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EDGOOSE, Agnes Rowley (1845-1933)
Agnes Rowley was born on 8 July 1845 at Victoria Street, Tunstall, Staffordshire, daughter of Jesse and Eliza EDGOOSE.
(GRO September Q 1845 [ROWLEY] Wolstanton 17 283)
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)
The 1861 census for 13 Feasegate, St. Peter the Little, York:
Mary EDGOOSE, head, aged 40, widow, baby linen & hosiery repository, born at Naburn, Yorkshire;
Alfred J. EDGOOSE, son, aged 17, house carpenter, born at Leak, Staffordshire;
*Agnes B. (sic) EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 15, milliner, born at Leak;
Adelaide E. EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 9, scholar, born at Northallerton, Yorkshire;
Emily A. EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 6, scholar, born at Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire;
Lucilla F. EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 5, scholar, born at Naburn, Yorkshire;
Harriet ATKIN, servant, aged 14, house servant, born at Cottingwith, Yorkshire.
(RG9/3546/63/9)
From the 1871 census return for Bexley, Kent:
Marrianne M. MILBOURNE, head, widow, aged 49, dividends & house property, born London, Middlesex (see footnote);
*Agnes R. EDGOOSE, cousin, aged 25, unmarried, born at Tunstall, Staffordshire;
Eliza E. WHITING, servant, aged 30, cook, born at Bexley Heath, Kent;
Sarah M. BURNEY, servant, aged 25, housemaid, born at Deptford, Kent;
Harriet A. WHITING, visitor, aged 12, scholar, born at Bexley Heath, Kent.
(RG10/879/90/43)
From The Mercury, Hobart, Tasmania, 14 July 1873:
"INSUFFICIENTLY STAMPED - The following letters and newspapers were posted on Saturday insufficiently stamped:.......... Miss EDGOOSE, Bexley Heath, Kent."
In the 1881 census returns for 57 Monkgate, York, she is listed as unmarried, 35 years old, with 'Income from Interest of Money'. She was living with her stepmother Mary EDGOOSE and her half-sister Lucilla Frances EDGOOSE.
The 1891 census of 3 Belitha Villas, Thornhill Road, Islington, London:
Marianne MELBOURNE, head, aged 69, widow, living on own means, born at Lincolns Inn, London.
*Agnes R. EDGOOSE, cousin, aged 45, single, living on own means, born at Tunstall, Staffordshire.
Florence HUMPHREY, nurse, aged 26, single, hospital nurse, born at Westcott, Surrey.
(RG12/153/38/25)
The Post Office London Directory 1899 lists her at 1 Gatcombe Road, Islington, as 'Mrs. EDGOOSE'.
The electoral rolls for 1899-1903 list Agnes EDGOOSE at a house in 1 Gatcombe Road, Islington North.
The 1901 census shows her to have been born in Walsall, Staffordshire, and to be living on own means at 1 Gatcombe Road, Islington, London. The census index lists her as Agnes R. EDGOORE. Also at that address was Lily Ann BULL, aged 24, her general domestic servant born in Lindsey, Suffolk.
(RG13/160/139/32)
She was an executrix of the will of Thomas Daniel ROWLEY of 26 Fleming Road, Lorrimore Square, Surrey, who died on 4 January 1902.
(London Gazette Issue 27427 11.04.1902 page 41)
From 1907 to 1915 the electoral rolls list her in a house at 53, Crouch Hall Road, Crouch End.
She was living at Crosby Dene, 53 Crouch Hall Road, Crouch End, London N8, in 1908 and in 1927 according to the wills of Alfred James EDGOOSE and Augusta EDGOOSE. Kelly's Directory of Middlesex 1914 also lists Miss EDGOOSE at 53 Crouch Hall Road.
An Index of the Letters of Administration of the Estate of ALFRED JAMES EDGOOSE (1844-1908), bachelor, intestate, who died on 17 June 1908:
*Alfred James EDGOOSE, the Intestate
*Agnes Rowley EDGOOSE (1844-1933), sister of the Intestate.
