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EDGOOSE, Harriet Annie
1896 - 1984 (87 years) Has 20 ancestors and one descendant in this family tree.
1860 - 1943 (83 years)-
Name EDGOOSE, Harriet Annie Birth 16 May 1896 Kirton In Holland, Lincolnshire 
Gender Female Death Jan 1984 Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire Person ID I634 Edgoose Last Modified 3 Feb 2026
Father EDGOOSE, John William, b. 7 Apr 1860, Skirbeck Quarter, Lincolnshire, England d. 1 Sep 1943, Frampton, Lincolnshire, England (Age 83 years) Mother WOODS, Sarah Ann, b. 14 Aug 1861, Kirton In Holland, Lincolnshire d. 21 Aug 1945, Frampton, Lincolnshire, England (Age 84 years) Marriage 16 May 1883 Boston Register Office, Lincolnshire Family ID F421 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family CARTWRIGHT, John Sidney, b. 1895, Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire d. 1965, Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 70 years) Marriage 24 Mar 1925 Kirton In Holland, Lincolnshire Children 1. CARTWRIGHT, John David, b. 17 Nov 1932, Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire d. 2004, Lincolnshire Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 71 years)Family ID F462 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Biographies 
EDGOOSE, Harriet Annie (aka Nance) now CARTWRIGHT (1896-1984)
Harriet Annie EDGOOSE was born at Kirton-in-Holland, Lincolnshire on 16 May 1896, daughter of John William and Sarah Ann EDGOOSE.
(GRO June Q 1896 [WOODS] Boston 07A 433)
John William EDGOOSE had married Sarah Ann WOODS at Boston on 16 May 1883.
The 1901 census returns for Horseshoe Lane, Kirton, Lincolnshire:
John W. EDGOOSE, head, aged 40, railway platelayer, born at Skirbeck;
Sara A. EDGOOSE, wife, aged 39, born at Kirton;
John EDGOOSE, son, aged 19, agricultural labourer, born at Kirton;
James EDGOOSE, son, aged 17, blacksmith's apprentice, born at Kirton;
Alice EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 13, born at Kirton;
Fred EDGOOSE, son, aged 9, schoolboy, born at Kirton;
Elizabeth EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 7, schoolgirl,born at Kirton;
*Harriet A. EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 4, schoolgirl, born at Kirton.
(RG13/3040/55/10)
The John EDGOOSE described as the 19 year old son of John EDGOOSE was John WOODS, a son of Sarah Ann WOODS before her marriage.
From the 1911 census of Drain Side, Kirton, Lincolnshire:
John EDGOOSE, head, aged 51, aged 28, married, farmer on own account at home, born at Boston, Lincolnshire;
Sarah Ann EDGOOSE, wife, aged 50, married 28 years, 11 children of whom 10 living, born at Kirton, Lincolnshire;
Fred EDGOOSE, son, aged 20, single, labourer to potato merchant, born at Kirton;
*Harriet Annie EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 15, single, born at Kirton, Lincolnshire;
Walter EDGOOSE, son, aged 10, born at Kirton, Lincolnshire;
Frank Woods EDGOOSE, son, aged 8, born at Kirton, Lincolnshire;
Hilda EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 5, born at Kirton, Lincolnshire.
(RG14/19552)
MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
WHO: John Sidney CARTWRIGHT (1895-1965) and Harriet Annie EDGOOSE (1896-1984).
John CARTWRIGHT was a 29 year old bachelor, a farm labourer of Fishmore End, Sutterton, Lincolnshire, and son of Henry Robert CARTWRIGHT deceased, a farm foreman.
Harriet Annie EDGOOSE was a 28 year old spinster, a domestic cook of Sandholme Farm, Frampton, Lincolnshire, and daughter of John EDGOOSE, farmer.
WHEN: 24 March 1925.
WHERE: Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, London Road, Kirton-in-Holland, Lincolnshire.
WITNESSES: The witnesses may be living: the certificate is withheld.
(GRO March Q 1925 Boston 7a 665)
From the 1939 Register of Middlegate Road, Boston R.D., Lincolnshire:
John S. CARTWRIGHT, born 26 April 1895, farm tractor driver, married;
*Harriet A. CARTWRIGHT, born 16 May 1896, houswife, married;
William A. CARTWRIGHT, born 26 September 1893, farmer, single, ARP point worker.
(RG101/6371D/013/44)
She was living in Middlegate Lane, Frampton, Lincolnshire, in 1957 and 1969.
Her death at the age of 87 was registered in 1984.
(GRO January 1984 Boston 7 1438)
(revised 09.02.2026)