Walter EDGOOSE, the Testator.
02 Stanton John EDGOOSE, executor.
03 David Burt EDGOOSE, executor.
04 Marshalls, solicitors.
(District Probate Registry, Winchester)

"EDGOOSE, Burt Walter of 27 Northbrook Rd Aldershot Hants died 20 April 1989 Probate Winchester 14 September £ 73,698"
(National Probate Calendar 1989)

NOTES & QUERIES:
1. In response to the question whether Julia Hannah EDGOOSE formerly LEEDER once lived at The Stores, Edward Street, Aldershot, he wrote: "early in this century, yes. Now 19 Lime St at corner of Lime St & Edward St. My grandfather MILES lived there. He moved to York Road early 1900's and Julia Hannah took over. Subsequently she lived at 57 Peroune [sic] St where Walter & Naomi had lived and where I was born".
(Scanned document in file)

2. An index to EDGOOSE references in "Panmure Lodge No. 723 1857-1957:

EDGOOSE, Burt W. Title Page opposite photograph; v; vi; 3; 6; 21; 24; 29; 33; 40; 52.
EDGOOSE, W.L. Page 16; 18; 21; 24; 27; 33; 50.
EDGOOSE, Mrs. Page 33.


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EDGOOSE, Captain John (16??-1673)		EDGOOSE, Captain John (16??-1673)
John EDGOOSE's parentage, and date and place of baptism, is unknown. His son Simon was born before 1652 (under 21 in 1673).

How he came to be in Jamaica is a matter of conjecture. Jamaica had been captured on 16 May 1655 by an expeditionary force sent out by Cromwell and was hurriedly populated by sending out 4,500 whites, under duress, and 1,500 Negro slaves . According to Beeching, thousands were transported to Jamaica for no worse crime than being Irish, or Scots, or unemployed.
(Jack Beeching, in an Introduction to 'The Buccaneers of America' by A.O. Exquemelin, Folio Society 1969 page 11)
(ibid. page 13)

"Although few settlers arrived with much capital they were able to claim land grants CROMWELL offered to those English who wished to settle in Jamaica."
('The Probate Inventories of Port Royal, Jamaica', Diana Thornton, 1992)
('Revels in Jamaica 1682-1938', Richardson Wright, 1938)
('Trade, Plunder, and Economic Development in Early English Jamaica 1655-1689', Zahedieh Nuala, 1986)

According to Raynald Laprise's 'Le Diable Volant: Privateers and Pirates of Jamaica and Hispaniola and other places in America in the second half of the XVIIth Century', in December 1660 Anthony COLLIER, captain of infantry or militia, received land at Port Royal in Jamaica which he shared with Lieutenant EDGOOSE.
(www.geocities.com/trebutor)
Monsieur Laprise supposed that EDGOOSE was the lieutenant of COLLYER's Company.
(e-mail 12.10.2001)
This land was bordered by Thames Street and Queen Street and was granted to Captain COLLYER and Lieutenant EDGOOSE on 13 December 1660. It seems that each took a moiety, COLLYER the western half and EDGOOSE the eastern. By January 1676 Thomas MAYNE, merchant, had acquired almost the whole of EDGOOSE's plot, while Sir Thomas LYNCH and Nicholas HICKS, another merchant, had acquired COLLYER's land.
(Pawson, Michael, and Buisseret, David: Port Royal, Jamaica. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1975 page 92)
(B.L. Add MS 12423 Folio 99)
(I.R.O. Deeds Liber VI, page 139)

3 July 1661 Point Cagua. Orders of the Governor and Council of Jamaica:
"That Major FAIRFAX, Captain BURROUGHS and Mr. POVEY report of Lieutenant EDGOOSE's business."
(PRO Colonial Entry Book xxxiv 5-8)

Plat Number 120 dated 7 April 1662 and Plat Number 59 dated 23 June 1662 record that COLLYER and EDGOOSE were neighbouring land holders of Lt. Coll. Henry ARCHBOULD.
(Real Estate Transactions before 1692 Earthquake, City of Port Royal, Jamaica)

"Jamaica. John POPHAM & George BURROUGH - N.59
Surveyed and Set out to John POPHAM A parcel of Land on point Cagway bounding Southward to Queen Street Sixty feet, Northwd. Sixty feet, Westward Sixty feet, on the Land of of Lt. Collo. ARCHBOLE & Eastward Sixty feet on the Land of COLLIER & EDGOES
Dated on Cagway the 29th. March 1662. [signed] John MAN Surveyor
I Do hereby Assigne and Sett over unto George BURROUGHS of Point Cagway All my Right Tythe and Interest in this Certificate As Witness my hand this 23d. of June
John W POPHAM Signum
Test Wm. LONG"
(Jamaica Archives Unit 1B/11/2/28 folio 112)

"Jamaica. Capt. COLLYER N.37
Surveyed and Set out to Capt. Antho: COLLYER A parcel of Land on point Cagway Bounding Southward to Queen Street Forty One feet Northward forty one feet to the Harbor Side Eastward One hundred Eighty Two feet to the Land of John POPHAM & westward One hundred Eighty two feet to the Land of Lt. Collo. Henry ARCHBOLE
Cagway the 7th. Aprill 1662 John MAN Survey[o]r 118"
(Jamaica Archives Unit 1B/11/2/28 folio 31)

"Jamaica. John POPHAM N. 61
Surveyed and Set out to John POPHAM A parcel of Land on point Cagway bounding Southward to Queen Street forty one feet And Northward to the Harbor Side fourty one feet Westward One hundred Eighty two feet to the Land of Capt. Antho. COLLIER & Eastward One hundred Eighty two feet to the Land of Hum. FREEMAN Collo BARRY and Hen: SWEETING. This is the halfe of Capt. COLLIER & Lt EDGOES their Order Sould by Said EDGOES to the Said John POPHAM Dated on Cagway the 23d. June 1662"
(Jamaica Archives Unit 1B/11/2/28/ folio 118)

16 April 1662. Minutes of the Council of Jamaica:
"That the place and fees conferred on lieutenant John EDGOOSE by Major FAIRFAX, Captain BURROUGHS and Secretary POVEY be allowed."
(PRO Colonial Entry Book xxxiv 40-44)
Note: Major Thomas FAIRFAX, Council of 12, Port Royal, 18 June 1661.

12 September 1662 Point Cagway, Jamaica. Minutes of the Council of Jamaica:
"Resolved, that men be enlisted for a design by sea with the Centurion and other vessels, provided they be not servants or persons who sell or desert their plantations for the purpose; that Captain JOYE receive £ 40 from Secretary POVEY for buying twenty horses, to form a troop for his Excellency's guard, each man to be paid 2s per diem; that the inhabitants in Point Cagway appoint a nightly watch of eight or ten under Lieutenant EDGOOSE; that the field officers appoint their inferior officers until they be commissioned; and that Constantine LYTTELTON receive a commission as justice of the peace."
(PRO Colonial Entry Book xxxvii 17-19)

28 October 1662 Point Cagua, Jamaica. Minutes of the Council of Jamaica:
"Lieutenant EDGOOSE to bring in his power for the water-bailiff's place."
(PRO Colonial Entry Book xxxvii 20)

A Patent No. 171 dated 7 November 1664 records that Henry ARCHBOULD had land at Point Cagway neighbouring that of COLLYER and EDGOOSE.
(Real Estate Transactions before 1692 Earthquake, City of Port Royal, Jamaica)
(Jamaica Archive Unit 1B/11/1/1 folio 82b

An undated Index Card refers to COLLYER, Coll. Henry ARCHBOULD, George BURROUGH (Plat Number 59), John POPHAM (Plat Number 61), and to Simon EDGOOSE.
(Real Estate Transactions before 1692 Earthquake, City of Port Royal, Jamaica)

"Jamaica
Surveyed and Sett Forth for Lieut Henry ARCHBOULD according to order Fifty Acres of Land in Liguania in the Parish of St. Andrew bounded round with Savanna West John PERRATT Mr John MAIXWELL and So.
Edw[ar]d BARRY this 21st February 1664 Pr. me Wm. LONG Surveyor"
Whilst not listed amongst the neighbours the plan shows the name Lieut. ED GOOSE (sic) in the north eastern corner.
(Jamaica Archives Unit, 1B/11/2/1 folio 3)

According to a letter from the Jamaica Archives dated 6 March 2002 a search of some of their records revealed a grant of land to John EDGOOSE dated 1666.
(Jamaica Archives Unit, Patents 1B/11/1/2 folio 153)

A Pardon was granted to John EDGOOSE and enrolled on 20 June 1667:
"Charles The Second by the Grace of god of England, Scotland, France, And Ireland King And of the Island of Jamaica Lord, Defender of the faith & To Whome thes presents shall Come health &c
Know yee that of our speciall Grace, meere Motion, and Certaine knowledge wee have pardoned remised and released, and by thes presents, doe pardon remise, and Release John EDGOOSE of port Royal in our Island of Jamaica vintner of a Certaine Man slaughter whereof hee was Convicted of A Jury, at A Court of sessions held in our towne of port Royall the Ninth day of aprill in the Nineteenth Yeare of our Reigne, as alsoe of all indictments penalties forfeitures And farther prosecutions touching the same, and farther out of more Speciall Grace & favour Certaine Knowledge and meere Motion wee Doe Give and Grant for us our heires & Successors And by thes presents wee Restore unto the said John EDGOOSE all and Singular the Goods & CChattles, Reall, personall, or mixt, which by Reason of his Conviction aforesaid have been or ought to have been Seized for us, or to our use, the said John EDGOOSE to have Receave and Enjoy the Same, into Whose hands soener they may have Come tto his owne use and behoofe, Without any Composition, or Rendering any thing therefore to us, Our heires, or Successors and our Will and pleasure that thes our Letters, pattents, and our pardon therein Contayned shall be held good and Sufficientt, in the Law, for the pardoning of the Said Crime above Mentioned Notwith Standing, any Error or mistake in the Recitall of the Same, wt soever any Stattuts laws or Customes Seeming to the Contrary Notwthg standing, And farther our more Speciall Grace, Wee Strictly Charge And Command, all our Judges, Justices, officers and all other before Whome this our pardon shall be pleaded, that the Same shall bee Construed, Interpreted and Expounded And Adjudged in all our Courts in the most Beneficiall & Benign Sence, and for the most firme Discharge, of the said John EDGOOSE According to our true intention, without any Ambiguity, question or delay, and in as Ample manner and form to all intents, and purposses, as If the saide Crime by the said John EDGOOSE had Never been Committed And that these Letters pattents, and the pardon therein Contained, bee allowed of before all our Justices wth out further delay, In Witnes where of thes our Letters pattents wee have made patent Witnes Sir Thomas MODYFORD Barronett Governor of our Said Island of Jamaica the twenteith Day of June in the Nineteenth Yeare of our Reigne &c."
(Jamaica Archives 1B/11/1/2 folio 153a and 153b)

