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Edmund Eddowes

Edmund was born in March 1856 in Wrexham.¹

Birth Notes
- Births Mar 1856 (>99%)
  EDDOWES Edmund Wrexham 11b 328
  
  Aged 5 in 1861
  Aged 15 in 1871
  
  Aged 35 in 1891

Edmund's father was Edmund (Edwin) Harry Eddowes and his mother was Mary Dawson. His paternal grandparents were John Eddowes and Mary Whitfield; his maternal grandparents were Samuel Dawson and Mary Rhodes. He had two brothers and two sisters, named John, John, Sarah and Lucy. He was the third oldest of the five children. He died at the age of 44 on January 30th, 1901 in Birkenhead. His burial was at the Flaybrick Memorial Gardens.²²

Death Notes
- Deaths Mar 1901 (>99%)
  Eddowes Edmund 44 Birkenhead 8a 323
  
  1901 / Jan 30 / Edmund Eddowes / 45 yrs / Boiler Cleaner / 30 Eldon Place Birkenhead / Private Grave / Section 9 / No 103a / Buried by S Brierley / Registered by Fred Sanderson.
  
  Also in the grave are:
  Nov 29 1899 / David Wood aged 49 yrs
  Oct 5 1908 / Agnes Wood aged 4 yrs
  Mar 20 1909 / Daniel Wood aged 61 yrs
  Dec 3 1912 / Agnes Dowbiggin aged 32 yrs
  Mar 3 1917 / Winifred Evans / 14 yrs.
  
  David Wood is Abraham Wood's brother. Abrham Wood married Edmund's sister, Sarah Eddowes, so he is buried with his brother-in-laws brother. Daniel was David Wood's brother.

General Notes
- Edmund is the oldest son of Mary Dawson, born in Wrexham in Q1-1856.
  
  Edmund's father died young when Edmund was only 12, and his mother Mary then wortked as a washerwoman. They must have had a hard time. Edmund married Hannah Carter, a Liverpool girl in 1881, but they appear to have had no children. He worked as a Boiler Sealer and Boiler Cleaner. He died in Jan 1901 and the early age of 44 or 45.
  
  The records show his poor wife Hannah also died early in 1906. Mary Jane Hughes (Lucy Eddowes's daughter) was living with Edward and Hannah in 1891. In 1901, Edmund and Hannah went to stay with Mary Jane and Owen Stanton. Their address was 30 Eldon Place (1901 census), which matches with the information you gave.

Occupation Details
- From 1871 Edmund's occupation was Scholar.
  From 1891 his occupation was Boiler Sealer in Birkenhead. He died in 1901 while still employed there.
  - Occupation Notes
    - Dethe records shoe he was a Boiler Cleaner

Occupancy & Contact Details
- Edmund lived in 21 William St from 1891.³
  - Occupancy/Contact Notes
    - Home of Edmund and Hannah Eddowes in 1891
      Also present was Mary Jane Hughes (Niece)
  He lived at 30 Eldon Place from 1901.⁴
  - Occupancy/Contact Notes
    - Home of the Owen and Mary Jane Stanton family in 1901.
      Hannah Eddowes was also staying with them in 1901, and this is also where Edmund Eddowes died in Jan 1901.

Social & Emotional Relationships
- Edmund was an acquaintance of Daniel Wood.
  - Relationship Notes
    - Edmund is buried in the grave of Daniel Wood and family.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- John Eddowes
  - b.1767 d.Jan 1834 in Wrexham
  
  John Eddowes
  - b.1797 in Worthen d.09 May 1852 at Beast Market
  
  Elizabeth Jones
  - b.~  1770
  
  Edmund (Edwin) Harry Eddowes
  - b.1833 in Holt d.Dec 1868 in Birkenhead
  
  John Whitfield
  - b.1769 in Is-y-Coed d.28 Nov 1852 in Wrexham
  
  Mary Whitfield
  - b.20 Aug 1804 in Gresford d.Oct 1868 in Birkenhead
  
  Thomas Tomlinson
  - b.~  1700
  
  Randle Tomlinson
  - b.1733 in Bangor-Is-coed (on-Dee) d.May 1824 in Abenbury (Fawr & Fechan)
  
  Jane Rylance
  - b.~  1700
  
  Mary Tomlinson
  - b.09 Mar 1761 in Holt d.Jul 1842 in Gresford
  
  Anne Tinsley
  - b.1732 in Wrexham d.>  1824 in Abenbury (Fawr & Fechan)
  
  Edmund Eddowes
  - b.Mar 1856 in Wrexham d.30 Jan 1901 in Birkenhead
  
  Samuel Dawson
  
  Mary Dawson
  - b.1828 in Ellesmere d.1912 in Wrexham
  
  Mary Rhodes
  - b.1804 in Chester

Personal Timeline

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¹ 1861 UK Census
² Ancestry Family Trees
³ 1891 UK Census
⁴ 1901 UK Census