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EDGOOS, Margaret Elizabeth (1803-1822) Married John HARDING on 25 December 1820,		EDGOOS, Margaret Elizabeth (1803-1822) Married John HARDING on 25 December 1820,
Margaret, daughter of William and Mary EDGOSS was baptised at St. Margaret's, King's Lynn, Norfolk, on 17 March 1803.
(www. familysearch.org)

William EDGOSS had married Mary HARDY at King's Lynn, Norfolk, on 28 July 1789.

Margaret Elizabeth EDGOOS (sic) spinster married John HARDING, bachelor, at St. Margaret with St. Nicholas, King's Lynn, Norfolk, on 25 December 1820.
[EDGOSS according to Norfolk Marriages (1801-1837) ].
Witnesses were James ADAMS and Henry EDGOSS.

Margaret Elisabeth [sic], aged 21, wife of John HARDING, was buried at St. Margaret's King's Lynn on 12 September 1822. She lived at
London Road, Lynn.
(PR)

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EDGOOSE, Abigail (1647-1655)		EDGOOSE, Abigail (1647-1655)
Abigail, daughter of Anthonie EDGOOSE, was baptised at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 25 July 1647.
(PR)

Anthony EDGOOSE had married Joan SUMPTER at Pinchbeck on 4 February 1644/45.

Abigayle, daughter of Anthony EDGOOSE and Joane, was buried at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 18 November 1655.
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EDGOOSE, Abigail (1700?-1788) aka DAWSON till 1758		EDGOOSE, Abigail (1700?-1788) aka DAWSON till 1758
James EDGOOSE of Tumby married Abigail DAWSON, spinster, of Tumby by licence at Kirkby-on-Bain, Lincolnshire, on 13 June 1758. Witnesses were Thomas FALKNER and Michael BOULTON. The Marriage Bond describes James EDGOOSE as a husbandman and bachelor, and Abigail DAWSON as a spinster.

MB 1758/399 Richard ANDERSON of Coningsby, grazier, was a party to the bond.

Abigail, wife of James EDGOOSE of Tumby, was buried at Kirkby-on-Bain on 3 January 1788.
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NOTES & QUERIES:
An Abigail, d. of Robert ENDERBY, was baptised at Mumby-cum-Chapel, Lincolnshire, on 13 March 1697.
An Abigail ENDERBY married Richard DAWSON at Kirkby-on-Bain, Lincolnshire, on 30 May 1726.
Richard and Abigail DAWSON had three children baptised at Kirkby-on-Bain:
Elizabeth DAWSON 5 April 1727.
Ann DAWSON 6 January 1729.
Mabel DAWSON 6 October 1732.
Abigail DAWSON, widow, of Tumby, Lincolnshire, was buried at Lincoln on 18 July 1761.


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EDGOOSE, Abraham (1641-????) aka EATGOOSS (1637) EATEGOOSE (1641)		EDGOOSE, Abraham (1641-????) aka EATGOOSS (1637) EATEGOOSE (1641)
Abraham, son of Simon and Katherine EATEGOOSE, was baptised at Stamford St. George on 21 November 1641. Symond EATGOOSS (sic) had married Katerin MEADOWES at Stamford All Saints, Lincolnshire, on 24 September 1637.
(Family Search)

No further trace of him has been found.


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EDGOOSE, Ada Mary (1873-1955) wife of William Frederick EDGOOSE (1873-1954)		EDGOOSE, Ada Mary (1873-1955) wife of William Frederick EDGOOSE (1873-1954)
Ada Mary HUGGINS was born at Nettleham, Lincolnshire, on 15 March 1873, the daughter of John and Ruth HUGGINS (formerly GIBSON). John HUGGINS was described as a farmer.
(GRO June Q 1873 Lincoln 7a 487)

In 1881 the family were living at Bridge Road, Sutton St. Mary, Lincolnshire:
John HUGGINS, head, aged 42, grocer baker & corn dealer, born at Timberland, Lincolnshire;
Ruth HUGGINS, wife, aged 39, born at Brant Broughton, Lincolnshire;
John T. HUGGINS, son, aged 16, grocer's assistant, born at Nettleham, Lincolnshire;
*Ada M. HUGGINS, daughter, aged 8, scholar, born at Nettleham;
William Hy HUGGINS, son, aged 6, scholar, born at Nettleham;
Eliza PHILLIPS, servant, aged 16, general servant, born at Friday Bridge, Cambridgeshire.
(RG11/3208/69/21)

From the 1891 census of Bridge Road, Sutton St. Mary, Lincolnshire:
Ruth HUGGINS, head, widow, aged 49, baker and grocer, employer, born at Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire;
William H. HUGGINS, son, aged 16, grocer's assistant, born at Nettleham, Lincolnshire;
Albert A. HUGGINS, son, aged 6, scholar, born at Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire;
*Ada M. HUGGINS, daughter, aged 18, born at Nettleham, Lincolnshire;
Kate F. HUGGINS, daughter, aged 6, scholar, born at Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire;
James BURGESS, boarder, single, aged 18, baker's assistant, born at Hunstanton, Norfolk;
Edith RHODES, servant, single, aged 20, general domestic servant, born at Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire.
(RG12/2567/53/9)

From the 1901 Census of Bridge Road, Sutton Bridge, Holbeach, Lincolnshire, England:
Ruth HUGGINS Head Widow Age 59 Grocer & baker (shopkeeper) Lincolnshire, Kirton Lindsey
Ada M. HUGGINS Daughter Single Age 26 Bookkeeper (shop) Lincolnshire, Nettleham
William H. HUGGINS Son Single Age 24 Grocer & baker insurance agent Lincolnshire, Nettleham
Albert A. HUGGINS Son Single Age 16 Grocers assistant Lincolnshire, Sutton Bridge
Kate F. HUGGINS Daughter Single Age 16 Pupil teacher Lincolnshire, Sutton Bridge
Robert TRAFFORD Boarder Single Age 16 Journeyman baker Lincolnshire, Sutton Bridge
Emma BARRS Servant Single Age 18 General domestic Norfolk, Terrrington

In 1903 her brother William Henry HUGGINS married Patience Edgoose MOULES, daughter of the Joseph MOULES who had married Mary EDGOOSE at West Walton, Norfolk, in 1871.
(GRO September Q 1903 Wisbech 3b 1275)

She married William Frederick EDGOOSE at Sutton Bridge Primitive Methodist Chapel on 8 November 1905. She was described as a 31 year old spinster of Bridge Road, Sutton Bridge, and the daughter of John HUGGINS, deceased, a master baker and grocer. Witnesses were John Thomas HUGGINS, Kate Florence HUGGINS and A. A. HUGGINS.

From the 1911 census of Walton Highway, Wisbech:
William F. EDGOOSE, head, aged 38, married 6 years, no children, coal merchant, employer, born at Lincoln;
*Ada M. EDGOOSE, wife, aged 35, married 6 years, born at Nettleham, Lincolnshire.
(RG14/9309)

From the 1939 Register of Walton Highway, Marshland R.D., Norfolk:
William F. EDGOOSE, born 18 February 1873, married, farmer & coal merchant & land worker;
*Ada M. EDGOOSE, born 15 March 1874 [sic, error], married, unpaid domestic duties;
Ronald W. EDGOOSE, born 13 September 1911, single, assisting father as coal merchant.
(RG101/6566F/012/25 TRQN)

An Index of the Will of William Frederick EDGOOSE (1873-1954):
01*William Frederick EDGOOSE, the Testator.
02 Ronald William EDGOOSE, son of the Testator, executor.
03*Ada Mary EDGOOSE, wife of the Testator.
04 C. M. B. Sessions, Solicitor, Wisbech.
05 M. MEED his clerk.
(District Probate Registry, Peterborough, 1955)

Ada Mary EDGOOSE formerly HUGGINS, widow of William Frederick EDGOOSE coal merchant, died at the Clarkson Hospital, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, on 14 April 1955. She was 81 years old. Cause of death was broncho-pneumonia and an accidental fracture of neck of left femur. There was no post mortem. An Inquest was held on 16 April 1955 and a certificate was received from O. D. G. BARR, Coroner for the Northern Divsion of the Isle of Ely.
(Death Certificate)
(GRO June Q 1955 Wisbech 4a 298)

She was still living at Walton Highway where her husband had been a coal merchant when she died.

An Index of the Will of Ada Mary EDGOOSE formerly HUGGINS (1873-1955) made on 3 February 1953:
01*Ada Mary EDGOOSE, the Testatrix
02 William Frederick EDGOOSE, husband of the Testatrix
03 Ronald William EDGOOSE, son of the Testatrix, executor and trustee.
04 John William Arthur OLLARD, executor and trustee
05 C. M. B. SESSIONS, solicitor, witness
06 Winnie V. SESSIONS, his wife, witness.
(District Probate Registry, Peterborough, 1956)

The Will of Ada Mary EDGOOSE:
"THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of me Ada Mary EDGOOSE the wife of William Frederick EDGOOSE of Walton Highway in the County of Norfolk Coal Merchant
1. I HEREBY REVOKE all former Wills and Testamentary dispositions by me at any time heretofore made and DECLARE this to be my last Will and Testament
2. I APPOINT my son Ronald William EDGOOSE (hereinafter by himself called my son) and my Solicitor John William Arthur OLLARD of Wisbech in the County of Cambridge (hereinafter together called my Trustees) to be the Executors and Trustees of this my Will and Trustees for the purposes of the Settled Land Act 1925
3. I GIVE DEVISE AND BEQUEATH my dwellinghouse and premises wherein I now reside at West Walton aforesaid and the furniture and other articles of domestic use therein unto my Trustees upon trust for my husband the said William Frederick EDGOOSE for his life and upon his death upon trust for my son the said Ronald William EDGOOSE absolutely
4. SUBJECT to the payment of my funeral and testamentary expenses death duties and debts I GIVE DEVISE AND BEQUEATH the whole of my real and personal estate of whatsoever description and wheresoever situate not hereby or by any Codicil hereto otherwise specifically disposed of unto my son the said Ronald Frederick [sic] EDGOOSE
5. ANY Executor or Trustee of this my Will being a Solicitor shall be entitled to charge and be paid all usual professional or proper charges for all business transacted time expended and acts done by him or any partner of his in connection with the trusts hereof including acts which an Executor or Trustee not being a Solicitor could have done personally
IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand this Third day of February One thousand nine hundred and fifty three
SIGNED AND DECLARED by the said Ada Mary EDGOOSE the Testatrix as and for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us both being present at the same time who at her request in her presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses:-
C. M. B. SESSIONS Solicitor Wisbech
Winnie V. SESSIONS his wife"

Ada Mary EDGOOSE of Walton Highway, Norfolk, widow, died 14 April 1955. Probate was granted at Peterborough on 4 May 1956 to Ronald William EDGOOSE, smallholder, and John William Arthur OLLARD, solicitor. Effects amounted to £ 664 17s. 9d.
(National Probate Calendar 1956)

She was buried in West Walton Cemetery on 19 April 1955.


NOTES & QUERIES:
The EDGOOSE/HUGGINS connection:
1) In 1903, William Henry HUGGINS, sister of Ada Mary HUGGINS, married Patience EDGOOSE MOULES, daughter of the Mary EDGOOSE who had married Joseph MOULES at West Walton in 1871.

2) Ada Mary HUGGINS married William Frederick EDGOOSE, illegitimate son of Mary's sister Ruth EDGOOSE, two years later.

3) The only close point of contact between the HUGGINS and EDGOOSE familes appears to have been the village of Nettleham in Lincolnshire where Ada Mary and William Henry HUGGINS were born and where William Frederick EDGOOSE was boarded out - at least in 1881. Whether a possible friendship formed before 1881 when they were just eight years old endured into adulthood is not proven.


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EDGOOSE, Adelaide Eliza (1851-1941). Wife of Solicitor Ernest CROSBY from 1891.		EDGOOSE, Adelaide Eliza (1851-1941). Wife of Solicitor Ernest CROSBY from 1891.
Adelaide Eliza EDGOOSE was born on 29 August 1851 at Northallerton, Yorkshire, daughter of Jesse and Mary EDGOOSE.
(GRO December Q 1851 [WHARRAM] Northallerton 24 523)

Jesse EDGOOSE had married Mary WHARRAM by licence on 7 August 1849.

The 1861 census for 13 Feasegate, St. Peter the Little, York:
Mary EDGOOSE, head, aged 40, widow, baby linen & hosiery repository, born at Naburn, Yorkshire;
Alfred J. EDGOOSE, son, aged 17, house carpenter, born at Leak, Staffordshire;
Agnes B. (sic) EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 15, milliner, born at Leak;
*Adelaide E. EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 9, scholar, born at Northallerton, Yorkshire;
Emily A. EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 6, scholar, born at Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire;
Lucilla F. EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 5, scholar, born at Naburn, Yorkshire;
Harriet ATKIN, servant, aged 14, house servant, born at Cottingwith, Yorkshire.
(RG9/3546/63/9)

The reference to Alfred E. EDGOOSE at the York School of Art Annual Meeting in 1861 may perhaps have been a reference to Adelaide E. EDGOOSE. Her half brother Alfred James (sic) EDGOOSE was seventeen years old and a house carpenter, whereas Adelaide Eliza was by 1871 a teacher of English and drawing.
"The chairman then addressed some suitable remarks to the pupils, urging that though much is due to talent, more is due to industry and perseverance and a determination to excel, if they wished to succeed. He afterwards distributed the prizes.........
The following had registration cards awarded to them.........Alfred E. EDGOOSE."
(The York Herald 29 June 1861)

The exact identity of the A. EDGOOSE whose name featured in the 1865 examination results for Holgate Seminary, York, remains uncertain. The reference could be to Adelaide or, less probably, to either of her half sisters Agnes Rowley or Augusta:
Second grammar and arithmetic 3. A. EDGOOSE
Second history and geography 1. A. EDGOOSE
(The York Herald, 23 December 1865)

The name of A. E. EDGOOSE is listed in the Holgate Seminary's examination results in June 1866:
Grammar and arithmetic (1st class) 2. A. E. EDGOOSE
Geography and history (1st class) 2. A. E. EDGOOSE
2nd French A. E. EDGOOSE
(The York Herald, 23 June 1866)

The name of A. E. EDGOOSE is listed for the last time in the examination results published in December 1866.
(The York Herald 22 December 1866)

At the time of the 1871 census she was 19 years old, working as an assistant at a school in Church Yard, Selby, Yorkshire. She taught English and Drawing. Her place of birth was Northallerton.
(RG10/4734/128/1)

At the time of the 1881 census she was visiting the SHAFTOE family at 66 Monkgate, York St. Maurice, Yorkshire:
Ann SHAFTOE, head, aged 72, widow, born at York;
Maria SHAFTOE, daughter, aged 39, born at York;
Elizabeth SHAFTOE, daughter, aged 32, born at York;
Emily SHAFTOE, daughter, aged 29, born at York;
*Adelaide EDGOOSE, visitor, aged 29, school teacher, born at Northallerton;
Emma TIPLADY, aged 18, unmarried, general domestic servant, born at Welburn, York.
(RG11/4722/88/23)
Her mother and sisters were at 57 Monkgate, York, with several school boarders.
(RG11/4722/100/10)

At the time of the 1891 census she was at Providence House, Naburn, at the home of her cousin Maria WHARRAM. She was said to be 36 years old and 'living on own means' (RG12/3896/8/9).
Also present were Maria WHARRAM, Head, Widow, aged 42, living on own means, born Escrick; her son Matthias WHARRAM, a 22 year old farmer, born at Naburn; her son Thomas B. WHARRAM, an 18 year old chemist's apprentice, born at Naburn; and a cook, a housemaid, and four farm servants.
Her future husband was at Adeline Villa, Fleetwood, with his sister Louisa CROSBY, their 16 year old cousin Gertrude HOLDIFORTH, and their servant, a 47 year old widow born in Dublin in Ireland named Elizabeth PURCELL.
(RG12/3457/35/24)

She married Ernest CROSBY, a 30 year old solicitor of Adeline Villas, Fleetwood, on 22 April 1891 at the New Street Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, York. Ernest CROSBY was the bachelor son of John CROSBY, a merchant. George Thompson OLDHAM and LUCILLA Frances EDGOOSE were witnesses.
(GRO June Q 1891 York 9d 83)

MARRIAGES
"CROSBY --- EDGOOSE. --- April 22nd, at the New-street Wesleyan Chapel, York, by the Rev. T. F. RAWLINGS, Ernest CROSBY, solicitor, of Fleetwood, to Adelaide Eliza, third daughter of the late Rev. Jesse EDGOOSE, and granddaughter of the late Matthias WHARRAM, of Naburn."
(Yorkshire Gazette, Saturday, April 25th,1891.)

"CROSBY---EDGOOSE.---April 22nd, at the New-street Wesleyan Chapel, York, by the Rev. Thomsas WILDE, Ernest CROSBY, of Fleetwood, to Adelaide Eliza, third daughter of the late Rev. Jesse EDGOOSE, and grand-daughter of the late Matthias WHARRAM of Naburn. At home 7th and 8th May.
(Blackpool Herald, Friday, April 24th, 1891)

She and her husband laid the foundation stones of the New Fleetwood Wesleyan Church inaugurated in 1899.

There is no trace of an Adelaide Eliza CROSBY as such in the 1901 census. Her husband Ernest CROSBY, aged 40, a solicitor, born in Hull, Yorkshire, is listed at 5 Mount Road, Fleetwood, Lancashire, (RG13/3976/64/24). At the same address were a visitor, Bridjet CROW, aged 39, living on own means, born at Fleetwood; and Annie DUTTON, a 24 year old domestic servant born at Northwich, Cheshire. However, at the house of Robert KNAPTON in Beverley, Yorkshire, was an Adelaide E. (KNAPTON) aged 49, born Northallerton. She was married but nevertheless said to be the niece of the head of the household. The ditto marks for the surname indicate that all members of the household had the same surname KNAPTON, even the servant, indicating a possible error (RG13/4462/13). Further research has shown that Robert KNAPTON married Mary WHARRAM's sister Ann at Naburn, Yorkshire, on 12 July 1853 (IGI), so he was in fact Adelaide Eliza CROSBY's uncle by marriage.

The 1911 census of Westaella, Fleetwood, Lancashire:
Ernest CROSBY, head, aged 50, married, solicitor, employer, born at Hull, Yorkshire;
*Adelaide Eliza CROSBY, wife, aged 53, married 19 years, no children, born at Northallerton, Yorkshire;
Isabel LAMB, servant, aged 21, single, general servant domestic, born at Fleetwood, Lancashire.
(RG14/25457)

Her husband, Ernest CROSBY, practised alone at Fleetwood from 1883-1909. From 1909-1912 he was a partner in Crosby and Hodson of Blackpool and Thornton-le-Fylde. From 1912 he practised alone at Manchester until his death. His last address was 20 St. Ann's Square, Manchester. He died on 27 November 1930 aged 72 and was buried in Manchester Southern Cemetery. His address at the time was 2 Amherst Road, Withington, Manchester.

Adelaide Eliza CROSBY, widow, of 3 Sandy Lane, Eccles Old Road, Pendleton, Salford, was granted probate of the will of Agnes Rowley EDGOOSE on 25 October 1933.

A Consolidated Index of the Will of Agnes Rowley EDGOOSE (1845-1933), spinster, made on 23 February 1931. Probate was granted at Manchester on 25 October 1933
01*Agnes Rowley EDGOOSE, the Testatrix.
02*Adelaide Eliza CROSBY formerly EDGOOSE, only living sister of the Testatrix.
03 M. Henry BEDFORD, clerk with H. L. F. BERRY & Co., solicitors.
04 S. IRWIN, solicitor, Manchester.
05 Harry E. KAY, Commissioner for Oaths.
(District Probate Registry, Manchester, 1933)

From the 1939 Register of 33 Galloway Road, Fleetwood M.B., Lancashire:
John W. HODSON, born 6 May 1883, solicitor, married;
Sarah L. HODSON, born 8 January 1881, unpaid domestic duties, married;
Catherine M. FRYER (CARTMELL), born 21 October 1921, domestic servant, single;
1 CLOSED RECORD
*Adelaide E. CROSBY, born 29 August 1851, oap incapacitated, widowed.
(RG101/4763H/011/17 NURM)

Adelaide Eliza CROSBY, widow of Ernest CROSBY solicitor, of Grasmere Bungalow, Fleetwood, Lancashire, died on 4 March 1941 at Melville Nursing Home, Fleetwood aged 89. Cause of death was Senile Decay. The informant was Fred FOREST, causing the body to be buried, of 47 Victoria Street, Fleetwood.
(GRO March Q 1941 Fylde 8e 1723)
(Death Certificate)

No. 2 Grasmere Bungalow, Beach Road, Fleetwood, was occupied by a Miss Mabel POPE and her friend Miss HUDSON, a sister-in-law of W. WARD the trawler owner. After Miss HUDSON died, Mabel POPE looked after Adelaide Eliza CROSBY.
(Letter from Mrs. Ingela Shaw 10.3.1970)

She is buried in grave L489 in the nonconformist section of Manchester Southern Cemetery, Barlow Moor Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy. There is no mention of her on the headstone.