Patent 1B/11/1/4 Folio 218 dated 1670 refers to a land grant to an Elizabeth EDGOOSE in St. Andrew.
(E-mail from Racquel Stratchan of the Archives Unit, Spanish Town, Jamaica, 4 April 2013)

By June 1670 he had been promoted to Captain. As Captain EDGEGOOSE he was in charge of a Company in the Major General's Regiment with 53 private soldiers and ten infantry officers serving under him.
(Taken from 'Sketch Pedigrees of some of the Early Settlers of Jamaica' by Noel B. Livingstone, Part V: 'List of the Trained Bands taken in June 1670')

This excerpt from Michael Pawson's and David Buisseret's 'Port Royal, Jamaica' proves that he was still alive in 1671:
"The 'flux' (bacillary dysentery) often seems to have been aggravated by excessive consumption of liquor.......... The fate of John COVENTRY offers us a good example of this. Nephew of Sir William COVENTRY, JOHN set out for America in 1671, probably in order to establish himself on one of the northern plantations. His ship was however obliged to put in at Jamaica, where she no doubt required considerable repairs, since he had to unload his possessions. What happened next is best told in the words of a letter from Sir Thomas LYNCH to Sir Charles LYTTLETON, dated 'Jamaica, 27 September 1671':
"It seems Monday he could not get from the Point, but at night with a mate and passenger fell into a debauche that made him sicke. The next daye he fell desperately ill; he lay at Captain EDGOOSE's a very good house, and Mr. THORNTON took care that he had the best doctors...[but still he died]"
(Coventry Papers, Volume 104, Folio 249)

The Will of John EDGOOSE (abreviations expanded, surnames capitalised):
"EDGOOSE Jno. Will.
In the Name of God Amen I John EDGOOSE of P[or]tt Royall Gent[leman] being sick and weak but of firm and p[er]fect mind and memory Praised be God do make and ordain this my last Will and Testam[en]t in manner following
first and priniacpally [principally?] I recommend my soul into the mercifull hands of Almighty God and my body committed to the Earth from whence it came to be decenty buried at the discretion of my Ex[ecut]ors undernamed or one of them and as for my Worldly Estate I make this disposition following
first I will that my Debts and funerall expences be paid and discharged
Item I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth my wife my Dwelling house at P[or]tt Royall with all the Household Goods thereto belonging and my plantation at Liguinia [Liguanea, Kingston] with the ten Negroes thereto belonging Also one Silver Basen cocontaining about two Quarts with six Silver Spoons, half my Stock of Goats at Liguinia with five Cows which shall first happen to Calve after my decease & one Horse & one Mare To have and to hold the said house plantation negroes goods & Chattels unto the said Elizabeth during the term of her natural life if she continue single and unmarried but if she happen to Marry then my Will and mind and I do hereby order that she shall quitt the possession of my said dwelling house plantation anand Negroes to my Executors under named whom I desire to improve the same to the most advantage they can and the produce thereof (all charges deducted) I give the one half thereof to my said Wife during her natural life and the other half thereof unto my Son Simon unto whom I give the whole after her decease [one word illegible]
Item I give and bequeath unto my said Son Symon all and singular lands tenam[en]ts Goods & Chatells whatsoever To have and to hold all the said premises to my said Son his heirs Ex[ecut]ors Admin[istrators] and Assigns to his and their own use for ever But my Will is th[a]t my Ex[ecut]ors have the Guardianship of the Estate & him untill he be of the Age of 21 Years Maintaining him in the mean time out of the same
Item for the better Securing to my said Son the p[ar]te of my Estate (before given my Wife during her life) my Will and mind is that she shall have no proof possession right or title untill She have first given in Security such as my Ex[ecut]ors shall approve of that she will deliver up to them my said dwelling house Plantation and negroes if she happen to Marry and Accept of the half produce thereof as aforesaid And that they by Bonds further Oblige her not to make away or imberle [imperil?] the Estate hereby given her during life more than for her necessary maintenance And at her death quietly to leave and deliver up the same to my Ex[ecut]ors for use of my Son as aforesaid
Item my mind and Will is that what I have hereby given my Wife shall be in full Barr of all Dower thirds or other rights and title she shall or may demand of my Estate Provided always and my true meaning is that if she refuse to deliver up to m my Ex[ecut]ors on Demand All my plate ready Money and Estate or if she refuse to give Security as aforesaid or shall not release all her right of Dower thirds &ct in such forme as my said Ex[ecut]ors shall Advise Then I give and bequeath unto my said Wife only the plate aforegiven
but no other p[ar]te or p[ar]cell of my Estate any thing aforesaid or any law or Custom to the Contrary notwith standing
Item I do make and ordain my honored friends Francis HARISON Gent[leman], Cesar CARTER and Mr. Anthony SWIMMER Merchants Ex[ecut]ors of this my Will and give unto them as a token of my respect two of my best Horses th[a]t is to say one to each of the said Francis HARISON and the other to the said Anthony SWIMMER
And lastly I do hereby revoke all former Wills and ratify this to be my only last Will and testament
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this 18th day of February 1672 in the xxvth year of the reign of King Charles the Second
the Mark of John EDGOOSE
Signed Sealed published and declared these words (-vizt.) Francis HARISON Gent(leman) being first interlined in presence of us the name of Caesar CARTER being also interlined
Antho BOURCHEIR Jo HOCKENHULL
This day appeared before me the above written Jo HOCKENHULL and Anthony BOUCHEIR and made Oath that they did see the above named John EDGOOSE Sign Seal and deliver the writing above mentioned as his Act and deed and at the same time the said Jo. EDGOOSE to the best of their knowledge was of sound and perfect memory. Sworn before me this 4th day of March 1672/3 Tho. LYNCH
Enrolled the 27th Oct[obe]r 1673

Charles the second by the Grace of God of England Scotland france & Ireland King & of Jamaica Lord defender of the faith &c To all to whom these presents shall come Greeting Know ye th[a]t upon the 4th March 1672/3 before the right Hon[oura]blle Sir Tho LYNCH Bart his Ma[jes]ties Lt. Governor & Commander in Chief of the aforesaid Island of Jamaica and Chief Judge for probate of Wills and granting Administrations the last Will and Testam[en]t of John EDGOOSE deceased was at St. Jago ddde la Vega in common form proved which Will is to these presents annexed and the Administration of all and singular the Goods Chatells and Credits of the said deceased which any manner of ways [indecypherable] him as his said Will was granted and committed to Francis HARISON Gent[leman] and Anthony SWIMMER Merchant named in the said Will they first having taken their Oaths well and truly to administer the said Goods Chattels and Creditts according to the tenor and affect of the said Wi Will and to make or cause to be made a true and p[er]fect inventory of all and Singular the goods Chattels and Creditts of the said dec[ease]d which shall any way whatsoever come to their hands possession or knowledge And further do make a Jusst A Accompt of their said Administration therein at or before [date blank] next and all the rest and residue of the said Goods Chattels & Creditts which shall be found remaining after the said Administrators Accompt the same being first examineed anand allowed of by the Judge or Judges for the time being of the said Court shall deliver and pay unto such persons respectively as the said Judge by his or their decree and sentence P[ur]suant to the true meaning of an Act of Parliam[en]t in that behalf made shall [indecypherable] and appoint
Given at P[or]tt. Royal this 4th March 1672/3 Tho LYNCH
Passed the Secr[etary]s Office by me James BARCLAY Dep[u]ty Secr[etar]y Enrolled the 27th of October 1673
(Registrar General's Department, Jamaica. Liber New Series Vol. 1, folio 120 1673)

NOTES & QUERIES:
Port Cagway = Port Royal. There is still a Queen Street in the surviving portion of Port Royal today, near the harbour side.
(Source: e-mail from Steve Porter 02.02.2002)

Caesar CARTER was a vintner, victualler, or tavern keeper at Port Royal in 1664 and a churchwarden there in 1667.
(Michael Pawson and David Buisseret's "Port Royal, Jamaica" Appendices 4 and 6)

Anthony SWIMMER was a merchant at Port Royal in 1674.
(Ibid, Appendix 4)


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EDGOOSE, Carl		EDGOOSE, Carl
Listed on www.peoplefinder.com on 31 December 2010 as having once lived in Grant, Alabama, USA.

A Carl EDGOOSE of Grant, Alabama, USA, was listed on www.peekyou.com/_edgoose in October 2012.

His identity is unknown.

NOTES & QUERIES:
Carl Peter EDGOOSE wrote on 2 December 2008 [note the date discrepancy. 2018?]:
"Re: FAMILY HISTORY
Dont think that is me. My Dad is Peter EDGOOSE he is on my facebook friends. He will have a better idea. He was born in Wisbech and we moved to Australia and South Aftica when I was very young. My brother is Winston and he lives in Malta"


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EDGOOSE, Caroline (1809-1888)		EDGOOSE, Caroline (1809-1888)
According to the Parish Register of Gosberton, Lincolnshire, Caroline EDGOOSE was born on 11 September 1809 and baptised on 20 November 1809 , daughter of James and Mary EDGOOSE. However, according to the family bible in the possession of the WEST family in 1994 she was born on 22 August 1809.
James EDGOOSE had married Mary WINFREE at Moulton, Lincolnshire, on 14 December 1807.

