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EDGOOSE, Ada M. née HUGGINS (1873-1955), wife of William Frederick EDGOOSE (1873-1954)
Ada Mary HUGGINS was born at Nettleham, Lincolnshire, on 15 March 1873, the daughter of John and Ruth HUGGINS (formerly GIBSON). John HUGGINS was described as a farmer.
(GRO June Q 1873 Lincoln 7a 487)
In 1881 the family were living at Bridge Road, Sutton St. Mary, Lincolnshire:
John HUGGINS, head, aged 42, grocer baker & corn dealer, born at Timberland, Lincolnshire;
Ruth HUGGINS, wife, aged 39, born at Brant Broughton, Lincolnshire;
John T. HUGGINS, son, aged 16, grocer's assistant, born at Nettleham, Lincolnshire;
*Ada M. HUGGINS, daughter, aged 8, scholar, born at Nettleham;
William Hy HUGGINS, son, aged 6, scholar, born at Nettleham;
Eliza PHILLIPS, servant, aged 16, general servant, born at Friday Bridge, Cambridgeshire.
(RG11/3208/69/21)
From the 1891 census of Bridge Road, Sutton St. Mary, Lincolnshire:
Ruth HUGGINS, head, widow, aged 49, baker and grocer, employer, born at Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire;
William H. HUGGINS, son, aged 16, grocer's assistant, born at Nettleham, Lincolnshire;
Albert A. HUGGINS, son, aged 6, scholar, born at Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire;
*Ada M. HUGGINS, daughter, aged 18, born at Nettleham, Lincolnshire;
Kate F. HUGGINS, daughter, aged 6, scholar, born at Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire;
James BURGESS, boarder, single, aged 18, baker's assistant, born at Hunstanton, Norfolk;
Edith RHODES, servant, single, aged 20, general domestic servant, born at Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire.
(RG12/2567/53/9)
From the 1901 Census of Bridge Road, Sutton Bridge, Holbeach, Lincolnshire, England:
Ruth HUGGINS Head Widow Age 59 Grocer & baker (shopkeeper) Lincolnshire, Kirton Lindsey
Ada M. HUGGINS Daughter Single Age 26 Bookkeeper (shop) Lincolnshire, Nettleham
William H. HUGGINS Son Single Age 24 Grocer & baker insurance agent Lincolnshire, Nettleham
Albert A. HUGGINS Son Single Age 16 Grocers assistant Lincolnshire, Sutton Bridge
Kate F. HUGGINS Daughter Single Age 16 Pupil teacher Lincolnshire, Sutton Bridge
Robert TRAFFORD Boarder Single Age 16 Journeyman baker Lincolnshire, Sutton Bridge
Emma BARRS Servant Single Age 18 General domestic Norfolk, Terrrington
In 1903 her brother William Henry HUGGINS married Patience Edgoose MOULES, daughter of the Joseph MOULES who had married Mary EDGOOSE at West Walton, Norfolk, in 1871.
(GRO September Q 1903 Wisbech 3b 1275)
She married William Frederick EDGOOSE at Sutton Bridge Primitive Methodist Chapel on 8 November 1905. She was described as a 31 year old spinster of Bridge Road, Sutton Bridge, and the daughter of John HUGGINS, deceased, a master baker and grocer. Witnesses were John Thomas HUGGINS, Kate Florence HUGGINS and A. A. HUGGINS.
From the 1911 census of Walton Highway, Wisbech:
William F. EDGOOSE, head, aged 38, married 6 years, no children, coal merchant, employer, born at Lincoln;
*Ada M. EDGOOSE, wife, aged 35, married 6 years, born at Nettleham, Lincolnshire.
(RG14/9309)
From the 1939 Register of Walton Highway, Marshland R.D., Norfolk:
William F. EDGOOSE, born 18 February 1873, married, farmer & coal merchant & land worker;
*Ada M. EDGOOSE, born 15 March 1874 [sic, error], married, unpaid domestic duties;
Ronald W. EDGOOSE, born 13 September 1911, single, assisting father as coal merchant.
(RG101/6566F/012/25 TRQN)
An Index of the Will of William Frederick EDGOOSE (1873-1954):
01*William Frederick EDGOOSE, the Testator.
02 Ronald William EDGOOSE, son of the Testator, executor.
03*Ada Mary EDGOOSE, wife of the Testator.