A Consolidated Index to the Will of Agnes Rowley EDGOOSE (1845-1933), spinster, made on 23 February 1931.
01*Agnes Rowley EDGOOSE (1845-1933), the Testatrix
02 Adelaide Eliza CROSBY formerly EDGOOSE (1851-1941), only surviving sister and sole beneficiary.
03 Samuel IRWIN
04 M...... Henry BEDFORD, clerk to H. L. F. Berry & Co., solicitors
05 Harry E. KAY
06 H. L. F. Berry & Co., 40 King Street, Manchester
(District Probate Registry, Manchester, 1933)

An Index of the Will of Adelaide Eliza CROSBY formerly EDGOOSE (1851-1941), made on 7 November 1933. Probate was granted at Manchester on 7 April 1941.
01*Adelaide Eliza CROSBY, the Testatrix.
02 Samuel IRWIN, Solictor, sole beneficiary and executor.
03 Harry E. KAY, solicitor, Manchester, witness.
04 Charles WILSON, his clerk, witness.
05 C. H. TREVOR-ROPER, a Commissioner for Oaths.
(District Probate Registry, Manchester, 1941)

An Index of an extract of Probate of the Will of Adelaide Eliza CROSBY.
01*Adelaide Eliza CROSBY, the Testatrix.
02 Samuel IRWIN, Solicitor, executor, beneficiary.
03 H. L. F. BERRY & Co.
(District Probate Registry, Manchester, 1941)

She left her real and personal estate to Samuel IRWIN of 40 King Street, Manchester, the solicitor who had drawn up the will of her sister Agnes Rowley EDGOOSE. She made her own will on 7 November 1933.
"THIS IS THE LAST WILL of me Adelaide Eliza CROSBY of 3 Sandy Lane Eccles Old Road in the City of Salford Widow
1. I HEREBY REVOKE all former wills and testamentary dispositions heretofore made by me
2. I GIVE devise and bequeath all my real and personal estate whatsoever and wheresoever to SAMUEL IRWIN of 40 King Street Manchester Solicitor absolutely and I appoint him SOLE EXECUTOR of this my Will
IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand this Seventh day of November one thousand nine hundred and thirty three
(signed) Adelaide Eliza CROSBY
SIGNED by the Testatrix Adelaide Eliza CROSBY as and for her last will in the presence of us both present at the same time who at her request in her presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses:
Harry E. KAY, Solicitor, Manchester
Charles WILSON, his Clerk"

"CROSBY Adelaide Eliza of Grasmere Bungalow, Beach-road, Fleetwood, Lancashire, widow, died 4 March 1941 at Melville Nursing Home, Fleetwood. Probate Manchester 7 April to Samuel Irwin solicitor. Effects £ 360 18s. 4d."
(National Probate Calendar 1941)

Monumental Inscription:
IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
ERNEST CROSBY
DIED NOV 27 1930 AGED 72
ALSO AGNES ROWLEY EDGOOSE
DIED FEB 26 1933 AGED 89

(According to the Cemetery superintendant, Adelaide Eliza CROSBY was buried in the same grave on 7 March 1941. There is no inscription).


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EDGOOSE, Adlar (1646-1692)		EDGOOSE, Adlar (1646-1692)
Adlar [sic], son of Robert EDGOOSE, was baptised at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 11 October 1646.
(Parish Register)

Robert EDGOOSE had married Rachaell BENETLAND at St. Peter in Eastgate in the City of Lincoln on 27 June 1633.

An Index of the Will of James EDGOOSE (1641-1668), carpenter, of Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire.
01*James EDGOOSE, the Testator
00 Mother of the Testator, unnamed but living.
02*Adler EDGOOSE, brother of the Testator.
03 John EDGOOSE, brother of the Testator.
04 Mary EDGOOSE, daughter of the Testator's brother Thomas.
05 Thomas EDGOOSE, brother of the Testator.
06 Edward HARRISON, son of the Testator's brother Edward HARRISON.
07 Edward HARRISON
08 Linah, son of the Testator's sister JACKSON.
09 The Testator's sister JACKSON
11 John EDGOOSE, son of the Testator's brother Robert
12 Robert EDGOOSE, brother of the Testator.
13 Robert, son of Robert AXMAN.
14 Robert AXMAN.
15 Nathaniel ELWARD.
16 Robert EDGOOSE, father of the Testator.
17 John RICH, witness.
18 John COLLS, witness.
(Lincoln Consistory Court Will 1668/189)

In his will made on 14 January 1668/69 Robert EDGOOSE of Pinchbeck refers to his son Adler.
(Lincoln Consistory Court Will 1669/79)

An Index of the Will of Robert EDGOOSE (1603-1669) of Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire.
01*Robert EDGOOSE, the Testator.
02 Robard EDGOOSE, son of the Testator
03 Thomas EDGOOSE, son of the Testator.
04 Richard TALER's two children.
05 Aelce TALER formerly EDGOOSE, wife of Richard TALER.
06 Edward HARRISON's child.
07 Rachel EDGOOSE formerly RAMSHAW, wife of the Testator.
08*Adler EDGOOSE, son of the Testator.
09 John EDGOOSE, son of the Testator.
(Lincoln Consistory Court Will 1669/79)

Adler EDGOOSE is listed in "The Names of all Such Persons as did in the Towne of Pinchbecke in Holland Lincolnshire Contribute toward the Redemption of the poore Christian Slaves 1670". He contributed one shilling, whereas Rachell EDGOOSE gave 4d., John EDGOOSE 4d., Joseph EDGOOSE 6d., Margarett EDGOOSE 4d., and Wid. EDGOOSE 6d..
(LRO 17 08 002 04A)

Adler EDGOOSE married Ann BIRD at Pinchbeck on 16 January 1670/71.
(PR)

In 1671 Adler EDGOOSE was appointed executor of the will of John BURD of Pinchbeck, father of his wife Ann. John EDGOOSE signed as a witness.
(LCC Wills 1671/ii/491)

An Index of the Will of John BIRD (????-1671) of Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire. The Will was made on 29 May 1671. Probate was granted at Boston, Lincolnshire, on 1 August 1671.
01*John BIRD, the Testator
02 Ann BURDE [formerly BURTON], wife of the Testator.
00 The wife of William SPINKS [see below]
03 Elizabeth BURKES (under 21).
04 An EDGOOSE, daughter of the Testator.
05*Adler EDGOOSE, executor.
06 William SPINKS.
07 Children of ROBERTS.
08 John EDGOOSE, witness.
09 Sturton SLATER, witness.
(Lincoln Consistory Court Will 1671/ii/491)

The Will of John BURD or BIRD (????-1671) of Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire:
John BIRD was the father of Ann BIRD (1650-1720) who married Adler EDGOOSE (1646-1692) at Pinchbeck. Ann BURD formerly BURTON was John BURD's second wife:
(surnames capitalised and abbreviations expanded)

The Will of John BIRD:
"In the Name of god Amen the nine and twentieth day of may in the yeare of our Lord god 1671 I John BURD of Pinchbek being sick in bodie but of perfect memorie thanks be to Almity god for it doe order this my Last will and testement in maner as followeth
first I bequeath my soule to allmyti god my creator and to Jesus Christ my Redemer and my body to be buried in the Church yard of pinchbeck.
Itm I give to An my wiufe the pide hefer and the oulde bay mare and the foule that shee is with all and foure and thirti shilings that is in William SPINKS hand and halfe the houseles goods within the house
Item I give to the wiufe of William SPINKS one black hefer bu?lin
Item I give to Elizabeth BURKS the sume of twenty shilings to be paide to her at the age of one and twenty yeares
Item I give to An EDGOOSE my doughter the house and yard that I bought of the Children of Roberts BURKS to her and her and her aires for ever
Item I give to Ann BURDE my wiufe twenti shilings a yeare so longe as she is a widda
Item I give to Adler EDGOOSE home I doe macke my Executore all the rest of my goods and Chattels by this my laste will and testement paying my dets and lagacise and brining my bodye desently to the grounde
in witnes I have here unto set my hand and seale the day and yeare Above ritten
(signed) John BURD
John EDGOOSE Witness
Sturton SLATUR his marke, Witness

He is not listed in the Hearth Tax returns in 1663 (PRO E.179 140 805) and 1665-6 (PRO E.179 140 754), but in 1672 he had two hearths in Pinchbeck and another in Pinchbeck "for a year".
(PRO E.179 140 791)

(left blank), son of Adler & Ann EDGOOSE, was buried at Pinchbeck on 10 September 1671 (No trace of a baptism in Pinchbeck register between January 1670/71 and November 1671).

Rachel, daughter of Adlard and Ann EDGOOSE, was baptised at Pinchbeck on 15 November 1672.

Nicholas CHAMBERLAINE and Alard EDGOOSE were presented at the manor court held on 13 October 1675 "for exactly the same" i.e. for digging across the highway next to their common land and each fined one shilling.
(Spalding cum Membris Court Rolls PRO SC2 187/22 1 verso)

Robert, son of Adlard and Ann EDGOOSE, was baptised at Pinchbeck on 21 December 1675 and buried there on 10 May 1676.

Adlard EDGOOSE is listed in "The Names of such Inhabitants in the Parish of Pinchbecke as did Contribute Towards the Rebuilding of the Cathedral Church of St. Pauls in the City of London Together with the severall Sums following by them Respectively Given in the Month of March 1678" (i.e. 1679). He contributed 2d., John EDGOOSE contributed 6d., and Joseph EDGOOSE 4d..
(LRO 17 08 002 04A)

Ann, daughter of Adlard and Ann EDGOOSE, was baptised at Pinchbeck on 13 October 1678 and buried there on 17 December 1680.

Ann, wife of Adlard EDGOOSE husbandman, was buried at Pinchbeck on 4 November 1679 [sic]

He contributed 4d. to the collection for the Redemption of Poor Christian Slaves held at Pinchbeck in 1680. John EDGOOSE contributed 6d., Joseph EDGOOSE 4d., and Wid. EDGOOSE 4d..
(Pinchbeck Parish Register 17 08 001 04A)

Adler EDGOOSE witnessed the will of Thomas HARRISON of Pinchbeck which was proved at Boston on 14 October 1681.
(LCC Wills 1681/ii/544)

An Index to the Will of Thomas HARRISON of Pinchbeck, husbandman.
01*Thomas HARRISON, the Testator.
02 Richard HARRISON, son of the Testator
03 John HARRISON, son of the Testator
04 Frances HARRISON, sister of the Testator
05 John HARRISON, brother of the Testator, executor - wife and four children of.
06 Zachariah WATTERS, brother of the Testator - wife and 6 living children of.
07 William PACEY, joint executor with the Testator's brother John HARRISON.
08*Adler EDGOOSE [1646-1692], witness.
09 Robrt SLATER, witness.
10 Gregory TEBB, witness.
(Lincoln Consistory Court Will 1681/ii/544)

Thomas, son of Adlard and Ann EDGOOSE, was baptised at Pinchbeck on 8 April 1682 and buried there on 18 January 1684/85.

Adlard EDGOOSE and John EDGOOSE were jurors at the court held on 4 April 1684. (Spalding cum Membris Court Rolls PRO SC2 187/29 6 verso)

Alice, daughter of Adlard EDGOOSE (Adler according to original register), was buried at Pinchbeck on 21 December 1684.

Alice, daughter of Adlard and Ann EDGOOSE, was baptised at Pinchbeck on 13 November 1685.

In Pinchbeck parish register there is a memorandum dated 11 March 1687 "that the Morgage of Tho SLATER for ye Securyty of the £ 20 Given Mr Tho HOULDEN was this day put into the Towne Chest by Adlor EDGOOSE and Robt ROWSTON ye prsent Churchwardens".
(LRO 17 08 001 04A)

John, son of Adlard and Ann EDGOOSE, was baptised at Pinchbeck on 18 March 1687.

On 2 May 1688 Adlard EDGOOSE and Rob: ROYSTON were churchwardens at Pinchbeck.
(LRO Ch. P./L. f.6). Churchwardens' Presentment: "omnia bene" - all's well)

Adler EDGOOSE signed the register as churchwarden on 30 May 1688.
(LRO 17 08 002 04A)

Another son named THOMAS appears to have been born before 1692. He died in 1720 leaving a will.

Adlor (sic) EDGOOSE, husbandman, was buried at Pinchbeck on 6 June 1692. An inventory of his goods and chattels was made on 8 June 1692 by Richd GILL, Edward MOORE, John EDGOOSE, and Robert BROUNE.
(LCC Admons 1692/42)

Alice, daughter of Adler EDGOOSE deceased, was buried at Pinchbeck on 27 September 1699 (The original register refers simply to the burial of Alice EDGOOSE, spinster).


NOTES & QUERIES:
Ann, wife of Adlard EDGOOSE husbandman, was buried at Pinchbeck on 4 November 1679. Is this an error, or did Adlard have a second wife named Ann?


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EDGOOSE, Adlard (15??-1566)		EDGOOSE, Adlard (15??-1566)
In his will made on 6 November 1521 John ETGOSSE of Quadring, Lincolnshire, refers to Adlard ETGOSE.
(LCC Wills 1506 52 and 1520-31 3)

In the Lay Subsidy of 1525 Adlard EDGOSSE is listed as having paid on goods at Quadring.
(PRO Lay Subsidy 136/329)

In his will made on 25 February 1540/1 William ETGOOSE of Pinchbeck, husbandman, writes "Item where I have viij acres of customary lands in quadryng in the parttes of holland in the countye of Lincolne which I have surrendered in to the kyng partyme belonging to the house of Preterborowe by the hand of Adlard EDGOOSE a tenent of the lordship to the performance of my last will.
(LCC Wills 1541 107)


NOTES & QUERIES
An Adlard, son of John EDGOOSE, was buried at Pinchbeck on 23 May 1566.
(Parish Register)


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EDGOOSE, Adlard (1646-1692)		EDGOOSE, Adlard (1646-1692)
Churchwardens' Presentment for Pinchbeck 02 May 1688 (Ch.P./L. f.6). 		 
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EDGOOSE, Adlard (????-1566) aka ETGOSE (1521) ETGOSSE (1522), EDGOSSE (1525), ETGOOSE (1540), EDGOOSE (1541).		EDGOOSE, Adlard (????-1566) aka ETGOSE (1521) ETGOSSE (1522), EDGOSSE (1525), ETGOOSE (1540), EDGOOSE (1541).
In his will made on 6 November 1521 John ETGOSSE of Quadring, Lincolnshire, refers to Adlard ETGOSE.
(LCC Wills 1506 52 and 1520-31 3)

An Index of the Will of John ETGOSSE (14??-1522) of Quadring, Lincolnshire. His will was made on 6 November 1521. Probate was granted at Swineshead, Lincolnshire, on 29 January 1521/22.
01*John ETGOSSE, the Testator
02 John BROWNE, executor
03*Adlard ETGOSE, executor
04 Robert RICHARDSON, witness
05 Robert STEBARD, witness
06 Sir William WYLLSON, witness
(Lincoln Consistory Court Will 1506/52)

In the Lay Subsidy of 1525 Adlard EDGOSSE is listed as having paid on goods at Quadring.
(PRO Lay Subsidy 136/329)

In his will made on 24 February 1540/1 William ETGOOSE of Pinchbeck, husbandman, writes "Item where I have viij acres of customary lands in quadryng in the partes of holland in the countye of Lincolne which I have surrendered in to the hands of the kyng partyme belonging to the house of Peterborowe by the hand of Adlard EDGOOSE a tenent of the lordship to the performance of my last will."
(LCC Wills 1541 107)

An Index of the Will of William ETGOOSE (????-1541) of Pinchbeck, husbandman. The Will was made on 24 February 1540/41 and Probate was granted on 27 March 1541:
01*William ETGOOSE, the Testator.
02 Beatrix ETGOOSE, daughter of the Testator.
03 Thomas REDE
04 Robert REDDE
05 Anne ETGOOSE who married Robert REDDE
06 Helen CARTER
07 Margaret EDGOOSE, executrix
08*Adlard EDGOSSE or ETGOSE
09 Henry CUSTE
10 Thomas AWERTON, witness
11 Hugh VESSE, witness
12 Raphe PARKER, witness, parish priest of Pinchbeck
13 William SCHEYLL, witness, parish priest of Pinchbeck
(Lincoln Consistory Court Will 1541/107)


NOTES & QUERIES:
An Adlard, son of John EDGOOSE, was buried at Pinchbeck on 23 May 1566.
(Parish Register)

A letter from P. I. KING of Northamptonshire Record Office dated 30 December 1968:
"Thank you for your letter referring to land in Quadring belongng to the 'house of Peterborough'. This rather puzzles me as if one looks at the Valor Ecclesiasticus of 1535 there are in the index to Volume IV, page 495, 14 references to Quadring but none of these refers to property owned by the Abbey of Peterborough. At that date - I notice that Quadring is near Gosberton - the Abbey was owner of the manor of Gosberton before the Dissolution, but not one of the properties had passed either to the Bishopric or to the Dean and Chapter when the diocese was founded. I have looked in lists of surviving records of manor courts owned by the medieval abbey, but I cannot see that there are any of Gosberton manor."


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EDGOOSE, Agnes Mary (1873-1949)		EDGOOSE, Agnes Mary (1873-1949)
Agnes Mary was born at West Walton, Norfolk, on 25 July 1873, daughter of James Lewin EDGOOSE master gardener and his wife Emily formerly WILLIAMSON.
(GRO September Q 1873 [WILLIAMSON] Wisbech 03B 621)

James Lewin EDGOOSE had married Emily WILLIAMSON at Walpole St. Andrew, Norfolk, on 13 October 1864.

Agnes Mary, daughter of James Lewin EDGOOSE gardener and his wife Emily, was baptised at West Walton, Norfolk, on 31 August 1873.
(FreeReg)

According to the 1881 census returns for Dam Road, West Walton, she was a 7 year old scholar:
James LEWIN EDGOOSE, head, aged 42, gardener, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Emily EDGOOSE, wife, aged 38, gardener's wife, born at Walpole St. Andrews, Norfolk;
Robert James EDGOOSE, son, aged 14, scholar, born at Walpole St. Andrews;
Elizabeth Ann EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 12, born at West Walton;
Lucinda EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 9, scholar, born at West Walton;
*Agnes Mary EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 7, scholar, born at West Walton;
John Lewin EDGOOSE, son, aged 5, born at West Walton;
Harold James EDGOOSE, son, aged 4, born at West Walton;
Miriam EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 2, born at West Walton;
Phillis EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 1 month, born at West Walton.
(RG11/1697/81/8)
Robert James EDGOOSE's place of birth differs from that given in the 1891 census.

In 1891 she was 17 years old and working as a kitchen maid at Bentfield, Spotland, Rochdale, Lancashire.
(RG12/3333/65/8)

From the 1901 census of Black Drove, Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk:
Fred SUTTERBY, head, widower, aged 30, farmer, employer, born at Fen End, West Walton, Norfolk;
Anne M. SUTTERBY, daughter, aged 5, born at Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk;
Alice M. SUTTERBY, daughter, aged 2, born at Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk;
*Agnes M. EDGOOSE, h.keeper, single, aged 27, house keeper born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Mahala A. PEARSON, servant, aged 14, general servant, born at Long Sutton, Lincolnshire.
(RG13/1558/120/2)

She married Fred SUTTERBY at the Primitive Methodist Chapel, Church Terrace, Wisbech, on 17 April 1901. Fred SUTTERBY was a 30 year old widower, a Terrington St. Clement farmer, and the son of the late Daniel SUTTERBY, a master corn miller. J. L. EDGOOSE and E.D. EDGOOSE were witnesses.
(GRO June Q 1901 Wisbech 3b 1282)

Their son Fred was born on 27 December 1904.

From the 1911 census of Colne, Huntingdonshire:
Fred SUTTERBY, head, aged 40, fruit grower, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
*Agnes M. SUTTERBY, wife, married 10 years, aged 37, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Alice SUTTERBY, daughter, aged 12, school, born in Marshland Fen, Norfolk;
Fred SUTTERBY, son, aged 6, born in Marshland Fen, Norfolk.
(RG14PN8771 RG78PN458 RD172 SD2 ED3 SN3)

Fred SUTTERBY lived at Colne in Huntingdonshire until his death in November 1918.

