Person:Annie Edwards (13)

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Annie Edwards
chr.1 Dec 1878 Pagham, Sussex, England
d.1923 Hampstead, London, England
Parents and Siblings
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m. 20 Jan 1872
  1. Albert Edwards1872 - 1935
  2. Fred Edwards1873 - 1956
  3. William Edwards1875 - 1956
  4. Edith Eliza Edwards1875 - 1886
  5. John Edwards1877 - 1897
  6. Annie Edwards1878 - 1923
  7. Theresa Edwards1880 - 1958
  8. Lily Edwards1881 - 1971
  9. Louise Edwards1883 - 1955
  10. Alfred Edwards1884 - 1919
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m. 1901
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Facts and Events
Name Annie Edwards
Gender Female
Christening[2] 1 Dec 1878 Pagham, Sussex, England
Census[3] 3 Apr 1881 Pagham, Sussex, England
Census[4] 5 Apr 1891 Bognor, Sussex, England11 Argyle Terrace
Census[5] 31 Mar 1901 Hampstead, London, England27 Lambolle Road
Marriage 1901 Hampstead, London, Englandto James Briggs
Census[6] 2 Apr 1911 Hampstead, London, England9 Lithos Road
Death[7] 1923 Hampstead, London, England

Annie Edwards was baptised on 1st December 1878 at Pagham in Sussex, daughter of a dressmaker named Fanny Edwards, formerly Grant, and her husband William Edwards, a traction engine driver. Annie was the sixth of their ten children. When Annie was born both her grandmothers were still alive and living nearby. Her maternal grandmother was buried just three months after Annie's baptism. The 1881 census finds Annie living with her parents and siblings at Pagham.

By 1891, when Annie was twelve, she had left home and was working as a domestic servant for a butcher called James Dean in the nearby town of Bognor. Annie stayed in domestic service for several years. By 1901 she was working as a cook at Hampstead in London. Later that year she married a greengrocer named James Briggs.

Outside the greengrocer's shop where they lived and worked: 100 Fortune Green Road, West Hampstead.
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Outside the greengrocer's shop where they lived and worked: 100 Fortune Green Road, West Hampstead.
Annie and James had a son later in 1901. He was followed by another son in 1902. Back in Sussex, Annie's paternal grandmother died in 1903. In 1904 Annie and James's eldest son died when only two years old. They went on to have three daughters in 1905, 1911 and 1912. The family lived at 9 Lithos Road in Hampstead for several years; it is the address quoted on their eldest son's baptism in 1901 and they were still there at the time of the 1911 census. On census night one of their daughters was staying with Annie's parents down in Sussex.

Some time around 1914 the family left 9 Lithos Road and moved to 100 Fortune Green Road where they lived above the greengrocer's shop where they worked. The 1914 electoral roll lists James as qualified to vote at 100 Fortune Green Road, but living at both 9 Lithos Road and 100 Fortune Green Road.

Annie died in 1923, aged 44. James only survived her by a year, dying on 8th April 1924. He was said to be 46 when he died. He left a will and an estate of £341 4s. 9d. which was administered by his daughter. James's youngest daughter was only 11 years old when James died. As that daughter was the beneficiary of the will of Annie's sister Theresa's husband it seems reasonably likely that after James's death that daughter was looked after by her childless uncle and aunt down in Sussex. Annie's parents both survived her and James.

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

    b. Annie EDWARDS, December Quarter 1878, Westhampnett Registration District, Volume 2b, page 369, mother's maiden name Grant

  2. ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Parish Church of Pagham (Sussex). Parish registers for Pagham, 1707-1901. (Chichester: West Sussex County Council).
    BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Pagham in the County of Sussex in the Year 1878
    No.When BaptizedChild's Christian NameParents' NameAbodeQuality, Trade, or ProfessionBy whom the Ceremony was performed
    ChristianSurname
    4741878 December 1stAnnieWilliam & FannyEdwardsPaghamEngine DriverJ. John Hewitt

    This baptism has been linked to the Annie Edwards who married James Briggs on the basis that it is in the right parish and at the right time to match the age and place of birth quoted on the census after Annie and James married, and Annie and James's daughter Ivy appears in the 1911 census with Annie's parents William and Fanny in Sussex.

  3. ↑ England. 1881 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 RG11; Piece 1123; Folio 98; Page 10, 3 Apr 1881.

