Person:Mary Hulse (4)

Mary Ann Rebecca Hulse was born on 30th April 1886 in the southern suburbs of London at Peckham, which at that time was part of the parish of Camberwell, Surrey. She was the daughter of Mary Ann Hulse, formerly Barnard or Gittings, and a railway clerk named Edward Hulse. Young Mary Ann Rebecca appears to have been know as Rebecca.

Rebecca appears in the 1891 census living with her parents and siblings at 29 Burchell Road in the Peckham area of Camberwell (which had been transferred from Surrey to the new County of London in 1889). By 1901 they had moved to Deptford, where they lived at 218 Trundleys Road. By this time Rebecca was working as a tailoress. The family also had boarding with them a railway stoker named William Edwards, from Sidlesham in Sussex.

Six years later Rebecca and William would marry, on 10th November 1907 at St Mark's Church in Deptford. By this time William was working as an engine driver. When they married he was 32 and she was 21. Rebecca and William appear to have had two daughters, one in 1911 and one after the First World War in 1919. The 1911 census finds Rebecca and William and their two month old daughter living with Rebecca's parents at 82 Milton Court Road in Deptford. After the war they lived with Rebecca's parents at 12 Pagnell Street in Deptford.

Rebecca's father died in 1919. Rebecca and William continued living with her mother at 12 Pagnell Street until at least 1924. They moved away some time between 1924 and 1926; the 1926 electoral roll shows Rebecca's mother still there, but not Rebecca and William.

By the outbreak of the Second World War, Rebecca and William had moved to Bognor Regis on the Sussex coast, close to where William was from. They lived at 81 Hawthorn Road and William worked as an engine driver for the Southern Railway.

William died in 1956, aged 81.

Rebecca survived him by about seventeen years. She died in 1973, aged 87.

1. ↑ Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   b. Mary Ann Rebecca HULSE, June Quarter 1886, Camberwell Registration District, Volume 1d, page 899, mother's maiden name Barnard

2. ↑ Baptisms register, in Peckham, London, England. Parish Registers of St Mary Magdalene.

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of [St Mary Magdalene, Peckham] in the County of [Surrey] in the year One thousand eight hundred and [eighty six]
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parent's Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   2885	1886 June 27th	Mary Ann Rebecca	Edward & Mary Ann	Hulse	19 Burchell Road	Railway clerk	N.H. Johnson

3. ↑ England. 1891 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG12; Piece 475; Folio 52; Page 32, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: 29 Burchell Road, Peckham, Camberwell, London
   Edward Hulse, head, married, male, 50 [1840/1], Railway Clerk, employed, b. Canterbury, Kent
   Mary Ann Hulse, wife, married, female, 36 [1854/5], b. Epsom, Surrey
   Edward T. Hulse, son, single, male, 17 [1873/4], Cycle Fitter, employed, b. Epsom, Surrey
   Hannah S. Hulse, daughter, single, female, 15 [1875/6], b. Epsom, Surrey
   Harry W. Hulse, son, male, 13 [1877/8], Scholar, b. Peckham, London
   Ernest J. Hulse, son, male, 10 [1880/1], Scholar, b. Peckham, London
   Charles F. Hulse, son, male, 6 [1884/5], Scholar, b. Peckham, London
   Mary Ann R. Hulse, daughter, female, 4 [1886/7], Scholar, b. Peckham, London
   Alfred J. Hulse, son, male, 3 [1887/8], Scholar, b. Peckham, London

4. ↑ England. England. 1901 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG13; Piece 529; Folio 151; Page 75, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: 218 Trundley Road, Deptford, London
   5 rooms occupied
   Edw[ar]d Hulse, head, married, male, 60 [1840/1], Railway Clerk, wroerk, b. Canterbury, Kent
   Mary Ann Hulse, wife, married, female, 46 [1854/5], b. Epsom, Surrey
   Edward Hulse, son, single, male, 26 [1874/5], Railway Stoker, worker, b. Epsom, Surrey
   Rebecca Hulse, daughter, single, female, 14 [1886/7], Tailoress, worker, b. Peckham, Surrey
   Joseph Hulse, son, male, 13 [1887/8], b. Peckham, Surrey
   Elizabeth Hulse, daughter, female, 8 [1892/3], b. Peckham, Surrey
   William Edwards, boarder, single, male, 24 [1876/7], Railway Stoker, worker, b. Siddleston [sic], Sussex

5. ↑ England. 1911 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom: The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), (formerly the UK General Register Office.))
   Class RG14; Piece 2607; Schedule 72, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: 82 Milton Court Road, Deptford, London
   6 rooms occupied
   Edward Hulse, head, male, 70 [1840/1], married 30 years, 4 children born to marriage, 4 children still living, No work - printer, b. Canterbury, Kent, Failing eyesight
   Mary Ann Hulse, wife, female, 56 [1854/5], married, b. Epsom, Surrey
   Alfred Joseph Hulse, son, male, 23 [1887/8], Litho Printer, worker, b. Peckham, London
   Elizabeth Emily Hulse, daughter, female, 18 [1892/3], Counterhand, worker, b. Peckham, London
   William Edwards, son in law, male, 36 [1874/5], married 1 year, 1 child born to marriage, 1 child still living, Loco Engine Driver, worker, b. Siddlesum [sic]
   Mary Ann Rebecca Edwards, wife, female, 24 [1886/7], married
   Lily Rebecca Elizabeth Edwards, daughter, female, 2 months [1911]

6.   London, England. Electoral Registers 1832-1965.

   1918
   12 Pagnell Street, Deptford:
   Edwards, Mary Ann Rebecca
   Edwards, William
   Hulse, Edward
   Hulse, Mary Ann
   
   1919
   12 Pagnell Street, Deptford:
   Edwards, Mary Ann Rebecca
   Edwards, William
   Hulse, Edward
   Hulse, Mary Ann
   
   1924
   12 Pagnell Street, Deptford:
   Edwards, Mary Ann Rebecca
   Edwards, William
   Hulse, Mary Ann
   
   1926
   12 Pagnell Street, Deptford:
   Harvie, Edward German
   Harvie, Temperance Annie
   Hulse, Mary Ann

7. ↑ ^7.0 7.1 General Register Office. 1939 Register
   Bognor Regis Urban District, 29 Sep 1939.

   Address: 81 Hawthorn Road, Bognor Regis, Sussex
   Edwards William, male, b. 24 Sep 1875, married, S.R. Locomotive Engine Driver
   Edwards Rebecca ["Mary Ann Rebecca" added in a later hand], female, b. 30 Apr 1886, married, Unpaid domestic duties
   Edwards [later crossed out and replaced with "Butler"] Grace M.C., female, b. 26 Aug 1919, single, Dressmaker
   Ford [later crossed out and replaced with "Thornhill"], Elizabeth / female / 11 Jul 1919 / single / Shop assistant

8. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Mary Ann R. EDWARDS, September Quarter 1973, Chichester Registration District, Volume 5h, page 1618, born 30 Apr 1886