From the 1939 Register of Colne, Huntingdon:
*Agnes Mary SUTTERBY, born 25 July 1873, unpaid domestic duties, widowed;
Fred SUTTERBY, born 29 December 1905, agricultural labourer, married;
Annie May SAGER, born 20 May 1895, unpaid domestic duties, widowed;
Florence Daisy SUTTERBY, born 9 February 1904, unpaid domestic duties, married;
Frederick Robert LEACH, born 11 April 1900, agricultural labourer, heavy worker, single;
2 CLOSED RECORDS
(RG101/6358H/002/5 TFGC)

Agnes Mary SUTTERBY, widow of Fred SUTTERBY fruit grower, died on 3 April 1949. Cause of death was (a) Uraemia and (b) Chronic Nephritis.
The informant was her daughter A. M. SAGER, present at the death, Earith Road, Colne, Huntingdonshire.
(Death Certificate)
(GRO June Q 1949 St. Ives 4b 290)

She was buried with her husband in Bluntisham Baptist Chapel Yard on 7 April 1949.


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EDGOOSE, Agnes Rowley (1845-1933)		EDGOOSE, Agnes Rowley (1845-1933)
Agnes Rowley was born on 8 July 1845 at Victoria Street, Tunstall, Staffordshire, daughter of Jesse and Eliza EDGOOSE.
(GRO September Q 1845 [ROWLEY] Wolstanton 17 283)

Jesse EDGOOSE had married Eliza ROWLEY on 11 August 1841.

The 1851 census returns for Northallerton, Yorkshire, list:
Mary EDGOOSE, wife, aged 30, Wesleyan Minister's wife, born at Naburn, Yorkshire;
Alfred James EDGOOSE, son, aged 7, born at Longton, Staffordshire;
*Agnes Rowley EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 5, born at Tunstall, Staffordshire;
Augusta EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 4, born at Leek, Staffordshire;
Mary JACKSON, servant, aged 19, house servant, born at Osgodby, Yorkshire.
(HO107/2377/293/18)

The 1861 census for 13 Feasegate, St. Peter the Little, York:
Mary EDGOOSE, head, aged 40, widow, baby linen & hosiery repository, born at Naburn, Yorkshire;
Alfred J. EDGOOSE, son, aged 17, house carpenter, born at Leak, Staffordshire;
*Agnes B. (sic) EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 15, milliner, born at Leak;
Adelaide E. EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 9, scholar, born at Northallerton, Yorkshire;
Emily A. EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 6, scholar, born at Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire;
Lucilla F. EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 5, scholar, born at Naburn, Yorkshire;
Harriet ATKIN, servant, aged 14, house servant, born at Cottingwith, Yorkshire.
(RG9/3546/63/9)

From the 1871 census return for Bexley, Kent:
Marrianne M. MILBOURNE, head, widow, aged 49, dividends & house property, born London, Middlesex (see footnote);
*Agnes R. EDGOOSE, cousin, aged 25, unmarried, born at Tunstall, Staffordshire;
Eliza E. WHITING, servant, aged 30, cook, born at Bexley Heath, Kent;
Sarah M. BURNEY, servant, aged 25, housemaid, born at Deptford, Kent;
Harriet A. WHITING, visitor, aged 12, scholar, born at Bexley Heath, Kent.
(RG10/879/90/43)

From The Mercury, Hobart, Tasmania, 14 July 1873:
"INSUFFICIENTLY STAMPED - The following letters and newspapers were posted on Saturday insufficiently stamped:.......... Miss EDGOOSE, Bexley Heath, Kent."

In the 1881 census returns for 57 Monkgate, York, she is listed as unmarried, 35 years old, with 'Income from Interest of Money'. She was living with her stepmother Mary EDGOOSE and her half-sister Lucilla Frances EDGOOSE.

The 1891 census of 3 Belitha Villas, Thornhill Road, Islington, London:
Marianne MELBOURNE, head, aged 69, widow, living on own means, born at Lincolns Inn, London.
*Agnes R. EDGOOSE, cousin, aged 45, single, living on own means, born at Tunstall, Staffordshire.
Florence HUMPHREY, nurse, aged 26, single, hospital nurse, born at Westcott, Surrey.
(RG12/153/38/25)

The Post Office London Directory 1899 lists her at 1 Gatcombe Road, Islington, as 'Mrs. EDGOOSE'.

The electoral rolls for 1899-1903 list Agnes EDGOOSE at a house in 1 Gatcombe Road, Islington North.

The 1901 census shows her to have been born in Walsall, Staffordshire, and to be living on own means at 1 Gatcombe Road, Islington, London. The census index lists her as Agnes R. EDGOORE. Also at that address was Lily Ann BULL, aged 24, her general domestic servant born in Lindsey, Suffolk.
(RG13/160/139/32)

She was an executrix of the will of Thomas Daniel ROWLEY of 26 Fleming Road, Lorrimore Square, Surrey, who died on 4 January 1902.
(London Gazette Issue 27427 11.04.1902 page 41)

From 1907 to 1915 the electoral rolls list her in a house at 53, Crouch Hall Road, Crouch End.

She was living at Crosby Dene, 53 Crouch Hall Road, Crouch End, London N8, in 1908 and in 1927 according to the wills of Alfred James EDGOOSE and Augusta EDGOOSE. Kelly's Directory of Middlesex 1914 also lists Miss EDGOOSE at 53 Crouch Hall Road.

An Index of the Letters of Administration of the Estate of ALFRED JAMES EDGOOSE (1844-1908), bachelor, intestate, who died on 17 June 1908:
*Alfred James EDGOOSE, the Intestate
*Agnes Rowley EDGOOSE (1844-1933), sister of the Intestate.
(Letters of Administration Manchester 13 October 1908)

From the 1911 census of 53 Crouch Hall Road, Crouch End N, Edmonton, Middlesex:
*Agnes R. EDGOOSE, head, single, aged 65, private means, born at Tunstall, Staffordshire;
Maud BROOKES, cousin, single, aged 49, visitor, born in Sydney NSW;
Gertrude BROOKES, cousin, single, aged 41, visitor, born in Sydney;
Mary Ann BANKS, domestic servant, single, aged 29, general domestic servant, born at Yarmouth, Norfolk.
(RG14PN7227/RG78PN353/RD132/SD1/ED35/SN142)

As Agnes Rowley EDGOOSE the electoral rolls list her at 53 Crouch Hall Road, Crouch End, from 1924 to 1928.

An Index of the Will of Augusta EDGOOSE (1847-1927), spinster. The Will was signed on 17 March 1927. Probate was granted at London on 15 July 1927.
01*Augusta EDGOOSE, the Testator.
Beneficiaries:
02 Hamilton SMITH, executor
03 Inglis FLEMING
04 Alfred COLLIER
05 Ada FULLER
06 Beatrice MOORE
07 George NORMAN
08 Rhoda NORMAN
09*Agnes Rowley EDGOOSE
Others:
10 Mrs. HITCHCOCK
11 Robert C. MIDDLEMIST, witness
12 G. R. WAIT, witness.
(Probate Registry, London, 1927)

According to S. IRWIN, the Manchester solicitor, she moved to 22 Bath Road, Brixton, before joining her sister in Manchester.

She was living at 38 High Lane, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, when she made a will on 23 February 1931. Directories show this address to have been occupied by E. PLEASANCE & Co., grocers, in 1930 and 1931. Number 38A High Lane was occupied by Chas. TURNER, boot-repairer, in 1929-1931.

Agnes Rowley EDGOOSE died on 26 February 1933 at 6 Chestnut Avenue, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Didsbury, Manchester C.B., at the age of 86. She was described as a spinster of no occupation, daughter of Jesse EDGOOSE, a Methodist Minister (deceased). Cause of death was Senile Decay. There was no post mortem. The informant was M. H. BEDFORD, causing the body to be buried, of 11 Beechwood Grove, Moston.
(Death Certificate)

She was buried at Manchester Southern Cemetery, Barlow Moor Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, in the same grave as Ernest CROSBY and her sister Adelaide Eliza CROSBY.
(Grave L.489 Noncon.)

A Consolidated Index to the Will of Agnes Rowley EDGOOSE (1845-1933), spinster, made on 23 February 1931.
01*Agnes Rowley EDGOOSE (1845-1933), the Testatrix
02 Adelaide Eliza CROSBY formerly EDGOOSE (1851-1941), only surviving sister and sole beneficiary.
03 Samuel IRWIN
04 M...... Henry BEDFORD, clerk to H. L. F. Berry & Co., solicitors
05 Harry E. KAY
06 H. L. F. Berry & Co., 40 King Street, Manchester
(District Probate Registry, Manchester, 1933)

"This is the last will of me Agnes Rowley EDGOOSE of 38 High Lane Chorlton cum Hardy in the City of Manchester Spinster
I revoke all other wills heretofore made by me
I appoint my only sister Adelaide Eliza CROSBY of the same address Widow to be sole executor of this my will
Subject to the payment of my funeral expenses debts and duty I devise and bequeath all my real and personal estate to my said sister Adelaide Eliza CROSBY
As witness my hand this twentythird day of February 1931
(signed) Agnes Rowley EDGOOSE
Signed by the said Testatrix Agnes Rowley EDGOOSE as and for her last Will and testament in the presence of us present at at the same time who at her request and in her presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses
M. Henry BEDFORD Clerk with H. L. F. BERRY & Co., Solicitors 40 King Street Manchester
S. IRWIN Solicitor Manchester

"EDGOOSE Agnes Rowley of 6 Chestnut-avenue Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, spinster, died 26 February 1933. Probate Manchester 25 October to Adelaide Eliza CROSBY widow. Effects £ 213 10s 6d."
(National Probate Calendar 1933)

Monumental Inscription:
IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
ERNEST CROSBY
DIED NOV 27 1930 AGED 72
ALSO AGNES ROWLEY EDGOOSE
DIED FEB 26 1933 AGED 89

(Adelaide Eliza CROSBY formerly EDGOOSE was buried in the same grave on 7 March 1941. There is no inscription)


NOTES & QUERIES:
What was the connection with Sydney born cousins Maud and Gertrude BROOKES?


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EDGOOSE, Alan John (1944-2013)		EDGOOSE, Alan John (1944-2013)
Alan John EDGOOSE was born at Dandenong, Victoria, Australia, on 1 July 1944, son of Herbert Leslie and Verna Ethel EDGOOSE. Herbert Leslie EDGOOSE had married Verna Ethel BOOTE on 13 January 1942.

From the 1967 Electoral Roll of Dandenong, Bruce, Victoria, Australia (abbreviations expanded):
*EDGOOSE Alan John, 47 Clow Street, carpenter

From the 1968 Electoral Roll of Dandenong, Holt, Victoria, Australia (abbreviations expanded):
*EDGOOSE Alan John, 3/59 Clow Street, carpenter
EDGOOSE Loretta, 3/59 Clow Street, teacher

From the 1972 Electoral Roll of Dandenong, Holt, Victoria, Australia, (abbreviations expanded):
EDGOOSE Herbert Leslie, 47 Clow Street, Dandenong 3175, bank clerk
EDGOSE Verna Ethel, 47 Clow Street, Dandenong 3175, home duties
*EDGOOSE Alan John, 47 Clow Street, Dandenong 3175, carpenter
EDGOOSE Lois Patricia, 47 Clow Street, Dandenong 3175, clerk

He married Lynn MELLEUSH at Concord, New South Wales, Australia, on 9 September 1972.

Their daughter Nicole Maria EDGOOSE was born on 11 June 1974.

Alan's sister Lois Patricia EDGOOSE died in 1974.

From the 1977 Electoral Rolls of Danenong North, Chelsea/Holt, Victoria, Australia (abbreviations expanded):
EDGOOSE Alan John, 22 Gibb Street, Dandenong North 3175, foreman
EDGOOSE Lynn, 22 Gibb Street, Dandenong North 3175, nurse

Their son Justin Travis EDGOOSE was born on 7 June 1978.

From the 1980 Electoral Roll of Dandenong North, Holt, Victoria, Australia (abbreviations expanded):
EDGOOSE Alan John, 22 Gibb Street, Dandenong North 3175, foreman
EDGOOSE Lynn, 22 Gibb Street, Dandenong North 3175, nurse

His address in 1997 was:
9 Dorset Road, Dandenong North 3175, Victoria, Australia (03)(9795-6503).

In January 2004 he wrote to say that he had been building a new house and that his new address was 13 Elliott Parade, Lynbrook 3975, Victoria, Australia.

His wife Lynn died on 10 June 2005 aged 53.
(Herald Sun Tribune, Melbourne, 11 June 2005)

In 2009, at the aged of 65, he married Elizabeth (Libby) TYRELL in Melbourne, Australia.
(Warren Maloney on ancestry.co.uk)

In 2010 they were living at Unit 10, 27 Jefferson Road, Garfield, Victoria, Australia.
(Warren Maloney on ancestry.co.uk)

In October 2011 he was diagnosed with bone cancer.
(Warren Maloney on Ancestry.co.uk)

In September 2013 he suffered a major stroke at Garfield and died at Monash Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 9 October the same year.

"EDGOOSE Alan John 01.07.1944 - 10.10.2013 Passed away peacefully at Monash Hospital aged 69. Loving husband to Lynn (dec.) and Elizabeth. Much loved father and father-in-law to Nicole and Ben, Justin and Lee. Adored grandfather to his 6 grandchildren who loved him very much and will miss him dearly. We will miss you Dad, we know that you and Mum will be watching over us all. Rest peacefully Love you forever PS. Go Cats! Please see later edition for Funeral details."
(Herald Sun, 12 October 2013)

"EDGOOSE. Alan. Fond memories of a special nephew and cousin. Forever loved. Ettie BERRY, Jill, Ian, Cynthia and their families."
(Herald Sun, 12 October 2013)

"EDGOOSE. A Service celebrating the life of Mr. Alan John Edgoose will be held in the Renowden Chapel, Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Princes Hwy, Springvale on WEDNESDAY (Oct. 16 2013) commencing at 1.00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Young Care in memory of Alan. Envelopes available at the Chapel." He was cremated at Springvale Botantical Cemetery the same day.
(Herald Sun, 14 October 2013)
(Find a Grave Memorial 226461086)


NOTES & QUERIES:
His e-mail address was geesefly@bigpond.net.au


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EDGOOSE, Albert (1814-1847)		EDGOOSE, Albert (1814-1847)
Albert EDGOOSE was born on 12 January 1814 (according to family bible in possesssion of the Canadian WEST family) and was baptised at Gosberton, Lincolnshire, on 6 February 1814, son of James and Mary EDGOOSE.

James EDGOOSE had married Mary WINFREE at Moulton, Lincolnshire, on 14 December 1807.

An Index of the Will of James EDGOOSE (1780-1832), auctioneer & grazier, of Gosberton, Lincolnshire. The Will was made on 10 June 1832. The Testator died on 15 June 1832. Probate was granted on 25 August 1832.
01*James EDGOOSE (1780-1832), the Testator.
02 Mary EDGOOSE formerly WINFREY, wife of the Testator, executrix.
03 Mr. LAWRENCE, from whom the Testator purchased land.
04 William WALTON, from whom the Testator purchased land.
05 Mr. CHARLES, owner of nearby farm in Gosberton.
06 Thomas CAVE, tenure of public house and tenements in Sutton St. Mary.
07 Mrs. Rebecca FISHER, properties in Gosberton and Surfleet.
08 John ALCOCK of Gosberton, farmer.
09 Arthur EDGOOSE, son of the Testator.
10*Albert EDGOOSE, son of the Testator.
11 Caroline EDGOOSE, daughter of the Testator.
12 John LIEVESLEY, farmer of Gosberton, witness.
13 Ann MOULD, servant to Mr. EDGOOSE, witness.
14 [illegible name & initials], attorney of Spalding, witness.
(Lincoln Consistory Court Will 1832/88)

Albert EDGOOSE is listed as a joiner at Spalding in the 1841 census returns, living at Westlode Street with shoemaker Samuel LAMBERT, his wife Susan LAMBERT, and brickmaker John JACKSON. He was born in Lincolnshire.
(HO107/610/4/14)

He was living at Spalding on 1 June 1842 when he married Sarah HARDWICK, the widowed daughter of Benjamin BALES, a Spalding stall keeper, at Spalding parish church. John BALES and Elizabeth EDGOOSE were witnesses.
(GRO June Q 1842 Spalding 14 1024)

He died at Westlode Side, Spalding, on 3 May 1847. Elizabeth BRINGATE was in attendance. His death was reported in the Lincolnshire Chronicle on 7 May 1847:
"At Spalding, on the 3d, Albert EDGOOSE, joiner, aged 32."
(GRO June Q 1847 Spalding 14 399)
(Lincolnshire Chronicle, 7 May 1847)
(www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

He was buried in Spalding churchyard on 6 May aged 33. This is at variance with a report in Issue 76 1847 of the Lincoln, Rutland and Stamford Mercury:
"At Spalding on the 26th ult., Mr. Albert EDGOOSE, aged 30".

He was described as a carpenter on his marriage and death certificates. His wife Sarah, a staymaker, married Richard PEACOCK at Spalding Baptist meeting house on 31 August 1848. She was then 33 years old.

ADMINISTRATION OF ALBERT EDGOOSE
On the twentyseventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty seven Sarah EDGOOSE the Administratrix within named was duly sworn and also made oath that the whole of the personal estate and effects of the deceased at the time of his death did not amount in value to the sum of Two Hundred Pounds
Before me
.... Moore D.D.
Surrogate
The deceased died on the
third day of May 1847
(William CAMPION, yeoman of Spalding, and William GENTLE, auctioneer of Spalding, are named in the Bond with Sarah EDGOOSE. She is stated to be the widow of Albert EDGOOSE).
(LCC Admons. 1847 49)


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EDGOOSE, Alfred James (1844-1908)		EDGOOSE, Alfred James (1844-1908)
Alfred James EDGOOSE was born on 26 January 1844 at Lane End, Stoke upon Trent, Staffordshire, son of Jesse and Eliza EDGOOSE of High Street, Lane End.

Jesse EDGOOSE had married Eliza ROWLEY on 11 August 1841.
(GRO March Q 1844 [ROWLEY] Stoke on Trent 17/178)

The 1851 census returns for Northallerton, Yorkshire, list:
Mary EDGOOSE, wife, aged 30, Wesleyan Minister's wife, born at Naburn, Yorkshire;
*Alfred James EDGOOSE, son, aged 7, born at Longton, Staffordshire;
Agnes Rowley EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 5, born at Tunstall, Staffordshire;
Augusta EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 4, born at Leek, Staffordshire;
Mary JACKSON, servant, aged 19, house servant, born at Osgodby, Yorkshire.
(HO107/2377/293/18)

Alfred J. EDGOOSE, son of Jesse EDGOOSE, was at Kingswood School between 1855 and 1858.
(Register of Kingswood School 1910, 66)

The 1861 census for 13 Feasegate, St. Peter the Little, York:
Mary EDGOOSE, head, aged 40, widow, baby linen & hosiery repository, born at Naburn, Yorkshire;
*Alfred J. EDGOOSE, son, aged 17, house carpenter, born at Leak, Staffordshire;
Agnes B. (sic) EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 15, milliner, born at Leak;
Adelaide E. EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 9, scholar, born at Northallerton, Yorkshire;
Emily A. EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 6, scholar, born at Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire;
Lucilla F. EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 5, scholar, born at Naburn, Yorkshire;
Harriet ATKIN, servant, aged 14, house servant, born at Cottingwith, Yorkshire.
(RG9/3546/63/9)

He has not been found in the 1871, 1881, 1891 and 1901 censuses of England and Wales.

Alfred James EDGOOSE died at 74 Seymour Street, Denton, Lancashire, on 17 June 1908. He was a 63 year old cabinet maker journeyman. Cause of death was gastric carcinoma. The informant was his brother-in-law Ernest CROSBY of Westella, Fleetwood, Lancashire.
(Death Certificate)
(GRO June Q 1908 Ashton 8d 338)

He was buried in Denton Cemetery on 19 June 1908. Cemetery records describe him as a 63 year old hatter.