    Address: Pagham hamlet, Pagham, Sussex
    William Edwards, head, married, male, 34 [1846/7], Engine Driver (Ag[ricultura]l), b. Sidlesham, Sussex
    Fanny Edwards, wife, married, female, 40 [1840/1], b. Sidlesham, Sussex
    Albert Edwards, son, male, 8 [1872/3], Scholar, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
    Fred Edwards, son, male, 7 [1873/4], Scholar, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
    William Edwards, son, male, 5 [1875/6], Scholar, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
    Eliza Edwards, daughter, female, 5 [1875/6], Scholar, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
    John Edwards, son, male, 3 [1877/8], b. Pagham, Sussex
    Ann Edwards, daughter, female, 2 [1878/9], b. Pagham, Sussex
    Theresa Edwards, daughter, female, 11 mo [1880], b. Pagham, Sussex

  4. ↑ 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 842; Folio 101; Page 30, 5 Apr 1891.

    Address: 11 Argyle Terrace, Bognor, South Bersted, Sussex
    James N. Dean, head, married, male, 25 [1865/6], Butcher, employed, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
    Mary L. Dean, wife, married, female, 23 [1867/8], b. Bognor, Sussex
    Ernest J. Dean, son, male, 2 [1888/9], b. Bognor, Sussex
    Herbert O. Dean, son, male, 6mo [1890], b. Bognor, Sussex
    Charles Roe-Refoy, brother in law, married, male, 23 [1867/8], Butcher, employer, b. Bognor, Sussex
    Annie Roe-Refoy, sister, married, female, 25 [1865/6], b. Bognor, Sussex
    William H. Carter, boarder, single, male, 32 [1858/9], Baker, employed, b. Surbiton, Surrey
    Annie Edwards, servant, single, female, 12 [1878/9], Domestic Servant, b. Pagham, Sussex

    Mary Dean and Annie Roe-Refoy in this household were sisters; their maiden name was Hammond. This may hint at a connection to their young servant Annie, whose paternal grandmother's maiden name was Hammond.

  5. ↑ 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 122; Folio 186; Page 32, 31 Mar 1901.

    Address: 27 Lambolle Road, Hampstead, London
    Lucy K. Culley, boarder, single, female, 20 [1880/1], Art Student, b. Norwich, Norfolk
    Amy Allstone, servant, single, female, 22 [1878/9], Housemaid Domestic, b. Feltham, Middlesex
    Annie Edwards, servant, single, female, 22 [1878/9], Cook, b. Pagham, Sussex

  6. ↑ 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 647; Schedule 59, 2 Apr 1911.

    Address: 9 Lithos Road, Hampstead, London
    3 rooms occupied
    James Briggs, head, male, 33 [1877/8], married 11 years, 4 children born to marriage, 3 children still living, Greengrocer Assistant, worker, b. Hampstead
    Annie Briggs, wife, female, 32 [1878/9], married, b. Pagham, Sussex
    Jim Briggs, son, male, 8 [1902/3], b. Hampstead
    Baby, daughter, female, 5 weeks [1911], b. Hampstead

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

    d. Annie BRIGGS, June Quarter 1923, Hampstead Registration District, Volume 1a, page 633, aged 44 [1878/9]

    This death has been linked to the Annie Briggs wife of James on the basis that it is the right age and in the district where she had been living, plus Annie is listed at 100 Fortune Green Road in all the electoral rolls from 1919 to 1922 alongside James, but is not listed there with him in the 1923 and 1924 electoral rolls.

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

    1919 Electoral roll
    100 Fortune Green Road, Hampstead:
    Briggs, Annie
    Briggs, James
    Easto, Alice Maria
    Easto, Herbert Richard

    1920 Electoral roll
    100 Fortune Green Road, Hampstead:
    Briggs, Annie
    Briggs, James
    Easto, Alice Maria
    Easto, Herbert Richard

    1921 Electoral roll
    100 Fortune Green Road, Hampstead:
    Briggs, Annie
    Briggs, James
    Easto, Alice Maria
    Easto, Herbert Richard

    1922 Electoral roll
    100 Fortune Green Road, Hampstead:
    Briggs, Annie
    Briggs, James
    Easto, Alice Maria
    Easto, Herbert Richard

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