Edith was born in 1890[1] in Eastrington, Yorkshire, England, where she lived with her parents, Fred Anelay and Clara Barley, in 1891.[2] The family had moved to Thorne, Yorkshire, by 1901.[3][4]
In 1918 Edith married Jonathan Bradley in Thorne. At the time of the wedding Jonathan was serving as a Driver in the Royal Field Artillery.[5][6]
↑ GRO civil registration birth index entry. Edith Anelay. Vol 9d p 88. Jun quarter 1890. Registration district Howden. FreeBMD.org.uk GRO index search gives mother's maiden name Barley
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:75MM-QT2 : 7 May 2019), Edith Anelay in household of Fred Anelay, Eastrington, Yorkshire East Riding, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Yorkshire, Yorkshire (East Riding) county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X95K-DFX : 21 May 2019), Edith Aneley in household of Fred Aneley, Thorne, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Thorne subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XW2S-1DK : 14 June 2019), Edith Anelay in household of Fred Anelay, Thorne, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
↑ Thorne. 5 May 1918. Jonathan Bradley (34; bachelor; Driver RFA; of 22 Clunch Row, West Hartlepool; father George Bradley, foreman) married Edith Anelay (28; spinster; of 86 North Eastern Road, Thorne; father Fred Ainley, signal-man). Both signed. Witnesses Fred Anelay, Lilly Snaith. findmypast.co.uk. Yorkshire Marriages Transcription. Accessed 13 Nov 2021