Monumental Inscription: Denton cemetery
IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
ALFRED JAMES,
SON OF THE LATE
REVd JESSE EDGOOSE,
WHO "FELL ASLEEP" JUNE 17th 1908
AGED 63 YEARS

THE ADMINISTRATION OF ALFRED JAMES EDGOOSE (1844-1908):
"EDGOOSE Alfred James of 74 Seymour-street, Denton, Manchester, bachelor, journeyman cabinet maker, died on 17 June 1908. Intestate. Letter of Administration of the Estate at Manchester 13 October to Agnes Rowley EDGOOSE spinster. Effects £ 60."
(National Probate Calendar 1908)

From the Manchester District Probate Registry:
BE IT KNOWN that ALFRED JAMES EDGOOSE of 74 Seymour Street Denton near the City of Manchester in the County of Lancaster journeyman Cabinet Maker died there on the 17th day of June 1908 intestate a Bachelor without a Parent AND BE IT FURTHER KNOWN that at the date hereunder written Letters of Administration of all the estate which by law devolves to and invests in the personal representative of the said intestate were granted by His Majesty's High Court of Justice at the District Probate Registry thereof at Manchester to Agnes Rowley EDGOOSE of 53 Crouch Hall Road, Crouch End, Hornsy (sic) in the County of Middlesex Spinster the natural and lawful sister and one of the next of kin of the said intestate.
Gross value of Estate £ 60. 0. 0.
Net value of Personal Estate £ Nil
Dated the 13th day of October 1908.


NOTES & QUERIES:
Where was he at the time of the 1871, 1881, 1891 and 1901 census?


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EDGOOSE, Alice (1644-????) now wife of Richard TAYLOR		EDGOOSE, Alice (1644-????) now wife of Richard TAYLOR
Alice, daughter of Robert EDGOOSE, was baptised at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 4 January 1643/44.
(PR)
Robert EDGOOSE had married Rachaell BENETLAND at St. Peter in Eastgate in the City of Lincoln on 27 June 1633.

Richard TAILER married Alice EDGOOSE at Pinchbeck on 27 October 1664.

In his will made on 30 December 1667 James EDGOOSE of Pinchbeck, son of Robert EDGOOSE, refers to the two children of his brother Richard TAYLOR.
(LCC Wills 1668/189)

In his will made on 14 January 1668/69 Robert EDGOOSE of Pinchbeck refers to Richard TALER; to Alice, wife of Richard TALER; and to Richard TALER's two children.
(LCC Wills 1669/79)

An Index of the Will of Robert EDGOOSE (1603-1669) of Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire.
01*Robert EDGOOSE, the Testator.
02 Robard EDGOOSE, son of the Testator
03 Thomas EDGOOSE, son of the Testator.
04 Richard TALER's two children.
05*Aelce TALER formerly EDGOOSE, wife of Richard TALER.
06 Edward HARRISON's child.
07 Rachel EDGOOSE formerly RAMSHAW, wife of the Testator.
08 Adler EDGOOSE, son of the Testator.
09 John EDGOOSE, son of the Testator.
(Lincoln Consistory Court Will 1669/79)

(An Alice, wife of William (sic) TAYLOR, was buried at Pinchbeck on 11 January 1674/75. No trace of a burial or re-marriage of Alice at Pinchbeck between 1675 and 1725 has been found, and no marriage between a William TAILER/TAYLOR/TALER etc. and Alice has been found.
Elizabeth, wife of William Tailer junior, was buried at Pinchbeck on 18 July 1671.
A William TAILER had married Marie ALLIN at Pinchbeck on 23 November 1671.

A Richard TAYLOR married Bridget THOMATH at Pinchbeck on 4 May 1686.


NOTES & QUERIES:
1) What were the names of her two children?
2) When and where were the children baptised? They must have been born between Alice's marriage to Richard TAYLOR on 27 October 1664 and 30 December 1667 when James EDGOOSE made a will which referred to the two children of his brother Richard TAYLER.
3) When did she die? She was still alive when Robert EDGOOSE made a will on 14 January 1668/69. Was she buried in 1674/75. Was William TAYLOR a misnomer?
4) When and where was Richard TAYLOR buried?


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EDGOOSE, Alice (1658-1716) born HAMERTON or HAMMERTON		EDGOOSE, Alice (1658-1716) born HAMERTON or HAMMERTON
Alice, daughter of Thomas and Alice HAMERTON, was baptised at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 8 January 1657/58.

Alice, daughter of Alice HAMERTON [sic], was buried at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 2 September 1677. Did Alice EDGOOSE formerly HAMMERTON (1658-1716) give birth to a daughter Alice the year before she married James EDGOOSE (1651-1715) at Pinchbeck on 27 June 1678?

James EDGOOSE married Alice HAMERTON at Pinchbeck on 27 June 1678.

The will of her father Thomas HAMERTON made on 10 October 1679 included the following:
"It I give unto James EDGOOSE my Boate".
"....... but if the said Alse my Wife doe chance marrie againe then my will is that shee the said Alse shall pay forty shilling to Rachel EDGOOSE, the child of my daughter Alse, and if it die then I give to the next Child of Alse."
(LCC Wills 1680/i/180)

An Index of the Will of Thomas HAMMERTON (16??-1679) of Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire. The Will was made on 10 October 1679. Probate was granted at Boston, Lincolnshire in 1680.
01*Thomas HAMMERTON, the Testator.
02 William HAMMERTON, son of the Testator.
03 Millicent, daughter of William HAMMERTON.
04 Thomas HAMMERTON, son of the Testator.
05 Richard Gill, executrix [sic] and witness.
06 James EDGOOSE.
07 Alse [HAMMERTON], wife of the Testator.
08 Rachel EDGOOSE, child of Testator's daughter ALSE.
09*Alse HAMMERTON, daughter of the Testator
10 Henery MARRAT, witness.
11 George GILL, witness.
(Lincoln Consistory Court Will 1680 i 180)

Her husband James EDGOOSE, husbandman, was buried at Pinchbeck on 11 July 1715.

A Consolidated Index of the Inventory and Bill of Disbursements following the death of Alice EDGOOSE formerly HAMMERTON, widow, of Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 9 & 12 May 1716.
01*Alice EDGOOSE, the Deceased.
02 William SPINKS, appraiser.
03 John WORLEY, appraiser.
04 WALBANK, baker.
05 Mr. BELLEW for ale.
06 Mr. Henry BARKER [vicar?]his bill.
(Lincoln Consistory Court documents 0.654)

An Index of the Will of ALICE EDGOOSE formerly HAMMERTON (1658-1716), widow, of Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire. The Will was made on 7 May 1716. Probate was granted on 10 October 1716.
01*Alice EDGOOSE, the Testatrix.
02 Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas BROWN, granddaughter of the Testatrix.
03 Thomas BROWN, trustee for his daughter Elizabeth.
04 William WRIGHT, late servant of the Testatrix's husband.
05 Izbell WORLEY, witness.
06 Mary HUBERD, witness.
07 Ann PRESLAND, witness.
(Lincoln Consistory Court Will 1716/ii/36)

THE NUNCUPATIVE WILL OF ALICE EDGOOSE formerly HAMMERTON (1658-1716), widow, of Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire:
[surnames capitalised and abreviations expanded)
"Memorandum that upon or about the Seventh day of May in the year of our Lord 1716 Alice EDGOOSE of Pinchbeck in the County & Diocese of Lincoln Widow being of Sound mind & memory but sick in body of the Sickness whereof she dyed did then makkke and declare her Last Will and Testament Nuncupative or by Word of Mouth as followeth or Words to the like effect vizt she Gave to her Grandchild Elizabeth BROWN the lawfull Daughter of Thomas BROWN of Pinchbeck All her Goods & Chattells Paying her Debts and Defraying her ffunerall Charges except what Cloaths were her husbands which she gave to William WRIGHT her late Servant And she did likewise declare that Thomas BROWN aforesaid should be Trustee for his said Daughter Elizabeth BROWN to see the Debts & Funerall Charges defrayed and the remainder of her Estate put out for the use benefit and advantage of the said Elizabeth BROWN her Grandchild Which words the said Alice EDGOOSE did utter & declare as aforesaid in her Dwelling house in Pinchbeck aforesaid in the Presence of us whose Names are hereunto subscribed whom the said Alice EDGOOSE did desire to take notice and bear witness that this was her Will or to that effect IN WITNES whereof We have hereunto set our Marks the Ninth day of May 1716
Izbell WORLEY
Mary HUBERD
Ann PRESLAND"
A Transcript of Lincolnshire Consistory Court Will 1716/ii/36, uploaded with permission of Lincolnshire Archives.
Copyright Lincolnshire County Council 2019.

Alice EDGOOSE, widow, was buried at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 9 May 1716.
(Parish Register)


"May the 12th 1716
An inventory taken of the goods and Chatels of Alice EDGOOS [sic] of pinchbeck Widdow Late deceased by us whose hands and names are heare under writen -

Item in the parler two beds two chists two tables
two Chaiers one warmingpan and Sum other Small nesesaryes £ 5=10=0

Item In the Hall two tables foure puter dishes
foure bras pans two bras pots Six Chaiers with other Small thing £ 3=5=0

Item In the dairy two soes (= large tubs) two pales one
parcell of milk vesels one Cubard with other nesarys theier £ 1=5=4

Item In the Chamber one bed one parcell
of barley with chees and bakon and other goods theierin £ 2=12=6

Item In the yard one hovell (= open shed) one litle cart one
plow and harow one parcell of trayes (= trees)
and a parcell of hay with other small things theierin £ 4=3=4

Item For Crop growing upon the ground as hemp and flax and beans and barley £ 13=10=0
Item one maier and foole five Cows £ 18=0=0

Item Six yong bease (= beasts) two Eues and lambs and one Stoor pig
£ 10 =13=4

Item one parcell of femble (= fimble, hemp) £ 2=0=0

Item things unseen and forgoten £ 13=4
the Sum totall is £ 61=12=10

William SPINKS
John WORLEY"

A Bill of Disbursments upon the account of the funerell
of Alice EDGOOSE widdow who was buried may the 9th 1716
£ s d
Imp(rimi)s paid the Baker WALBANK for bred & Cake £ 2-12- 0
paid Mr. BELLEW for ale &c £ 2-12- 0
paid for the Coffin £ 0-12- 0

paid for Bell & grave 0-02- 0
paid Mr.BARKER his Bill 0-14- 6
paid a debt of 0- 05- 0
3 half years rent 21-15- 0
Jornneys for horse & man 01- 0- 0
-----------
29-12- 0
Administration fees.............................

16 October 1716
(Lincolnshire Consistory Court Will 0.654)


NOTES & QUERIES:
Alice, daughter of Alice HAMERTON [sic], was buried at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 2 September 1677. Did Alice EDGOOSE late HAMMERTON (1658-1716) give birth to a daughter Alice the year before she married James EDGOOSE (1651-1715) at Pinchbeck on 27 June 1678?

Thomas BROWNE had married Margaret, daughter of James and Alice EDGOOSE, at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 7 May 1702.


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EDGOOSE, Alice (1685-1699)		EDGOOSE, Alice (1685-1699)
Alice, daughter of Adlard and Ann EDGOOSE, was baptised at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 13 November 1685. Adler EDGOOSE had married Ann BIRD at Pinchbeck on 16 January 1670/71.

Alice, daughter of Adler EDGOOSE deceased, was buried at Pinchbeck on 27 September 1699.
(BTs)
The original register refers simply to the burial of Alice EDGOOSE spinster.


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EDGOOSE, Alice (1842-1880) Wife of David HINCHCLIFF (1837-1904)		EDGOOSE, Alice (1842-1880) Wife of David HINCHCLIFF (1837-1904)
Alice EDGOOSE was born at Gibbet Hills, Swineshead, Lincolnshire, on 17 March 1842, daughter of JOEL and MARY EDGOOSE of that place.
(GRO March Q 1842 Boston 14 264)

The marriage between Joel EDGOOSE and Mary Elizabeth Grace JONES has not been traced.

She was baptised at Algarkirk, Lincolnshire, on 6 June 1842. Her father was described as a labourer and the family's abode as "extra parochial place on forty foot bank"
(PR)

At the time of the 1851 census Alice EDGOOSE was nine years old and living at Hammond Beck, Swineshead:
Joel EDGOOSE, head, aged 47, agricultural labourer, born at Algarkirk, Lincolnshire;
Mary EDGOOSE, wife, aged 37, born at Newport, Shropshire;
Sarah EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 18, born at Newport;
James EDGOOSE, son, aged 14, agricultural labourer, born in the City of Durham;
John EDGOOSE, son, aged 11, agricultural labourer, born in the City of Durham;
*Alice EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 9, born at Swineshead, Lincolnshire;
Joel EDGOOSE, son, aged 6, born at Swineshead;
Mary EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 3, born at Swineshead;
Robert EDGOOSE, grandson, aged 3, born at Swineshead;
Jonathan EDGOOSE, son, aged 7 months, born at Swineshead.
(HO107/2099/633)

In the 1861 census returns for Willington Lane, Kirton, Lincolnshire, she was described as a 19 year old servant working for farmer William HIGDON. His 30 year old nephew George HIGDON was a visitor:
William HIGDON, head, widower, aged 68, farmer of 150 acres employing 2 labourers, born at Kirton;
Sarah HIGDON, daughter, unmarried, aged 45, housekeeper, born at Kirton;
William HIGDON, son, unmarried, aged 43, farmer's son, born at Kirton;
Harriet HIGDON, niece, unmarried, aged 20, governess, born at Kirton;
*Alace (sic) EDGOOSE, servant, unmarried, aged 19, house and dairy maid, born at Swineshead;
George HIGDON, nephew, unmarried, aged 30, visitor, born at Holbeach, Lincolnshire.
RG9/2331/24)

She had an illegitimate son George Green EDGOOSE at Silver Street, Gainsborough, on 16 September 1862. He died before the end of the year. She was described as a domestic servant on his death certificate. Was GREEN the surname of the father?
(GRO December Q 1862 Gainsborough 7a 633)

She married David HINCHCLIFF, a 29 year old clerk of St. Philip's Road, Sheffield, on 29 December 1867 at the parish church of St. Matthew, Sheffield. David HINCHCLIFF was the son of manufacturer David HINCHCLIFF. Alice EDGOOSE was living at Carver Street, Sheffield. Witnesses were Matthew JOHNSON and Benjamin SWAIN.
(GRO December Q 1867 Eccleshall B 9c 336a)
(The 1868 street directory lists JOHNSON M., a manufacturer, at 34 Carver Street. Benjamin SWAINE, tailor, was listed at 30 Carver Street).

They were living at 55 Cross Bedford Street, Sheffield, at the time of the 1871 census:
David HINCHCLIFF, head, married, aged 33, brewer's clerk, born at Cartworth, Yorkshire;
*Alice HINCHCLIFF, wife, married, aged 29, (occupation illegible), born at Swineshead, Lincolnshire;
Alice HINCHCLIFF, daughter, aged 2, born in Sheffield, Yorkshire;
David HINCHCLIFF, son, aged 7 months, born at Sheffield, Yorkshire.
(RG10/4683/169/33)

According to Clara Strohmeier CLARK in her chapter on Elizabeth Edgoose STROHMEIER in the History of Brown County, South Dakota, she emigrated to the U.S.A. and lived in Chicago.

According to Clara CLARK she is said to have made buttonholes on men's waistcoats for 10c per garment, collecting and delivering her work late at night so that no-one would know what she was doing. Her husband David HINCHCLIFF was a passenger train conductor. He became a religious fanatic, deserted Alice and her three children and gave all his money to the church. Alice was too proud to ask for County Aid and eventually starved to death (Source: visit to Aberdeen, South Dakota, 1972). NB This is at variance with the evidence provided by the 1880 census below.

She was a witness at the inquest on the death of her brother Joel EDGOOSE held on 22 August 1879. Her address was 50 Bismark Court, Chicago.

The 1880 U.S. Federal Census lists the following in Cook County, Chicago:
David HINCHCLIFF, aged 43, labourer;
*Alice HINCHCLIFF, aged 37, wife, keeping house, ill with chills and fever;
David HINCHCLIFF, aged 9, son, at school;
Alfred HINCHCLIFF, aged 8, son, at school;
Mary E. HINCHCLIFF, aged 5, daughter;
John HINCHCLIFF, aged 3, son, born in Illinois.
(www.ancestry.com)

She died on 12 September 1880 aged 38. The following appeared in the Daily Inter Ocean, Chicago, on Tuesday 14 September:
"HINCHCLIFF - Sept. 12, at 6 a.m., Alice, beloved wife of David HINCHCLIFF, of consumption, aged 18 (sic) years and 6 months.
Funeral Carriages to Rose Hill today at 12 o'clock, from residence, No. 731 West Ohio street."

She was buried in Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago. According to the cemetery register she was buried in the British Old Peoples Home Lot, described as Lot 180, section M.

A letter written by David HINCHCLIFF's granddaughter Margaret in 1980 refers to Alice's death from TB.

Peter WOOD (1932-2012) wrote that as a child he was led to believe that Alice's children were put into an orphanage when their mother died.

Her daughter Mamie HINCHCLIFF returned to Sheffield, England, and became a nurse. Her son David HINCHCLIFF became a Methodist minister.


NOTES & QUERIES:
1) Was GREEN the surname of the father of her illegitimate child?

2) See HINCHCLIFF, Frances Joyce (1907-1996) for the transcription of a letter.


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EDGOOSE, Alice (1887-1971) She married William WATTS in 1905.		EDGOOSE, Alice (1887-1971) She married William WATTS in 1905.
Alice EDGOOSE was born at Kirton-in-Holland on 23 November 1887, daughter of John William EDGOOSE and his wife Sarah Ann EDGOOSE formerly WOODS. The informant was her father John William EDGOOSE, a plate layer on the railway, who made his mark.
(GRO December Q 1887 [WOODS] Boston 7a 408)

John William EDGOOSE had married Sarah Ann WOODS at Boston on 16 May 1883.

The 1891 census returns for Horseshoe Lane, Kirton, Lincolnshire:
John W. EDGOOSE, head, aged 32, railway platelayer, born at Skirbeck;
Sarah A. EDGOOSE, wife, aged 29, born at Kirton;
John EDGOOSE, son, aged 10, scholar, born at Kirton;
James EDGOOSE, son, aged 7, scholar, born at Kirton;
Sarah EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 6, scholar, born at Kirton;
*Alice EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 3, scholar, born at Kirton.
(RG12/2570/11/16)
The John EDGOOSE described as the 10 year old son of John EDGOOSE was John WOODS, a son of Sarah Ann WOODS before her marriage.

The 1901 census returns for Horseshoe Lane, Kirton, Lincolnshire:
John W. EDGOOSE, head, aged 40, railway platelayer, born at Skirbeck;
Sarah A. EDGOOSE, wife, aged 39, born at Kirton;
John EDGOOSE, son, aged 19, agricultural labourer, born at Kirton;
James EDGOOSE, son, aged 17, blacksmith's apprentice, born at Kirton;
*Alice EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 13, born at Kirton;
Fred EDGOOSE, son, aged 9, schoolboy, born at Kirton;
Elizabeth EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 7, schoolgirl,born at Kirton;
Harriet A. EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 4, schoolgirl, born at Kirton.
(RG13/3040/55/10)
The John EDGOOSE described as the 19 year old son of John EDGOOSE was John WOODS, a son of Sarah Ann WOODS before her marriage.

