Person:Emma Steed (2)

Emma Steed was born in 1841 at Chichester in Sussex, daughter of a carpenter and builder named Benjamin Seed and his wife Mary Ann. Emma was baptised at West Wittering, a few miles away, which was where her mother was from. Emma appears in the 1841 census living with her parents and elder sister on Washington Street in Chichester.

The 1851 census finds Emma living with her mother and younger sisters at North Bersted, a hamlet in the parish of South Bersted.

In 1860 Emma was married, aged 19, to Frederick Edwards. They married at Portsmouth, where both were living on Lucknow Street. By the time of the 1861 census they had returned to Chichester, living at Little London with Emma's grandmother. Frederick was working as a blacksmith, although he was also described as a Greenwich Pensioner, suggesting he had seen military service.

Emma and Frederick had one son, Frederick James, later in 1861. However, neither Emma nor Frederick has been traced after 1861. Their son Frederick James appears in the 1871 census living with Emma's parents.

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

   b. Emma STEED, March Quarter 1841, Chichester Registration District, Volume 7, page 290

2. ↑ England. Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. (FamilySearch, Ancestry.com, Findmypast).

   ch. 11 Apr 1841, West Wittering, Sussex: Emma daughter of Benjamin & Mary Ann Steed

   Needs to be confirmed at West Sussex Record Office. This baptism has been linked to the Emma Steed who married Frederick Edwards on the basis that their marriage certificate names her father as Benjamin Steed, and in the census after their marriage Emma gave her place of birth as Chichester, corresponding with the place of birth given by this child Emma in the 1851 census.

3. ↑ 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 1119; Book 12; Folio 27; Page 12, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Washington Street, Chichester (Subdeanery), Sussex
   Benjamin Steed, male, 25 [1811-16], Carpenter J., born in county
   Mary Steed, female, 25 [1811-16], born in county
   Ann Steed, female, 2 [1838/9], born in county
   Emma Steed, female, 3mo [1841], born in county

4. ↑ 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 1653; Folio 508; Page 2, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: North Bersted, South Bersted, Sussex
   Mary Steed, head, married, female, 36 [1814/15], Carpenters Wife, b. West Wittering, Sussex
   Emma Steed, daughter, unmarried, female, 10 [1840/1], b. Chichester, Sussex
   Maria Steed, daughter, unmarried, female, 8 [1842/3], b. Sussex, Chichester
   Caroline Steed, daughter, unmarried, female, 6 [1844/5], b. Chichester, Sussex
   Esther Steed, daughter, unmarried, female, 4 [1846/7], b. Chichester, Sussex

5. ↑ 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 624; Folio 31; Page 21, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Little London, Chichester (St Andrew), Sussex
   Frederick Edwards, head, married, male, 22 [1838/9], Blacksmith Journeyman Greenwich Pensioner, b. Chichester, Sussex
   Emma Edwards, wife, married, female, 20 [1840/1], Blacksmiths Wife, b. Chichester, Sussex
   Anne Withers, wife's grandmother, widow, female, 78 [1782/3], b. Selsey, Sussex