I'm going to bed so I'll just put what I found about the parentage of Edward's wife Ellen Maud Lyne.
Here she is in the 1891 census with parents George T and Ann Lyne:
"England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:43V8-DPZ : 22 February 2021), Ellen Maud Lyne in household of George T Lyne, Portsea, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Hampshire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey
However I found something strange when I tried to verify the births of her and her siblings. They didn't exist. Well, not under Lyne anyway.
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YOUNG, ALICE LOUISE |
FOAY |
GRO Reference: 1881 J Quarter in PORTSEA ISLAND Volume 02B Page 513 |
|
YOUNG, WILLIAM LYNE |
- |
GRO Reference: 1882 D Quarter in PORTSEA ISLAND Volume 02B Page 538 |
|
YOUNG, ELLEN MAUD |
FOAY |
GRO Reference: 1885 J Quarter in PORTSEA ISLAND Volume 02B Page 511 |
YOUNG, GEORGE HENRY LYNE |
FOAY |
GRO Reference: 1887 S Quarter in PORTSEA ISLAND Volume 02B Page 495 |
YOUNG, CHARLES FREDERICK |
FOAY |
GRO Reference: 1891 J Quarter in PORTSEA ISLAND Volume 02B Page 495 |
The use of the surname Lyne as a middle name for several of the children is a pretty good indicator of paternity. Foay is a rare name and a George Young did marry an Isabella Ann Foay in Portsea in 1866. She might be Ann here but Isabella was born in 1846 so she'd have to have knocked off a few years and managed to have a baby aged 44. Not impossible but needs more investigation.