She married William WATTS, a 22 year old Kirton labourer and son of Edward WATTS, labourer, at Kirton Parish Church on 8 June 1905. She was described as an 18 year old Kirton spinster, the daughter of John EDGOOSE, farmer. James EDGOOSE and Sarah EDGOOSE were witnesses.
(GRO June Q 1905 Boston 7a 1025)

From the 1911 census of Cottage Row, Kirton, Lincolnshire:
William WATTS, head, aged 28, married 6 years, 3 children of whom 2 living, farm labourer, born at Kirton, Lincolnshire;
*Alice WATTS, wife, aged 24, married, born at Kirton, Lincolnshire;
Frank William WATTS, son, aged 5, born at Kirton, Lincolnshire;
Alice Mabel WATTS, daughter, aged 1, born at Kirton, Lincolnshire.
(RG14/19551)

From the 1939 Register of Middlegate Road, Frampton, Lincolnshire:
William WATTS, born 3 March 1883, agricultural gang master, married;
*Alice WATTS, born on 23 November 1877, unpaid domestic duties, married;
(RG101/6371D/012/36 THBF)

"WORKED FOR THREE GENERATIONS
Frampton couple wed 50 years
Greeings cards and telegrams lined the shelves in the sitting room, and a vase of red geraniums stood in the hearth, when Mr. and Mrs. W. WATTS, Ivy House, Middlegate Road, Frampton, celebrated their golden wedding on Wednesday. One of the telegrams was from Messrs. W. DENNIS and Sons Ltd., with whom Mr. WATTS has worked for sixty years, and the flowers were a present from Mrs. Frank DENNIS.
This is the only firm for which 72-year-old Mr. WATTS has worked, and he is still a ganger in charge of women landworkers. He told the "Standard" he began this job soon after he was twenty, and usually has about twelve women under him.
He married the former Miss Alice EDGOOSE at Kirton (their home) in 1905, and they have one son, Frank, who is head foreman in Messrs. Dennis' warehouse. Their grandson has just passed the recent scholarship examination.
Mrs. WATTS is the oldest surviving member of her family, and has three sisters and three brothers - Mrs. E. SMITHSON (Peterborough), Mrs. A. CARTWIGHT (Frampton), Mrs. H. BURTON (Frampton), and Mr. Walter EDGOOSE (Boston), Mr. Fred EDGOOSEr. Frank EDGOOSE (Frampton).
Some relatives and friends visited Ivy House (where the couple have lived for 30 years) for a celebration, and another party is being held on Sunday."
(An abbreviated version of the article which appeared in Lincolnshire Standard and Boston Guardian on 11 June 1955)

She died in 1971.
(GRO September Q 1971 Boston 3b 71)


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EDGOOSE, Alice (????-1566)		EDGOOSE, Alice (????-1566)
Alice, daughter of John EDGOOSE, was buried at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 2 May 1566.
(PR)

She is believed to have been a daughter of John EDGOOSE (died 1568) and his wife Margaret. 		 
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EDGOOSE, Alice (????-1684)		EDGOOSE, Alice (????-1684)
Alice, daughter of Adlard EDGOOSE, was buried at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 21 December 1684.
(PR)

Adler EDGOOSE had married Ann BIRD at Pinchbeck on 16 January 1670/71.


NOTES & QUERIES:
Was she unbaptised?
Her baptism has not been traced in Pinchbeck parish register between 1671 and 1684, but the following years have not yet been searched: 1671, 1672, 1674, 1675, 1676, 1677, and from 17 September 1682 to the end of 1684. These years appear to be missing from the parish register images online.


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EDGOOSE, Alice (circa 1771-1845)		EDGOOSE, Alice (circa 1771-1845)
Alice, Clarissa and Leany, daughters of James and Abigail EDGOOSE of Tumby, were baptised at Kirkby-on-Bain, Lincolnshire, on 14 July 1776. James EDGOOSE had married Abigail DAWSON at Kirkby-on-Bain on 13 June 1758.

Alice was a witness on behalf of her brother John [Joel?] EDGOOSE when he was convicted of feloniously stealing two stones weight of hay worth sixpence at Holland Quarter Sessions on 18 October 1831.
(HQS A/1/1831/Boston/Mich/26)

According to the 1841 census returns for Algarkirk she was a 70 or 73 year (indistinct) old F...... (illegible) born in Lincolnshire and living with farmer Mathew TEBB aged 45 and Mary TEBB aged 60. Next door were John (q.v.) and Elizabeth CROFT (= CRAFT) and their three sons.
(HO107/606/2/7)

She is probably the Mrs. HEADGOOSE, farmer and grazier, listed under Algarkirk Fen in White's 1842 Directory of Lincolnshire.

She died of typhus at Algarkirk Fen on 24 May 1845 at the age of 74. Mary FAIRCHILD informed the registrar.
(GRO June 1845 Boston 14 188)

Alice EDGOOSE of Algarkirk Fen was buried at Algarkirk on 27 May 1845 aged 74.
(FreeReg)

In her will made on 11 April 1842 she refers to her niece Elizabeth, the wife of John CROFT; to her nephews Joel and Jonathan EDGOOSE; to her sister Mary EDGOOSE; but to no other nephews.
(LCC Wills 1845 99)

Will of Alice EDGOOSE:
This is the last Will and Testament of me Alice EDGOOSE
of Clay Dike in the Parish of Algarkirk in the County of Lincoln Spinster I give
and bequeath unto my niece Elizabeth the wife of John CROFT ALL and singular my
Household Furniture beds bedding goods chattels personal Estate and Effects
whatsoever and wheresoever and of what nature or kind soever which shall be in or
about my dwelling house at my decease to and for her own use benefit
absolutely
And I give and devise unto my friends Jonathan WARD of Algarkirk Fen
in the Said County of Lincoln and Michael TAYLOR of Algarkirk Fen aforesaid
Farmers their heirs and assigns all and every my Messuages or Tenements Lands
Hereditaments and Real Estate Situate and being in or near Clay Dike in Algarkirk
aforesaid or elsewhere in the said County of Lincoln which I am seized of in
Possession Reversion Remainder or expectancy or otherwise howsoever Upon trust
that they the said Jonathan WARD and Michael TAYLOR or the survivor of them his
Heirs Executors or Adminstrators do and shall as soon as conveniently may be
after my decease absolutely sell and dispose of all or any part of my said Messuages
or Tenements Lands Hereditaments and Real Estate by Public auction or Private
Contract for the most money and best price that can be reasonably had or gotten
for the same
And upon receipt of the Purchase money or Purchase monies for
which my said Messuage Land Hereditaments and Real Estate or any part thereof
shall or may from time to time be sold Upon trust to convey the same to and
for such intents and purposes and in such manner as the person or persons
purchasing the same shall direct or require and for facilitating the Sale of my
said Messuages Lands Hereditaments and Real Estate which shall or may from
time to time be so sold as aforesaid I do hereby Will direct and declare that the
Receipt or Receipts in Writing of the said Jonathan WARD and Michael TAYLOR
or of the survivor of them his Heirs Executors or administrators shall be sufficient
and effectual discharges to the person or persons who shall Purchase the same
Hereditaments and Real Estate or any part thereof for his her or their Purchase
money and that such purchaser or purchasers shall not afterwards be answerable
or accountable to any loss misapplication or nonapplication of such Purchase
money or any part thereof
And I do hereby Will and direct that they the said
Jonathan WARD and Michael TAYLOR or the survivor of them his Heirs Executors
and administrators shall stand possessed of and interested in all and singular
the monies arising by such Sale or Sales of my said Real Estate and by the
Rents Issues and Profits thereof in the mean time and until the same shall be
so sold Upon trust in the place that they my said Trustees or the survivor
of them his Executors or administrators do and shall by and out of the said
Principal Trust Monies pay off and discharge the Mortgage and Incumbances
affecting my said Hereditaments and Real Estate or any part thereof And also
all my just Debts my Funeral Expenses and the Expense of proving this my
Will And also shall and do pay thereout the following Legacies (that is
to say)
unto my Nephew Joel EDGOOSE the Sum of Ten Pounds,
unto my Sister Mary EDGOOSE the sum of Ten Pounds and
unto my Nephew Jonathan EDGOOSE the Sum of Nineteen Pounds and nineteen shillings to whom respectively I give and bequeath the same accordingly
And upon further trust to pay over the residue of the said Principal Trust Monies after the
payments aforesaid unto my said Niece the said Elizabeth CROFT to whom
I give and bequeath the same accordingly
And I do hereby declare that the said Jonathan WARD and Michael TAYLOR shall not be answerable for one another and by no means for involuntary losses and that they shall
be allowed and may retain all Costs Charges Damages and Expenses that
may be occasioned by them in the execution of the trusts aforesaid
And I nominate and appoint the said Jonathan WARD and Michael TAYLOR
Trustees of this my Will Upon the Trusts aforesaid
And I appoint my said Niece Elizabeth EDGOOSE executor (4 words illegible in crease)
former Wills by me at any time heretofore made I do publish and declare these
two Sheets of Paper written on one side only and each of them signed by me
and the last of them sealed with my Seal to be my last Will and Testament
this eleventh day of April one thousand eight hundred and forty five

These two Sheets of Paper written on one side only
each of the signed by the said Alice EDGOOSE the The Mark and Seal of
Testatrix and the last of them sealed with her Seal and Alice EDGOOSE
were by her published and declared as and for the last
Will and Testament in the presence of us who in her
presence at her request and in the presence of each other
have subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto
Thos GUTTRIDGE
Willm BINDLEY(?)

On the 27th day of December 1845 Elizabeth CROFT the Executrix within named was duly sworn and also made Oath that the whole of the Personal Estate & Effects of the Deceased at the time of her death did not amount in value to the sum of Twenty pounds.
The Testatrix died
on the 24th day of
May 1845
(LCC Will 1845/99)


NOTE & QUERIES:
According to the 1851 census of Meriland, Algarkirk, Jonathan WARD was a 31 year old farmer of 137 acres employing two labourers. His wife Harriet was also 31 years old, born at Kirton in Lincolnshire.
(HO107/2099/425/5/761)


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EDGOOSE, Alice Bessie (1873-1957) Spinster, School Teacher.		EDGOOSE, Alice Bessie (1873-1957) Spinster, School Teacher.
Alice Bessie EDGOOSE was born at Springfield, Leopold, Victoria, Australia, on 17 August 1873 (www.familysearch.org Beta has 1874), daughter of John James and Sarah Ann EDGOOSE.

John James EDGOOSE had married Sarah Ann ADAMS at Queenscliff Wesleyan Church, Geelong, Victoria, Australia, on 18 June 1870.

She was baptised at Geelong on 9 November 1874.
(FamilySearch database: Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981),

Alice Bessie EDGOOSE was a pupil teacher at Mitcham, Victoria, in 1890.
(Findmypast: Victoria Parliamentary Papers 1852-1899, pages 77, 159)

On 22 June 1895 22 year old Alice Bessie's name was amongst the signatures of 77 students from the Certificate of Competency Class at the Working Men's College of Melbourne, Australia. They addressed a card to their lecturer Professor Frank TATE M.A. on the occasion of his appointment as Inspector of Schools from 1 July 1895. The name of their College was a misnomer: it started admitting women in 1888 for technical business and arts courses. Established in 1887, it provided an opportunity for working-class people of the time to further their education. It was the forerunner of RMIT.
Source: UMA Blog: The Frank Tate Diaries, by Sophie RUSSELL, PhD Student, 1 October 2018, The University of Melbourne, whose blog acknowledged my notes on Alice Bessie EDGOOSE.
(blogs.unimelb.edu.au/archives/the-frank-tate-diaries)

According to Rootweb's Victorian Book Index site on the internet, an Alice EDGOOSE was mentioned on page 143 of 'Australia: Pretty Sally's Hill - A History of Wallan, Wandong & Bylands' by J. W. Payne. First published 1981 by Lowden Publishing Co. Kilmore, V 3601, Australia. ISBN 0 909706 70 0. Her name features in a list of headteachers at Comet Mill State School No. 2799. She was headteacher there in 1900.

Alice B. EDGOOSE (State School Teacher) of Comet Saw Mills to be also a Deputy Electoral Registrar for the Broadford Division of the Electoral District of Anglesey.
(Victorian Government Gazette, 17 August 1900, Issue 83, Page 3166)

The 1903 Electoral Roll of Wallacedale, Wannon, Victoria, Australia:
*EDGOOSE Alice Bessie, teacher

From the 1909 Electoral Roll of Blackburn, Mitcham, Flinders, Victoria, Australia:
EDGOOSE John James, independent means
EDGOOSE Sarah Ann
*EDGOOSE Alice Bessie, teacher
EDGOOSE Lucy
EDGOOSE Herbert Harry
EDGOOSE Percy Llewellyn

From the 1912 Electoral Roll of Blackburn, Mitcham, Flinders, Victoria, Australia:
EDGOOSE John James, independent means
EDGOOSE Sarah Ann
*EDGOOSE Alice Bessie, teacher
EDGOOSE Lucy
EDGOOSE Percy Llewellyn

From the 1914 Electoral Roll of Blackburn, Mitcham, Kooyong, Victoria, Australia:
EDGOOSE John James, independent means
EDGOOSE Sarah Ann
*EDGOOSE Alice Bessie, teacher
EDGOOSE Lucie Clarissa, house duties
EDGOOSE Herbert Harry, clerk

From the 1915 Electoral Roll of Blackburn, Mitcham, Kooyong, Victoria, Australia:
EDGOOSE John James, independent means
EDGOOSE Sarah Ann
*EDGOOSE Alice Bessie, teacher
EDGOOSE Lucy Clarissa, house duties
EDGOOSE Herbert Harry

From the 1917 Electoral Roll of Blackburn, Mitcham, Kooyong, Victoria, Australia:
EDGOOSE Sarah Ann
*EDGOOSE Alice Bessie, teacher
EDGOOSE Lucy Clarissa, house duties
(www.ancestry.com.au)

From the 1919 Electoral Roll of Blackburn, Mitcham,Kooyong, Victoria, Australia:
EDGOOSE John James, independent means
EDGOOSE Sarah Ann
*EDGOOSE Alice Bessie, teacher
EDGOOSE Ernest Winfrey, farmer
EDGOOSE Lucy Clarissa, house duties
EDGOOSE Herbert Harry, clerk

From the 1924 Electoral Roll of Albert Street, Blackburn, Mitcham, Flinders, Victoria, Australia:
EDGOOSE John James
*EDGOOSE Alice Bessie, teacher
EDGOOSE Ernest Winfrey, farmer
EDGOOSE Lucy Clarissa, house duties

"After having been on the teaching staff of the Fairfield State School for 15 years, Miss EDGOOSE has been transferred to Canterbury. Before her departure, Miss EDGOOSE was presented with a wallet of notes from the children of the Fairfield school and their parents."
(Argus, Melbourne, 18 August 1927, page 6)

From the 1931 Electoral Roll of 10 Albert Street, Blackburn, Mitcham, Flinders, Victoria, Australia:
*EDGOOSE Alice Bessie, State School teacher
EDGOOSE Ernest Winfrey, farmer
EDGOOSE Lucy Clarissa, house duties

From the 1936 Electoral Roll of Albert Street, Blackburn, Mitcham, Flinders, Victoria, Australia:
*EDGOOSE Alice Bessie, teacher
EDGOOSE Ernest Winfrey, farmer
EDGOOSE Lucy (sic) Clarissa, house duties

From the 1937 Electoral Roll of Mitcham, Deakin, Victoria, Australia:
*EDGOOSE Alice Bessie
EDGOOSE Ernest Winfrey
EDGOOSE Lucy Clarissa, house duties

From the 1939 Electoral Roll of Blackburn, Deakin, Victoria, Australia:
*EDGOOSE Alice Bessie, teacher
EDGOOSE Ernest Winfrey, farmer
(findmypast)

From the 1943 Electoral Roll of Mitcham, Deakin, Victoria, Australia:
*EDGOOSE Alice Bessie
EDGOOSE Ernest Winfrey

From the 1946 Electoral Roll of Albert Street, Blackburn, Mitcham, Victoria, Australia (abbreviations expanded):
*EDGOOSE Alice Bessie, teacher
EDGOOSE Ernest Winfrey, farmer
(findmypast)

Box Hill Rate Books 1947-1954:
EDGOOSE, Alice Bessie, of 48 Dunloe Avenue.
(19 West)

From the 1949 Electoral Roll of Lilydale, Deakin, Victoria, Australia:
*EDGOOSE Alice Bessie
EDGOOSE Ernest Winfrey

From the 1954 Electoral Roll of Mitcham, Deakin, Victoria, Australia:
*EDGOOSE Alice Bessie
EDGOOSE Ernest Winfrey

There is an EDGOOSE AVENUE in Mont Albert (near Box Hill), Victoria, Australia. Alice Bessie EDGOOSE sold the land to a builder for a housing development.

She did not marry, and died at Blackburn, Victoria, in July 1957.

An Index of the Will of Alice Bessie EDGOOSE (1873-1957), spinster. The Will was made on 5 May 1931:
01*Alice Bessie EDGOOSE, the Testatrix
02 Lucy Clarissa EDGOOSE, sister of the Testatrix
03 John James EDGOOSE, late father of the Testatrix
04 Ernest Winfrey EDGOOSE, brother of the Testatrix, executor
05 Elmitt Jesse EDGOOSE, brother of the Testatrix
06 Herbert Harry EDGOOSE, brother of the Testatrix, executor
07 Percy Lewellyn EDGOOSE, brother of the Testatrix, executor
08 Florence Sarah WOODBRIDGE, witness
09 Dorothy STERLING COOK, witness.

THE WILL OF ALICE BESSIE EDGOOSE (1873-1957), spinster, state school teacher:
[surnames capitalised]
"I, Alice Bessie EDGOOSE, State School Teacher residing at 10 Albert St. Blackburn declare that this is my last will and testament.
I leave to my only sister Lucy Clarissa EDGOOSE all money I have and am at present entitled to, all my personal and household effects except those mentioned below I leave her also one third share in my property Lot 63 Dunbar Avenue Mont Albert, She is entitled to my share in our late father's (John James EDGOOSE) property at 10 Albert St. Blackburn by deed of gift from our brothers
I leave to my brother Ernest Winfrey EDGOOSE a two thirds' share in my property Lot 63 Dunloe Avenue Mont Albert.
I direct that Lot 55 in Dunloe Avenue Mont Albert be sold and after all expenses (funeral, street making etc) are paid the remaining money be divided in equal portions between my brothers Elmitt Jesse EDGOOSE Herbert Harry EDGOOSE, and Percy Llewellyn EDGOOSE
I desire that each of my brothers mentioned above (Ernest Winfrey EDGOOSE included) should each have one of my paintings and that any present of value that any of them have made to me to be returned to them
Should my sister marry I direct that Lot 63 Dunloe Avenue Mont Albert go to my brother Ernest Winfrey EDGOOSE
Should my sister predecease me I direct that our property in Albert St Blackburn be divided in equal portions between my brothers Ernest Winfrey EDGOOSE, Elmitt Jesse EDGOOSE, Herbert Harry EDGOOSE and Percy Llewellyn EDGOOSE
Should a legacy be left to me I direct that it be equally divided between my brothers, Ernest Winfrey EDGOOSE Elmitt Jesse EDGOOSE, Herbert Harry EDGOOSE and Percy LLEWELLYN EDGOOSE and my sister Lucy Clarissa EDGOOSE
Should my sister marry or predecease me her portion is to be equally divided between my brothers mentioned above
I hereby appoint Ernest Winfrey EDGOOSE, Herbert Harry EDGOOSE and Percy Llewellyn EDGOOSE as executors to see that the estate is administered as directed above. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this fifth day of May in the year of our Lord 1931.
Alice Bessie EDGOOSE

Signed by the said Alice Bessie EDGOOSE
in the presence of us, present at the same
time, who in her presence and at her
request and in the presence of each other
have hereunto subscribed our names as
Witnesses
Florence Sarah WOODBRIDGE
Teacher
4 Spencer Road, East Camberwell
Dorothy Stirling COOK
1 Wonnawong Cres Hartwell


NOTES & QUERIES:
2904 Mitcham State School - Doncaster Inspectorate
208 Echuca S.S. - Echuca Inspectorate
3240 Buffalo S.S. - Leongatha Inspectorate
2799 Comet Saw Mills S.S. - Seymour Inspectorate
2484 Cheviot S.S. - Seymour Inspectorate
3217 Wallacedale S.S. - Hamilton Inspectorate
754 Bairnsdale S.S. - Bairnsdale Inspectorate
2460 St. Kilda Park S.S. - St. Kilda Inspectorate
1501 Yarraville S.S. - Footscray Inspectorate
2838 Box Hill S.S. - Balwyn Inspectorate
2711 Fairfield S.S. - Preston Inspectorate
3572 Canterbury S.S. - Camberwell Inspectorate

NOTES & QUERIES 2:
Alice Bessie EDGOOSE was an avid collector of postcards. A book entitled Edwardian Melbourne in Picture Postcards by Alexandra Bartram (Carlton South, Vic., Miegunya Press,1995) features a photograph of a postcard sent from E. S. WEIR to Miss EDGOOSE on page 3 as well as a short editorial piece on page 66.


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EDGOOSE, Amey Ann (1815-1832)		EDGOOSE, Amey Ann (1815-1832)
Amey Ann EDGOOSE was born on 28 November 1815.

She was baptised at Gosberton, Lincolnshire, on 24 December 1815, daughter of James and Mary EDGOOSE of Gosberton. James EDGOOSE was a farmer.
(PR)
James EDGOOSE had married Mary WINFREE at Moulton, Lincolnshire, on 14 December 1807.

