Edith Reeve (Angel) Fletcher (1883 - 1966)

Born 1883 in Clapham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of Harold Fletcher — married 1910 in Canada

Descendants

Died 9 Sep 1966 at about age 83 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Biography

Edith was born in 1883 in Clapham, Surrey, England, the daughter of Frederick Angel and Eliza Parry.^[1] She was christened on 1 April 1888 at Tooting Graveney, Wandsworth, England. ^[2]

At the age of 24, along with her sister Maria age 27, they sailed from England aboard the Empress of Ireland, arriving at Quebec City, Quebec, Canada in May 1908. She was listed as a dressmaker and Maria was a draper.^[3]

Edith married Harold Fletcher.

Edith passed away in 1966.

DEATHS: Fletcher, Edith. On Sept 9th, 1966 at the Montreal General Hospital, Edith Reeve, beloved wife of Harold Fletcher and dear mother of Kathleen (Mrs. E Lach), Gladys (Mrs E. E. Berlein), Winnifred (Mrs N Haldenan) and Joseph Fletcher. Funeral was held privately Saturday from the Chapel of Joseph * Wray & Bro., 1234 Mountain St^[4]

Census

1891 - Salvador 5 Mandell Cottage, Tooting Graveney, Wandsworth, London^[5]

Frederick John N Angel 45 1846 Head Devon Carpenter

Eliza Angel 40 1851 Wife City of London

Frederick George Angel 13 1878 Son Clapham, Surrey Just Left School No Occupation

Mary A Angel 12 1879 Daughter Clapham, Surrey Scholar

Elizabeth M Angel 10 1881 Daughter Clapham, Surrey Scholar

May L Angel 7 1884 Daughter Clapham, Surrey Scholar

Edith N Angel 7 1884 Daughter Clapham, Surrey Scholar

1901 - High Street Colliers Wood, Mitcham, Croydon, Surrey, England^[6][7]

Frederick J R Angel Head Married Male 54 1847 Carpenter Totnes, Devon, England

Eliza Angel Wife Married Female 50 1851 - -

Maria Angel Daughter Single Female 20 1881 Drapers assistant Clapham, Surrey, England

May Angel Daughter Single Female 17 1884 Butcher's cook keeper Clapham, Surrey, England

Edith Angel Daughter Single Female 17 1884 Dressmakers apprentice Clapham, Surrey, England

1916 - Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada^[8]

Harold Fletcher 31 Head

Edith Fletcher 32 Wife

Harold Fletcher 5 Son

May Fletcher 3 Daughter

Winnifred Fletcher 2 Daughter

Sources

1. ↑ England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008, database, FamilySearch (1 October 2014), Edith Reeve Angel, 1883; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Lambeth, London, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
2. ↑ London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1920 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P95/NIC/006 (Ancestry Record 1558 #2283395 : accessed 7 May 2022)
3. ↑ "Canada Passenger Lists, 1881-1922," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2H2J-VH7 : 23 February 2021), Edith Angel, May 1908; citing Immigration, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, T-493, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
4. ↑ Source:
   • Obituary The Montreal Gazette - 12 Sep 1966 ; See Page 46 (last page) under Deaths ; https://news.google.ca/newspapers?nid=Fr8DH2VBP9sC&dat=19660912&printsec=frontpage&hl=en or https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/421421061/
   Added by Shaun Wallace on 5 May '22
5. ↑ England and Wales Census 1891 - Salvador 5 Mandell Cottage, Tooting Graveney, Wandsworth, London Image Reference RG12 PN:0460 FN:48 Page:96 (https://ukcensusonline.com : accessed 7 May 2022)
6. ↑ 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census. High Street Colliers Wood, Mitcham, Croydon, Surrey, England (www.findmypast.co.uk : accessed 7 May 2022)
7. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9XZ-LYB : 20 May 2019), Edith Angel in household of Frederick J R Angel, Mitcham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Mitcham subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
8. ↑ "Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1916," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMPM-QXK : 11 March 2018), Edith Fletcher in household of Harold Fletcher, Saskatchewan, Canada; citing p. 3, line 7; Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,434,946.

• "Saskatchewan Genealogy Index Searches" (http://genealogy.ehealthsask.ca/vsgs_srch.aspx: Accessed 30 Nov 2021) eHealth Saskatchewan, database entry for Fletcher, Winnifred Josephine, 1914/3/10 Reg. No. 2289.
• "Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1926," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPR4-D247 : 9 December 2019), Edith R Fletcher in household of Harold Fletcher, Moose Jaw No. 161, Saskatchewan, Canada; citing Census, Moose Jaw No. 161, Saskatchewan, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.