The Goodliffe Family of Lambley Lodge, Rutland
Henry EDGSON - 4th Son of Sarah Goodliffe CULPIN and Edward EDGSON
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Sarah Goodliffe CULPIN====v====Edward EDGSON Henry Samuel KNIGHTON====v====Mary DORRINGTON
1829-1898 m:1853
1829-1916 1840-1901 m:1865 1839-1898
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Henry==============v===================Ann Elizabeth KNIGHTON
1859-1944 m:1903 1854-1935
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Henry EDGSON 1859-1944
Henry was born 3 December 1859 at Kings Cliffe. He was recorded in the 1861 and 1871 censuses with the family at
Kings Cliffe. By 1881 Henry was living in Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire and was a watchmaker. By 1891 he had moved to Brighton but
by 1901 he was back with his widowed father in Kings Cliffe..
1881 census: Henry was boarding at 8 Brownlow St, Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire. |
1891 census: Henry was boarding at 55 The Old Steine, Brighton - it was and still is the YMCA. |
1901 census |
Shortly after the 1901 census Henry moved to Peterborough where he set up his own jewellery business. He married
Ann Elizabeth KNIGHTSON in Sep 1903 in Peterborough. Ann Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry and Mary (DORRINGTON), a farmer
at Manor Farm, Hamerton, Huntingdonshire. By 1911 they were living at 49
Narrow St, Peterborough. The census tells us they had been married 7 years but had not had any children.
1911 census |
Early photo of Narrow St, Peterborough, now part of Bridge St. |
In 1921 Henry and Ann were living at 56 Broadway, Peterborough. By 1939 Henry had retired from the watchmaking business and he and Ann were living at 39 Silverwood Rd, Peterborough.
1921 census |
1939 census |
Henry died at 39 Silverwood Rd, Peterborough on 7 June 1944. Probate of his Will was granted to Barclay's Bank. Ann Elizabeth
died 26 December 1944 at 39 Silverwood Rd, Peterborough. Probate was granted to Barclay's Bank and her nephew Henry Morris
KNIGHTON, farmer at Manor Farm, Hamerton, Hunts. Both Henry and Mary are buried at St Mary's Churchyard, Leighton Bromswold, Hunts.
Headstone for Henry and Mary EDGSON at St Mary's Churchyard, Leighton Bromswold, Hunts. (From findagrave.com) |
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Last updated: 28 July 2023
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