Stephen Edwards 1847 - 1923

A stationery engine driver and the child of Daniel Edwards (a labourer) and Johanna Brooker (a pauper char woman), Stephen Edwards, the third times great-uncle of Nigel Horne, was born at St Lawrence, Thanet, Kent, England in Apr/may/jun 18471,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, was baptised there on 6 Jun 1847 and also married Ann Lasslett (with whom he had 6 children: Harry Walter, Edward Frederick, Alfred W, Helen Gertrude, Sydney Horace and Percy L) on 26 Mar 18709.

During his life, he was living at Chapel Row, St Lawrence, Thanet, Kent, England on 30 Mar 1851[10]; in Vessels, Misc Ships at Sea or Abroad, England in 1861[2]; at Chapel Row on 2 Apr 1871, less than a mile from his nephew James Lawrence who was living at Rear of Southwood Lodge, St Lawrence, Thanet, Kent, England and his sister Johanna Edwards who was living at Rear of Southwood Lodge, St Lawrence, Thanet, Kent, England and his nephew John Lawrence who was living at Rear of Southwood Lodge, St Lawrence, Thanet, Kent, England and his niece Hannah Lawrence who was living at Rear of Southwood Lodge, St Lawrence, Thanet, Kent, England and his niece Jane Lawrence who was living at Rear of Southwood Lodge, St Lawrence, Thanet, Kent, England and his nephew Daniel Laurence who was living at Rear of Southwood Lodge, St Lawrence, Thanet, Kent, England and his niece Annie Laurence who was living at Rear of Southwood Lodge, St Lawrence, Thanet, Kent, England[12],; at his birthplace in 1881[4]; at Whitehall Waterworks, St Lawrence, Thanet on 3 Apr 1881[11]; at his birthplace in 1891[5]; at West Dumpton, St Lawrence, Thanet on 5 Apr 1891[13]; at Waterworks Cottage, St Lawrence, Thanet on 31 Mar 1901, less than a mile from his sister Johanna Edwards who was living at 3 Lorne Road, St Lawrence, Thanet, Kent, England and his niece Elizabeth Lawrence who was living at 3 Lorne Road, St Lawrence, Thanet, Kent, England[14],; at Southwood Pumping Station, St Lawrence, Thanet on 2 Apr 1911[15]; and at Waterworks House, Southwood Road, St Lawrence, Thanet in 1923.

He died on 28 Apr 1923 in Thanet.

Citations

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. 1881 England Census Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. 1881 British Isles Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the
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, FreeBMD Birth 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
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. 1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast (was age 3 and the grand son of the head of the household)
11. 1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast (was age 33 and the head of the household)
12. 1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast (was age 23 and the head of the household)
13. 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast (was age 43 and the head of the household)
14. 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast (was age 53 and the head of the household)
15. 1911 Census for England & Wales - Findmypast (was age 63 and the head of the household)

To be done

Death date (28 Apr 1923) has no citations

Residence record for 1923 contains no citation

Location for 1851 (Chapel Row, St Lawrence, Thanet, Kent, England) differs from mother's (St Lawrence, Thanet, Kent, England)

Listed in the residence for 1923, but spouse Ann Lasslett is not