Amey Ann EDGOOSE of G. Chale was buried at Gosberton on 7 June 1832 aged 16.
(PR)

"DIED
On Tuesday se'nnight, of typhus fever, aged 18 (sic), Amy Ann second daughter of Mr. James EDGOOSE, auctioneer, of Gosdberton Cheal."
(Stamford Mercury, 15 June 1832. Surname capitalised)


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EDGOOSE, Angelina (1869-1942) born CROSBY (1869), late SYKES (1887), COTTRELL (1895), STEEL (1900)		EDGOOSE, Angelina (1869-1942) born CROSBY (1869), late SYKES (1887), COTTRELL (1895), STEEL (1900)
Angelina CROSBY, daughter of George Pinch CROSBY, a farm labourer, and Mary Jane CROSBY formerly OLDMAN was born at Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire, England, on 10 July 1869.
(GRO September Q 1869 [OLDMAN] Holbeach 7a 335)

The 1871 census of 29 Nelson Street, Linthorpe, Yorkshire:
George CROSBY, head, aged 30, labourer at iron works, born at Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire;
Mary J. CROSBY, wife, aged 26, born at Stibbed (sic), Norfolk;
Rosaete CROSBY, daughter, aged 5, born at Sutton Bridge;
*Leina (sic) CROSBY, daughter, aged 1, born at Sutton Bridge.
(RG10/4897/23/40)

At the time of the 1881 census she was living with her parents at No. 23 Queen Street, Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire:
George CROSBY, head, aged 41, general labourer, born at Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire;
Mary Jane CROSBY, wife, aged 34, born at Sibboth, Norfolk;
*Angelina CROSBY, daughter, aged 11, scholar, born at Sutton Bridge;
Nora CROSBY, daughter, aged 5, scholar, born at Sutton Bridge.
(RG11/3208/40/15)

Angelina CROSBY married Charles SYKES at the parish church of Sutton St. Matthew, Sutton Bridge on 24 October 1887. Charles SYKES was described as a 25 year old bachelor, a painter of St. John, Barnsley, and son of William SYKES, keeper. Angelina CROSBY was 18 years old, a spinster of Sutton St. Matthew, daughter of labourer George CROSBY. Witnesses were Edward SMITH and Fanny SMITH.
(GRO December Q 1887 Holbeach 7a 737)

The 1891 census of 59 King Street, St. Pancras:
Charles SYKES, head, aged 27, painter, born in Leicestershire;
*Lina or Lena SYKES, wife, aged 21, born in Lincolnshire;
Rose A. SYKES, daughter, aged 2, born at Camden Town, London;
Henry NEGUS, aged 28, shoemaker, born at Northampton;
Priscilla NEGUS, aged 32, born in Leicestershire.
(RG12/129/133/17).

Their son Ralph SYKES was born in 1893.
(GRO March Q 1893 Wisbeach 3b 562)

Their son Harry SYKES was born at 19 Nene Parade, Wisbech, on 16 March 1894. Charles SYKES was described as a licensed victualler. The informant was his mother Angelina SYKES formerly CROSBY of 19 Nene Parade.
(GRO June Q 1894 Wisbech 3b 567)

Charles SYKES died at 19 Nene Parade, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, on 20 October 1894. He was described as a 30 year old licensed victualler. His sister Priscilla NEGUS of 30 Askew Crescent, Shepherds Bush, London, was present when he died.
(GRO December Q 1894 Wisbech 3b 337)

Angelina SYKES described herself as a 26 year old widow when she married John Thomas Bartie COTTRELL, a 31 year old dealer from St. Augustine, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, and son of farmer John COTTRELL, at St. Augustine's Parish Church, Wisbech, on 11 August 1895. She was also of St. Augustine's, Wisbech, daughter of labourer George CROSBY. Witnesses were Harry NEGUS and Nora CROSBY.
(GRO 1895 Wisbech 3b 1167)

They had two children:
1) Nora Victoria COTTRELL in 1897.
(GRO December Q 1897 Wisbech 3b 561)

2) Catherine Ivy COTTRELL in 1899.
(GRO March Q 1899 Wisbech 3b 563)

John COTTRELL died at 19 Nene Parade, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, on 25 January 1900 aged 38. He was described as a 38 year old licensed victualler. E. WRIGHT-SCALES of 12 Bannisters Row, Leverington, was present when he died. Cause of death was said to be Influenza.
(GRO March Q 1900 Wisbeach 3b 365)

She married Thomas Samuel STEEL, a 23 year old mariner of Nene Parade, Wisbech, at Wisbech on 19 November 1900. He was the son of Samuel STEEL, clerk.
(GRO December Q 1900 Wisbech 3b 1373)

The 1901 census returns for the Nene Inn, 19 Nene Parade, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire:
Thomas STEEL, head, aged 24, publican on own account, born at Putney, London;
*Angelina STEEL, wife, aged 30, born at Middlesborough (sic);
Ralph SYKES, son, aged 8, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire;
Harry SYKES, son, aged 7, born at Wisbech;
Nora COTTRELL, daughter, aged 3, born at Wisbech;
Ivy COTTRELL, daughter, aged 2, born at Wisbech;
Nora CROSBY, visitor, aged 24, born at Wisbech;
Lucy DUFF, servant, aged 20, domestic servant, born at Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire. (RG13/1556/65/3)

Her husband Thomas Samuel STEEL(E) died at some time after the 1901 census and presumably before she conceived Stanton Charles EDGOOSE's daughter Jessie in late December 1904. The GRO indexes have been searched in vain from June 1901 to December 1904.

The birth certificate of her daughter Jessie Edgoose STEEL shows Angelina STEEL to have been living at "Back of 52 Queen Street", Grimsby, Lincolnshire. Her daughter was born there on 22 September 1905. She gives her maiden name as CROSBY and the father of her child as Charles Edgoose STEEL. He was of course Stanton Charles EDGOOSE.
(GRO December Q 1905 Grimsby 7a 580)

The 1911 census of 24 Annesley Street, Grimsby, Lincolnshire:
Stanton EDGOOSE, head, aged 38, married 9 years, labourer deal jewier (carrier?), born at Wisbech;
*Lena EDGOOSE, wife, aged 40, born at Sutton Bridge;
Harry SYKES, son, aged 17, single, fishhouse labourer, born at Sutton Bridge;
Nora COTTRELL, daughter, aged 14, born at Sutton Bridge;
Ivy COTTRELL, daughter, aged 12, born at Sutton Bridge;
Jessie EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 5, born at Grimsby;
Walter RHODES, boarder, aged 30, single, labourer ship unloader, born at Leeds.
(RG14PN19957/RG78PN1197A/RD422/SD1/ED11)

The Register of Electors lists her at 85 Ayscough Street, Grimsby, from 1913 until 1935. In Kelly's Directories of Lincolnshire and Hull for 1922 and 1926 she is listed at that address as Mrs. Angelina EDGOOSE, fried fish dealer. The Grimsby & Cleethorpes Directories for 1922-3, 1923 and 1935-6 list her as Mrs. A. EDGOOSE, widow.

..........Grimsby, yesterday, Hans KRUTMAN, a naturalised Britisher, who was born in Russia, was fined 50s. for assaulting Angelina EDGOOSE, a married woman, whom he was said to have knocked down. Defendant said that he pushed complainant to restrain her from entering...........
(Sheffield Daily Telegraph page 5, 14 November 1916)

From the 1921 census of 85 Ayscough Street, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, taken on 19 June 1921:
*Angelina EDGOOSE, head, 51y 11m, Widow, born Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire, Household & Fish shop, own account.
Jessie EDGOOSE, Daughter, 15y 9 m, single, born Lincolnshire, Grimsby, at home.
Catherine Ivy MAJOR, Daughter, 22y 5m, married, born Cambs, Wisbech, at home.
Joseph Edward MAJOR, Son in Law, 27y 4m, married, Lincolnshire, Grimsby, labourer, out of work.
Nora MAJOR, grandchild, 4y 6m, both alive, Lincolnshire, Grimsby, at home.
Walter RHODES, Boarder, 42y 3m, single, Leeds, labourer, out of work.
Ralph SYKES, Son, 28y 5m, married, Cambridgeshire, Wisbech, Fisherman, out of work.
Lena SYKES, Daughterin Law, 27y 4m, married, Mansfield, at home.
(RG15 Piece No. 15464

From the 1939 Register of 90 Corporation Road, Grimsby C.B., Lincolnshire:
*Angelina STEEL, born 10 July 1869, retired unpaid domestic duties, widowed;
1 CLOSED RECORD
Ivy C (Catherine) MAJOR, born 13 January 1899, unpaid household work, married.
(RG101/6404J/020/23 TKAX)

She died on 31 December 1942 at 90 Corporation Road, Grimsby, at the age of 73 and was buried in Scartho Road Cemetery, Grave 124 N 1. Her death certificate names her as Angelina STEEL, widow of Thomas Samuel STEEL, a merchant seaman. Her son, H. SYKES of 91 Harold Street, Grimsby, informed the registrar.
(GRO March Q 1943 Grimsby 7a 751)

NOTES & QUERIES:
When and where did Thomas Samuel STEEL die? Did he die at sea?
Her daughter Jessie knew that her mother had had children by an earlier marriage before she went to live with Stanton Charles EDGOOSE. She told me so.


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EDGOOSE, Angeline Sophia (1925-1925 )		EDGOOSE, Angeline Sophia (1925-1925 )
Her mother's middle name on her daughter's birth certificate was Sophie, but as far back as she can remember her mother used P for Patricia, the confirmation name, as her middle name. 		 
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EDGOOSE, Angeline Sophie (1925-2025)		EDGOOSE, Angeline Sophie (1925-2025)
He mother's middle name on her daughter's birth certificate was Sophie, but as far back as she can remember her mother used P for Patricia, the confirmation name, as her middle name. Her mother offered no explanation.

An Angeline P. OCHOCKE [sic] was born on 17 March 1925.
[FamilySearch]

From the 1940 US Federal Census of 4345 Dickens Drive, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois:
Angeline OCHOCKE, daughter, aged 15, single, born in Illinois in 1925.

The following is taken from the Carl Schurz High School, Chicago, Illinois Year
Book online. Class of 1943:
"Angeline OCHOCKE -The Laurels: Senior Girls: Americanism: Theater: Saddle and Cycle: Bowling League, captain: Schurz Times delegate."

Her daughter wrote that her mother remembered she was married in September 1946. She thought it was on 14 September but was uncertain.
What is certain is that the marriage to Wallace Roy EDGOOSE (1924-2007) took place at St. Ferdinand Church in Barry Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Their only child [LIVING] was born in Chicago in 1943.

The marriage between Zygmunt B. NATKANSKI and Mrs. Angeline Ochocke EDGOOSE took place in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois on 16
July 1957. Both bride and groom were said to be 32 years old. They divorced in 1971.
(Marriage License)

Zygmunt Bronislaw NATKANSKI was born at Lodz, Poland, on 2 September 2024.
(Ancestry)

He arrived at Boston, Massachusetts, on 24 May 1957.
(Ancestry)

Angeline Ochocke NATKANSKI lived from 1 December 1997 to 1 December 2009 at 60634, Chicago, Illinois. Her address in 2012 was 6609 W Melrose St.,
Chicago, IL., USA.
(FamilySearch)

What aggravates her daughter in retrospect is that all through grade school and high school she went by the surname of her mother's second husband and he didn't bother to adopt her.


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EDGOOSE, Ann (1650-1720) late BIRD.		EDGOOSE, Ann (1650-1720) late BIRD.
Ann, daughter of John BIRD, was baptised at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 8 December 1650. A John BIRD had married Elizabeth FREEMAN at Pinchbeck on 20 February 1643/44.
(www.familysearch.org)

Adler EDGOOSE married Ann BIRD at Pinchbeck on 16 January 1670/71.
(PR)

Ann's father John BIRD or BURD, husbandman, was buried at Pinchbeck on 6 June 1671. In his will, which was proved on 1 August 1671, he wrote:
"I give to An EDGOOSE my doughter the house and yard that I bought of the Children of Robert BURKS to her and her and her (sic) aires for ever". Adler EDGOOSE was executor and John EDGOOSE was a witness.
(LCC Wills 1671 ii 491)

An Index of the Will of John BIRD (????-1671) of Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire. The Will was made on 29 May 1671. Probate was granted at Boston, Lincolnshire, on 1 August 1671.
01*John BIRD, the Testator
02 Ann BURDE [formerly BURTON], wife of the Testator.
00 The wife of William SPINKS [see below]
03 Elizabeth BURKES (under 21).
04*An EDGOOSE, daughter of the Testator.
05 Adler EDGOOSE, executor.
06 William SPINKS.
07 Children of ROBERTS.
08 John EDGOOSE, witness.
09 Sturton SLATER, witness.
(Lincoln Consistory Court Will 1671/ii/491)

According to Pinchbeck Parish Register Ann, wife of Adlard EDGOOSE, husbandman, was buried at Pinchbeck on 4 November 1679. This conflicts with the baptisms of Thomas, Alice, and John, all described as the children of Adlard and Ann EDGOOSE, in 1682, 1685, and 1687 respectively.

At the collection in Pinchbeck in April 1695 for the "Warwick Breife" Widow Ann EDGOOSE contributed 1d. James EDGOOSE gave 6d and John EDGOOSE 1s..
(LRO 17 08 001 04A)

THE WILL OF ANN EDGOOSE formerly BIRD (1650-1720), widow, of Pinchbeck in Lincolnshire, made on 27 May 1704, for which no probate appears to have been granted:
[surnames capitalised and abbreviations corrected where necessary]

"In the Name of God Amen: The Seaven and Twentyeth day of May in the third yeare of the Raigne of our Most Gratious Sau'aigne Lady Queene Ann: Over England (&c) Anno Din': 1704 I Ann EDGOOSE of pinchbeck in ye County of Lincolne wid being in health of Body and of Good and perfect Memory praised bee Godd for ye Same, Knowing the uncertainety of this Transitory Life and being desirous to sett things in order doe make and ordaine this My last will And Testam't: in Manner and forme following, That is to say first and princypally my soule I humbly Recomend unto God that Gave it trusting that by the mirritts of my Blessed Redeimer Jesus Christe that Both soule and body shall bee made partakers of A Gloryous Ryserrection and my body I Comend to the Earth From whence it was taken to bee buryed in such decent and Christian buryall as by my Executor: shall bee Thought Meete and Convenyent, And as Touching the Settleing of my Temperall Estate and Such Blessings and worldly Goods which it hath pleased God to bestow upon me I doe Give and bequeath the Same in Manner and forme following (&c)
Imprimis I Give and bequeath unto my Sone John EDGOOSE the sum of five pounds to bee paid him by my Executor when he shall bee out of his Aprintiship, Item I Give unto my Sone Thomas EDGOOSE all the Rest of my Goods not Allready Given after my decease and doe Make him full & Sole Executor of this my last will & testament - Revoakeing all other and former wills In Wittness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale the day and yeare first above written
Ann EDGOOSE her marke
Signed sealed and Accknowledged to bee the Last will and testament of the sd Ann EDGOOSE in presents of Danial BALEY Humphery MARSTON Jun Humphery MARSTON"
(LCC Wills P50 1704)

An Index of the Will of Ann EDGOOSE [formerly BIRD] (1650-1720), widow, of Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire. The Will was made on 27 May 1704. Probate does not appear to have been granted.
01*Ann EDGOOSE, widow, the Testatrix.
02 John EDGOOSE, son of the Testatrix.
03 Thomas EDGOOSE, son of the Testatrix, exceutor.
04 Danial [sic] BALEY, witness.
05 Humphery MARSTON Junior, witness.
06 Humphrey MARSTON, witness.

An Index of the Will of Thomas EDGOOSE (1685/1692-1720), husbandman, of Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire. The Will was made on 5 April 1720. Probate was granted on 28 April 1720.
01*Thomas EDGOOSE, the Testator.
02 John, son of the Testator's brother John EDGOOSE.
03 Mary, daughter of the Testator's brother John EDGOOSE.
04 Rachel, daughter of the Testator's brother John EDGOOSE.
05 John EDGOOSE, brother of the Testator.
06 Mathew BROWN, cousin of the Testator.
07 Thomas CATLIN, cousin of the Testator.
08 John CATLIN, cousin of the Testator.
09 [Elizabeth BAKER], wife of the Testator's brother John EDGOOSE.
10 Ann, Elizabeth & Sarah [PARKINSON], sisters of the Testator's wife.
11 William CERLEW.
12 Malow BR(OWN), the Testator's apprentice.
13 Richard PARKINSON, the Testator's father-in-law, supervisor
14 John CERLEW.
15*Mother EDGOOSE [Ann formerly BIRD, buried 11 April 1700.]
16 Mary EDGOOSE, wife of the Testator.
17 G. BRABINS, witness.
18 W. CATLIN, witness.
19 J. EVERARD, witness.
(LCC Will 1720/i/127)
Ann EDGOOSE, a Widow, was buried at Pinchbeck on 11 April 1720.

At the Spalding cum Membris Manor Court held on 14 October 1720 it was presented that Anna EDGOOSE, widow, had died and that Joh'es EDGOOSE her son was heir:
"Qui Jurati & Onerati dicunt & super Eorum Sacr'm presentant q'd Anna EDGOOSE vid' Qui tenuit de d'nis hujus Maner' quasi'm ter' Obijt citra vlt visum ffranc pleg' inde Seit' Et q'd Joh'es EDGOOSE filius ejus est proximus heres".
Translation:
Verdict
Death of EDGOOSE
Who, being sworn and charged, say and present upon their corporal oath, That Ann EDGOOSE widow, who held certain lands of the Lords of this manor, has died seised thereof since the last View of Frankpledge, And that JOHN EDGOOSE is her son and next heir.
(N.B. As her son Thomas EDGOOSE was buried at Pinchbeck on 9 April 1720 this is not inconsistent with her will)
(SGS 4 1717-1726 folio 108).


NOTES & QUERIES:
1) Thomas EDGOOSE married Anne TURNER at Gosberton on 23 November 1671. In his will dated 12 July 1688 he refers to his wife Ann and to his daughter Elizabeth, but not to any sons. Ann was still alive in 1698. An Anne EDGOOSE, widow, was buried at Gosberton on 19 December 1700.

2) Joseph EDGOOSE and Ann RICHARDSON were married at Pinchbeck on 4 August 1687. In his will made on 19 May 1690 Joseph refers to his wife ANN, but not to any sons. On 9 June 1692 an Anne EDGOOSE married John RICHMAN at Pinchbeck. It seems likely that she was Ann, widow of Joseph EDGOOSE.

3) What was the true identity of the Ann, wife of Adlard EDGOOSE, husbandman, who was buried at Pinchbeck on 4 November 1679?


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EDGOOSE, Ann (1656-1656)		EDGOOSE, Ann (1656-1656)
Ann, daughter of Anthony and Joan EDGOOSE, was baptised at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 26 October 1656 and buried there on 27 October.
(PR)
Anthony EDGOOSE had married Joan SUMPTER at Pinchbeck on 4 February 1644/45.~


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EDGOOSE, Ann (1663-1723) late RICHARDSON.		EDGOOSE, Ann (1663-1723) late RICHARDSON.
Ann RICHARDSON was either the daughter of Ann & John RICHARDSON and baptised at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 26 October 1654, or the daughter of William RICHARDSON and baptised there on 29 October 1663. Richard RICHARDSON of Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, who made a will on 10 July 1666, refers in his will to Ann the daughter of his son William.

Joseph EDGOOSE married Ann RICHARDSON at Pinchbeck on 4 August 1687.
(PR)

In his will made on 19 May 1690 Joseph EDGOOSE of Pinchbeck refers to his wife Ann, but not to any sons.
(LCC Wills 1690 176)

An Index of the Will of Joseph EDGOOSE (1646-1690), yeoman of Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire. The Will was made on 19 May 1690. Probate was granted the same year.
01*Joseph EDGOOSE, the Testator.
02* Ann [EDGOOSE], wife of the Testator. [daughter of William RICHARDSON?]
03 Sir Thomas OGLE, neighbouring landowner.
04 Leonard BROWNE Esq., neighbouring landowner.
05 John DALE, neighbouring landowner.
06 Elizabeth EDGOOSE, daughter of the Testator.
07 Rachel EDGOOSE, daughter of the Testator.
08 Rich(ar)d GILL, witness.
09 Rob(er)t ROBINSON, witness.
10 Willi(a)m RICHARDSON, witness.
11 Robert BROWNE, witness.
(Lincoln Consistory Court Will 1690/176)

John RISHMAN married Anne [sic] EDGOOSE at Pinchbeck on 9 June 1692. Jane, wife of John RICHMAN, had been buried at Pinchbeck on 27 December 1691.

She was probably Ann, widow of the Joseph EDGOOSE who was buried at Pinchbeck on 21 May 1690, although the parish register does not specifically describe her as a widow. Another Ann EDGOOSE, widow of the Adler EDGOOSE who was buried at Pinchbeck on 6 June 1692, made a will in 1704 naming two sons and was buried at Pinchbeck on 11 April 1720.