An Index of the Will of James EDGOOSE (1780-1832), auctioneer & grazier, of Gosberton, Lincolnshire. The Will was made on 10 June 1832. The Testator died on 15 June 1832. Probate was granted on 25 August 1832.
01*James EDGOOSE (1780-1832), the Testator.
02 Mary EDGOOSE formerly WINFREY, wife of the Testator, executrix.
03 Mr. LAWRENCE, from whom the Testator purchased land.
04 William WALTON, from whom the Testator purchased land.
05 Mr. CHARLES, owner of nearby farm in Gosberton.
06 Thomas CAVE, tenure of public house and tenements in Sutton St. Mary.
07 Mrs. Rebecca FISHER, properties in Gosberton and Surfleet.
08 John ALCOCK of Gosberton, farmer.
09 Arthur EDGOOSE, son of the Testator.
10 Albert EDGOOSE, son of the Testator.
11*Caroline EDGOOSE, daughter of the Testator.
12 John LIEVESLEY of Gosberton, witness.
13 Ann MOULD, servant to Mr. EDGOOSE, witness.
14 [illegible name & initials], attorney of Spalding, witness.
(Lincoln Consistory Court Will 1832/88)

Caroline EDGOOSE, spinster, was married by licence at Gosberton, Lincolnshire, on 8 February 1836 to John BAKER of Gosberton, bachelor. Elizabeth EDGOOSE and Albert EDGOOSE were witnesses.
Note: FreeReg has Elizabeth EDGOOSE and Robert EDGOOSE.

From the Stamford Mercury dated 12 February 1836:
"MARRIED
At Gosberton, on Monday last, (by the Rev. C. L. Reay, A.M., Curate,) Mr. J. BAKER, carpenter, to Miss EDGOOSE, daughter of the late Mr. EDGOOSE, farmer and auctioneer."

In 1841 the family were living in Bridge Street, Chilvers Coton, Warwickshire:
John BAKER, aged 30, joiner and builder, not born in Warwickshire;
*Caroline BAKER, aged 30, not born in Warwickshire;
Mary BAKER, aged 4, not born in Warwickshire;
Caroline BAKER, aged 3, not born in Warwickshire;
Emily BAKER, aged 2, not born in Warwickshire;
John BAKER, aged 1, not born in Warwickshire;
Mary EDGOOSE, aged 50, not born in Warwickshire.
(HO107/1127/4/25/8)

The family were living at 3 Chatham Street, Leicester, in 1851:
John BAKER, head, aged 39, carpenter and joiner, born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire;
*Caroline BAKER, wife, aged 40, born at Gosberton;
Mary Elizth BAKER, daughter, aged 14, glove stitcher, born at Gosberton;
Caroline A. BAKER, daughter, aged 13, glove stitcher, born at Gosberton;
Emily A. BAKER, daughter, aged 12, glove stitcher, born at Gosberton;
John BAKER, son, aged 11, scholar, born at Gosberton;
James A. BAKER, son, aged 9, scholar, born at Chilvers Coton, Warwickshire;
Jemima EDGOOSE, lodger, aged 29, unmarried, staymaker, born at Gosberton;
(HO107/2088/110/7)

The 1861 census of 6 Oxford Terrace, Infirmary Square, Leicester St. Mary:
John BAKER, head, aged 50, carpenter & joiner, born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire;
*Caroline BAKER, wife, aged 51, born at Gosberton;
Mary E. BAKER, daughter, aged 24, milliner, born at Gosberton;
Caroline A. BAKER, daughter, aged 23, cotton winder, born at Gosberton;
Emily A. BAKER, daughter, aged 22, cotton winder, born at Gosberton;
John BAKER, son, aged 20, carpenter and joiner, born at Gosberton;
James BAKER, son, aged 19, carpenter and joiner, born at Nuneaton, Warwickshire;
William WADE, visitor, aged 2, born at Birmingham, Warwickshire.
(RG9/2294/48/6)
(Two year old William WADE was probably the son of Caroline BAKER's sister Jemima WADE formerly EDGOOSE)

At the time of her mother's death on 28 August 1862 she was living at 62 Jarrom Street, Leicester. John BAKER, builder and joiner, is listed at that address in the Leicester City directories from 1870 to 1877.
The highest house number listed in the 1861 census is 50 Jarrom Street.

Caroline BAKER of 62 Jarrom Street, Leicester, was present when her 36 year old brother-in-law William WADE died at 17 Kent Street, Leicester, on 12 November 1864. She informed the registrar the same day.
(GRO certificate)

The 1871 census of 62 Jarrom Street, Leicester:
John BAKER, head, aged 59, carpenter and joiner, born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire;
*Caroline BAKER, wife, aged 61, born at Gosberton;
John BAKER, son, aged 30, unmarried, carpenter and joiner, born at Gosberton;
John FARNDON, son-in-law, aged 30, elastic weaver, born at Bedworth, Warwickshire;
Caroline FARNDON, wife, aged 33, silk winder, born at Gosberton;
(RG10/3284/61/9)

The 1881 census returns for 54.1/2 Asylam Street, Leicester St. Mary, Leicestershire:
John BAKER, head, aged 69, carpenter, born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire;
*Caroline BAKER, wife, aged 71, born at Gosberton;
John BAKER, son, aged 40, carpenter, born at Gosberton;
Mary BAKER, daughter-in-law, aged 37, shoe trade machinist, born at Blaby, Leicestershire;
John BAKER, grandson, aged 8, scholar, born at Leicester.
(RG11/3175/70/8)

She died at 43 Chatham Street, Leicester, on 13 April 1888 aged 78 Her son J. A. BAKER of the same address was present when she died and informed the registrar.
(GRO June Q 1888 Leicester 7a 115)

"DEATHS
BAKER. - At Leicester, on April 13th, Caroline wife of Mr. John BAKER, eldest daughter of the late Mr. James EDGOOSE, farmer and auctioneer, of Gosberton Cheal, Lincolnshire, aged 78."
(Stamford Mercury, Friday 20 April 1888)
(www.findmypast.co.uk)


NOTES & QUERIES:
In September 1968 Ian BARROW of 19 College Cross, Islington, London N1, was in possession of three silver spoons with the monogram C.E. and hallmarked about 1810. John Edwin BARROW (1845-1918) married Emily Annie BAKER, daughter of John and Caroline BAKER, at Leicester in 1865.

The 1881 returns for 3 Melton Road, Leicester (3154 59 1) list the following:
John BARROW, Head, Married, 40, Brick Manufacturer, born St. Margaret's, Leicester
Emily Annie BARROW Married, 42, born Garterton (sic), Lincs.
Annie BARROW, daughter, 14, Scholar, born Freaks Ground Near
Mariah BARROW, daughter, 10, Scholar, born St. Leonard's, Leicester
Emily BARROW, daughter, 8, Scholar, born St. Margaret's, Leicester
Anney Ann BARROW, daughter, 8, Scholar, born St. Margaret's, Leicester
Lizzie BARROW, daughter, 7, Scholar, born St. Margaret's, Leicester
John Edwin BARROW, son, 6, Scholar, born St. Margaret's, Leicester
Eliza BARROW, daughter, 4, Scholar, born St. Margaret's, Leicester
Alice TEBBUT, servant, 14, Domestic Servant, born Chislehurst, Kent.


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EDGOOSE, Caroline (1889-1890)		EDGOOSE, Caroline (1889-1890)
Caroline EDGOOSE was born on 5 May 1889 at 8 Tooke Street, Poplar, Middlesex, daughter of Arthur and Elizabeth EDGOOSE.
(GRO June Q 1889 [HEATH] Poplar 01C 682)
Arthur EDGOOSE had married Elizabeth HEATH at St. James the Great, Middlesex, on 21 March 1887.

Caroline, daughter of Arthur EDGOOSE a stevedore's labourer died at 9 Galbraith Street, Poplar, London, on 23 December 1890 aged 22 months. Cause of death was Measles, Glandular Absess, and Exhaustion. Elizabeth EDGOOSE, mother, of 9 Galbraith Street, Poplar, present at the death, made her mark.
(GRO December Q 1890 Poplar 01C 529)


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EDGOOSE, Caroline Patricia (1931-2022) born GARROOD		EDGOOSE, Caroline Patricia (1931-2022) born GARROOD
NOTE: indexed surnames have been capitalised.

