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Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 8 Send Message	Bernard	Report	2 Jan 2008 10:37
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 8 Send Message	Trying to find birth details for George Sidney Edwards born Ca. 1874 Shoreditch/Hoxton areas.His Father was Henry Edwards.George was a Lamp lighter & then a Gas Company Foreman when he retired in 1939,one of his sons was Thomas Henry Cecil EDWARDS b 1914 Shoreditch. George Sidney Edwards married Maud May Williams 14/08/1911 he is listed as a 36 year old Widower,his Father Henry is listed as Desceased(Cab Driver) George and Maud Edwards had at least 4 children,George.Basil. Thomas & Maud.
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 12,337 Send Message	alviegal	Report	2 Jan 2008 12:32
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 12,337 Send Message	Is this the right person here? 1881 England Census about George Edwards Name: George Edwards Age: 7 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1874 Relation: Son Father's Name: Henry Mother's Name: Elizabeth Gender: Male Where born: Shorditch, Middlesex, England Civil Parish: St Luke County/Island: London Country: England Street address: 25 Baltic Street Education: Employment status: View Image Occupation: Scholar Registration district: Holborn Sub-registration district: Whitecross Street ED, institution, or vessel: 8 Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Elizabeth Edwards 26 b St Lukes, Middlesex George Edwards 7 Henry Edwards 26 b Bristol, chair maker (cbt maker) Henry Edwards 8 View Original Record View original image
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 12,337 Send Message	alviegal	Report	2 Jan 2008 12:37
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 12,337 Send Message	Or maybe this one 1881 England Census about George Edwards Name: George Edwards Age: 5 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1876 Relation: Son Father's Name: Henry Mother's Name: Betsy Gender: Male Where born: Hoxton Civil Parish: Shoreditch County/Island: London Country: England Street address: 9 Dorchester St Education: Employment status: View Image Occupation: Scholar Registration district: Shoreditch Sub-registration district: Hoxton Old Town ED, institution, or vessel: 14 Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Betsy Edwards 35 b St Lukes Edwin Edwards 8 Elizabeth Edwards 17 Ellen Edwards 1 George Edwards 5 Henry Edwards 39 b St George East, home painter Sarah Edwards 15 View Original Record View original image
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 12,337 Send Message	alviegal	Report	2 Jan 2008 12:43
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 12,337 Send Message	There are a few for George about George Edwards Name: George Edwards Year of Registration: 1874 Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar District: Shoreditch County: London, Middlesex Volume: 1c Page: 71 (click to see others on page) about George Edwards Name: George Edwards Year of Registration: 1875 Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec District: Shoreditch County: London, Middlesex Volume: 1c Page: 127 (click to see others on page) Name: George Edwards Year of Registration: 1877 Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep District: Shoreditch County: London, Middlesex Volume: 1c Page: 119 (click to see others on page)
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 12,337 Send Message	alviegal	Report	2 Jan 2008 12:49
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 12,337 Send Message	Here's Thomas' birth in 1914. His middle names are reversed so possibly George Sidney could have been Sidney George at birth. Births Sep 1914 (>99%) Edwards Thomas C H Williams Shoreditch 1c 127 Scan available - click to view Evans Albert E Joynes Shoreditch 1c 127 Scan available - click to view Ford Robert R Waudby Shoreditch 1c 127 Scan available - click to view Hooker Thomas Evans Shoreditch 1c 127 Scan available - click to view MacGlashan Isabel G Getty Shoreditch 1c 127 Scan available - click to view Other children? Births Sep 1912 (>99%) Edwards George A T Williams Shoreditch 1c 96 Scan available - click to view Births Sep 1914 (>99%) Edwards Thomas C H Williams Shoreditch 1c 127 Scan available - click to view Births Jun 1917 (>99%) Edwards Albert V W Williams Shoreditch 1c 82

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