Person:Fanny Edwards (2)

Fanny Edwards was baptised on 30th June 1833 at North Mundham in Sussex, daughter of Fanny Edwards, formerly Johnson, and her husband James Edwards, an agricultural labourer. Fanny was the seventh of their nine children. Her baptism notes that the family lived in the hamlet of Runcton. The 1841 census finds Fanny living with her parents and siblings living at Marsh Farm in North Mundham.

By 1851 Fanny had left home and gone into domestic service in the nearby city of Chichester, working as a housemaid at a drapery on East Street. Fanny's cousin Harriet Green was working as cook in the same house.

Some time between 1851 and 1861 Fanny moved to Midhurst, where she found employment as a housemaid at Heathfield Lodge, home of Thomas Arnoll Davis, magistrate and deputy lieutenant of Sussex and his wife Jane. Fanny stayed working as housemaid at Heathfield Lodge for at least twenty years, also appearing there in the 1871 and 1881 censuses.

Fanny has yet to be traced after 1881.

1. ↑ Baptisms 1557-1928, in Parish Register Transcription Society. North Mundham Parish Register Transcript.

   ch. 30 Jun 1833: Fanny daughter of James & Fanny EDWARDS, Labourer from Runkton

2. ↑ 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 10; Folio 5; Page 8, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Marsh Farm, North Mundham, Sussex
   James Edwards, male, 45 [1791-6], Ag Lab, born in county
   Fanny Edwards, female, 40 [1796-1801], born in county
   Elizabeth Edwards, female, 10 [1830/1], born in county
   Fanny Edwards, female, 8 [1832/3], born in county
   Maria Edwards, female, 5 [1835/6], born in county
   Frederick Edwards, male, 2 [1838/9], born in county

3. ↑ 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 161; Page 7, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: East Street, Chichester (Subdeanery), Sussex
   Martha Dawes, head, unmarried, female, 50 [1800/1], Housekeeper, b. Portsea, Hampshire
   James Adames, shopman, unmarried, male, 20 [1830/1], Assistant Draper, b. Chichester, Sussex
   John Cousens, shopman, unmarried, male, 30 [1820/1], Assistant Draper, b. Easebourne, Sussex
   William Joyes, shopman, unmarried, male, 22 [1828/9], Asssistant Draper, b. Shipley, Sussex
   Slaker K. Johnson, shopman, unmarried, male, 19 [1831/2], Assistant Draper, b. Queenborough, Kent
   Sydney Walker, apprentice, unmarried, male, 16 [1834/5], App Draper, b. Petworth, Sussex
   John Underdown, shopman, unmarried, male, 27 [1823/4], Assistant Ironmonger, b. Colyton, Devon
   Harriet Green, servant, unmarried, female, 22 [1828/9], Cook, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Fanny Edwards, servant, unmarried, female, 18 [1832/3], Housemaid, b. Runcton, Sussex

   The cook, Harriet Green, was Fanny's cousin - Fanny's father James and Harriet's mother Charlotte were brother and sister.

4. ↑ 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 626; Folio 82; Page 14, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Heathfield Lodge, Bepton Road, Midhurst, Sussex
   Thomas A. Davis, head, married, male, 66 [1794/5], Landed Prioprietor, Magistrate and Deputy Lieutentant for Sussex, b. Clerkenwell, London, Middlesex
   Jane Davis, wife, married, female, 52 [1808/9], b. Southwark, Surrey
   Fanny Edwards, servant, unmarried, female, 27 [1833/4], Housemaid (Domestic Serv), b. Mundham, Sussex
   Ann Hooker, servant, unmarried, female, 20 [1840/1], Cook, (Domestic Serv), b. Caversham, Oxfordshire

5. ↑ 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 1120; Folio 13; Page 19, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Heathfield Lodge, Bepton Road, Midhurst, Sussex
   Jane Davis, wife, married, female, 62 [1808/9], b. St George's Southwark, Surrey
   Ann Costeker, visitor, unmarried, female, 61 [1809/10], b. St George's Southwark, Surrey
   Fanny Edwards, servant, unmarried, female, 37 [1833/4], Housemaid Domestic Serv, b. Mundham, Sussex
   Henry Baily, servant, married, male, 41 [1829/30], Footman Domestic Serv, b. Stedham, Sussex
   Charlotte Lamberth, servant, unmarried, female, 65 [1805/6], Cook Domestic Serv, b. Stedham, Sussex

6. ↑ 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 1131; Folio 23; Page 40, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Heathfield, Station Road, Midhurst, Sussex
   Thomas A. Davis, head, widower, male, 86 [1794/5], J.P. & D.L. Sussex, b. St Johns Clerkenwell, London
   Henry Bailey, servant, married, male, 57 [1823/4], Footman, b. Stedham, Sussex
   Ann Hooker, servant, unmarried, female, 46 [1834/5], Cook & Housekeeper, b. Caversham, Oxfordshire
   Fanny Edwards, servant, unmarried, female, 47 [1833/4], House Maid, b. North Mundham, Sussex