Caroline Patricia was born at Peninsula Barracks, Warrington, on 23 December 1931, daughter of Sergeant Robert Henry GARROOD, Prince of Wales's Volunteers. and his wife Aileen May Bayliss GARROOD born MOLONEY. The informant on 29 December 1931 was her father R. H. GARROOD of Peninsula Barracks, Warrington.
(GRO December Q 1931 [MOLONEY] Warrington 08C 286)

David Burt EDGOOSE, a 24 year old bachelor and Assistant Manager (Timber Trade) from 27 Northbrook Road, Aldershot, and son of Burt Walter EDGOOSE, Director [Timber Trade], married Caroline Patricia GARROOD at the Parish Church of Holy Trinity Church in Victoria Road, Aldershot on 8 November 1958, having met her at a King's Own bible class in 1956. Caroline [or Carol as she was known] was a 26 year old spinster, a teacher, from 29 Church Hill, Aldershot, and the daughter of Robert Henry GARROOD, a Catering Instructor. Witnesses were S. John EDGOOSE, A. GARROOD, E. N. EDGOOSE, Ann GARROOD, Burt W. EDGOOSE, and R. M. GARROOD [sic].
(GRO December Q 1958 Aldershot 6b 4)

"TEACHER IS NOMINATED AS MAYOR
SCHOOLTEACHER Mrs. Carol EDGOOSE has been selected as Rushmoor Council's Mayor-elect for the coming year.
But before 51-year-old Mrs. EDGOOSE can take her seat as the borough's leading lady, she must first be re-elected to the council at the local government elections on May 5.
She is standing again as Conservative candidate for the Manor Ward in Aldershot.
Although there were no other nominations for the office of mayor, Liberal councillors have criticised the selection of an election candidate who still has to retain her seat on the council.
The Liberals claim the nomination "will appear to be taking the electorate for granted" and they refused to take part in the vote at the meeting of Rushmoor Council.
However, after the meeting Mrs. EDGOOSE pointed out that a similar situation had arisen in neighbouring Guildford Council where a mayor-elect had been chosen -- and yet every seat on the council is at stake on May 5.
Mrs. EDGOOSE, who has four children, lives with her husband David at Highfield Avenue, Aldershot.
Since being elected to Rushmoor in 1973 she has served on health, highways, recreation and housing committees. She was chairman of the housing committee for three years until 1981 when she became borough's Deputy Mayor.
Rushmoor's Deputy Mayor-elect for the forthcoming year is planning committee chairman Coun. John MARSH, of Highfield Road, Farnborough."
(www.newspapers.com: Aldershot News, 8 April 1983)

NEW LOOK FOR SIGHT CHARITY
In 1984 Carol became Chair of the Aldershot branch of the charity HACB - Hampshire Association for the Care of the Blind, known since 2007 as Open Sight. She first joined the group when her father lost his sight after a stroke. "My father came to live with us in 1980 and joined the HACB in Aldershot. I was mayor of Rushmoor at the time and so after he passed away in 1984 they asked me to become chairman," she said. "Over the years I have gradually shed my other responsibilities to different groups and the HACB has become my main focus. It's my abiding passion now," she added. Carol was chairman for 20 years.
(Extracted on 5 June 2007 from 'New look for sight charity' by Rebecca MAGILL published in the Aldershot News and Mail.

" 'PRIVATE HOMES FOR RENT PLAN'
A TORY councillor who suggested Rushmoor should rent private homes for its council tenants says the scheme could work well.
Former housing chairman Counc. Mrs. Carol EDGOOSE said that her idea --- which is already operated by neighbouring Waverly Council --- merits serious examination.
Mrs. EDGOOSE put forward her suggestion for renting private homes in a bid to ease the Borough's housing crisis.
But at a meeting of the housing committee, Labour councillor Mike ROBERTS thought that it was ironic that such a suggestion should come from Mrs. EDGOOSE --- who had been in charge of the committee responsible for selling off so many of Rush's council houses.
He said it was ludicrous for the Conservative Government to insist on a policy of selling council homes. This was causing big increases in the number homeless people and forced authorities like Rushmoor to have to rent private houses.
Mrs. EDGOOSE said later that by privately renting homes, Rushmoor could put many unoccupied properties to good use.
She believed the scheme could offer short-term accommodation for young couples and families on waiting lists for council homes.
The homeless could also benefit."

FINANCE
Mrs. EDGOOSE said the scheme would offer many attractions to potential landlords who might otherwise be wary of letting their homes.
The method she outlined would involve:
*Rent fixed by Rushmoor, probably lower than could be obtained on the open market.
*Administration of the properties by the council.
*Insurance under the umbrella of the council's own insurance.
Mrs. EDGOOSE said the scheme would cost Rushmoor very little to finance, since the administrative structure already existed.
She said the big advantage for house owners would be the knowledge that properties would be in the hands and control of the council.
The landlord would be able to reclaim the house with vacant possession when he or she wished.
The security offered to landlords would offset the lower rent.

PROTECTION
Mrs. EDGOOSE said many landlords had been afraid of letting their houses because of possible problems in repossessing.
The scheme she would like to see in action would effectively stamp out that problem, because of the protection it would offer.
Mrs. EDGOOSE said she planned to write to Waverley Council to find out how the system worked.
"It would help the housing situation and it is a way of finding suitable accomodation for people, particularly in the short-term." she said.
Mrs. EDGOOSE added: "I am concerned about housing. I know stock is diminishing but I hope we can make the best of what we have got."
A member of Waverley's housing department confirmed that its council rented a small number of private properties on a shorthold lease arrangement.
When someone left their property empty for a time, the council took it on board, he said.
The lease could be terminated very quickly so temporary residents could be removed without delay.
He said Waverley Council used the scheme mainly as temporary accommodation for the homeless, not for general tenants."
(www.newspapers.com: Aldershot News (Aldershot, Hampshire, England), 12 Mar 1985)

"FIRST COME FIRST SERVED
Not much danger of race tension around Aldershot - the West Indians there are such a jolly bunch.' The observation comes from a former Conservative mayor of Rushmoor, Councillor Carol EDGOOSE. She told fellow Councillors who were debating race policy: 'The West Indians in Aldershot seem very nice. They seem very jolly people. They have their own church, and it's fun to go once in a while. It's much more noisy." The West Indians also have, she said, "their own little clubs." In Rushmoor, EDGOOSE reckoned there were about 500 people of Chinese origin. "They enrich our restaurants,' she said. 'There's one near me that understands English, and they understand my order. It is interesting to see their children coming into our schools and showing us how to use chopsticks."
(Extracted from "FIRST COME FIRST SERVED", a light hearted article by David Newman on The Guardian Features page 24 dated 19 November 1993. Published with kind permission of Guardian News & Media Ltd. under Open Licence http://syndication.theguardian.com/open-licence-terms.)

[It is worth noting here that one of Carol's Edgoose cousins married a Malaysian national descended from a Chinese sea captain and another cousin married a Korean American doctor]

"CHEERS TO 40 fruitful years
CHEERS! The EDGOOSE family drank a toast to forty fruitful years as David and Carol EDGOOSE celebrated their ruby wedding anniversary at a party on Saturday.
Pictured with David and Carol, a former Mayor of Rushmoor, are their children (from left): Mrs. Judith GARDOM, whose husband the Rev. Dr. James GARDOM is the Vicar of St. Andrew
s, Chesterton in Cambridge; Jonathan EDGOOSE, who now lives in Winchester; James EDGOOSE, who now lives in Ilford; and Mrs. Rachel STURT, who lives in Farnham.
The Edgooses big day started with a moving service of thanksgiving at Holy Trinity Church, Aldershot, where they were married and where they still worship. Both David and Carol preach at the church.
About 120 friends, colleagues and well wishers turned up to join in the service.
Later there was lunch in a marquee in the garden of the Edgooses home in Highfield Avenue, Aldershot, followed by barn dancing.
All in all, a day that sparkled like a ruby." Author: PAT FRANKLIN
(www.newspapers.com: Surrey-Hants Star (Aldershot, Hampshire, England), 12 November 1998.

In 2002 she was living at 11 Highfield Avenue, Aldershot, Hampshire, GU11 3BY.
(Electoral Roll).

"The Mayor reported that the previous week he had attended the funeral of Mr. David EDGOOSE, who had been the Mayor's Escort to his wife, Carol, in 1983/84. Mr. EDGOOSE had been a staunch supporter of civic life as well as having been active in his community and a key member of Holy Trinity Church in Aldershot. He would be greatly missed by all who had known him."
(Extracted from MAYOR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS in the Minutes of the Meeting of Rushmoor Borough Council dated 24 July 2008)

A letter dated 15 January 2009 written from 11 Highfield Avenue, Aldershot, by Carol EDGOOSE to Michael EDGOOSE:
"Dear Michael,
Thank you for your letter. I hope this hand-written one will suffice in response. Of course I agree with the decision to dispense with the Annual General Meeting of Edgoose Holdingds Limited. Such a meeting would serve little purpose as you Ainun and Jonathan can contact each other easily by other means.
I hope you and Ainun have a good 2009, and are happy in France. We have to relax over the things we cannot change, and we cannot let the Recession [underlined] get us down too much. I know you are doing all you can to lessen the effects.
For myself, I keep very busy without getting frantic, & thank God for the family, and all David's loving provision for me. My friends also are amazingly helpful and loving, Its all just different, like having an amputation or operation. This morning I received the bill from the Stonemasons, and immediately went up to the family grave at the Cemetery to see David's name under his parents and Aunt Babs. Next time you are here perhaps you will come with me to see it.
I have even suggested an apt text for John, although thankfully he potters along cheerfully still. He has a condition now which causes both [underlined] eyelids to drop and is virtually blind, although his actual eyes are still intact. The've a new baby grandson (Simon & Natalie's) called William, who gives them great pleasure. The drooping eyelids are a muscular weakness which will slowly affect the rest of his body. It is called "Myas Thenia Gravis" & can be looked up on the Internet.
I am sure the better climate and the good food Ainun serves are keeping you pretty well. I will keep in touch.
Love to you both
from Carol...

A letter dated 6 December 2013 written from 11 Highfield Avenue, Aldershot, by Carol EDGOOSE to Michael EDGOOSE:
"Dear Michael,
My thoughts have turned to you because I am planning to write a book [underlined] about this house (formerly known as "Dungannon"), as I want it to be the "provenenance" of the house, and is the creation of your grandfather, Walter Leeder EE, and a testament to his creativity, vision and hard work, especially as he must have left school at about the age of 14, his father died when he was young, and he cycled [underlined] to Aldershot when it was a "boom" town, growing due to the presence of the army. He began his working life as a wheelwright I believe, becoming interested in joinery and building houses - he lodged in Grosvenor Rd. Did he work for Mr. MILES? David said he married the boss's daughter Naomi in 1897 (14th July).
Naomi lost her brother Burt to T.B., which was very prevalent then. They called their first son Burt, after him.
I trust that you have all the accurate dates. I only have what I can remember David & Babs telling me.
Please help me in this. The Edwardian features of this house are nearly all intact. There are some 4 bedroom fireplaces in the garage, which could go with the house. Interestingly, the house on the corner of Bridge [underlined] Road, whis one that Walter also built, has been lovingly restored and made very [underlined] Edwardian (if a bit fussy). I believe he built 4 houses this side of the Avenue, with bells for servants, and intended for retired Army officers. This one did not sell - it was let [underlined] and then the family moved in. Love from Carol."

