Edith Annie Elizabeth (Harris) Bousfield (1866 - 1946)

Born 5 Jul 1866 in Romania

Ancestors

Wife of Edward Holroyd Bousfield — married 30 Mar 1899 in London, England, United Kingdom

Died 29 Mar 1946 at age 79 in Warborough, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Edith was born in 1866. She was the daughter of Edward Harris and Annie Dunning. She was born in Romania. ^[1]

She married widower Edward Holroyd Bousfield in 1899 in London. Edward was 34 years her senior.

They had no children together.

UK Census Event Date 31 March 1901: Living with her husband Edward in Warborough Cottage, Warborough, Oxfordshire, England. Aged 34. Also in the household were three servants. Her husband was a Land Surveyor.

In 1911 they were recorded at the same residence.

Her husband died in 1918.

Dora Bridget Thompson^[2] wrote in her life story:

Con was another first cousin of Grandfather's along with Effie, Molly Kelsey, Edith Bousfield, a rich widow who lived at Warborough on the Thames and Florence the youngest sister [actually the youngest sister was Constance] who had always been in love with Uncle Edward. She never married. They were a most attractive family all of them except old Effie who few people really liked. There were also two brothers, Ned and Jack who was the swimmer. Aunt Edith was sweet but funny over her boats. She had a boat house full of every kind of river boat but if you stayed there, you were never allowed to take any of them on the river. We used to swim from the boat house. Aunt Peg [Peggy Drew was a close school friend of Dora Bridget Thompson] came into the story then as she got to know all the Warborough cousins very well and went over there a lot from Benson where they went to live after leaving Shrewsbury.

Her sisters at the Boat house c1934.

UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960 for Edith Annie Elizabeth Bousfield Southampton 1935 March:^[3]

Name of Ship: Johan de Witt (Nederland Line Royal Dutch Mail)

Date of Departure: 16th March 1935

Where bound: Batavia, Dutch East Indies

Embarkation: Southampton

8621, BOUSFIELD, Mrs. Edith, Annie, Elizabeth, of Warborough, Oxfordshire, 1st class, landing at Genoa, aged 68

8621, BOUSFIELD, Miss Edith, c/o Westminster Bank, Colwyn Bay, 1st class, landing at Genoa, aged 41 (her husband's granddaughter)

Edith passed away in 1946 at the age of 79.^[4]

Daily Telegraph Newspaper clipping March 1946:^[5]

BOUSFIELD. - On March 29, 1946, at Warborough, Oxon, EDITH ANNIE ELIZABETH, wife of the late EDWARD HOLROYD BOUSFIELD, and eldest daughter of the late Edward Harris, of Braunton, Devon. Funeral at Warborough Church, 2 p,m., to-morrow (Tuesday). No flowers.

Probate:

Event Date: 19 August 1946

Event Place (Original): Oxford

Death Date: 29 March 1946

Beneficiary's Name: Florence Beatrice Harris

Second Beneficiary's Name: Eleanor Constance Tweedie

Additional Person's Name: Arthur John Tweedie^[6]

Effects: 19,255 Pounds, 7s, 5d.

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Michael Thompson, Apr 18, 2012, updated June 2017
2. ↑ Dora Bridget Thompson
3. ↑ UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960 for Edith Annie Elizabeth Bousfield Southampton 1935 March
4. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. From "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006." Database. findmypast. http://www.findmypast.com : 2012. Citing General Register Office, Southport, England. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVC9-F8H1
5. ↑ Daily Telegraph Newspaper clipping March 1946
6. ↑ "England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957." Database. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 1 April 2020. Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Great Britain. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W7SX-366Z

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 18 March 2019, 02:34), entry for Edith Annie Elizabeth Tattershall Harris(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:9KD8-F6R); contributed by various users.
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 20 May 2017, 19:07), entry for Edith Annie Elizabeth Tattershall Harris(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:9KD8-F6R); contributed by various users.
• Michael Thompson, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Michael and others.
• Harris family tree and notes prepared by John Ernest Gladstone some time after 1944

Census Records

• "England and Wales Census, 1901." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 21 May 2019. From "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census." Database and images. findmypast. http://www.findmypast.com : n.d. Citing PRO RG 13. The National Archives, Kew, Surrey. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS3P-QVV

• "England and Wales Census, 1911." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 1 August 2019. 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. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7LD-QZ7