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Facts and Events
Edgar Spire was born in 1895 at Alcester in Warwickshire. He was the son of Ellen Spire, formerly Belcher, and her husband Jabez William Spire, a gardener and labourer. Edgar was the youngest of the couple's eight children. He was baptised five miles south of Alcester at Bidford-on-Avon, where his parents had lived before moving to Alcester. The 1901 census finds Edgar living with his parents and siblings at Gas House Lane in Alcester.
In 1908, when Edgar was twelve years old, his father died aged 66. Just over two years later Edgar's mother died aged 53. Edgar was therefore an orphan at the age of fifteen. The 1911 census finds Edgar and most of his siblings living together at Malt Mill Lane in Alcester, with Edgar's brother Albert, who was 27, described as the head of the household. Edgar by this time was working as a farm labourer.
Edgar has yet to be researched after 1911.
References
- ↑ Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).
b. Edgar SPIERS, June Quarter 1895, Alcester Registration District, Vol. 6d, page 665
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Baptisms register, in Church of England. Parish registers of Bidford-on-Avon, 1664-1949. (Warwick: Warwickshire County Record Office).
| BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Bidford in the County of Warwick in the Year 1895 | | No. | When Baptized | Child's Christian Name | Parent's Name | Abode | Quality, Trade, or Profession | By whom the Ceremony was performed | | Christian | Surname | | 2093 | 1895 July 28th | Edgar | William Jabez & Ellen | Spires | Alcester | Labourer | Alfred Evans |
- ↑ 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 2944; Folio 19; Page 29, 31 Mar 1901.
Address: Gas House Lane, Alcester, Warwickshire
Three rooms occupied
William Spires, head, married, male, 60 [1840/1], Gardener not domestic, worker, b. Long Marston, Gloucestershire
Ellen Spires, wife, married, female, 42 [1858/9], b. Evesham, Worcestershire
Albert Spires, son, single, male, 18 [1882/3], Platelayer on Railway, worker, b. Bidford, Warwickshire
Hubert Spires, son, single, male, 15 [1885/6], Spring Maker, worker, b. Bidford, Warwickshire
William Spires, son, single, male, 13 [1887/8], b. Bidford, Warwickshire
Ernest Spires, son, single, male, 10 [1890/1], b. Alcester, Warwickshire
Ruth Spires, daughter, single, female, 8 [1892/3], b. Alcester, Warwickshire
Edgar Spires, son, single, male, 5 [1895/6], b. Alcester, Warwickshire
- ↑ 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 18831; Schedule 128, 2 Apr 1911.
Address: Malt Mill Lane, Alcester, Warwickshire
Four rooms occupied
Albert Spires, head, male, 27 [1883/4], single, Milk Delivery Man - Farmer, worker, b. Bidford, Warwickshire
William Spires, brother, male, 23 [1887/8], single, Gas Stoker - Gas works, worker, b. Broom, Warwickshire
Ernest Spires, brother, male, 20 [1890/1], single, Farm Labourer - Farm, worker, b. Alcester, Warwickshire
Ruth Spires, sister, female, 18 [1892/3], single, Needle Paperer - Needle Manuf[acturing], b. Alcester, Warwickshire
Edgar Spires, brother, male, 15 [1895/6], single, Farm Labourer Servant - Farm, b. Alcester, Warwickshire
Sarah Tarver, visitor, female, 12 [1898/9], b. Alcester, Warwickshire
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