She moved to 10 Kingsley Court, Windsor Way, Aldershot, Hampshire, GU11 1HZ in 2014.

She died on 3 January 2022.
(GRO DOR Q/1 2022 in Hampshire (504-1C) Entry Number 523346154)

The funeral service was conducted at Holy Trinity Church, Aldershot, by Rachel Caroline STURT, Carol's daughter. The incumbent vicar, the Reverend George NEWTON, welcomed the congregation by sharing his indelibly stamped memory of Carol EDGOOSE: "Carol here in this church and here in this community of Aldershot and the borough of Rushmoor has been so central to so many generations of people. As Mayor, but here in the church as someone so unique, so unique, so central, so enthusiastic, so encouraging, so committed, so prayerful, so supportive, she leaves a lasting legacy for generations to come. Were we to, and we are not going to, but were we to - even if we were just church folk here gathered - have an open mike session there would not be time for lunch and we probably wouldn't be eating even at supper time because there are so many treasured memories, there is so much that Carol meant to us, through her life, her words, her encouragement, who she was. We can share some of that afterwards, and I know for many years we'll continue to share."
(With thanks to Julian Miles EDGOOSE for patiently transcribing this from https://www.youtube.com/watch?MY29K45Pn_Y)

James David EDGOOSE delivered the eulogy "Remembering Carol" which he had written:
"Early life, growing up, school and university
Carol was born on 23 December 1931 in Warrington, Lancashire to Aileen and Bob GARROOD. The family moved to Aldershot a few months later, lived in St. Michael's Road, and the children attended Stanley House School. She was then the middle child, between sister Ann (who was a huge influence on her life) and brother Michael, until Robert was born in 1947.

They moved from Aldershot to Scarborough soon after the war broke out. Carol recalled how much she hated being woken in the night to go down to the air raid shelter; and her father's escape from Dunkirk. As a child she put on plays for the war effort and turned wartime slogans into entertainment.

As a school girl Carol was extremely active, as her diary for 1946 shows. She played netball and tennis relentlessly and was very competitive, as well as rounders and athletics, swam in the sea, walked and cycled. She loved being in the Guides, wrote plays, won poetry competions, sang solos, and came top in English. At the age of 18, Carol gained a place at Durham University. She studied English, Religious Studies and French. At Durham she became passionate about the writings of John Calvin, and the preacher Charles Spurgeon, who were lasting influences on her faith and her rhetorical style. She was President of the Women's Union, and made lifelong friends with fellow Christians at the University.

The busy years: marriage, work, family, and church.
Carol returned to Aldershot in 1956, having started her teaching career in Norfolk. A friend had recommended Holy Trinity Church to her, where she became a leader in the Kings Own Bible class. It was here that she met my father soon after - and David & Carol were married here at Holy Trinity in November 1958. Her first child, Rachel arrived in February 1960, and with Judith, Jonathan, and myself following in the next four years. These were happy but exhausting times, and she was able to rely on much help from both sets of grandparents, sister Ann, and above all from David.

Her partnership of 50 years with David worked through contrast and complement skills. David was stable, orderly and methodical; Carol needed and supplied entertainment and excitement. When she wrote speeches and sermons, he edited and clarified them. She issued invitations, he worked on the practical details and cooked.

Later life, growing family, loss, adjustment and new ventures.
As well as her commitment to Holy Trinity, my mother also had a great sense of loyalty and service to Aldershot. She served on Rushmore Borough Council for 22 years, and Hampshire County Council for eight. She became Chair of the Housing Committee and was Mayor for one memorable year of 1983/84. She served the community in other ways, too, such as her work for the Association for the Blind. She mourned the loss of Aldershot's M & S, fought to keep the Lido open, and warmly welcomed the arrival of the Nepalese community.

It came as a great shock to lose David just a month before the Golden Wedding celebration they had been planning together - particularly as she lost her youngest brother Robert the same year. But she adjusted, continued her work as Lay Reader and continued to hold parties. Family celebrations, such as Christmases, Weddings and Anniversaries were always done on a grand scale, and her 80th Birthday celebration in 2011 here at Holy Trinity was both memorable and fitting.

Carol found new ways to contribute in her later years, following her move to Kingsley Court - conveniently right opposite Holy Trinity - in 2014. She made new friends, mastered using an i-pad, and was thrilled to be able to use this new technology for communicating with family, including her ten grandchildren, and (especially) her two great grandchildren.

So how will we remember Carol?
She was a communicator by nature. To call her friendly or sociable would be a considerable understatement. She constantly talked and wrote about what she thought and her many projects and interests. Her gift for friendship, communication and connection were central in everything she did. All her life she talked to strangers, made new friends, and sustained her many connections by phoning, writing letters and, later, e-mailing.

Carol was a lifelong, faithful Christian. Her Christian life and living faith gave her courage and comfort through pain and loss, and hope for the future. Her faith gave her a language for every aspect of her life, and a way of understanding what really mattered.

We were so pleased that we were able to celebrate one final party with her - her 90th Birthday in December. Dressed in red and gold, full of life, and with a glass of champagne in her hand, she spoke in her usual eloquent way to say how proud she was of every member of her family. So let the last words be hers:

'I am so grateful. I thank all of you - each and every one of you - for your love and for your kindness.
And I can't imagine why I should have been so specially blessed in every way.' "
(With thanks to James David EDGOOSE for permission to publish his mother's eulogy.)


NOTES & QUERIES:
Is this the key to the vicar's introductory words describing Carol?
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Carrie Elizabeth EDGOOSE was born at West Walton, Norfolk, on 26 January 1889, daughter of Robert James and Eliza EDGOOSE.
(GRO March Q 1889 [EAGLE] Wisbech 3b 582)
Robert James EDGOOSE had married Eliza EAGLE at North Pickenham, Norfolk, on 24 July 1888.

According to the 1891 census for Dam Road, West Walton, she was called Caroline. This is at variance with the name on her birth certificate:
Robert J. EDGOOSE, head, aged 24, gardener, born at West Walton;
Elizabeth EDGOOSE, wife, aged 25, born in Hampshire;
*Caroline EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 2, born at West Walton;
Mary Allice (sic), daughter, aged 7 months, born at West Walton.
(RG12/1306/61/9)

The 1901 census return for Church End, West Walton, Norfolk:
Robert James EDGOOSE, head, aged 34, gardener, born at Walpole, Norfolk;
Elizabeth EDGOOSE, wife, aged 35, born at Andover, Hampshire;
*Carrie Elizabeth EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 12, born at West Walton;
Edith Maude EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 9, born at West Walton;
Emily Rachel EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 3, born at West Walton;
Robert James EDGOOSE, son, aged 9 months, born at West Walton.
(RG13/1557/65/10)

According to a report in The Times on Monday 26 October 1908 Thomas CLARKE, a 29 year old fruit picker, was sentenced to ten years penal servitude for raping Carrie Elizabeth EDGOOSE at Walsoken.
On the afternoon of 30 August 1908, a Sunday, she set out from her home in West Walton for Wisbech to meet the young man to whom she was engaged. She passed her attacker on the way through the fruit gardens which surround Wisbech. He overtook her, dragged her down a lane, through a gate, and into a shed where he raped her. Eventually she escaped and ran to the nearest house for help. She described the man to the police who went to the shed and found the man there. He did not deny that she had been there but claimed she came of her own free will. The jury returned a verdict of guilty.
(The Times, 26.10.1908, page 2, column F, issue no. 38787)

The assault was initially reported in the Wisbech Standard on 4 September 1908:
"WALSOKEN
A Serious Charge. - At the office of Mr. E. C. JACKSON, Clerk to the Terrington Bench of Magistrates, on Monday, before A. W. English, Esq., Thomas CLARK (sic), labourer, Walsoken, was brought up in custody and charged with criminally assaulting Elizabeth (sic) EDGOOSE, single woman, West Walton, at Walsoken, on Aug. 30. - P.c. COOPER having given evidence of arrest, accused was remanded to appear at Terrington Police Court on Monday."

