Person Sheet


Name Emma Elizabeth "Bessie" EDEN, G Grandmother, 1
Birth 19 5 1875, Compton Abdale1
Birth Memo IoB 2Q1875 Northleach 6a400 #330
Christen 17 10 1875, St Oswald Compton Abdale
Christen Memo PMF98 #429
Death 26 8 1919, 69 Vauxhall Road Gloucester2 Age: 44
Death Memo IoD 3Q1919 Gloucester 6a283 #277
Occupation 1901: parlourmaid, domestic. 1909: lady's maid.
Father Thomas EDEN, 163 (1837-1920)
Mother Elizabeth WIXEY, 377 (1836-1916)
Spouses:
1 William James "Bill" CRITCHLEY, G Grandfather, 8
Birth 22 10 1887, 6 Victoria Street Barton St Mary South Hamlet Gloucester3
Birth Memo IoB 4Q1887 Gloucester 6a291 #315
Death 13 2 1959, The Cottage Hiams Lane Hartpury Gloucester4 Age: 71
Death Memo IoD 1959 Gloucester Rural 7b644 #478
Occupation 1901: errand boy. 1909: fireman at waggon works. 1911: assistant wireman Midland Railway. 1919: butler. 1959: cellar man. 1921: bricklayer's lab Coop Soc.
Father James"Jim" CRITCHLEY, 420 (1859-1941)
Mother Elizabeth Helen RICHARDS, 992 (1863-1948)
Marriage 27 2 1909, Register Office Cheltenham5
Marriage Memo IoM 1Q1909 Cheltenham 6a601 #35
Children: Gwendoline Louise, 5 (1911-2008)
Vera Elizabeth "Betty", 432 (1914-1995)
Notes for Emma Elizabeth "Bessie" EDEN
Compton Abdale parish church registry: DofChr. Lis says "aged 43" on death in 1919. Her BB says "Grandma" on 1/1. Her BB says "Ernie Eden" on 4/12, but ?? Her BB says "W Winfield" on 7/12, but ??, cf William Henry Winfield. Her BB has "Maud" on 14/12, but??. Online011202: census1901. FRC070303: IoB. FRC120304: IoD: DC "Elizabeth Emma". GRO141005: ChrR. LDSOnline161005: census1881. MC: occ. Her copy of "Kept for the Master's Use" 051008: "In remembrance of Oct 31 - 1894" from "LA". Ancestry310118: census1911.
Census
Census1881 2561/73/13: "Emma E", aged5, dau at Village Compton Abdale, PofB Compton Abdale. Census1901 2463/52/16: aged 25, single, servant at Sinclair Pittville Circus Cheltenham, occ, PofB. Census1911 P15309: aged 30, wife at 23 Birchmore Road Gloucester, PofB Compton Abdale.
Census Notes for William James "Bill" (Spouse 1)
Census1901 2430/95/28: aged 13, son at 6 Victoria St Gloucester, occ, PofB Gloucester. Census1911 P15309: aged 24, mar, hd at 23 Birchmore Road Gloucester, occ, PofB Gloucester. Census1921 P12026: aged 33, son at2 Stratton Road Gloucester, occ, PofB Gloucester.
Misc. Notes
Bessie Eden's birthday book has a "??Critchley" on 22/10. Gwen's papers: cremated Gloucester Crematorium 13 Feb 1959. Online011202: census1901. FRC301202: IoB. FRC080503: IoD: aged72. Certificate of cremation from Gwen's papers 100304. MC: occ. Ancestry310118: census1911. Ancestry071124: census1921.
Notes for William James "Bill" & Emma Elizabeth "Bessie" (Family)
FRC180106: IoM.
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