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EDGOOSE, Hilda Elizabeth
1893 - 1970 (76 years) Has 33 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1865 - 1902 (37 years)-
Name EDGOOSE, Hilda Elizabeth Birth 13 Oct 1893 Poplar, Middlesex 
Gender Female Death 17 Aug 1970 Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England Burial 20 Aug 1970 Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England Person ID I419 Edgoose Last Modified 5 Jul 2026
Father EDGOOSE, Arthur, b. 11 May 1865, Poplar, Middlesex d. 29 Nov 1902, Poplar, Middlesex (Age 37 years) Mother HEATH, Elizabeth, b. 3 Oct 1865, Poplar, Middlesex d. 9 Jul 1954, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England (Age 88 years) Marriage 21 Mar 1887 St. James the Great, Bethnal Green, Middlesex Family ID F277 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Biographies 
EDGOOSE, Hilda Elizabeth (1893-1970)
Hilda Elizabeth EDGOOSE was born at 34 Havannah Street, Poplar, Middlesex, on 13 October 1893, daughter of Arthur and Elizabeth EDGOOSE, according to her birth certificate. The 1939 Register records her birth on 27 September 1893. Her death certificate records her birth on 23 September 1894.
(GRO December Q 1893 [HEATH] Poplar 01C 647)
Arthur EDGOOSE had married Elizabeth HEATH at Bethnal Green, Middlesex, on 21 March 1887.
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)
Her father Arthur EDGOOSE died on 29 November 1902 at 62 Galbraith Street, Poplar, Middlesex, at the age of 38.
(GRO December Q 1902 Poplar 1c 404)
The records of St. George, Doncaster, Yorkshire, show that Hilda, daughter of Arthur EDGOOSE, labourer and Elizabeth EDGOOSE, was baptised there on 28 October 1903. Her address was given as the the Bennett Denison Home, French Gate, West Riding of Yorkshire. There is a note in the register that she was born on 27 September 1893. That is not the date given on her birth certificate.
(BTs on www.findmypast.co.uk)
The 1911 census of 38 Crouch Hall Road, Crouch End, N.
Agnes DEANS, wife, aged 62, married 46 years, 10 children of whom 6 living, born at Harborne, Staffordshire;
Jennie DEANS, daughter, aged 24, single, born at Leeds, Yorkshire;
Jane DEANS, sister, aged 60, single, born at Leeds, Yorkshire;
*Hilda EDGOOSE, servant, aged 17, single, general servant domestic, born at Kensington [sic], Middlesex.
(RG14/7227)
From the 1921 census of Croydon Infirmary, Croydon, Surrey:
Hilda EDGOOSE, Nurse, Age 26 years 9 months, Single, born Millwall, London, English, place of work at Instution.
The 1930 and 1931 Register of Electors list Hilda EDGOSSE (sic), Flossie Irene Mabel LOW and James LOW at Ingomar, Elm Avenue, Eastcote, Middlesex.
She was living at Incona, Elm Avenue, Eastcote, Middlesex, when her brother Arthur James EDGOOSE died in 1932. The 1932, 1933, and 1934 Registers of Electors list Hilda EDGOSSE (sic) and James LOW at Ingomar, Elm Avenue, Eastcote.
In 1935 and 1936 electoral rolls Hilda EDGOOSE and James LOW were listed at 34 Elm Avenue, Eastcote, Ruislip, Middlesex.
From the 1939 Register of 34 Elm Avenue, Ruislip, Northwood U.D., Middlesex:
James LOW, born 3 April 1846, widower, retired
*Hilda EDGOOSE, born 27 September 1893, single, housekeeper
(RG101/0869H/002/39 BOAP)
She moved to Welwyn Garden City in 1940 with her mother and brother Frederick EDGOOSE.
She lived at 40 Applecroft Road, Welwyn Garden City, until her death at the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital there on 17 August 1970. She was buried on 20 August 1970 at Hatfield Hyde.
(GRO September Q 1970 Hatfield 4b 231)
(Deceased Online)
She was described on her death certificate as a retired housekeeper, but in 1968 Hilda BURTON (nee EDGOOSE) said that she had once been a nurse.
Cause of Death:
1a) Carcinomatosis~
b) Primary Unknown
The Will of Hilda Elizabeth EDGOOSE:
"This is the last Will of me Hilda EDGOOSE of 40 Applecroft Road Welwyn Garden City in the County of Hertford Spinster
1. I HEREBY REVOKE all former Wills and testamentary dispositions heretofor (sic) made by me
2. I GIVE DEVISE AND BEQUEATH all my estate whatsoever and wheresoever to my brother Frederick EDGOOSE absolutely and appoint him sole Executor of this my Will.
IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 17th day of April One thousand nine hundred and seventy"
(signed) H EDGOOSE
Probate was granted on 1 October 1970 to Frederick EDGOOSE of 40 Applecroft Road aforesaid head shunter brother of the said deceased the sole Executor named in the said Will.
The gross value of her estate amounted to £ 5002.0s.0d. and the net value £ 4936.10s.0d.
NOTE:
Some case files of the Beckett Denison Home for Girls, Doncaster, can be found online, searchable by date and the initial letter of the girl's first name. The home was in existence from 1901 to 1905. This home was certified as an industrial school, providing training in needlework and housework. Girls in these schools often went on to work in domestic service or in a local textile factory.
(revised 15.07.2026)