(Letters of Administration Manchester 13 October 1908)
From the 1911 census of 53 Crouch Hall Road, Crouch End N, Edmonton, Middlesex:
*Agnes R. EDGOOSE, head, single, aged 65, private means, born at Tunstall, Staffordshire;
Maud BROOKES, cousin, single, aged 49, visitor, born in Sydney NSW;
Gertrude BROOKES, cousin, single, aged 41, visitor, born in Sydney;
Mary Ann BANKS, domestic servant, single, aged 29, general domestic servant, born at Yarmouth, Norfolk.
(RG14PN7227/RG78PN353/RD132/SD1/ED35/SN142)
As Agnes Rowley EDGOOSE the electoral rolls list her at 53 Crouch Hall Road, Crouch End, from 1924 to 1928.
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)
According to S. IRWIN, the Manchester solicitor, she moved to 22 Bath Road, Brixton, before joining her sister in Manchester.
She was living at 38 High Lane, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, when she made a will on 23 February 1931. Directories show this address to have been occupied by E. PLEASANCE & Co., grocers, in 1930 and 1931. Number 38A High Lane was occupied by Chas. TURNER, boot-repairer, in 1929-1931.
Agnes Rowley EDGOOSE died on 26 February 1933 at 6 Chestnut Avenue, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Didsbury, Manchester C.B., at the age of 86. She was described as a spinster of no occupation, daughter of Jesse EDGOOSE, a Methodist Minister (deceased). Cause of death was Senile Decay. There was no post mortem. The informant was M. H. BEDFORD, causing the body to be buried, of 11 Beechwood Grove, Moston.
(Death Certificate)
She was buried at Manchester Southern Cemetery, Barlow Moor Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, in the same grave as Ernest CROSBY and her sister Adelaide Eliza CROSBY.
(Grave L.489 Noncon.)
A Consolidated Index to the Will of Agnes Rowley EDGOOSE (1845-1933), spinster, made on 23 February 1931.
01*Agnes Rowley EDGOOSE (1845-1933), the Testatrix
02 Adelaide Eliza CROSBY formerly EDGOOSE (1851-1941), only surviving sister and sole beneficiary.
03 Samuel IRWIN
04 M...... Henry BEDFORD, clerk to H. L. F. Berry & Co., solicitors
05 Harry E. KAY
06 H. L. F. Berry & Co., 40 King Street, Manchester
(District Probate Registry, Manchester, 1933)
"This is the last will of me Agnes Rowley EDGOOSE of 38 High Lane Chorlton cum Hardy in the City of Manchester Spinster
I revoke all other wills heretofore made by me
I appoint my only sister Adelaide Eliza CROSBY of the same address Widow to be sole executor of this my will
Subject to the payment of my funeral expenses debts and duty I devise and bequeath all my real and personal estate to my said sister Adelaide Eliza CROSBY
As witness my hand this twentythird day of February 1931
(signed) Agnes Rowley EDGOOSE
Signed by the said Testatrix Agnes Rowley EDGOOSE as and for her last Will and testament in the presence of us present at at the same time who at her request and in her presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses
M. Henry BEDFORD Clerk with H. L. F. BERRY & Co., Solicitors 40 King Street Manchester
S. IRWIN Solicitor Manchester
"EDGOOSE Agnes Rowley of 6 Chestnut-avenue Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, spinster, died 26 February 1933. Probate Manchester 25 October to Adelaide Eliza CROSBY widow. Effects £ 213 10s 6d."
(National Probate Calendar 1933)
Monumental Inscription:
IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
ERNEST CROSBY
DIED NOV 27 1930 AGED 72
ALSO AGNES ROWLEY EDGOOSE
DIED FEB 26 1933 AGED 89
(Adelaide Eliza CROSBY formerly EDGOOSE was buried in the same grave on 7 March 1941. There is no inscription)
NOTES & QUERIES:
What was the connection with Sydney born cousins Maud and Gertrude BROOKES?
(revised 29.04.2026)
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