Person:Edna Groom (1)

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Edna Elsie Groom
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Name Edna Elsie Groom
Gender Female
Birth[1] 9 Dec 1906 Luton, Bedfordshire, England
Census[2] 2 Apr 1911 Luton, Bedfordshire, England45 Duke Street
Marriage 1933 Luton, Bedfordshire, Englandto George Marshall
Census[3] 29 Sep 1939 Luton, Bedfordshire, England73 Cambridge Street
Death[4] 1986 Luton, Bedfordshire, England

Edna Elsie Groom was born on 9th December 1906 at Luton in Bedfordshire, daughter of Amelia Groom, formerly Chambers, and her husband Herbert Charles Groom, who was a labourer in the testing department at an engineering works. The 1911 census finds the family living in a four-roomed house at 45 Duke Street, Luton.

Edna married George Marshall in 1933, when she was 26. The couple did not have any children. At the outbreak of the Second World War Edna and George were living at 73 Cambridge Street in Luton, and Edna was working as a straw hat machinist.
Edna and George
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Edna and George

Edna died in 1986, aged 79. George outlived her by just over three years.

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

    b. Edna Elsie GROOM, March Quarter 1907, Luton Registration District, Volume 3b, page 352, mother's maiden name Chambers

  2. 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 9003; Schedule 100, 2 Apr 1911.

    Address: 45 Duke Street, Luton, Bedfordshire
    4 rooms occupied
    Herbert Charles Groom, head, male, 27 [1883/4], married, Labourer Testing Dept - Engineering Works, Worker, b. Luton, Bedfordshire
    Amelia Groom, wife, female, 26 [1884/5], married 6 years, 3 children born, 3 children still living, Straw hat machinist, Worker, At home, b. Luton, Bedfordshire
    Irene May Groom, daughter, female, 5 [1905/6], b. Luton, Bedfordshire
    Edna Elsie Groom, daughter, female, 4 [1906/7], b. Luton, Bedfordshire
    Doris Ena Groom, daughter, female, 1 [1909/10], b. Luton, Bedfordshire

  3. General Register Office. 1939 Register
    Luton Municipal Borough, 29 Sep 1939.

    Address: 73 Cambridge Street, Luton, Bedfordshire
    Marshall, George / male / 25 May 1904 / married / Fitter (Experimental machine Builder & General engineering) / ARP Warden No. 633 Luton
    Marshall, Edna E. / female / 9 Dec 1906 / married / Straw Hat Machinist

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

    d. Edna Elsie MARSHALL, Apr 1986, Luton Registration District, Vol. 9, page 429, born 9 Dec 1906