Edna (Jagger) Sykes (1904 - 1978)

Born 25 May 1904 in Shelf, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

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Died 1978 at about age 73 in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

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Edna (Jagger) Sykes was born in Yorkshire, England.

Edna was born in Shelf, Yorkshire, England, on May 25,1904. ^[1] Her birth was registered in Halifax. She was the daughter of Fred Jagger and Julia Robinson. She was baptized on August 15, 1904, in Coley at St John.^[2] The Parish Register listed her parents as Fred and Julia residing on Brow Lane, Shelf, her father's occupation "Wool Sorter".^[3] She was enumerated in the 1911 census ^[4] as a six year old residing with her parents and one year old sister Ada at 3 Clough Hill, Shelf.

Edna married Tom Sykes in 1930.^[5] The ceremony was performed on December 15th in Coley at St John. The Parish Register listed Edna as a twenty six year old spinster residing at 3 Clough Hill, Shelf. Her father was named as Fred Jagger "Wool Sorter". Tom was a twenty seven year old bachelor and "Police Constable" residing at 12 Hope Street, Shelf. His father was named as Richard Sykes (deceased) "Banksman". The witnesses were Fred Jagger and Lily Webster Brand.^[6] It appears the couple had two children. Edna and Tom were enumerated in the 1939 Register ^[7] residing at 177 Green Lane, Rawmarsh. (Rawmarsh is a large village in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, now South Yorkshire, but historically within the West Riding). Two children at residence (one listed, one redacted). Tom was a "Police Sergeant" and Edna's occupation "Unpaid Domestic Duties".

Edna passed away in 1978. ^[8] Her death was registered in the fourth quarter in Ponterfract, West Yorkshire. She was seventy four.

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2F6Z-MTS : 1 October 2014), Edna Jagger, 1904; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Halifax, Yorkshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
2. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J7V9-M94 : 19 March 2020), Edna Jagger, 1904.
3. ↑ West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1910 for Edna Jagger (Free Ancestry Image)
4. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWJ8-97Q : 15 May 2019), Edna Jagger in household of Fred Jagger, Shelf, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; 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.
5. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV83-S8JW : 8 October 2014), Edna Jagger and null, 1930; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1930, quarter 4, vol. 9A, p. 835, Halifax, Yorkshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
6. ↑ West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1813-1935 for Edna Jagger (Free Ancestry Image)
7. ↑ 1939 England and Wales Register for Edna Sykes (Free Ancestry Image)
8. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZ3-NQ45 : 4 September 2014), Edna Sykes, 1978; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death Registration, Pontefract, Yorkshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.