Edith was born in 1889, the daughter of Walter Goodwin and Mary Brown.[1][2] Their family lived in Ferry Fryston, Yorkshire, England where her father was a coal miner.[3] In 1901, they were living in Conisbrough, Yorkshire, England; her father was a coal miner hewer.[4]
↑ GRO England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Birth (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content : accessed 5 Jun 2022), database entry for Goodwin, Edith (Mother's maiden surname: Brown). GRO Reference: 1889 D Quarter in Pontefract Volume 09C Page 94
↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQ7M-Q8Q : 19 September 2020), Edith Goodwin, Christening: 20 Nov 1889, Bradley Street Methodist, Castleford, York, England; Parents: Walter Goodwin and Mary Ann Goodwin; citing Item 8, Microfilm 1657057.
↑ 3.03.1 "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7FXT-HW2 : 7 May 2019), Edith Goodwin in household of Walter Goodwin, Ferry Fryston, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Yorkshire, Yorkshire (West Riding) county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
↑ 4.04.1 "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9PB-8SF : 21 May 2019), Edith Goodwin in household of Walter Goodwin, Conisbrough, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Barmbrough subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
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