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WANDLESS, Gladys
1906 - 1966 (59 years) Has 6 ancestors and one descendant in this family tree.
1879 - 1944 (65 years)-
Name WANDLESS, Gladys Birth 11 Aug 1906 Shotton Colliery Area, County Durham, England 
Event Description: Easington Colliery
Gender Female Burial 1966 Easington Colliery, County Durham, England Death 15 May 1966 Easington, County Durham, England Person ID I311 Edgoose Last Modified 13 Jun 2026
Father WANDLESS, William, b. 1879, Binchester, County Durham, England d. 1944, Gateshead, County Durham, England (Age 65 years) Mother STUBBS, Eleanor, b. 1885, Easington Registration District, County Durham d. 1906, Easington Registration District, County Durham (Age 21 years) Marriage 23 Sep 1905 Register Office, Easington, County Durham, England Family ID F202 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family EDGOOSE, John Holborn, b. 10 Apr 1903, Sunderland Registration District, County Durham d. 2 Sep 1986, Sunderland, County Durham, England (Age 83 years) Marriage 25 Apr 1928 Easington Colliery, County Durham, England Children 1. EDGOOSE, Eleanor, b. 7 Nov 1928, Easington Registration District, County Durham d. 27 Dec 2015, Easington, County Durham, England (Age 87 years)Family ID F201 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Biographical Notes 
EDGOOSE, Gladys née WANDLESS (1906-1966), wife of John Holborn EDGOOSE (1903-1906)
Gladys WANDLESS was born at Easington Colliery/Shotton Colliery Area, County Durham, on 11 August 1906, daughter of William and Eleanor WANDLESS. William WANDLESS had married Eleanor STUBBS at Easington Register Office, County Durham, on 23 September 1905.
Eleanor WANDLESS died in 1906 shortly after giving birth to Gladys and was buried at St. Saviour, Shotton, County Durham, on 20 November aged 21.
(GRO September Q 1906 Easington 10a 508)
She was brought up by her mother's family and although she had little contact with her father he was said to have been present at her wedding.
(source: claire.wandless@virgin.net)
From the 1911 census of Haswell Terrace, County Durham:
John G[eorge] WRIGHT, head, aged 30, married 8 years, no children, coal miner hewer, born at Haswell, Durham;
Florence Wright, wife, aged 27, born at Haswell Moor, Durham;
*Gladice [sic] WANDLESS, neice [sic], aged 4, born at Shotton Colliery, Durham.
(RG14/30037)
See Note below.
She married John Holborn EDGOOSE at the Primitive Methodist Chapel, Seaside Lane, Easington Colliery, County Durham, on 25 April 1928. He was described as a 25 year old bachelor, a market gardener, living at Paradise Gardens, Easington Colliery, and son of John Holborn EDGOOSE, market gardener. Gladys was a 21 year old spinster of 26 Bourne Street, Easington Colliery, and daughter of William WANDLESS, a coal hewer. Witnesses were James H. EDGOOSE and Eleanor Margaret MASON.
(GRO June Q 1928 Easington 10a 950)
See Note below.
From the 1939 Register of 22 Paradise Lane, Easington R.D., County Durham:
John H. EDGOOSE, born 10 April 1903, market gardener and retailer assisting father, married;
*Gladys EDGOOSE, born 11 August 1906, domestic duties;
Eleanor WAKE (EDGOOSE), born 7 November 1928, at school, single.
(RG101/2854A/014/14 FHIW)
She died at 35 Gloucester Place, Peterlee County Durham, on 15 May 1966 aged 59, just one day after making a will. Wife of John Holborn EDGOOSE, Market Gardener (Retired). Cause of death: 1(a) Cor Pulmonale 1(b) Chronic Bronchitis, Emphysema 1(c) Asthma II Chronic Pyelonephritis. The informant on 16 May 1966 was her son-in-law M. G. WAKE, 60 Paradise Crescent, Easington Colliery.
(GRO June Q 1966 Durham East 1A 360)
Last Will and Testament of Gladys EDGOOSE 35 Gloucester Place, Peterlee, County Durham, 14 May 1966.
I Gladys EDGOOSE do hereby will and bequeath to my daughter Eleanor my house No. 50, Paradise Cres Easington Coll
Witnesses:
Mrs. Gladys EDGOOSE
John Holborn EDGOOSE
Phyllis Russell ELLIOT
G. ELLIOT
Gladys EDGOOSE of 35 Gloucester Place, Peterlee, County Durham, died on 15 May 1966. Letters of Administration (with Will) were granted at Durham on 2 August 1966 to Eleanor WAKE, married woman.
(National Probate Calendar 1966)
NOTES & QUERIES:
Gladys WANDLESS's mother Eleanor STUBBS married William WANDLESS in 1905.
(GRO September Q 1905 Easington 10a 851)
Eleanor's older sister Florence STUBBS married John George WRIGHT in 1902.
(GRO September Q 1902 Easington 10a 742)
Eleanor Margaret MASON was her first cousin, the daughter of her mother's sister Alice Jane MASON formerly STUBBS.
(revised 13.08.2026)