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Edith Louisa C ABBOTT (1886-1970)

RiD No.: 1244

Personal Details

Birth Q2 1886 St Saviour
The birth registration of Edith Louisa C Abbott is in June quater 1886 in St Saviour, Southwark.She is also registered as Edith Louisa Cook-Abbott
Census 1901 (age 14)
38, Sutherland Road, Tottenham, Middlesex/London
Living with sister (Helen?) and her family (Smith)
Death Q4 1970 (age 84) Thurrock

The death registration shows Ediths's birth as being on the 25th April 1886

Marriage and Family Details

Spouse Henry BRIGGS (1883- )
Children Edith BRIGGS (1908- )
Henry BRIGGS (1910- )
May BRIGGS (1910-1911)
Albert BRIGGS (1911-1911)
Marriage Q4 1905 (age 19) West Ham
An Edith Cook Abbott was married in December quarter 1905 at West Ham, Essex .to Henry Briggs.
Census 1911 (age 24-25) Toronto Road, Chadwell St Mary, Essex
The following is a transcript of the individuals on the 1911 census.

Henry Briggs / Head / Male / 28 / Occupation Dock Labourer /West Ham, Essex
Edith Briggs / Wife / Female / 25 / Newington S E, London
Edith Briggs / Daughter / Female / 3 West Ham, Essex
Henry Briggs / Son / Male / 1 / Chadwell St Mary
Albert Briggs / Son / Male / 0 / Chadwell St Mary


Henry and Edith are shown as married for 5 years. 4 children born, 3 living, 1 died. Also on the form (but not on the transcript) is a May Briggs, daughter, ?? months old, but she is crossed out and marked "Dead" with the ennumerators initials (JEC?), so must have died at, or just before the time of, the census?
Census 1939 (age 52-53) 37, Rapheal Ave, Thurrock, Essex
The original 1939 Register is copied below but the transcript is as follows:-

Edith L Briggs / F / 25 April 1886 / Widow / Unpaid Domestic Duties
Henry Briggs / M / 23 November 1910 / Single / Dock Transport - Heavy Worker Ronald Briggs / M / 11 May 1923 / Single / Factory Worker - Boot shop - Calculating clerk
Stanley W Ketley / M / 16 August 1901 / Married / Stationary Engine Driver - Inlan Essential Industry - Petroleum Refining
Edith Ketley (nee Briggs) / F / 5 March 1908 / Married / Unpaid Domestic Duties
Ronald W Ketley / M / 7 March 1928 / Single / At School
Leonard H Ketley / M / 26 July 1929 / Single / At School



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