John RICHMAN, labourer, was buried at Pinchbeck on 2 July 1692.

Ann, daughter of John RICHMAN deceased and Ann, was baptised at Pinchbeck on 20 March 1692/93. Ann, daughter of John RICHMAN, was buried at Pinchbeck on 9 April 1693.

Anne RICHMAN married John WATSON at Pinchbeck on 20 February 1697/98.

John WATSON, labourer, was buried at Pinchbeck on 30 April 1719.

Ann WATSON, widow, was buried at Pinchbeck on 29 July 1723.

NOTES & QUERIES:
Tho. RICHMAN, a "Towne Aprintice", was buried at Pinchbeck on 19 November 1703.

Are Ann RICHMAN or Ann WATSON mentioned in any RICHARDSON wills?


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EDGOOSE, Ann (1674-1748) late FLETCHER		EDGOOSE, Ann (1674-1748) late FLETCHER
Ann, daughter of Francis and Mary FLETCHER, was baptised at Leverton, Lincolnshire, on 28 August 1674.
(FamilySearch)

Johnathan ADGOOSE (sic) married Ann FLETCHER at Leverton, Lincolnshire, on 30 May 1714.

An Anne ADGOOSE or ADGOOSS (sic) was buried at Leverton on 9 July 1748. The register provides no proof that she was the wife or widow of Johnathan EDGOOSE. However, the register describes her as a 73 year old Cottager, i.e. born in 1674 or 1675.
(www.familysearch.org Beta)



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EDGOOSE, Ann (1676-1678)		EDGOOSE, Ann (1676-1678)
Ann, daughter of John and Joan EDGOOSE, was baptised at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 20 August 1676. John EDGOOSE had married Joane CRUNKHOME at Pinchbeck on 18 November 1669.

Ann, daughter of John and Joan EDGOOSE, was buried at Pinchbeck on 11 February 1677/78.


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EDGOOSE, Ann (1678-1680).		EDGOOSE, Ann (1678-1680).
Ann, daughter of Adlard and Ann EDGOOSE, was baptised at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 13 October 1678.
(PR)
Adler EDGOOSE had married Ann BIRD at Pinchbeck on 16 January 1670/71.

Ann, daughter of Adlard EDGOOSE and Ann, was buried at Pinchbeck on 17 December 1680.
(PR)


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EDGOOSE, Ann (1724-1724)		EDGOOSE, Ann (1724-1724)
Ann, daughter of John and Sarah EDGOOSE, was baptised at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 3 May 1724.
(PR)
John EDGOOSE had married Sarah BENNET at Gosberton, Lincolnshire, on 2 April 1723.

Ann, daughter of John EDGOOSE by Sarah, was buried at Pinchbeck on 13 August 1724.
(PR)

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EDGOOSE, Ann (1739 or 1740-1786) late DOLTON		EDGOOSE, Ann (1739 or 1740-1786) late DOLTON
Ann DOLTON's baptism at Gosberton or Pinchbeck in Lincolnshire in 1739 or 1740 has not been found.

John EDGOOSE, grazier from Gosberton, and Ann DOLTON, spinster from Gotesberton, were married at Gosberton on 21 September 1768.

John EDGOOSE was buried at Gosberton on 27 May 1781. Ann EDGOOSE, widow of John EDGOOSE, administered his estate and Edward HARE, farmer of Gosberton, and Robert TYLER, yeoman of Gosberton, were named in the Administration Bond with her.
(LCC Admons 1781)

An Index to the Administration Bond of John EDGOOSE (1732-1781), grazier, of Gosberton, Lincolnshire.
01*John EDGOOSE, the Intestate.
02* Ann EDGOOSE, widow of the Intestate.
03 J. DINHAM, Surro(gate).
04 Edward HARE, farmer, of Gosberton.
05 Robert TYLER, yeoman, of Gosberton.
(Lincoln Consistory Court Administration 1781/30)

Robert TYLER of Gosberton married Ann EDGOOSE of Gosberton at Gosberton on 10 October 1781.

Ann, infant daughter of Robert and Ann TYLER, was buried at Gosberton on on 7 June 1782. There is no record of her baptism at Gosberton.

William, infant son of Robert & Ann TYLER, was buried at Gosberton on 9 October 1783. There is no record of his baptism ast Gosberton.

Ann, wife of Robert TYLER, was buried at Gosberton on 20 June 1786 aged 46.

The will of Robert TYLER of Gosberton, farmer and grazier, made on 19 March 1805: "I further give and bequeath unto my well beloved son in law John HEADGOOSE of the Parish of Walton near Wisbeach in Cambridgeshire the Sum of Ten Pounds of good and lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid by my Executor as above. Lastly I give and bequeath unto my well beloved Son in Law James HEADGOOSE of the Parish of Gosberton aforesaid, who now resides with me, and whom I also nominate, make, apppoint and ordain the Sole Executor of this my Last Will & Testament, All my Estate, Effects, Goods, Chattels & Money possessed by me at the Time of my Decease my lawful Debts, Funeral Expenses, & the above Legacies being first duly discharged as the same shall become due; by the said James HEADGOOSE his Executors, Heirs and Assigns forever to be be possessed and enjoyed, without any Molestation, let or Hindrance from or by any person whatsover."
(LCC Will 1805)
Robert TYLER's estate did not exceed £ 300.


NOTES & QUERIES:
Date and place of Ann DOLTON's baptism?


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EDGOOSE, Ann (1739 or 1740-1786) late DOLTON		EDGOOSE, Ann (1739 or 1740-1786) late DOLTON
Ann DOLTON's baptism at Gosberton or Pinchbeck in Lincolnshire in 1739 or 1740 has not been found.

John EDGOOSE, grazier from Gosberton, and Ann DOLTON, spinster from Gosberton, were married at Gosberton on 21 September 1768.

John EDGOOSE was buried at Gosberton on 27 May 1781. Ann EDGOOSE, widow of John EDGOOSE, administered his estate and Edward HARE, farmer of Gosberton, and Robert TYLER, yeoman of Gosberton, were named in the Administration Bond with her.
(LCC Admons 1781)

An Index to the Administration Bond of John EDGOOSE (1732-1781), grazier, of Gosberton, Lincolnshire.
01*John EDGOOSE, the Intestate.
02* Ann EDGOOSE, widow of the Intestate.
03 J. DINHAM, Surro(gate).
04 Edward HARE, farmer, of Gosberton.
05 Robert TYLER, yeoman, of Gosberton.
(Lincoln Consistory Court Administration 1781/30)

Robert TYLER of Gosberton married Ann EDGOOSE of Gosberton at Gosberton on 10 October 1781.

Ann, infant daughter of Robert and Ann TYLER, was buried at Gosberton on on 7 June 1782. There is no record of her baptism at Gosberton.

William, infant son of Robert & Ann TYLER, was buried at Gosberton on 9 October 1783. There is no record of his baptism ast Gosberton.

Ann, wife of Robert TYLER, was buried at Gosberton on 20 June 1786 aged 46.

The will of Robert TYLER of Gosberton, farmer and grazier, made on 19 March 1805: "I further give and bequeath unto my well beloved son in law John HEADGOOSE of the Parish of Walton near Wisbeach in Cambridgeshire the Sum of Ten Pounds of good and lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid by my Executor as above. Lastly I give and bequeath unto my well beloved Son in Law James HEADGOOSE of the Parish of Gosberton aforesaid, who now resides with me, and whom I also nominate, make, apppoint and ordain the Sole Executor of this my Last Will & Testament, All my Estate, Effects, Goods, Chattels & Money possessed by me at the Time of my Decease my lawful Debts, Funeral Expenses, & the above Legacies being first duly discharged as the same shall become due; by the said James HEADGOOSE his Executors, Heirs and Assigns forever to be be possessed and enjoyed, without any Molestation, let or Hindrance from or by any person whatsover."
(LCC Will 1805)
Robert TYLER's estate did not exceed �300.

NOTES & QUERIES:
Date and place of baptism?

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EDGOOSE, Ann (1770-1784)		EDGOOSE, Ann (1770-1784)
Ann, daughter of James and Abigail EDGOOSE of Tumby, was baptised at Kirkby-on-Bain, Lincolnshire, on 29 February 1770. James EDGOOSE had married Abigail DAWSON at Kirkby-on-Bain on 13 June 1758.
(PR)

Ann, daughter of James EDGOOSE and Abigail his wife, pauper, was buried at Kirkby-on-Bain on 10 July 1784.
(PR)


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EDGOOSE, Ann (1770-1784)		EDGOOSE, Ann (1770-1784)
Ann, daughter of James and Abigail EDGOOSE of Tumby, was baptised at Kirkby-on-Bain, Lincolnshire, on 29 February 1770. James EDGOOSE had married Abigail DAWSON agt Kirkby-on-Bain on 13 June 1758.
(Parish Register)

Ann, daughter of James EDGOOSE and Abigail his wife pauper, was buried at Kirkby-on-Bain on 10 July 1784.
(Parish Register)

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EDGOOSE, Ann (1778 or 1779-1807) late YATES born NICHELS or NICHOLS.		EDGOOSE, Ann (1778 or 1779-1807) late YATES born NICHELS or NICHOLS.
An Anne, daughter of James and Abigail NICHOLS, was baptised at Rippingale, Lincolnshire, on 29 December 1777. No evidence yet that this is the Ann NICKELS or NICHOLS who married John YATES at Skirbeck in 1799.

John YATES, a widower from Swineshead, Lincolnshire, married an Ann NICKELS [MB has NICHOLS] at Skirbeck, Lincolnshire, on 9 September 1799. She was described as a 23 year old Skirbeck spinster.
(LFHS Marriage Index 1754-1812)
(MB 1799/698 & 699)

A John YATES was buried at Swineshead on 11 May 1805 at the age of 54.
(LFHS)

James EDGOOSE, a 26 year old Gosberton bachelor and farmer, married Ann YATES, a widow from Swineshead, by licence at Gosberton, Lincolnshire, on 9 April 1806. She was 27 years old. Signed Robert DOUBLEDAY of Gosberton, brewer. At Gosberton 7 April 1806.
(MB 1806/199 & 200)

Ann, wife of James EDGOOSE, was buried at Gosberton, Lincolnshire, on 13 March 1807, aged 29 [i.e. born circa 1778].
(FreeReg)


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EDGOOSE, Ann (1797-1879) aka Ann OLDFIELD in 1818.		EDGOOSE, Ann (1797-1879) aka Ann OLDFIELD in 1818.
Ann EDGOOSE was baptised at West Walton, Norfolk, on 23 July 1797, daughter of John and Mary EDGOOSE of West Walton. John EDGOOSE had married Mary STANTON at West Walton on 12 May 1796.

She married Joseph OLDFIELD of West Walton on 21 October 1818 at West Walton. Susanna OLDFIELD and John BONNEY were witnesses.

According to an article headed "Downer's Grove Township. Biographical" on pages 110-111 of Rufus BLANCHARD's 1882 History of Du Page County, Illinois, John OLDFIELD was the son of Joseph OLDFIELD and Ann formerly EDGOOSE who had a total of five children. The name of their firstborn is unknown, but the biographical notes reveal that Ann was an active Methodist.

Her daughter Mary Ann OLDFIELD was born in 1821, married Joseph BATTERHAM in 1842, and died in 1910.
Ann's three sons John, Jesse and William, emigrated to the USA.

From the 1841 census returns of West Walton:
*Ann OLDFIELD, aged 40, farmer, born in Norfolk;
William OLDFIELD, aged 12, born in Norfolk;
Mary EDGOOSE, aged 35, born in Norfolk;
John EDGOOSE, aged 35, agricultural labourer, born in Norfolk;
James EDGOOSE, aged 3, not born in Norfolk;
John EDGOOSE, aged 1, not born in Norfolk.
(HO107/770/13/10/11)

According to the West Walton Tithe Apportionment dated 30 September 1841 Joseph OLDFIELD occupied a Common Allotment belonging to John Guy KELKE Esq. consisting of 2 acres and 30 perches of pasture (No. 793 on plan). He was also the owner occupier of 5 acres 3 roods and 2 perches of pasture in Fen (No.83 on plan), of 2 acres 3 roods and 17 perches of arable land in Smeeth (No. 116 on plan), and a cottage and garden tottalling 2 roods and 34 perches (No. 750 on plan).

She was the sole beneficiary in the will of her husband made on 12 February 1839 and proved on 25 April 1842 (q.v). Joseph OLDFIELD, a butcher, of West Walton had died on 9 January 1842. Stanton and Patience EDGOOSE of West Walton were witnesses.

An Index of the Will of Joseph OLDFIELD, butcher, of West Walton, Norfolk. The Will was made on 12 February 1839. Probate was granted on 25 April 1842.
01*Joseph OLDFIELD, the Testator.
02*Ann OLDFIELD, wife of the Testator.
03 Joseph BREE of Wisbech, witness.
04 Stanton EDGOOSE of West Walton, witness.
05 Patience EDGOOSE formerly HUDSON of West Walton, witness.
(District Probate Registry, Wisbech, 1842)

In the 1851 census returns for West Walton Ann OLDFIELD was visiting Joseph and Mary BATTERHAM (her son-in-law and daughter) at South Field, West Walton. She was described as a 62 (sic) year old annuitant: At the time of the 1851 census Joseph BATTERHAM, aged 35 and born at Walsoken in Norfolk, was the farmer of six acres of land and lived at South Field, West Walton, Wisbeach. The rest of the family were all born in West Walton:
Mary BATTERHAM, his 30 year old wife;
Joseph BATTERHAM, their 8 year old son, a scholar;
Mary A. BATTERHAM, their 6 year old daughter, a scholar;
Maria BATTERHAM, their 4 year old daughter, a scholar;
Elizabeth BATTERHAM, their 2 year old daughter, a scholar.
(HO107/1766/564/19).

From the 1861 census of Mill Road, West Walton, Norfolk:
Henry PORTER, head, aged 34, farmer, born at West Walton;
*Ann OLDFIELD, housekeeper, aged 63, born at West Walton.
(RG9/1050/97/1)

The 1871 census of West Walton, Norfolk:
Joseph BATTERHAM, head, aged 56, groom and gardener, born at Walsoken, Norfolk;
Mary Ann BATTERHAM, wife, aged 51, born at West Walton;
Frances BATTERHAM, daughter, aged 18, born at West Walton;
Anna BATTERHAM, daughter, aged 10, born at West Walton;
Ruth BATTERHAM, aged 8, born at West Walton;
George BATTERHAM, aged 4, born at West Walton;
*Ann OLDFIELD, mother (sic), aged 73, widow, born at West Walton.
(RG10/1617/77/9)

Anne (sic) died on 17 June 1879 at West Walton aged 82.
(GRO June Q 1879 Wisbech 3b 408)

In her will made on 12 December 1862 and proved at Norwich on 8 July 1879 she left everything to her daughter Mary Ann, the wife of Joseph BATTERHAM. Her effects did not exceed £ 100 and there were no leaseholds:

An Index to the Will of Ann OLDFIELD formerly EDGOOSE (1797-1879), widow. The Will was made on 12 December 1862. Probate was granted on 8 July 1879.
01*ANN OLDFIELD, the Testatrix.
02 Mary Ann BATTERHAM, daughter of the Testatrix, wife of Joseph BATTERHAM.
03 Joseph BATTERHAM, husband of Mary Ann.
(District Probate Registry, Norwich, 1879)

THE WILL OF ANN OLDFIELD formerly EDGOOSE (1797-1879), widow:
[surnames capitalised]
"This is the last Will and Testament of me Ann OLDFIELD of West Walton in the County of Norfolk Widow I devise and bequeath all the real and personal estate to which I shall be entitled at the time of my decease unto my daughter Mary Ann BATTERHAM the Wife of Joseph BATTERHAM absolutely And I appoint my said daughter sole Executrix of this my last Will And I revoke all former and other Wills In witness whereof I the said Ann OLDFIELD have hereunto set my hand the Twelfth day of December one thousand eight hundred and sixty two."
The will was proved at Norwich on 8 July 1879.


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EDGOOSE, Ann Harriet Celia (1877-1965) late CANNON		EDGOOSE, Ann Harriet Celia (1877-1965) late CANNON
Ann Harriet Celia CANNON was the youngest daughter of John G. and Ann Sarah CANNON who lived at Twyford, Elgar Road, Box Hill, Victoria, Australia, in 1898. Her daughter Myra May reported in December 2001 that she possessed a death notice which stated that Annie EDGOOSE died 'on the eve of her 88th birthday'. If that is literally true she was born on 3 June 1877.

She married Arthur James EDGOOSE, son of John James and Sarah EDGOOSE, on 21 September 1898. The ceremony was conducted in her father's house by the Rev. G. SCHOFIELD.

From the 1903 Electoral Roll of Box Hill, Kooyong, Victoria, Australia:
EDGOOSE John James
EDGOOSE Sarah
EDGOOSE Arthur James
*EDGOOSE Annie
EDGOOSE Winfrey Ernest (sic)
EDGOOSE Lucy
EDGOOSE Elmitt

From the 1909 and 1912 Electoral Rolls of Box Hill, Kooyong, Victoria, Australia:
EDGOOSE Arthur James, Box Hill, clerk
*EDGOOSE Annie, Box Hill

From the 1914 Electoral Roll of Box Hill, Kooyong, Victoria, Australia:
EDGOOSE Arthur James, No. 5 Oxford Street, civil servant
*EDGOOSE Annie

From the 1915 Electoral Roll of Box Hill, Kooyong, Victoria, Australia:
EDGOOSE Arthur James
*EDGOOSE Annie

The Australian Electoral Rolls 1901-1906 show her to have been living at Boxhill, Victoria, in 1903 and 1909, and at No. 5 Oxford Street, Boxhill in 1914, 1919, 1924, 1931, and 1936.
(www.ancestry.com.au)

From the 1924 Electoral Roll of Box Hill, Flinders, Victoria, Australia:
EDGOOSE James (sic)
*EDGOOSE Annie
EDGOOSE Lynda Ann

From the 1925 Electoral Roll of Box Hill, Flinders, Victoria, Australia:
*EDGOOSE Arthur James
EDGOOSE Annie

From the 1927 Electoral Roll of Box Hill, Flinders, Victoria, Australia:
EDGOOSE Arthur James
*EDGOOSE Annie

From the 1928 Electoral Roll of Box Hill, Flinders, Victoria, Australia:
EDGOOSE Arthur James
*EDGOOSE Annie
EDGOOSE Norma Winfrey
EDGOOSE Ina Mildred

From the 1931 Electoral Roll Box Hill, Flinders, Victoria, Australia:
EDGOOSE Arthur James
*EDGOOSE, Annie

From the 1936 Electoral Register of Box Hill, Flinders, Victoria, Australia:
EDGOOSE, Arthur James
*EDGOOSE Annie
EDGOOSE Ina Mildred

From the 1937 Electoral Roll of Box Hill, Deakin, Victoria, Australia:
EDGOOSE Arthur James
*EDGOOSE Annie
EDGOOSE Myra Winfrey

From the1939 Electoral Roll of 5 Oxford street, Box Hill, Victoria, Australia (abbreviations expanded):
EDGOOSE Arthur James, civil servant
*EDGOOSE Annie, home duties
EDGOOSE Myra Winfrey, kindergarten teacher
(findmypast)

From the 1943 Electoral Roll of Box Hill, Deakin, Victoria, Australia:
*EDGOOSE Arthur James
EDGOOSE Anne

From the 1946 Electoral Roll of 94 Carrington Road, Box Hill, Victoria, Australia (abbreviations expanded)
EDGOOSE Arthur James, nil
*EDGOOSE Anne, home duties
(findmypast)

From the 1949 Electoral Roll of Box Hill, Deakin, Victoria, Australia:
*EDGOOSE Arthur James
EDGOOSE Anne

Her husband Arthur James EDGOOSE died on 6 October 1957.

From the 1958 Electoral Roll of Surrey Hills, Deakin, Victoria, Australia:
EDGOOSE Annie Harriet
(Note: 3 entries in Ancestry index)

From the 1963 Electoral Roll of Surrey Hills, Deakin, Victoria, Australia:
EDGOOSE Annie Harriet

From the 1968 Electoral Roll of Surrey Hills, Deakin, Victoria, Australia:
EDGOOSE Annie Harriet

She died in hospital at Blackburn, Victoria, on 2 June 1965. She had lived in that part of the State for 72 years.


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EDGOOSE, Anna S. (1866-1938) late ROMETCH born LARSEN.		EDGOOSE, Anna S. (1866-1938) late ROMETCH born LARSEN.
Anna S. LARSEN was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA, on 2 August 1866, daughter of Ole LARSEN.

