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EDGOOSE, Hilda Mary
1878 - 1900 (21 years) Has 50 ancestors and 8 descendants in this family tree.
1844 - 1927 (82 years)-
Name EDGOOSE, Hilda Mary Birth 17 Oct 1878 West Walton, Norfolk 
Gender Female Death 31 Jan 1900 Leicester, Leicestershire Person ID I491 Edgoose Last Modified 14 May 2026
Father EDGOOSE, Stanton John, b. 14 May 1844, West Walton, Norfolk d. 19 Mar 1927, Walsoken, Norfolk (Age 82 years) Mother DAWSON, Margaret, b. 27 May 1851, Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire, England d. 2 Aug 1929, Walsoken, Norfolk (Age 78 years) Marriage 16 Jan 1872 St. Augustine, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire Family ID F228 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Marriage NO MARRIAGE INFORMATION Children 1. EDGOOSE, Bertie Horace, b. 8 Dec 1893, West Walton, Norfolk d. 28 Jan 1950, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England (Age 56 years)Family ID F331 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 2 CHEANEY, Alfred, b. 1876, Walcot, Lincolnshire, England d. 1929, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire (Age 53 years) Marriage 28 Jan 1899 Leicester Register Office, Leicestershire Family ID F332 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 3 Family ID F3271 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 14 May 2026
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Birth - 17 Oct 1878 - West Walton, Norfolk 
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Biographies 
EDGOOSE, Hilda Mary (1878-1900) now CHEANEY or CHENEY
Hilda Mary EDGOOSE was born at West Walton, Norfolk, on 17 October 1878, daughter of Stanton John and Margaret EDGOOSE
(GRO December Q 1878 [DAWSON] Wisbech 03B 615)
Stanton John EDGOOSE had married Margaret DAWSON at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, on 16 January 1872.
Hilary Mary, daughter of Stanton Edgoose, farmer, and his wife Margaret, was baptised at West Walton, Norfolk, on 15 August 1880.
(FreeReg)
According to the 1881 census returns for the Dam House, West Walton, Hilda Mary was 2 years old:
Stanton EDGOOSE, head, aged 36, innkeeper, born at West Walton;
Margaret EDGOOSE, wife, aged 29, innkeeper's wife, born at Wisbech;
Kate EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 6, scholar, born at West Walton;
Mabel EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 4, born at West Walton;
Hilda EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 2, born at West Walton;
Stanton EDGOOSE, son, aged 9 months born at West Walton;
Elizabeth PATTERSON servant aged 15 domestic servant, born at Snettisham, Norfolk.
(RG11/1697/80/6).
From the 1891 census returns for the Dam Inn, Dam Head, West Walton:
Stanton EDGOOSE, head, aged 40, Farmer & Publican, born at West Walton;
Margaret EDGOOSE, wife, aged 39, publican, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire;
Hilda EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 12, scholar, born at West Walton;
Stanton EDGOOSE, son, aged 10, scholar, born at West Walton;
Frank EDGOOSE, son, aged 9, scholar,
born at West Walton;
Bertha EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 4, born at West Walton;
Jessie EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 7 months, born at West Walton.
(RG12/1306/60/7)
Fifteen year old Hilda Mary EDGOOSE had a son Bertie Horace EDGOOSE at West Walton on 8 December 1893.
The name of the father of her illegitimate son was not recorded.
She married Alfred CHEANEY at Leicester Record Office on 28 January 1899. Alfred CHEANEY was a 22 year old general porter of 9 , Haddon Street, Leicester, and son of engine stoker George William CHEANEY. Hilda Mary's address was 35 Hughenden Drive, Leicester. Witnesses were Thomas NEWBY and Lucy NEWBY. According to the Burgess List of 1898-99 No. 9 Haddon Street was the address of George William CHENEY.
(GRO March Q 1899 Leicester 7a 337)
She died at 35 Hughenden Drive, Leicester, on 31 January 1900 aged 21. She was described as the wife of Alfred CHEANEY a draper's porter. A. CHEANEY, widower of the deceased, of 35 Hughenden Drive, Leicester, was present when she died. Cause of death was tubercular meningitis and exhaustion.
(GRO March Q 1900 Leicester 7av 223)
According to the 1901 census returns her late husband Alfred CHEANEY was a widower living with his parents and brother at 91 Twycross Street, Leicester.
George W. CHEANEY head married widower aged 50 stoker, stationery engine, born at Walcote, Leicestershire, England.
Elizabeth CHEANEY wife married aged 53 born in Leicestershire, England
Alfred CHEANEY son widower age 24 town postman born in Leicestershire, England
George H. CHEANEY son single aged 21 under shunter born in Leicestershire, England
Hannah ROWE mother-in-law widow aged 84 born at Illston on the Hill, Leicestershire, England
Mary J. ELLINGWORTH sister aged 55 borm im Leicestershire, England
(RG13/2997/98/11)
(revised 14.05.2025)