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EDGOOSE, Emily Alice
1854 - 1866 (12 years) Has 30 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1813 - 1856 (43 years)-
Name EDGOOSE, Emily Alice Birth 2 Jun 1854 Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England 
Gender Female Death 5 Oct 1866 Feasegate, York, Yorkshire, England Burial 9 Oct 1866 Fulford, York, Yorkshire, England Person ID I381 Edgoose Last Modified 28 Mar 2026
Father EDGOOSE, Reverend Jesse, b. 10 Jan 1813, Gosberton, Lincolnshire, England d. 16 Jul 1856, Gate Fulford, Yorkshire, England (Age 43 years) Mother WHARRAM, Mary, b. 1820, Naburn, Yorkshire, England d. 13 Feb 1900, Fleetwood, Lancashire, England (Age 80 years) Marriage 7 Aug 1849 Hemingbrough, Yorkshire, England Family ID F254 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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EDGOOSE, Emily Alice (1854-1866)
Emily Alice EDGOOSE was born at King Street, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, on 2 June 1854, daughter of the Reverend Jesse EDGOOSE and his second wife the former Mary WHARRAM.
(GRO September Q 1854 [WHARRAM] Melton Mowbray 07A 199)
Jesse EDGOOSE had married Mary WHARRAM at Hemingborough, Yorkshire, 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)
Emily Alice EDGOSE died at Feasegate St. Peter the Little, York, on 5 October 1866 at the age of 12. She was described as the daughter of Jesse EDGOOSE, a Wesleyan Minister (deceased). Cause of death was General Debility. The informant was Agnes Rowley EDGOOSE, present at the death, Feasegate, York.
(GRO December Q 1866 York 09d 3)
(Death Certificate)
She was buried in St. Oswald's Churchyard, St. Oswald's Road, Fulford, near York on 9 October 1866.
(Parish Register)
Her death was reported in the Yorkshire Gazette:
"On the 5th inst., aged 12 years, Emily Alice EDGOOSE, of Feasegate, in this City."
(Yorkshire Gazette, October 13 1866, Page 3 accessed via FindMyPast)
Monumental Inscription:
IN MEMORY OF
THE REV JESSE EDGOOSE
WESLEYAN MINISTER
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
JULY 16th 1856
IN THE 44th YEAR OF HIS AGE
BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE
LORD FROM HENCEFORTH: YEA SAITH THE
SPIRIT THAT THEY MAY REST FROM THEIR LABOURS AND THEIR WORKS DO FOLLOW THEM
REV 14. 13
ALSO
EMILY ALICE
DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED OCTOBER 5th 1866
AGED 12 YEARS
AND OF LUCILLA FRANCES
ALSO DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE
REVd JESSE EDGOOSE
WHO DIED FEBy 14th 1895
ALSO OF MARY WHARRAM
WIDOW OF THE REVd JESSE EDGOOSE
WHO DIED AT FLEETWOOD
FEBy 13th 1900
AGED 79 YEARS.
(revised 28.03.2026)