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MOULES, Grace Agnes
1872 - 1943 (70 years) Has 50 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1841 - 1876 (34 years)-
Name MOULES, Grace Agnes Birth 6 Aug 1872 West Walton, Norfolk 
Gender Female Death 1943 King's Lynn Registration District, Norfolk Person ID I1250 Edgoose Last Modified 3 Feb 2026
Father MOULES, Joseph, b. 2 Aug 1841, West Walton, Norfolk d. 1876, West Walton, Norfolk (Age 34 years) Mother EDGOOSE, Mary (Polly), b. 8 Oct 1842, West Walton, Norfolk d. 9 Apr 1934, Tilney St. Lawrence, Norfolk, England (Age 91 years) Marriage 27 Dec 1871 West Walton, Norfolk Family ID F227 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Birth - 6 Aug 1872 - West Walton, Norfolk 
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GRACE AGNES MOULES 1872-1943
The birth of Grace Agnes MOULES was registered in the name MOLES in 1872. According to the 1939 Register she was born on 6 August 1872.
(GRO September Q 1872 Wisbeach 3b 626)
Joseph MOULES had married Mary (Polly) EDGOOSE at West Walton on 27 December 1871.
Grace Agnes, daughter of Joseph MOWLES, labourer, and Mary, was baptised at West Walton, Norfolk, on 29 September 1872.
(PR transcript)
At the time of the 1881 census she was living in Dam Road, West Walton:
Mary MOULES, daughter (head), aged 37, widow, born at West Walton;
*Grace MOULES, granddaughter, aged 8, born at West Walton;
Patience MOULES, granddaughter, aged 6, born at West Walton;
Mary MOULES, granddaughter, aged 5, born at West Walton;
William SMITH, servant, aged 14, farm servant, born at Walpole.
(RG11/1697/81/7)
From the 1891 census returns for Dam Road, West Walton:
Patience EDGOOSE, head, widow, aged 74, a farmer, born at West Walton;
Mary MOWLES (sic), daughter, widow, aged 49, born at West Walton;
*Grace MOWLES, granddaughter, aged 18, schoolteacher, born at West Walton;
Patience MOWLES, granddaughter, aged 16, schoolteacher, born at West Walton;
Mary MOWLES, granddaughter, aged 15, born at West Walton.
(RG12/1306/61/9)
From the 1901 census of Copthorne, Sussex:
Edward J. VIGAR, head, aged 27, married, bricklayer on own account, born at Copthorne, Sussex;
Sarah J. VIGAR, wife, aged 32, married, born at West Ham, London;
Grace MOULES, boarder, aged 28, single, school teacher, born at Wisbech, Norfolk (sic).
(RG13/629/215/25)
In 1906 she was living at The Yews, Tilney St. Lawrence, Norfolk.
(Source: death certificate of Patience EDGOOSE).
From the 1911 census of Church Farm, Tilney All Saints, King's Lynn, Norfolk:
*Grace MOULES, daughter, aged 38, single, assistant teacher, school, County Council, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Alice E. NETHERCLIFE [sic], boarder, aged 36, single, head teacher, school, County Council, born at Burton Coggles, Lincolnshire.
(RG14/931
Note: See photograph of a Miss Netherclife under Julia May EDGOOSE
According to the 1932 Electoral Roll, she was sharing a house at St. John's Road, Tilney St. Lawrence, Norfolk, with a Mary MOULES.
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The 1939 Register of Mill House, Tilney, Marshland R, D., Norfolk:
Alice E. NETHERCLIFF, born on 15 March 1875, teacher MRSC retired, single;
*Grace A. MOULES, born on 6 August 1872, teacher retired, single.
(RG101/6565E/002/2)
Note: MRSC = Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
The death of Grace A. MAULES [sic] was registered in 1943 aged 70.
(GRO June Q 1943 King's Lynn 04B 312)
(revised 08.07.2018)