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WRENCH, Annie Edwina Mervyn
1873 - 1950 (76 years) Has 4 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1833 - 1912 (78 years)-
Name WRENCH, Annie Edwina Mervyn Birth 30 Jul 1873 Bakewell Registration District, Derbyshire 
Gender Female Death 1950 Crewe Registration District, Cheshire Person ID I3653 Edgoose Last Modified 5 Feb 2026
Father WRENCH, Edward Mason, b. 1 Jul 1833, Chelsea, County of London (from 01.04.1889) d. 12 Mar 1912, Buxton, Derbyshire, England (Age 78 years) Mother KIRKE, Anne Eliza, b. 20 Jul 1831, Retford, Nottinghamshire, England d. 8 Feb 1920, Bakewell Registration District, Derbyshire (Age 88 years) Marriage 9 Apr 1861 East Retford, Nottinghamshire, England Family ID F667 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family EDLESTON, Richard Chambers Shafto, b. 20 Jan 1871, Nantwich, Cheshire, England d. 1949, Crewe Registration District, Cheshire (Age 77 years) Marriage 1904 Bakewell Registration District, Derbyshire Family ID F1725 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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ANNIE EDWINA MERVYN EDLESTON nee WRENCH 1873-1950
The birth of Annie Edwina M. WRENCH was registered in 1873. According to the 1939 Register, she was born on 30 July 1873.
(GRO September Q 1873 Bakewell 7b 642)
There is no trace of Annie Edwina Mervyn WRENCH in the 1881 census.
The 1891 census of 53 Shooters Hill, Greenwich, London:
Eliza L. JACKSON, head, widow, aged 50, living on own means, born at Cornhill, London;
Alice D. JACKSON, daughter, aged 15, scholar, born at Chelsea, London;
*Annie E. M. WRENCH, niece, aged 17, scholar, born at Baslow, Derbyshire;
Mabel E. WRENCH, niece, aged 16, scholar, born in Lahore, India.
(RG12/512/122/4)
The 1901 census of Park Lodge, Baslow:
Edward M. WRENCH, head, aged 67, surgeon, born Chelsea, London;
Anne E. WRENCH, wife, aged 69, born at East Retford;
*Annie E. M. WRENCH, daughter, aged 27, born at Baslow;
Annie M. BEARD, aged 23, unmarried, cook, born at Beeley;
Edith M. LINEKER, aged 19, unmarried, housemaid, born at South Wingfield;
George R. PIDCOCK, aged 20, unmarried, groom, born at Bakewell.
(genuki, Baslow)
The marriage between Richard Shafto C. EDLESTON and Annie Edwina M. WRENCH was registered in 1904.
(GRO September Q 1904 Bakewell 7b 1391)
From the 1911 census of Ashenfell, Baslow, Derbyshire:
Richard Shafto Chambers EDLESTON, head, aged 40, married 6 years, 4 children all living, medical practitioner on own account at home, born at Nantwich, Cheshire;
*Annie Edwina Mervyn EDLESTON, wife, aged 37, married, born at Baslow, Derbyshire;
Marjorie Chambers EDLESTON, daughter, aged 5, born at Baslow, Derbyshire;
Robert Mervyn Harcourt EDLESTON, son, aged 3, born at Baslow, Derbyshire;
Bridgett Dorothy Wrench EDLESTON, daughter, aged 2, born at Baslow, Derbyshire;
Richard Shafto Macdonald EDLESTON, son, aged 10 months, born at Baslow, Derbyshire;
Daisy Letitia WRENCH, niece, aged 19, single, nursery governess, born at Dulwich, London;
Sarah BRADLEY, servant, aged 22, single, houseparlourmaid, born at Atterckliffe, Sheffield;
Kate TAYLOR, servant, aged 27, single, cook, born at Baslow, Derbyshire.
(RG14PN21178 RG78PN1261 RD439 SD1 ED6 SN144)
The death of her father Edward M. WRENCH aged 78 was registered in 1912.
(GRO March Q 1912 Chapel-le-Frith 7b 1035)
Edward Mason WRENCH of Park Lodge, Baslow, Derbyshire, F.R.C.S., died on 12 March 1912. Probate was granted on 5 June 1912 to Anne Eliza WRENCH, widow, Francis Houlton WRENCH, civil engineer, and Annie Edwina Mervyn EDLESTON (wife of Richard Chambers Shafto EDLESTON). Effects £9466 8s. 10d. Resworn £14,309 13s. 10d.
(National Probate Calendar)
From the 1939 Register of the Mount, Nantwich R.D., Cheshire:
Richard S. E. EDLESTON, born 20 January 1871, medical practitioner (retired), married;
*Annie E. M. EDLESTON, born 30 July 1873, unpaid domestic duties, married.
(RG101/4092I/011/18 LGKK)
The death of Annie E. M. WRENCH aged 75 was registered in 1950.
(GRO December Q 1950 Crewe 10a 290)
NOTES & QUERIES:
1881 Census: Untraced
Who was Mabel E. WRENCH?
Eliza Jackson was born Eliza WRENCH, and the two nieces listed on the enumeration are from two of her brothers, one the daughter of Edward Mason Wrench, the other one a daughter of John Mervyn Wrench.
(source: Peter Wrench)
(revised 27.06.2017)