She married Fred A. ROMETCH (1862-1904). They had a son Cassius O. ROMETCH (1896-1925).

From the US Federal Census of West Town, Crystal Street, Ward 14, City of Chicago, Cook County, USA, taken on 4 June 1900:
Frederick B. ROMETCH, head, born September 1862, aged 37, married 4 years, born in Wisconsin of German parents, pharmacist, house rented;
*Anne T. ROMETCH, wife, born August 1866, aged 34, married 4 years, 1 child (living), born in Illinois of Norwegian parents;
Cassius O. ROMETCH, born July 1896, aged 3, born in Illinois.
(Roll 262 Page 4A Enumeration District 0429)

She married Joel EDGOOSE in Chicago, USA, on 18 October 1905. Joel EDGOOSE was the son of the John EDGOOSE who married Hannah REDGATE at Brinsley, Nottinghamshire, England, on 30 October 1865.

The 1910 US Federal Census of 2419 Drake Avenue, Chicago:
Joel EDGOOSE, Head, aged 36, married for 4 years, born in Wisconsin (sic), immigrated 1885 and naturalised, working as a printer in a printing shop, home rented;
Annie T. EDGOOSE, wife, aged 43, married 4 years (second marriage), one child born still living, born in Illinois of Norwegian parents, of no occupation;
Cassius O. EDGOOSE (sic), stepson, aged 13, born in Illinois, father born in Wisconsin, of no occupation.
(www.ancestry.com Ward 27 Enumeration District 1200 Page 2a - image 3 of 38)

"LARSEN---Ole. Sept. 26 1913, at 1239 W. Erie st.. beloved husband of Karina (formerly JOHNSON), father of Mrs. Guneid HANSEN, Louis LARSEN, Mrs. C. J. KOEFOED and Mrs. Joel EDGOOSE, age 82 years 8 months. Funeral services Monday, September 29, at Our Saviour's church. May and W. Erie-sts., 1:30 p.m. thence by carriages to Mount Olive."
(genealogybank.com: Chicago Daily News (Chicago, IL), 27 September 1913)

According to the 1920 US census of Chicago Annie S. EDGOOSE's 23 year old son was still single and living at home. He died in 1925. He was a keymaker for watchmen's clocks
(www.ancestry.com)

The 1930 United States Federal Census lists Joel and Anne EDGOOSE in Cook County, Chicago, Illinois. Their house, which they owned, was worth $7000.
(www.ancestry.com)

She died at 5307 Warner Avenue, Chicago, on 3 May 1938. The certificate records that she was born in Chicago on 2 August 1866, daughter of Ollie LARSEN who was born in Tornjehm, Norway. Her mother's maiden name and place of birth in Norway was not known. Her age at death was 71 years 9 months and 1 day. She had been a housewife for 33 years. The informant was her husband Joel EDGOOSE of the same address. Cause of death was Chronic Myocarditis

"EDGOOSE---Anne EDGOOSE, beloved wife of Joel, fond mother of the late Cassius, sister of of Mrs GUNHILD HANSEN aunt of Leslie and Doris HANSEN. Remains at funeral home, 3918 Irving Park-rd , until noon Friday. Services from our Saviour Lutheran Church. Laramie and Berteau-avs., at 2 p.m. Friday May 6. Interment Mount Olive Cemetery."
(GenealogyBank.com: Chicago Daily News (Chicago IL), 5 May 1938)

She was buried in Mount Olive Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, on 6 May 1938.
(Death Certificate)

"In Memoriam
EDGOOSE----Anne EDGOOSE. In loving memory of my dear wife, who passed away one year ago today.

LOVING HUSBAND"
(GenealogyBank.com: Chicago Daily News (Chicago IL), May 03, 1939)


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EDGOOSE, Anne (1688-1689)		EDGOOSE, Anne (1688-1689)
Anne, daughter of Jeremiah and Elizabeth EDGOOSE, was baptised at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 21 September 1688. Jeremiah EDGOOSE had married Elizabeth BROWNE at Pinchbeck on 4 May 1682.

Anne, daughter of Jeremiah and Elizabeth EDGOOSE, was buried at Pinchbeck on 7 April 1689. The register noted that her father was deceased.
(PR)


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EDGOOSE, Anne (1733-1803) aka BAVIN.		EDGOOSE, Anne (1733-1803) aka BAVIN.
An Anne EDGOOSE, daughter of John & Sarah EDGOOSE, was baptised at Weston St. Mary, Lincolnshire, on 22 April 1733.
(FreeReg)
John EDGOOSE had married Sarah BENNET at Gosberton, Lincolnshire, on 2 April 1723.

Banns of marriage between Peter BAVIN, widower and carpenter, and Ann EDGOOSE spinster, both of this Parish, were published in this Church on the 13th, 20th, & 27th March 1763.
(Gedney Parish Register)

An Ann EDGOOSE, spinster, married Peter BAVIN at Gedney on 3 April 1763. Witnesses were John HASTINGS and John NEWTON or HILTON [the signature is faint. The first letter could be n or h and the third letter is possibly a w]. Peter BAVIN was a Gedney carpenter and a widower.

Sarah, daughter of Peter and Ann BAVIN, was baptised at Gedney on 7 September 1764. She was buried there on 1 August 1788.

An Index of the Will of Peter BAVIN (1721-1788), carpenter of Gedney, Lincolnshire. The Will was made on 3 November 1780. Probate was granted on 18 March 1788.
01*Peter BAVIN, the Testator.
02 William Ash BAVIN, son of the Testator.
03 John WITTON of Gedney, Lincolnshire, farmer, executor in trust.
04 William WITTON, farmer, of Lutton, Lincolnshire, executor in trust
05 John BAVIN, son of William Ash BAVIN, under 14 in 1785.
06*Ann BAVIN, wife of the Testator, joint executrix.
07 Sarah BAVIN, daughter of the Testator, joint executrix.
08 Samuel BROWN, witness.
09 Mathew HANSON, witness.
10 Robt. MILLINGTON, witness.
11 James WARDLEWORTH, surrogate
(Lincoln Consistory Court Will 1788/26)

Ann BAVIN is mentioned in the will of Peter BAVIN of Gedney, carpenter, which he made on 3 November 1785:
"In the name of God Amen I Peter BAVIN of the Parish of Gedney and County of Lincoln Carpenter being sick and weak in Body but of sound mind and understanding do make ordain constitute and appoint this my last Will and Testament in the following manner and form. Viz.
first I give and Bequeath unto my Son William Ash BAVIN two shillings and sixpence to be paid to him immediately after my decease by my Executors in trust herein after nam'd out of my Effects
Furthermore I do lawfully constitute and appoint John WITTON of Gedney in the County of Lincoln Farmer and William WITTON of Lutton in the said County of Lincoln Farmer to be executors in trust of this my last Will and Testament and to help and assist my Executrix herein after nam'd likewise to sell and dispose of my good (sic) and Chattels to the best advantage that can arise therefrom likewise to ask demand recover and receive all debts Bond Bills or Notes that is may or shall be ddue or to become due after my decease for the benefit of my Executrix herein after nam'd after paying all my just debts and funeral Charges likewise I give and bequeath unto John BAVIN the son of William Ash BAVIN the Sum of Ten Pounds to be lefeft in the aforesaid Guardians hands till such time as the said John BAVIN shall Arrive at the Age of fourteen years to put him out to any trade he shall chuse that can be obtain'd with that Sum if he shall chuse a trade if not it shall remain in the Guardians hands till he arrive at the Age of twenty one years
Lastly I do Lawfully constitute and appoint my beloved Wife Ann BAVIN and my Daughter Sarah BAVIN to be joint Executrixes of all my Goods chattels Monies and properties any ways appertaining or belonging to me so long as my Wife Ann BAVIN shall continue my Widow but providing and if in case it shall happen that my Widow Ann BAVIN shall Marry the aforesaid Guardians remit to the aforesaid Ann BAVIN my Widow only the third part of my Effects the other part (sic) to remain and be my Daughter Sarahs
...... it shall be lawful for the Aforesaid trustees to sell and dispose of ......y goods and Chattels Except a Sufficient Quantity of Furniture for one Room for the use of my Wife and Daughter so long as my Wife Ann BAVIN shall continue my Widodow likewise it shall be lawfull for the aforesaid trustees to put out to Intrest all the Monies or profits that may arise from from the sale threof (sic) except ten Pounds which shall be paid to my Widow Ann BAVIN to be kept as a reserve for the support of my Wife and Daughter
The remaining Sum of Mony the aforesaid trustees to put out to Intrest The remaining Sum of Mony for the best security they can get and the Intrest to be paid yearly or half yearly to my Wife and Daughter for their support so long as she shall continue my Widow.
Sign'd seal'd ratify'd and confirm'd declar'd by the aforesaid Peter BAVIN to be his last Will and Testament in the presence of Samuel BROWN and Mathew HANSON and Robt MILLINGTON who in his presence and the presence of each other have seen him set his hand and seal to this his last Will and Testament and have Subscribed their hands as Witnesses to the same this third day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty five."

On the eighteenth Day of March 1788 John WITTON and Ann BAVIN, Executor and Executrix in this Will named were duly sworn, and also made Oath that Peter BAVIN, the Testator, did not die possess'd of Goods, Chattles, and Credits, to the Amount or Value of 300 £
Before me
James WARDLEWORTH
Surrogate
(LCC Will 1788)

Peter BAVIN was buried at Gedney on 27 February 1788 aged 68.

Ann BAVIN, a 45 year old Gedney widow, married 27 year old Torrington GAUNT, labourer and widower, at Holbeach on 25 September 1789 by licence [i.e. born circa 1744]. Both made their mark. Witnesses were Elizabeth HIRNE(?) and John BAXTER. Witnesses to the Marriage Bond were Martha HOOD, Robt. HOOD, and William WILKINSON.
(Lincs MB 1789/595)

Ann, wife of Torrington GAUNT, was buried at Gedney on 30 January 1803 aged 71 [i.e. born circa 1732]. In 1803 Torrington GAUNT, widower, married Mary HAYES, widow, at Gedney. Both parties made their mark.
(LFHS Lincolnshire Marriages 1754-1812)


NOTES & Queries:
There may be an 11 year aged discrepancy somewhere here.
(Another Ann GAUNT was buried at Surfleet, Lincolnshire, on 27 August 1800 aged 53, i.e. born in 1746 or 1747.)


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EDGOOSE, Anne (????-1700) late TURNER.		EDGOOSE, Anne (????-1700) late TURNER.
The date and place of baptism of Anne TURNER is unknown. TURNER may not have been her maiden name. See below.

Thomas EDGOOSE married Anne TURNER at Gosberton, Lincolnshire, on 23 November 1671.

In his will made on 12 July 1688 Thomas EDGOOSE of Gosberton, husbandman, refers to his wife Ann.
(LCC Wills 1691/149)

An Index of the Will of Thomas EDGOOSE (1636-1690), husbandman, of Gosberton, Lincolnshire. The Will was made on 12 July 1688. Probate was granted at Boston in April 1691.
01*Thomas EDGOOSE, the Testator.
02 Elezabeth EDGOOSE, daughter of the Testator.
03* Ann [EDGOOSE formerly TURNER], wife of the Testator.
04 William WRIGHT, witness.
05 John SMITH, witness.
06 Lenerd STORY, witness.
(Lincoln Consistory Court Will 1691/149)

The accounts of Robt LADD and Willm LAMBERT, Overseers of the Highways of Gosberton for the year 1690, were signed on 14 April 1692 by Henry CAWOOD, John PELL, Edward CAWOOD, Will LACY, Richard SHARP, John RUNTON, Geo: ALLEN, John EVERITTTTT, Matthew EVERITT, John BREETON and Hugh BOOUTHBY. The signatories noted that John EVERITTE owed the town the sum of £ 3.5.10d. which he had received from Widow EDGOOSE. Arrears for the year 1691 were due from Willm ROTHWELL, Geo: DAY, Tho: GIBBINS, Anthony HARVEY, Edward HAW and Gregory RICHISSON (folio 29).

Similarly the accounts of John EVERITT and Daniell WILLOWBY, Overseers of the Highways of Gosberton for the year 1691, were signed on 21 December 1698 by Edward CAWOOD, Thomas WEBSTER, Thomas PELL, Henery BROWN, Richard CALTHROP, Edward BELL, and Willm MORLEY. There is a note that £ 3.5.8d. had been received from Widow EDGOOSE.
(folio 29).

Anne EDGOOSE, widow, was buried at Gosberton on 19 December 1700.

NOTES & QUERIES:
1) Date and place of baptism?
2) There is no indication in the parish register that she was a widow when she married Thomas EDGOOSE in 1671, but a Robert TURNER was buried at Gosberton on 8 March 1669 and a Robert, son of Robert and Anne TURNER, was buried at Gosberton on 9 December 1678.


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EDGOOSE, Anne (????-????) aka Anne ETGOOSE or REDDE		EDGOOSE, Anne (????-????) aka Anne ETGOOSE or REDDE
Anne ETGOOSE was the daughter of William and Margaret ETGOOSE of Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire.

She married Robert REDDE.

In his will made on 24 February 1540/41 William ETGOOSE of Pinchbeck mentions his daughter Beatrix:
"Item I will yt yff my wyffe be with a son I will the sayd son shall have the sayd viij acres to have and to holde the sayd viij acres to the sayd son and to the heyres and assignes for ever And yff my sayd wyffe be with a daughter, then I will that the foresayd viij acres of customary lands remayn to my daughter Beatrix and to her heyres and assygnes aftyr the custome of the sayd manor"
Her mother Margaret ETGOOSE, who was named as the sole executrix, died before she could execute the will. Letters of Administration were granted at Lincoln on 27 March 1540/41 to Henry CUSTE of Pinchbeck who was sworn to administer the goods in the name of Robert REDDE, Anne REDDE, and Beatrix ETGOSE, the sons and daughters of the said deceased persons.
(LCC Wills 1541 107)

An Index of the Will of William ETGOOSE (????-1541) of Pinchbeck, husbandman. The Will was made on 24 February 1540/41 and Probate was granted on 27 March 1541:
01*William ETGOOSE, the Testator.
02 Beatrix ETGOOSE, daughter of the Testator.
03 Thomas REDE
04 Robert REDDE
05*Anne ETGOOSE who married Robert REDDE
06 Helen CARTER
07 Margaret EDGOOSE, executrix
08 Adlard EDGOSSE or ETGOSE
09 Henry CUSTE
10 Thomas AWERTON, witness
11 Hugh VESSE, witness
12 Raphe PARKER, witness, parish priest of Pinchbeck
13 William SCHEYLL, witness, parish priest of Pinchbeck
(Lincoln Consistory Court Will 1541/107)


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EDGOOSE, Anne Patricia (1955-2022) late BAKER		EDGOOSE, Anne Patricia (1955-2022) late BAKER
Anne Patricia BAKER was born on 23 March 1955, daughter of Richard Frederick BAKER, a company director. The GRO Index lists the birth of an Anne P. BAKER, mother's maiden name HAMILTON, in 1955.
(GRO June Q 1955 [HAMILTON] Birkenhead 10a 97)
(www.ukdata.com)

Anne Patricia BAKER, who changed her name to EDGOOSE by deed Poll, was described as the daughter of Richard Frederick BAKER, a deceased company director, when she married John EDGOOSE at Spalding Register Office on 22 December 1995. She was 40 years old, of no occupation. Her new husband was described 55 years old, divorced, an electrical engineer. Both bride and groom were living at 7 Abbey Buildings, Spalding, Lincolnshire, at the time of their marriage.
(GRO December Q 1995 Spalding 625 0481 165 R0001)

Ann Patricia EDGOOSE was still living there in 2002, 2003, and 2004.
(Electoral Rolls)

Anne Patricia EDGOOSE
Date of Birth: March 1955
LEAD CONSULT LIMITED (05332173)
Company Status: Dissolved
Correspondence address: 7 Abbey Buildings, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 2XG
Role ACTIVE
Secretary: Appointed on 4 February 2005
(Companies House Beta)

Anne Patricia EDGOOSE formerly BAKER died in 2022.
(GRO DOR Q1 2022 Lincolnshire, Entry Number 523345372)

Richard Frederick BAKER, Anne Patricia's father, is not listed in this index.


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EDGOOSE, Annes (15??-15??) aka EDGOUS late PINCHBECK.		EDGOOSE, Annes (15??-15??) aka EDGOUS late PINCHBECK.
Robert EDGOUS or EDGOOSE married Annes PINCHBECK at Whaplode St. Mary, Lincolnshire, on 19 July 1562.
(PR)


NOTES & QUERIES:
Robert EDGOUS may have been the son of the Thomas EDGOOSE, brother of John EDGOOSE of Kirton, Lincolnshire, who was mentioned in the latter's will - "to my brother Thomas EDGOOSE his childerne xiijs xiijd" and "I give Robert EDGOOSE my nevie my colt stag").
(LCC Wills 1567/241)



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EDGOOSE, Annie Faith (1908-1997) née Annie Faith BOAST.		EDGOOSE, Annie Faith (1908-1997) née Annie Faith BOAST.
Annie Faith BOAST was born on 11 February 1908 at Stowmarket, Suffolk.
(GRO March Q 1908 Stow, S. 4a 996a)

She married Robert James EDGOOSE (1900-1962) in 1929. See below.

The 1911 census of 19 Church Walk, Stowmarket, Suffolk:
Sydney [sic] BOAST, head, aged 28, married, worker in explosives co, born at Stradbrooke, Suffolk;
Julia BOAST, wife, aged 31, married 6 years, 3 children (all living), born at Little Bromley, Essex;
*Annie Faith BOAST, daughter, aged 3, born at Stowmarket, Suffolk;
Dorothy Kathleen BOAST, daughter, aged 2, born at Stowmarket, Suffolk;
Ethel Rose Muriel BOAST, daughter, aged 3 months, born at Stowmarket, Suffolk.
(RG14/10691)

She married Robert James EDGOOSE (1900-1962) at Stowmarket Parish Church, Suffolk, on 31 August 1929. He was a 29 year bachelor, a fruit grower, of Lewis, West Walton, Norfolk, son of Robert James EDGOOSE, gardener. Annie BOAST was described as a 21 year old spinster, a domestic servant, of 19 Church Walk, West Walton, and daughter of Sidney BOAST, a labourer. Witnesses were Sidney BOAST and Frederick Jhom (sic) FENNER.
(GRO September Q 1929 Stow S. 4a 2782)

Her husband owned Lewes Cottages, West Walton, Norfolk, which his grandfather Robert EDGOOSE (1867-1907) had bought from Mr. John BONNEY on 24 June 1828. The cottages were thatched and they lived in the one at the end that was larger than the others.

From the 1939 Register of Lewes Cottages, Marshland R.D., Norfolk:
Robert J. EDGOOSE, born 29 June 1900, married, small holder
*Annie F. EDGOOSE, born 11 February 1908, married, poultry keeper
(RG101/6566F/006/9 TRQN)

In 1943 they moved to a house called Rosedene in Walton Highway, Norfolk.

Their only child, [LIVING], was born on 7 June 1945.

On 18 January 1956 Lewes Cottages were sold to Margaret Nellie MASON.

They built a new bungalow, Roanje, St. Paul's Road, Walton Highway, in 1962 but, only seven months after moving in, Robert James died of a stroke on 11 December 1962.

In 1969 she moved from Woodfield, 6 Ipswich Road, Stowmarket, to 7 Kent Road, Stowmarket.

In an undated letter circa 1968 she wrote to Michael James EDGOOSE to report that she had "heard Ron EDGOOSE (1911-1981) talking on the wireless about his aerial. He is the late coalman's son who used to live in Walton Highway. They always said they are not related to our family."

She died on 28 July 1997 at St. Leonards Court, Mundford, Norfolk. She was described as the Widow of Robert James EDGOOSE Fruitgrower. Cause of Death was Old Age and Senile Dementia.
(Death Certificate)
(GRO July 1997 Wayland 643i 38C 099)

DEATH CERTIFICATE
WHO: ANNIE FAITH EDGOOSE
WHAT: Death Certificate
WHEN: 28th July 1997
WHERE: St. Leonards Court, Mundford
BIRTH DATE: 11 February 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH: Stowmarket, Suffolk
OCCUPATION and usual address: Widow of Robert James EDGOOSE Fruitgrower. St. Leonards Court, Mundford, Thetford, Dorset.
INFORMANT: Name and address withheld. The informant may be living.
CAUSE OF DEATH: I(a) Old age II. Senile dementia Certified by J. L. BRYSON. M.B.
DATE OF REGISTRATION: Thirty-first July 1997.


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