Hi I am new here and I am struggling.
I have dipped into my family tree over the years but every time I do I hit a brick wall and was hoping for some guidance.
My great grandfather was called Edward Edwards.
He is on the 1891 census with my great grandmother Maria Alice (or Alice Maria, nee Gold), and their 4 eldest children at 134 Meetinghouse Lane, Peckham, his occupation is a house decorator, (later a master house decorator).
The earliest mention I can find of him is on his first born child’s birth certificate, (Ethel Alice Edwards DOB 15/12/1884) his occupation is butler and residence is listed as 5 Gardnor Road, Hampstead.
On the 1891 census (aged 32), 1901 census (aged 45) and 1911 census (aged 52) he states his birthplace is Chelmsford Essex.
Bizarrely he and my great grandmother wait until their youngest, of 11 children, is 25 years old, until they marry in 1936…… (could there be an earlier marriage or someone has suggested that with a surname like Gold there was an interfaith issue?)
From their marriage certificate I know his father’s name, which is listed as James Edwards, occupation gardener (deceased).
I can’t find his birth certificate or anything about him prior to December 1884.
On the plus side I am motoring through his 11 children, I have the benefit of my mother and sister and their cousin to give some information and I have found more living relatives from some of the great aunts/uncles.
Any pointers would be very gratefully received.
Many thanks for reading this.
I have dipped into my family tree over the years but every time I do I hit a brick wall and was hoping for some guidance.
My great grandfather was called Edward Edwards.
He is on the 1891 census with my great grandmother Maria Alice (or Alice Maria, nee Gold), and their 4 eldest children at 134 Meetinghouse Lane, Peckham, his occupation is a house decorator, (later a master house decorator).
The earliest mention I can find of him is on his first born child’s birth certificate, (Ethel Alice Edwards DOB 15/12/1884) his occupation is butler and residence is listed as 5 Gardnor Road, Hampstead.
On the 1891 census (aged 32), 1901 census (aged 45) and 1911 census (aged 52) he states his birthplace is Chelmsford Essex.
Bizarrely he and my great grandmother wait until their youngest, of 11 children, is 25 years old, until they marry in 1936…… (could there be an earlier marriage or someone has suggested that with a surname like Gold there was an interfaith issue?)
From their marriage certificate I know his father’s name, which is listed as James Edwards, occupation gardener (deceased).
I can’t find his birth certificate or anything about him prior to December 1884.
On the plus side I am motoring through his 11 children, I have the benefit of my mother and sister and their cousin to give some information and I have found more living relatives from some of the great aunts/uncles.
Any pointers would be very gratefully received.
Many thanks for reading this.
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