Edwin's birth was registered in Pancras, London in the first quarter of 1892, mother's maiden name McGuire.[1]
At the time of the 1901 census he was 9 years old, living with his mother and five older siblings:[2]
Event Place - Eade Road, Stoke Newington, London, Middlesex, England
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Elizabeth Graham Wife Female 48 Alnwick, Northumberland
John B Graham Son Male 20 St Pancras, London
Andrew J Graham Son Male 19 St Pancras, London
Margaret Graham Daughter Female 16 St Pancras, London
Joseph Graham Son Male 14 St Pancras, London
William Graham Son Male 12 St Pancras, London
Edwin Graham Son Male 9 St Pancras, London
Served in Paymaster Corps in WW1
After WW1 went to Canada to form a business partnership, returned after this fell through & trained as a teacher, getting his diploma at St. Mary's College Teddington
Headmaster of St Patricks school Soho, school evacuated to Malmesbury Wiltshire during war, Edwin joined Home Guard.
Spotted Jeans talent for writing & paid her 1 penny a story by age 10.
Died of a massive heart attack aged 50 (while talking to Jean)
Buried in Malmesbury Churchyard
Sources
↑ GRO online index of births, GRAHAM, EDWIN WALLACE mother's maiden name MCGUIRE GRO Reference: 1892 M Quarter in PANCRAS Volume 01B Page 125
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X98N-H43 : 8 April 2016), Edwin Graham in household of Elizabeth Graham, Stoke Newington, London, Middlesex, England; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Stoke Newington subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
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