John Thomas Edmunds (1859 - 1935)

Born 4 Oct 1859 in Ipstones, Staffordshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Jessie Pugh — married 6 Jun 1882 in Baptists Chapel, Knighton, Radnorshire, Wales

Descendants

Died 1935 at about age 75 in Walkden, Lancashire, England

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Biography

John Thomas Edmunds, aged 11, was living at Frog St., Clun with his grandparents at the time of the 1871 Census. He is recorded as their son, perhaps to hide his possible illegitimacy, but his grandparents already had older sons named John and Thomas and, additionally, his Grandmother, Mary, nee Jones, born Heyope 1802 was 57 years old at the time of his birth.

By the time of the 1881 Census he was working as a stone mason and was living at The Fleece Inn , Knighton, Radnorshire. Wales, the home of his father’s sister, Elizabeth and her husband, William Williams, the licensee, who was also a stone mason by trade.

On the 6th. June 1882 John Thomas Edmunds and Jessie Pugh, the only child of Frederick Pugh, a local master carpenter, were married at Knighton Baptist Chapel and their nine children, including the oldest son, George Frederick, my Grandfather , were subsequently born in the town.

Birth

Date: 4 October 1859

Place: Ipstones, Staffordshire, England

Residence

1871

Age: 11; Relation to Head of House: Son (Listed as son, but was in fact the grandson of the Head of House)

Clun, Shropshire, England

1881

Age: 22 Relation to Head of House: Nephew

Place: Knighton, Radnorshire, Wales

1891

Age: 28

Relation to Head of House: Head

Place: Knighton, Radnorshire, Wale

Date: 1901

Age: 41

Place: Knighton, Radnorshire, Wales

Date: 02 Apr 1911

Age: 54

Marital Status: Married;

Relation to Head of House: Head; Occupation: Clerk of the Water Works

Place: Worsley, Lancashire, England

Death

Date: 1935

Place: Walkden, Manchester

Sources

• Source: 1871 England Census: Class: RG10; Piece: 2729; Folio: 11; Page: 14; GSU roll: 835391

• Source: 1881 Wales Census: Class: RG11; Piece: 5472; Folio: 31; Page: 12; GSU roll: 1342315

• Source: 1891 Wales Census: Page: Class: RG12; Piece: 4582; Folio: 9; Page: 12; GSU Roll: 6099692

• Source: 1901 Census of Wales: Class: RG13; Piece: 5181; Folio: 9; Page: 9

• Source: 1911 England Census: Class: RG14; Piece: 23565