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Facts and Events
Charles Edwards was baptised on 17th October 1824 at Pagham in Sussex, son of Charlotte Edwards, formerly Gilbert, and her husband William Edwards, an agricultural labourer. He was the elder of their two children. In 1828, when Charles was three years old his mother died. His father remarried eight months later, with an Eliza Horner becoming Charles's stepmother. Charles's younger brother died in 1831 aged three, leaving Charles effectively an only child.
Charles appears in the 1841 census working as an agricultural labourer for a yeoman in the nearby village of Merston.
Charles was married in 1849 to a Rebecca Jane Upfold who was from London. They appear together in Chichester in the 1851 census living on The Hornet, the street just outside the city walls leading eastwards. Charles was working as a bootmaker. Charles and Rebecca went on to have two daughters in 1853 and 1855, both named Lydia Cecilia. Both died young. Neither Charles nor Rebecca have been traced after the death of their second daughter in 1855.
References
- ↑ Pagham Baptisms, in Sussex, England. Online Parish Clerks.
No. 414
Date: 17 Oct 1824
Name: Charles
Parents: William & Charlotte
Surname: Edwards
Abode: Pagham
Occupation: Labourer
Whilst no named connection has been found, this baptism has been linked to the Charles Edwards who married Rebecca Jane Upfold on the basis that in the census after their marriage Charles claimed to have been born around 1824 in Pagham.
- ↑ England. 1841 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 HO107; Piece 1100; Book 8; Folio 2; Page 1, 6 Jun 1841.
Adddress: Park House, Merston, Sussex
John Summers, male, 35 [1801-6], yeoman, born in county
Harriet Summers, female, 35 [1801-6], born in county
Mary Warner, female, 35 [1801-6], Ind., born in county
Charles Edwards, male, 15 [1821-6], Ag Lab, born in county
Emily Stamford, female, 14 [1826/7], F.S., born in county
William Tadd, male, 70 [1766-71], Ag Lab, born in county
- ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
Class HO107; Piece 1652; Folio 218; Page 16, 30 Mar 1851.
Address: East Gate Place, Hornet Hamlet, Rumbolds Wyke, Chichester, Sussex
Charles Edwards, head, married, male, 26 [1824/5], Boot Maker, b. Pagham, Sussex
Rebecca J. Edwards, wife, married, female, 21 [1829/30], b. Hoxton Old Town, Middlesex
- Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).
Two likely deaths, either or neither of which may be him:
d. Charles EDWARDS, September Quarter 1856, Chichester Registration District, Volume 2b, page 181
d. Charles EDWARDS, December Quarter 1859, Chichester Registration District, Volume 2b, page 214
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