04 C. M. B. Sessions, Solicitor, Wisbech.
05 M. MEED his clerk.
(District Probate Registry, Peterborough, 1955)
Ada Mary EDGOOSE formerly HUGGINS, widow of William Frederick EDGOOSE coal merchant, died at the Clarkson Hospital, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, on 14 April 1955. She was 81 years old. Cause of death was broncho-pneumonia and an accidental fracture of neck of left femur. There was no post mortem. An Inquest was held on 16 April 1955 and a certificate was received from O. D. G. BARR, Coroner for the Northern Divsion of the Isle of Ely.
(Death Certificate)
(GRO June Q 1955 Wisbech 4a 298)
She was still living at Walton Highway where her husband had been a coal merchant when she died.
An Index of the Will of Ada Mary EDGOOSE formerly HUGGINS (1873-1955) made on 3 February 1953:
01*Ada Mary EDGOOSE, the Testatrix
02 William Frederick EDGOOSE, husband of the Testatrix
03 Ronald William EDGOOSE, son of the Testatrix, executor and trustee.
04 John William Arthur OLLARD, executor and trustee
05 C. M. B. SESSIONS, solicitor, witness
06 Winnie V. SESSIONS, his wife, witness.
(District Probate Registry, Peterborough, 1956)
The Will of Ada Mary EDGOOSE:
"THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of me Ada Mary EDGOOSE the wife of William Frederick EDGOOSE of Walton Highway in the County of Norfolk Coal Merchant
1. I HEREBY REVOKE all former Wills and Testamentary dispositions by me at any time heretofore made and DECLARE this to be my last Will and Testament
2. I APPOINT my son Ronald William EDGOOSE (hereinafter by himself called my son) and my Solicitor John William Arthur OLLARD of Wisbech in the County of Cambridge (hereinafter together called my Trustees) to be the Executors and Trustees of this my Will and Trustees for the purposes of the Settled Land Act 1925
3. I GIVE DEVISE AND BEQUEATH my dwellinghouse and premises wherein I now reside at West Walton aforesaid and the furniture and other articles of domestic use therein unto my Trustees upon trust for my husband the said William Frederick EDGOOSE for his life and upon his death upon trust for my son the said Ronald William EDGOOSE absolutely
4. SUBJECT to the payment of my funeral and testamentary expenses death duties and debts I GIVE DEVISE AND BEQUEATH the whole of my real and personal estate of whatsoever description and wheresoever situate not hereby or by any Codicil hereto otherwise specifically disposed of unto my son the said Ronald Frederick [sic] EDGOOSE
5. ANY Executor or Trustee of this my Will being a Solicitor shall be entitled to charge and be paid all usual professional or proper charges for all business transacted time expended and acts done by him or any partner of his in connection with the trusts hereof including acts which an Executor or Trustee not being a Solicitor could have done personally
IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand this Third day of February One thousand nine hundred and fifty three
SIGNED AND DECLARED by the said Ada Mary EDGOOSE the Testatrix as and for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us both being present at the same time who at her request in her presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses:-
C. M. B. SESSIONS Solicitor Wisbech
Winnie V. SESSIONS his wife"
Ada Mary EDGOOSE of Walton Highway, Norfolk, widow, died 14 April 1955. Probate was granted at Peterborough on 4 May 1956 to Ronald William EDGOOSE, smallholder, and John William Arthur OLLARD, solicitor. Effects amounted to £ 664 17s. 9d.
(National Probate Calendar 1956)
She was buried in West Walton Cemetery on 19 April 1955.
NOTES & QUERIES:
The EDGOOSE/HUGGINS connection:
1) In 1903, William Henry HUGGINS, sister of Ada Mary HUGGINS, married Patience EDGOOSE MOULES, daughter of the Mary EDGOOSE who had married Joseph MOULES at West Walton in 1871.
2) Ada Mary HUGGINS married William Frederick EDGOOSE, illegitimate son of Mary's sister Ruth EDGOOSE, two years later.
3) The only close point of contact between the HUGGINS and EDGOOSE familes appears to have been the village of Nettleham in Lincolnshire where Ada Mary and William Henry HUGGINS were born and where William Frederick EDGOOSE was boarded out - at least in 1881. Whether a possible friendship formed before 1881 when they were just eight years old endured into adulthood is not proven.
(revised 29.04.2026)
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