Johanna Brooker Edwards 1831 - 1917

The child of Daniel Edwards (a labourer) and Johanna Brooker (a pauper char woman), Johanna Edwards, the great-great-grandmother of Nigel Horne, was born at St Lawrence, Thanet, Kent, England in 18311,2,3,4,5,6,7, was baptised there on 30 Jan 1831 and married William Lawrence (a harbour labourer with whom she had 11 children: George, Mary Carter, William, John, Annie, Elizabeth, Daniel, James, Hannah, Jane and Emily) there on 22 Nov 18519.
During her life, she was living at her birthplace in 1851[2]; at Chapel Lane, St Lawrence, Thanet in 1861[3]; at St Lawrence Street, St Lawrence, Thanet, Kent, England on 6 Jun 1841[10] and on 7 Apr 1861[12]; at her birthplace in 1871[4]; at Rear of Southwood Lodge, St Lawrence, Thanet on 2 Apr 1871[11]; at 3 Providence Cottage, St Lawrence, Thanet on 5 Apr 1891[5]; at 3 Lorne Road, St Lawrence, Thanet on 31 Mar 1901 following the death of her husband on 11 Jun 1898[6] and at 16 Bloomsbury Road, Ramsgate, Kent on 2 Apr 1911, less than a mile from her granddaughter Emily Lawrence who was living at 13 Ashburnham Road, St Lawrence, Thanet, Kent, England and her great-grandson Charles Cowell who was living at 13 Ashburnham Road, St Lawrence, Thanet, Kent, England and her great-grandson Frederick Cowell who was living at 13 Ashburnham Road, St Lawrence, Thanet, Kent, England and her great-granddaughter Lilian Lawrence who was living at 13 Ashburnham Road, St Lawrence, Thanet, Kent, England[7],.

She died on 31 Jan 1917 at 2 Matrix Cottages, Garlinge, Kent8 (senile decay).

Citations

1. 1841 England Census Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1841. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1841. Data imaged from the National
2. 1851 England Census Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1851. Data imaged from the National
3. 1861 England Census Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1861. Data imaged from the National (Relation to Head of House: Wife)
4. 1871 England Census Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1871. Data imaged from the National
5. 1891 England Census Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1891. Data imaged from The National
6. 1901 England Census Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1901. Data imaged from the National
7. 1911 England Census Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA), 1911. Data imaged from the National Archives, London, England.
8. England & Wales, Death Index: 1984-2005 Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data - General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Cont
9. England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1915 Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Cont
10. 1841 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast (was age 10)
11. 1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast (was age 40 and the wife of the head of the household)
12. 1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast (was age 30 and the wife of the head of the household was age 30 and the wife of the head of the household)

To be done

Census information missing between Census UK 1871 and 1891 England Census

2 Matrix Cottages, Garlinge, Kent, England isn't found