George Eddowes

1865-01-28 George Eddowes drunk 1893-05-27 George Eddowes Death

George was born in 1830 in Abenbury (Fawr & Fechan).¹ 

• Birth Notes

  Aged 21 in 1851, born Erlas, Denbighshire
  Aged 30 in 1861
  Aged 40 in 1871
  Aged 51 in 1881, born Abenbury Fawr, Denbighshire
  Aged 61 in 1891
  Aged 63 in 1893, at death, so born about 1830
  
  Erlas is North of Abenbury Fawr and West of Cacca Dutton, approximately two miles East of Wrexham.
  
  No Christening can be found in the IGI Index, although other Christening including older brother Edmund are present.
  
  George Eddowes
  B: 1831 in Erlas, Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales 

George's father was John Eddowes and his mother was Mary Whitfield.  His paternal grandparents were John Eddowes and Elizabeth Jones; his maternal grandparents were John Whitfield and Mary Tomlinson. He had five brothers and five sisters, named Edwin, Thomas, John, William, Matthew, Elizabeth, Mary, Esther, Mary and Lydia.  He died at the age of 63 on May 7th, 1893 in Wrexham.  He was buried on May 6th, 1893 in Wrexham.^2 3 

• Death Notes

  Deaths Jun 1893   (>99%)
  Eddowes  George  63  Wrexham  11b 204
  
  
  Name:     George Eddowes
  Event Type:     Burial
  Event Date:     06 May 1893
  Event Place:     Brymbo, Denbighshire, Wales
  Age:     63
  Birth Year (Estimated):     1830
  Spouse's Name:    
  GS Film number:    
  Digital Folder Number:    004631670
  
  George Eddowes
  BIRTH    unknown
  DEATH    1893
  BURIAL    Wrexham Cemetery, Wrexham, Wrexham, Wales
  PLOT    Grave No. -3149
  MEMORIAL ID    133963297
  George Eddowes is buried in grave 3149 at Wrexham Cemetery, together with Elizabeth (1859-1835) and John (1858-1915)
  
  News clip in Wrexham Advertiser (27-May-1893)
  EDDOWES - May 7th, aged 63 years, at Beast Market, Wrexham, George Eddowes, late R.W.F.

• General Notes

  NOTE: There is another Eddowes and Jones family from Wrexham (Thomas and Ann)
  
  There's was no direct evidence that George was a son of John and Mary until a newspaper article in 1878 was found about a family dispute involving Esther Brereton (nee Eddowes) in Birkenhead.  The 1841 Wrexham census records are missing, and by 1851 he was married.  However his oldest son, George, was living with Esther in 1881.
  
  In 1871, George (40) was a Staff Sergent at Wrexham
  
  In 1881, George a paver and Mary (53 & 51) were living at 9 Maderia Aoll, Wrexham with El;izabeth (28), Edwin (10), Arthur (9), Elizabeth (6) and George (2)
  
  George must have liked a drink.  "George Eddowes was charged by P.C. Jones, with being drunk and disorderly in High-Street (Wrexham) on the Tuesday night previously (to 28-Jan-1865), and was fined 5s and costs."  Mary was also charged in 1893.
  
  George (53) was a Staff Sergent Denbigh Welsh Fusiliers (R.W.F.) in 1871.  He was pensioned off 16 Dec 1884
  
  In May 1893, George Eddowes died.  George Eddowes is buried in grave 3149 at Wrexham Cemetery, together with Elizabeth (1859-1935) and John (1858-1915)
  
  In 1911, George's wife Mary (85. Wid) was living with her son Edward at the Beast Market, Wrexham.
  
  

Details of George's family with Mary Jones