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EDGOOSE, Albert (1814-1847)
Albert EDGOOSE was born on 12 January 1814 (according to family bible in possesssion of the Canadian WEST family) and was baptised at Gosberton, Lincolnshire, on 6 February 1814, 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)
Albert EDGOOSE is listed as a joiner at Spalding in the 1841 census returns, living at Westlode Street with shoemaker Samuel LAMBERT, his wife Susan LAMBERT, and brickmaker John JACKSON. He was born in Lincolnshire.
(HO107/610/4/14)
He was living at Spalding on 1 June 1842 when he married Sarah HARDWICK, the widowed daughter of Benjamin BALES, a Spalding stall keeper, at Spalding parish church. John BALES and Elizabeth EDGOOSE were witnesses.
(GRO June Q 1842 Spalding 14 1024)
He died at Westlode Side, Spalding, on 3 May 1847. Elizabeth BRINGATE was in attendance. His death was reported in the Lincolnshire Chronicle on 7 May 1847:
"At Spalding, on the 3d, Albert EDGOOSE, joiner, aged 32."
(GRO June Q 1847 Spalding 14 399)
(Lincolnshire Chronicle, 7 May 1847)
(www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)
He was buried in Spalding churchyard on 6 May aged 33. This is at variance with a report in Issue 76 1847 of the Lincoln, Rutland and Stamford Mercury:
"At Spalding on the 26th ult., Mr. Albert EDGOOSE, aged 30".
He was described as a carpenter on his marriage and death certificates. His wife Sarah, a staymaker, married Richard PEACOCK at Spalding Baptist meeting house on 31 August 1848. She was then 33 years old.
ADMINISTRATION OF ALBERT EDGOOSE
On the twentyseventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty seven Sarah EDGOOSE the Administratrix within named was duly sworn and also made oath that the whole of the personal estate and effects of the deceased at the time of his death did not amount in value to the sum of Two Hundred Pounds
Before me
.... Moore D.D.
Surrogate
The deceased died on the
third day of May 1847
(William CAMPION, yeoman of Spalding, and William GENTLE, auctioneer of Spalding, are named in the Bond with Sarah EDGOOSE. She is stated to be the widow of Albert EDGOOSE).
(LCC Admons. 1847 49)
(revised 02.05.2026)
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