Person:Edwin Tett (1)

Edwin Tett was born in 1852 at Crewkerne in Somerset, son of a glove sewer and laundress named Susan Tett, formerly Forsey, and her husband Joseph Tett, an agricultural labourer. The family lived at Hewish, a hamlet in the parish of Crewkerne but some way out of the town itself. Edwin was baptised in 1853 in the neighbouring parish of Wayford, which was nearer to Hewish than the church at Crewkerne.

Edwin appears in both the 1861 and 1871 censuses living at Hewish with his parents and siblings. By 1871 he was working as an agricultural labourer.

In 1876 Edwin married Louisa Tett. They married in Somerset but then moved to the Todmorden area of Yorkshire. They had a son, William, born there in 1877, but Louisa died shortly after giving birth, aged just 21.

Edwin appears in the 1881 census living with his sister Christiana and her family, who had also moved to Yorkshire. Edwin has yet to be researched after 1881.

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

   b. Edwin TETT, June Quarter 1852, Chard Registration District, Volume 5c, page 521

2. ↑ Wayford (St Michael) baptisms, in United Kingdom. FreeREG Parish Register Transcripts and Indexes. (Free UK Genealogy).

   ch. 23 Jan 1853: Edwin son of Joseph & Susan Tett of Hewish, Crewkerne, labourer, born 22 Jul 1852

   The date of birth quoted on this baptism must be wrong or mistranscribed - his birth had already been registered no later than 30 Jun 1852, so he cannot have been born on 22 Jul 1852.

3. ↑ England. 1861 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 RG9; Piece 1638; Folio 5; Page 3, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Hewish, Crewkerne, Somerset
   Joseph Tett, head, married, male, 49 [1811/12], Ag Laborer, b. Crewkerne, Somerset
   Susan Tett, wife, married, female, 48 [1812/13], Wife, b. Winsham, Somerset
   Christiana Tett, daughter, unmarried, female, 19 [1841/2], Daur, b. Crewkerne, Somerset
   Henry Tett, son, unmarried, male, 13 [1847/8], Son, b. Crewkerne, Somerset
   Dinah Tett, daughter, unmarried, female, 11 [1849/50], Daur, b. Crewkerne, Somerset
   Edwin Tett, son, unmarried, male, 9 [1851/2], Son, b. Crewkerne, Somerset
   Emly Tett, daughter, unmarried, female, 4 [1856/7], Daur, b. Crewkerne, Somerset

4. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 2408; Folio 40; Page 9, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Hewish, Crewkerne, Somerset
   Joseph Tett, head, married, male, 59 [1811/12], Ag Lab, b. Hewish, Somerset
   Susan Tett, wife, married, female, 55 [1815/16], Laundress, b. Winsham, Somerset
   Christiana Tett, daughter, unmarried, female, 29 [1841/2], Laundress, b. Hewish, Somerset
   Dinah Tett, daughter, unmarried, female, 21 [1849/50], Servant, b. Hewish, Somerset
   Edwin Tett, son, unmarried, male, 17 [1853/4], Ag Lab, b. Hewish, Somerset
   Rose Tett, granddaughter, unmarried, female, 5 [1865/6], Scholar, b. Hewish, Somerset

5. ↑ 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 4370; Folio 137; Page 16, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Ramsden, Cartworth, Yorkshire
   James Tett, head, married, male, 43 [1837/8], Labourer, b. Crewkerne, Somerset
   Christinah Tett, wife, married, female, 40 [1840/1], b. Crewkerne, Somerset
   Rose Tett, daughter, unmarried, female, 15 [1865/6], Cloth Weaver, b. Crewkerne, Somerset
   Susan Tett, daughter, unmarried, female, 7 [1873/4], Scholar, b. Widdeep, Yorkshire
   Walter Tett, son, unmarried, male, 6 [1874/5], Scholar, b. Widdeep, Yorkshire
   Eliza Tett, daughter, unmarried, female, 3 [1877/8], b. Widdeep, Yorkshire
   Edwin Tett, boarder, widower, male, 29 [1851/2], Labourer, b. Crewkerne, Somerset
   Richard Wadby, boarder, unmarried, male, 34 [1846/7], Labourer, b. Leven, Yorkshire
   John Nott, boarder, unmarried, male, 44 [1836/7], Labourer, b. Failsworth, Lancashire
   John Whitehead, boarder, unmarried, male, 29 [1851/2], Horse Driver, b. Walton, Lancashire
   John Dixson, boarder, unmarried, male, 19 [1861/2], Horse Driver, b. Liverpool
   William Smith, boarder, unmarried, male, 25 [1855/6], Blacksmith, b. Leeds, Yorkshire

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

   d. Louisa TETT, September Quarter 1877, Todmorden Registration District, Volume 9a, page 144, aged 21 [1855/6]