From the Wisbech Advertiser dated 9th September 1908:
"ALLEGED SERIOUS ASSAULT AT WEST WALTON. - Thos. CLARKE, Walsoken, labourer, was charged with a criminal assault on Carrie Elizabeth EDGOOSE at Walsoken, on August 30th. - Complainant said she was a single woman, aged 19 years last January, and lived with her mother at West Walton. On the Sunday she left home at 2.30 p.m. to go and meet her young man, Ernest WORLDING, who lived at Wisbech. About 3 p.m., near the Walsoken-road, it began to rain and she took shelter near the hedge at the end of the grass lane. She did not know where it led to. She would be about a mile from home. A short distance before she got to the lane, she saw the prisoner standing by a gate. When she passed he said 'Good afternoon,' and she replied to tthe same effect. She saw prisoner come out of the dyke. He came up to her and said he wanted her to go with him, and she said she would not go until he told her what for. Prisoner then said 'If you can't come by kindness, you must come by force.' He put his arm around her, and dragged her down the lane. She was kicking and screaming, and he slapped her face and put his hand over her mouth to stop her screaming. She had an umbrella with her, and it was opened as it was raining. She did not know what became of it, but afterwards prisoner put it across her. She asked him to let her go, but he said she would have to go a bit further first. He half dragged and half carried her and took her through an open gate into a shed standing in a garden. He threw her on some sacks, and went and fastened the door. She ran and tried to get out, but he took her back. She tried to get away all she could, but seemed to have no strength left. She screamed, but he put his hand over her mouth. Prisoner said it was no use her screaming as no-one would hear her. After the assault, she ran out across the road to Mr. PAINTER's house. She shouted out 'You will have to pay for this,' and he then ran after her. Mr. PAINTER went for the police and later P.c. COOPER returned with the man. She had seen the prisoner once before, when she was cycling to Wisbech. He then said 'Good evening' to her. - Crossexamined, complainant denied that she ate any plums in the shed, or that she stopped while he went to gather some more. She did not tell him to take the plums out of her pocket for fear of them staining her light dress. She had a book which she read going along the road, but she did not read it to him. She had not made a bargain on the Friday before the Bank Holiday to go with him to Yarmouth. She did not tell him she was going up on her bike on the Sunday night to hear the band in the Park. She did not put her bike up at the Bowling Green. - Mrs. Elizah EDGOOSE, mother of the complainant, said her daughter left home about 2.30 p.m. in usual spirits and health, to go and meet her young man. The next time she saw her was at Dr. TYLOR's surgery. Her daughter had been out at service, but had to leave because of her health. - Dr. TYLOR gave the medical evidence, and the result of his examination. - Robert PAINTER, West Walton, said complainant came to his house about 3.45 p.m. She was crying and her hair was down. Her wrist was swollen and red, and the girl was in a nervous state. He reported the matter to the police. He afterwards went to a shed in a garden belonging to Robert GOODALE. The door was fastened, and when it was opened they found prisoner inside, who said the girl had been there two or three times. It was a stormy afternoon, and the wind was blowing away from his house, otherwise he would have heard the girl's screams. - Mrs. PAINTER gave evidence. - P.c. COOPER said he saw signs of a struggle outside and inside the shed. - Sergt. BENTHAM also gave evidence and said when the prisoner was charged he replied that that was not the first time it had happened, the girl had been down there before. He examined the lane and found evidence of a struggle. There were no houses on the lane, which was a cul de sac, and it was 255 yards from where the girl was sheltering to the shed. The shed was six yards from the gate of the garden, and it was visible from the main road. - Prisoner, when charged, said he would not say anything there, he would wait for the Assizes. He was then committed to take his trial at the next Assizes at Norwich."

From the Wisbech Standard 11 September 1908:
"A SERIOUS CHARGE
Thomas CLARKE (sic), labourer, Walsoken, was charged on remand from the previous Monday, with criminally assaulting Carrie Elizabeth EDGOOSE, at Walsoken on Aug. 30th. - Complainant, who is 19 years of age, said on the afternoon of Sunday, Augg. 30th,she was on her way to Wisbech. It began to rain, and she had to take shelter under a hedge. She had passed accused, who was standing near a gate, just previously, and acknowledged his 'Good afternoon.' Accused came out of a dyke, and said he wanted her to go with him. She refused to go until he should give a reason. Accused said 'If you can't come by kindness, you must come by force.' She struggled with accused, but he forced her along about 250 yards to a shed. The spot was a lonely one. - Complainant gave particulars of the alleged assault, and other evidence having been given, accused was committed to take his trial at Norwich Assizes."

A report of the trial was carried in the Wisbech Advertiser dated 28 October 1908:
"WALSOKEN
TEN YEARS PENAL SERVITUDE. - At the Norwich Assizes on Friday, before Mr. Justice GRANTHAM, Thomas CLARKE (29), labourer, was indicted for violently assaulting Carrie Elizabeth EDGOOSE at Walsoken, on August 30th. Mr. F. K. NORTH was for the prosecution, and prisoner was undefended. The case for the prosecution was that as the prosecutrix, who is nineteen years old, was walking from West Walton to Wisbech to see her sweetheart, the prisoner came from a dyke and asked her to go down a lane with him. She refused, and he dragged her through some fruit gardens. The girl afterwards ran to the nearest house, where she made a complaint. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and the Judge said it was as bad a case as could be imagined. Prisoner was sentenced to penal servitude for ten years."

At the time of the 1911 census Carrie EDGOOSE and Susan BATLEY were servants in the house of William GROOM, a general medical practitioner, at 32 Old Market, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. Susan Batley was 26 years old, single, born in Peterborough, Northamptonshire; Carrie EDGOOSE was 22 years old, single, born in West Walton, Norfolk.
(RG14/9297)

She married James Henry HUBBARD at West Walton Parish Church on 24 April 1912. She was described as a 23 year old West Walton spinster, daughter of Robert James EDGOOSE deceased, a gardener. James HUBBARD was a 24 year old bachelor, a West Walton labourer, and son of James HUBBARD, labourer. Witnesses were Harold James EDGOOSE and Edith Maud EDGOOSE.
(GRO June Q 1912 Wisbech 3b 1351)

Her former fiancé, Ernest R. WORLDING, married Mary A. MORTON in 1912.
(GRO September Q 1912 Wisbech 3b 1387)

On 28 January 1927 James Henry HUBBARD filed a petition for divorce on the grounds of his wife Carrie Elizabeth's frequent adultery from 1 December 1924 onwards at 41 Alexander Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, with John Edward SPARKES of the same address .
He said that he married Carrie Elizabeth EDGOOSE at West Walton Parish Church on 24 April 1912 and lived firstly at Woodbine Cottage, West Walton, and lastly at Crescent Passage, Wisbech. He was a nurseryman of 49 Osborne Road in the City of Leicester and his wife Carrie Elizabeth HUBBARD had no occupation and lived at 41 Alexander Road, Wisbech.
Both Carrie Elizabeth HUBBARD and John Edward SPARKES claimed that they were not guilty of adultery as claimed in the Petition.
On 25 October the same year the Court found that James Henry HUBBARD had proved the contents of his Petition and granted him a divorce. He obtained a Decreee Absolute on 7 May 1928.
(National Archives J77/2383/4474)

MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
WHO: Carrie Elizabeth HUBBARD formerly EDGOOSE (1889-1949) and John Edward SPARKS (1869-1947), widower.
John Edward SPARKS was a 56 year old County Court bailiff of 41 Alexandra Road, Wisbech, and son of master chimney sweeper John Edward SPARKS deceased.
Carrie Elizabeth HUBBARD was 40 years old, a field worker, of the same address.
WHEN: 18 August 1928.
WHERE: Register Office, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.
WITNESSES: The witnesses may be living: the certificate is withheld.
(GRO September Q 1928 Wisbech 3b 1561)

From the 1939 Register of 41 Alexandra Road, Wisbech M.B., Cambridgeshire:
John E. SPARKS, born 21 April 1872, retired bailiff, married;
*Carrie E. SPARKS, born 26 January 1889, land worker, married.
3 CLOSED RECORDS
(RG101/6338D/020/18 TCEK)

An Index of the Will of Edith Maud EDGOOSE (1891-1943), spinster and housekeeper:
01*Edith Maud EDGOOSE (1891-1943), the Testatrix
Beneficiaries :
02 Eileen Means
03 Ernest Robert GOODMAN, executor
04 Emily Rachael SMITH, sister of the Testatrix
05*Carrie Elizabeth SPARKES, sister of the Testatrix
06 Robert James EDGOOSE, brother of the Testatrix
07 Joyce Olive SMITH
08 Mollie Doreen SMITH
Others:
09 Arthur Naylor MEANS, executor
10 Maud Mary SLEIGHT, witness
11 Edward M. STARBUCK
(District Probate Registry, Lincoln, 1943)

According to a letter written on 29 March 1967 by Annie Faith EDGOOSE (formerly BOAST), widow of Robert James EDGOOSE (1900-1962), she had four children and was dead by 1967.

The death of a John E. SPARKS aged 79 was registered in 1947.
(GRO December Q 1947 Wisbech 4a 299)

The death of Carry [sic] Elizabeth SPARKS aged 60, widow of Jack SPARKS County Court Bailiff of 41 Alexandra Road, Wisbech, was registered on 26 June 1949. She died at 33 Lynn Road, Wisbech. the informant was J. J. NIXON, Occupier, 33 Lynn Road, Wisbech. Cause of death was Myocardial Degeneration, Arterio Sclerosis, and Senility.
(GRO June Q 1949 Wisbech 4a 314)


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EDGOOSE, Carter Jontie (2006-LIVING)		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  
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EDGOOSE, Catherine (1855-1944) born CASH		EDGOOSE, Catherine (1855-1944) born CASH
Catherine CASH was born at Crab Marsh, Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire, on 10 April 1855, daughter of George CASH, farmer, and Susannah CASH formerly LOWE.
(GRO June Q 1855 Wisbech 3b 561)

In 1881 she was living with her parents at the Tinkers Drove Pumping Engine, Wisbech St. Peter:
George CASH, head, aged 52, farmer of 56 acres employing one man and one boy, born at Hainton, Lincolnshire;
Susannah CASH, wife, aged 60, born at Wisbech;
*Catherine CASH, daughter, aged 26, farmer's daughter, born at Wisbech;
Edward A. FRANCIS, servant, aged 18, farmer's boy, born at Magdalen, Norfolk.
(RG11/1696/80/19)

She was married on 8 May 1883 at the Parish Church of St. Augustine, Wisbech, to Benjamin EDGOOSE, an illegitimate son of Patience EDGOOSE. George CASH and Mary C. LOWE were witnesses.
(GRO June Q 1883 Wisbech 3b 997)

The 1891 census returns for Mill Road, West Walton, Norfolk:
Benjamin EDGOOSE, head, aged 35, farmer, born at West Walton;
*Catherine EDGOOSE, wife, aged 34, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire;
Edith EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 4, born at Emneth, Norfolk;
James ROSE, farm servant, aged 19, born at Walpole, Norfolk;
William WHITBY, farm servant, aged 17, born at Walpole.
(RG12/1306/68/7)

According to the 1901 census returns for West Walton, Norfolk, Benjamin EDGOOSE was a 47 year old farmer. Living with him were his wife Katherine (sic) EDGOOSE and 14 year old daughter Edith. There were three servants: Elizabeth HARDIMENT, a domestic servant; and two agricultural labourers, John SHARP and John RUDLAND.
(RG13/1557/52/1)

From the 1911 census of Walpole St. Andrew, Norfolk:
Frank PEARSE, head, aged 30, fruit grower glass houses, born in Madagascar, British only by parentage;
Edith PEARSE, wife, married 1 year, no children, born at Emneth, Norfolk;
*Catherine EDGOOSE, visitor, aged 55, married 27 years, 1 child (living), born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.
(RG14/9305)

Her father died aged 85 on 1 January 1914:
CASH George of Tinkers Drove Wisbech Cambridgeshire dairyman died 1 January 1914 Probate Peterborough 18 February to Kate EDGOOSE (wife of Benjamin EDGOOSE) and Rosa Elizabeth DODSON spinster. Effects £ 1225 2s. 5d.
(National Probate Calendar 1914)
(GRO March Q 1914 Wisbech 3b 715)

Her marriage was not a happy one and for many years she lived apart from her husband.

