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EDGOOSE, Frank William Dawson
1882 - 1951 (69 years) Has 50 ancestors and one descendant in this family tree.
1851 - 1929 (78 years)-
Name EDGOOSE, Frank William Dawson Birth 28 Feb 1882 West Walton, Norfolk 
Gender Male Death 19 Dec 1951 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England Burial 24 Dec 1951 Quinton, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England Person ID I498 Edgoose Last Modified 3 Feb 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 HARWIN, Emma, b. 15 Aug 1877, Walsoken, Norfolk d. 5 Feb 1957, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England (Age 79 years) Marriage 16 Apr 1906 Wisbech, Cambridgeshire Children 1. EDGOOSE, Doris Malisande, b. 26 Mar 1908, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England d. 13 Dec 2003, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England (Age 95 years)Family ID F342 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Event Map 
Birth - 28 Feb 1882 - West Walton, Norfolk 
Marriage - 16 Apr 1906 - Wisbech, Cambridgeshire = Link to Google Earth
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Biographies 
EDGOOSE, Frank William Dawson (1882-1951)
Frank William Dawson EDGOOSE was born at West Walton, Norfolk, on 28 February 1882, son of Stanton John and Margaret EDGOOSE.
(GRO March Q 1882 [DAWSON] Wisbech 03B 589)
Stanton John EDGOOSE had married Margaret DAWSON at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, on 16 January 1872.
He was apprenticed to Richard BARNARD, blacksmith of Friday Bridge, Cambridgeshire, by indenture dated 8 March 1897, to learn the trade of blacksmith and shoeing smith. His weekly pay was set a two shillings and sixpence for the first year, three shillings and sixpence during the second year, and four shillings and sixpence during the third year. The indenture was signed by Richard BARNARD, Stanton EDGOOSE and Frank William EDGOOSE. According to his daughter, he became an engineering blacksmith but had to give up eventually because of acute bronchitis.
According to the 1901 census he and his brother Stanton Charles EDGOOSE were living at Hampden Walk, Chase Street, Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire, in the house of deal porter William C. STARR and his wife Elizabeth. Frank EDGOOSE was a 19 year old blacksmith.
(RG13/1556/78/30)
He married Emma HARWIN, daughter of plate layer Robert HARWIN, at the Baptist Chapel, Upper Hill Street, Wisbech, on 16 April 1906. Frank William EDGOOSE was described as a 26 year old bachelor, a journeyman blacksmith, of 9 Oxford Terrace, Charles Street, Peterborough. Emma was a 27 year old spinster living near the Ferry Station, West of Nene, Walsoken. Witnesses were William BURBRIDGE and Ethel HARWIN.
(GRO June Q 1906 Wisbech 3b 1312)
His daughter Doris Malisande EDGOOSE (named Malisande after his wife's eldest sister's French employer) was born on 26 March 1908. She was baptised according to the rites of the Primitive Methodists at Woodstone in Huntingdonshire on 27 May the same year. Frank and Emma EDGOOSE were living at 15 Orchard Street, Woodstone.
He lived at Logan Street, Nottingham, from 1909. When his daughter died in 2003, amongst her papers were found an envelope addressed to Mr. F. EDGOOSE, 62 Bepton Road, Bulwell, in 1909 or 1910; church certificates dated 4 October 1914 showing that Frank and his wife Emma were members of the the United Methodist Church at Broomhill Road, Bulwell; and Doris EDGOOSE's attendance card for the United Methodist Sunday School at Broomhill Road, Bulwell, showing that she attended from the first Sunday in January until the 4th Sunday in March 1915.
The 1911 census of 109 Logan Street, Bulwell, Nottinghamshire:
*Frank William Dawson EDGOOSE, head, aged 29, blacksmith in railway wagon works, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Emma EDGOOSE, wife, aged 33, married 5 years, 1 child 1 living, born at Walsoken, Norfolk;
Doris Malisande EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 3, born at Peterborough, Northamptonshire.
(RG14/20665)
He moved to Birmingham, Warwickshire, in 1915. According to a surviving rent book for 38 Whitacre Road, Birmingham, Mr. and Mrs. EDGOOSE arrived on 29 March 1915 and paid 7 shillings a week to the landlord or agent Arthur J. PRITCHARD of 115 Colmore Row.
Three Income Tax assessments have survived. These show that he earned
£ 39.10s. in the quarter ending 5 July 1917, £ 44.0s. in the quarter ending 5 October 1917, and £ 38.0s. in the quarter ending 5 January 1918. On each occasion there were deductions before tax as follows: Abatement £ 30.0s., 5s. for life assurance or trade union death or superannuation benefits, and £ 6.5s. for children. Income Tax on the balance was 2s.3d. in the £.
From the 1939 Register of 38 Whitacre Road, Birmingham C.B., Warwickshire:
*Frank EDGOOSE, born 28 February 1882, married, blacksmith drop forging
Emma EDGOOSE, born 22 August 1879, married, unpaid domestic duties
Doris EDGOOSE, born 26 March 1908, single, cashier and wages clerk
(RG101/5568A/007/29)
He died at home on 19 December 1951. He was described as a retired engineer's blacksmith on his death certificate.
(GRO December Q 1951 Birmingham 9c 335)
Frank William EDGOOSE otherwise Frank of 38 Whitacre-road, Birmingham 9, died on 19 December 1951. Letters of Administration were granted at Birmingham on 7 March 1952 to Emma EDGOOSE, widow. His effects amounted to £ 887.3s.7d.
(National Probate Calendar 1952)
He was buried in Quinton Cemetery, Birmingham, Wawickshire, in 1951.
NOTES & QUERIES:
Rhys WHATMORE has provided a photograph of a group of blacksmiths. Frank Dawson EDGOOSE is the one on the far right in the second row.
(revised 09.02.2026)