When she made a will in 1937 she was living at 24 Princes Road, Wisbech.

From the 1939 Register of 24 Princes Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire:
*Catherine EDGOOSE, born on 10 April 1855, widowed, private means
(RG101/6338D/017/27 TCEK)

She died at 24 Princes Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, on 5 February 1944 aged 88. Cause of death: Syncope, Myocardial Degeneration, Arterio Sclerosis, Senectus. The informant was her daughter Edith PEARSE of West Walton near Wisbech, in attendance.
(GRO March Q 1944 Wisbech 3b 814)

She was buried on 9 February at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Wisbech, Grave 224.C.E3. Monumental Inscription: "In Memory of Catherine Edgoose born April 10th 1855, died February 5th 1944"

An Index of Probate of the Will of Catherine EDGOOSE formerly CASH (1855-1944), widow, made on 5 November 1944.
01*Catherine EDGOOSE, the Testatrix
02 Frank Hayward PEARSE, son-in-law,
03 F. D. SISTERN, Deputy District Registrar
04 John R. DAWBARN. solicitor, Wisbech.
(District Probate Registry, Norwich, 1944)

THE WILL OF CATHERINE EDGOOSE formerly CASH (1855-1944), widow:
[surnames capitalised]
"I, CATHERINE EDGOOSE of 24, Princes Road Wisbech St. Peter in the County of Cambridge Widow hereby revoke all former testamentary dispositions made by me and declare this to be my last Will which I make this Fifth day of November One thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven.
I APPOINT my Son-in-law Frank Hayward PEARSE and my Friend Frank SEARLE of 37, York Road Wisbech Saint Peter aforesaid Magistrates' Clerk to be the Executors and Trustees of this my Will and to each of whom I give the legacy of Five pounds (free of duty) as an acknowledgement of the trouble he will have in carrying out the provisions of this my Will.
Subject to the payment of my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses and the legacies hereinbefore bequeathed and the duty on such legacies I DEVISE AND BEQUEATH all the real and personal estate to which I shall be beneficially entitled at the date of my death unto my said Trustees Upon Trust for my Grandson Geoffrey Frank Pearse absolutely.
IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year first before written.
[signed] Catherine EDGOOSE
SIGNED ACKNOWLEDGED AND DECLARED by the Testatrix the said Catherine EDGOOSE as and for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in her presence at her request and in the presence of each other all being present at the same time have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses.
Eric SEARLE Solicitor Wisbech
C. RUSSELL his clerk"

Catherine EDGOOSE of 24 Princes-road, Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire, widow, died on 5 February 1944. Probate was granted at Norwich on 6 May to Frank Hayward PEARSE, canteen manager. Effects £ 2147 5s. 7d.
(National Probate Calendar 1944)


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EDGOOSE, Charles (1849-1849)		EDGOOSE, Charles (1849-1849)
Charles EDGOOSE was born at Little South Street, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, on 19 May 1849, the illegitimate son of Patience EDGOOSE of the same address, widow of Stanton EDGOOSE.
(GRO June Q 1849 Wisbech 14 200)

He was baptised at Wisbech St. Peter on 13 June 1849, son of Patience EDGOOSE, singlewoman, of Walton.
(CFHS Transcript)

Chares EDGOOSE, son of Patience EDGOOSE, died at Little South Street, Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire, on 26 July 1849 aged 9 weeks. Cause of death was Congenital Debility. The informant on 28 July 1849 was Hannah KNAPE of Little South Street, Wisbech St. Peter, present at the death.
(GRO September Q 1849 Wisbech 14 122)

An entry in the burial register of the parish church of Wisbech St. Peter refers to Charles EDGOOSE of Timber Market, Wisbech, aged 2 months. He was buried on 29 July. Hannah KNAPE of Little South Street, Wisbech, was present. Cause of death was Congenital Debility.
(CFHS Transcript)
(www.freereg.org.uk burials has 20 July)

NOTES & QUERIES 1:
From the 1851 census of Little South Street, Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire:
John KNAPE, head, married, aged 39, hay cutter, born at Walsoken, Norfolk;
*Hannah KNAPE, wife, married, aged 42, laundress, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire;
John KNAPE, son, unmarried, aged 14, errand boy, born at Walsoken, Norfolk;
Henry KNAPE, son, aged 9, scholar, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire;
James KNAPE, son, aged 5, scholar, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire;
William WILSON, son, married, aged 20, shop porter, born at Walsoken, Norfolk;
Hannah WILSON, daughter-in-law, married, aged 21, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire;
John W. WILSON, grandson, aged 1, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.
(HO107/1766/501/37)

NOTES & QUERIES 2:
Who was the father of Patience EDGOOSE's illegitimate children?
Patience EDGOOSE's husband Stanton died on 17 March 1845 in the presence of Joseph BATTERHAM. Subsequently Patience gave birth to James (Great Grandfather of Michael James EDGOOSE) on 2 April 1847, Charles on 19 May 1849, William on 19 October 1850, Benjamin John on 19 May 1852, and twins Benjamin and Selina on 1 August 1854.

Burt EDGOOSE told me that he thought Robert, Stanton's elder brother, whose wife Judith had died in April 1842, was the father. He certainly never remarried and thanks to the land and money which his wife inherited from her grandfather a few years before she died he was able to describe himself as an 'annuitant' or 'of independent means'. He may well have thought it his duty to look after Patience and her children. Whilst no documentary evidence has been found, DNA tests in February 2006 on Michael James EDGOOSE and John Samuel EDGOOSE proved conclusively that Robert EDGOOSE was the father of Patience's son James EDGOOSE.

Before she died Bertha CURTIS (formerly EDGOOSE) told me that as a young girl in West Walton she had heard a whisper that George BATTERHAM was the father of Benjamin. Impossible as it happens as he wasn't born until 1867. Raymond BENNETT told me in 1969 that the father of Benjamin and Selina was called BATTERHAM. Intriguingly, Joseph BATTERHAM was present when James EDGOOSE died and he informed the registrar. Joseph BATTERHAM married Mary Ann, the daughter of Joseph OLDFIELD who had married Stanton EDGOOSE's sister Ann in 1818, and had sons George BATTERHAM and John Stanton BATTERHAM. Of course this proves nothing, but it does prove that Joseph BATTERHAM and Patience EDGOOSE knew each other. Raymond BENNETT also told me that Patience was Joseph BATTERHAM's cousin.

There is absolutely no documentary evidence that Robert EDGOOSE, brother of Patience's late husband Stanton EDGOOSE, is the father of Charles or any of her other children except James. All that has been proved is that DNA testing has shown that Robert was the father of Patience's son James EDGOOSE born in 1847.


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EDGOOSE, Charles (2009-2010)		EDGOOSE, Charles (2009-2010)
Charlie EDGOOSE was born on 16 July 2009.

He died on 1 January 2010.
(GRO March Q 2010 Cambridgeshire 3391A Reg.1A026 EN 502556218 DOB 2009)


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EDGOOSE, Christine Joy (1958-LIVING)		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  
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EDGOOSE, Claire Lucy (1989-2010)		EDGOOSE, Claire Lucy (1989-2010)
Claire Lucy EDGOOSE was born in Australia on 26 October 1989, daughter of Andrew Christopher and Patricia Ann EDGOOSE. Andrew Christopher EDGOOSE had married Patricia Ann CULLEN on 25 August 1985.

Michael James EDGOOSE noted:
"I never met Claire EDGOOSE and until March 2010 I knew nothing about her apart from a date of birth and her place on the family tree. To receive a Google Alert and be able to read robertinstereo's blog on the very day she died was a strangely moving experience. Learning later that she was training to be an architect and reading of her charisma and courage I could imagine the intense grief that any parent must feel at the loss of an only daughter so young and so full of promise."

The following was written on http://robertinstereo.blogspot.com on the day she died, 2 March 2010:
"Dearest Claire,
You know I still remember that first day we met, on Orientation Day, when we were both so lost and overwhelmed.
I'm feeling that again. But this time, not for the right reasons, and sadly, without you. I'm going to miss you so much. Your smile, your amazing personality. I don't think I've ever met someone as beautiful as you. You've brought a joy that I've become so accustomed to. It won't ever be forgotten, nor will I ever forget you.
Rest in Peace, Claire Edgoose
I love you more than ever.
26/10/1989 - 02/03/2010"
[The author's name, a fellow student, has been withheld]

Andrew and Trish EDGOOSE established the Claire Edgoose Award for Excellence in Music in memory of their daughter who was very much involved in both the visual and performing arts programs at Eltham High School. Claire was part of the instrumental Music Program throughout her six years at Eltham which culminated in her membership of the Symphonic Band. The first recipients of the Award were Ben Hague and Saari Nigol in 2011.
(Eltham High School Community News)


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EDGOOSE, Clarissa (1810-1810)		EDGOOSE, Clarissa (1810-1810)
Clarissa EDGOOSE was born on 30 August 1810 (according to WEST family bible). James EDGOOSE had married Mary WINFREE by licence at Moulton, Lincolnshire, on 14 December 1807.

Clarissa, infant daughter of James & Mary EDGOOSE, was buried at Gosberton, Lincolnshire, on 21 December 1810.


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EDGOOSE, Clarissa (1818-1894) who married George SPAFFORD on 29 October 1849.		EDGOOSE, Clarissa (1818-1894) who married George SPAFFORD on 29 October 1849.
Clarissa EDGOOSE was born on 27 March 1818 and baptised at Gosberton, Lincolnshire, on 5 April 1818, daughter of James and Mary EDGOOSE. James EDGOOSE was described as a yeoman.
(PR)
James EDGOOSE had married Mary WINFREE by licence at Moulton on 14 December 1807.

The 1841 census returns for Dowdike, Sutterton, Lincolnshire, list Clarissa HEADGOOSE, 24, housekeeper to Henry RICHMAN, a 33 year old farmer, and his children Elizabeth (7), Sarah (6), Susanna (5), and Ellen (4). Also present were Caroline MOORE, a 17 year old female servant, and Robert DYBALL, a 17 year old agricultural labourer.
(HO107/611/2/23)

She gave birth to an illegitimate daughter at Gosberton on 20 November 1843. The child, named Clarissa, died the following month. According to the Lincolnshire, Rutland & Stamford Mercury for 19 January 1844 "Died lately at Gosberton Risegate, the child of Clarissa EDGOOSE, housekeeper to R. DOUBLEDAY Esq." A similar report was published in a Lincoln newspaper on 26 January 1844.

She married George SPAFFORD, a Marston carpenter, at Marston, Lincolnshire, on 29 October 1849. He was the son of Thomas SPAFFORD, a sawyer. She was a Marston schoolmistress. Witnesses were William SPAFFORD and Mary Anne TOMLINSON.
(GRO December Q 1849 Newark 15 1137)

Louisa, daughter of George SPAFFORD carpenter and joiner and his wife Clarissa formerly EDGOOSE, was born at Marston, Lincolnshire, on 16 October 1850. The informant was C. SPAFFORD, mother, of Marston.
(GRO December Q 1850 [EDGOOSE] Newark 15 562)

She and her husband were at Marston at the time of the 1851 census:
George SPAFFORD, head, aged 27, master carpenter [no men], born at Beckingham, Lincolnshire;
*Clarissa SPAFFORD, wife, aged 29, born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire;
Louisa SPAFFORD, aged 5 months, born at Marston, Lincolnshire.
(HO107/2138/204/16)

The 1861 census of 11 Eastgate, Lincoln:
George SPAFFORD, head, aged 38, wood sawyer, born at Beckingham, Lincolshire;
*Clarissa SPAFFORD, wife, aged 40, born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire;
Louisa SPAFFORD, daughter, aged 10, scholar, born at Marston, Lincolnshire.
(RG9/2361/50/9)

The 1871 census of 11 Eastgate, Lincoln:
George SPAFFORD, head, aged 49, sawyer, born at Beckingham, Lincolnshire;
*Clarissa SPAFFORD, wife, aged 50, born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire;
Frances NEEDHAM, lodger, aged 50, unmarried, born at Hull, Yorkshire;
Elizabeth LEWIS, lodger, aged 1, born at Durham, Co. Durham.
(RG10/3373/96/17)

George SPAFFORD died at Lincoln in 1879 aged 55.
(GRO September Q 1879 Lincoln 7a 286)

According to the 1881 census returns she was living at 11 East Gate, St. Mary Magdalen, Lincoln:
Clirisa (sic) SPAFFORD, head, aged 65, widow, tailoras (sic), born at Gosberton Cheal;
Mary SAUNDERS, boarder, aged 60, married, "late cook no occupation", born at Middle Rasen.
(RG11/3243/107/11)

Clarissa SPAFFORD, a widow of full age, and daughter of James EDGOOSE, auctioneer, married Charles Langley, widower, at St. Mary Magdalene, Lincoln, on 4 August 1884. Charles LANGLEY was a pensioner of full age, the son of Charles LANGLEY labourer. Joseph MARTIN and Helen MARTIN were witnesses.
(GRO September 1884 Lincoln 7a 743)

She was again a widow by the time of the 1891 census. She was 75 years old and living at No. 19 Langworth Gate, St. Peter in Eastgate, Lincoln. She had a 77 year old widowed lodger Joseph REAST.
(RG12/2592/13/19)

Clarissa LANGLEY died at Lincoln on 21 December 1894 aged 77. Her daughter Louisa CLAYTON of 44 Waterworks Street, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, was with her at the workhouse when she died and informed the registrar.
(GRO December Q 1894 Lincoln 7a 301)

According to the NBI she was buried at the Eastgate Cemetery, Lincoln, on 14 (sic) December 1894. Perhaps the correct date mistranscribed was 24 December 1894.


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EDGOOSE, Clarissa (1843-1843)		EDGOOSE, Clarissa (1843-1843)
Clarissa EDGOOSE was born on 20 November 1843 at Gosberton, Lincolnshire, the illegitimate daughter of Clarissa EDGOOSE, and granddaughter of James and Mary EDGOOSE.
(GRO December Q 1843 Spalding 14 521)
James EDGOOSE had married Mary WINFREE at Moulton, Lincolnshire, in 1807.

Clarissa, illegitimate daughter of Clarissa EDGOOSE of Gosberton, servant, was baptised at Gosberton, Lincolnshire, on 1 December 1843.
(FreeReg)

She died at Gosberton aged 0 on 29 December 1843 with Ann FAIRBANKS of Gosberton in attendance.
(GRO December Q 1843 Spalding 14 359)

She was buried in the churchyard two days later (aged two months according to the burial register).
(PR)


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EDGOOSE, Cyril John (1910-1996) who married Dorothy Frances PLOWRIGHT on 26 August 1944.		EDGOOSE, Cyril John (1910-1996) who married Dorothy Frances PLOWRIGHT on 26 August 1944.
Cyril John EDGOOSE was born at Mill Road, Church End, West Walton, Norfolk, on 21 May 1910, son of John Lewin EDGOOSE, fruit grower's labourer, and Ellen Jane EDGOOSE formerly BENNETT. The informant was E. J. EDGOOSE, mother, Mill Road, Church End, West Walton.
(GRO June Q 1910 Wisbech [BENNETT] 03B 532)
John Lewin EDGOOSE had married Ellen Jane BENNETT at Northwold, Norfolk, on 16 August 1906.

From the 1911 census of Church End, West Walton, Norfolk:
John Lewin EDGOOSE, head, aged 35, married 4 years, 3 children (all living), farm labourer, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Ellen Jane EDGOOSE, wife, aged 34, married, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Grace Ellen EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 4, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
William Lewin EDGOOSE, son, aged 2, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
*Cyril John EDGOOSE, son, aged 10 months, born at West Walton, Norfolk.
(RG14/9309)

According to George Albert EDGOOSE, he became a blacksmith.
(visit to Sedgefield 30.1.1999)

From the 1939 Register of Church Lane, Marshland R.D., Norfolk:
John L. EDGOOSE, born 08 July 1875, widowed, farm labourer heavy worker
*Cyril John EDGOOSE, born 21 May 1910, single, fruit farmer
Sydney J. EDGOOSE, born 4 April 1912, single, farm labourer heavy worker
Phyllis I. ALLEN (EDGOOSE), born 6 August 1920, single, sales woman retail grocery
2 CLOSED RECORDS
(RG101/ 6566F/009 24 TRQN)

MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
WHO: Cyril John EDGOOSE (1910-1996) and Dorothy Frances PLOWRIGHT (1910-2003) by licence.
Cyril John EDGOOSE was described as a farmer, a 34 year old bachelor, of New School Road, West Walton, Norfolk, and son of John Lewin EDGOOSE labourer.
Dorothy Frances PLOWRIGHT was a state registered nurse, a 34 year old spinster of North Cambridge Hospital, and daughter of Joseph Chantry PLOWRIGHT farmer.
WHEN: 26 August 1944.
WHERE: Parish Church of St. Augustine's, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.
WITNESSES: The witnesses may be living: the certificate is withheld,
(GRO September Q 1944 Wisbech 3b 1546)

An adopted daughter was born in 1950.

Their daughter was also born in 1950.

He lived at Croft House, Church Road, West Walton (Wisbech 4921).

On 30 April 1970 at West Walton he witnessed the wedding of his adopted daughter Catherine to Robin Frederick WILLIAMSON, an agricultural worker.

His wife Dorothy Frances EDGOOSE wrote in 1968 that he remembered seeing the name EDGOOSE above a shop in the north of England sometime before he married her. It may have been in Liverpool. Perhaps it was the shop at 38 High Lane, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, where Agnes Rowley EDGOOSE was living in 1931.

He died on 29 November 1996 aged 86.
(GRO December 1996 King's Lynn 6371B 74B 143)

Probate of his will was granted on 21 January 1997.

He was buried in West Walton Cemetery:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
CYRIL JOHN EDGOOSE
DEAR HUSBAND AND FATHER
DIED 29TH NOVEMBER 1996
AGED 86 YEARS
REST IN PEACE

DEATH CERTIFICATE
WHO: Cyril John EDGOOSE
WHAT: Death Certificate
WHEN: 29 November 1996.
WHERE: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn.
BIRTH DATE: 21 May 1910.
BIRTH PLACE: West Walton, Norfolk.
OCCUPATION: Farmer, retired.
USUAL ADDRESS: Croft House, 150 School Road, West Walton, Norfolk.
INFORMANT: The name and address of the informant is withheld. The informant may be living.
CAUSE OF DEATH: I (a) Anterior myocardial infarction
(b) Ischaemic heart disease
Certified by Q.B. Franks, M.B.
REGISTRATION DATE: 3 December 1996.


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