My Great x3 Uncle Edwin (1875 - 1896) was a general domestic servant, and a younger brother of my Great x2 Grandmother Lucy Vernon (nee James) (1868 - 1897).
Edwin was born in July or August 1875 in Morchard Bishop, Devon, to Henry James (about 38), an agricultural labourer, and Louisa James (nee Edwards) (about 29), a housewife.
Edwin was the third of eight children (four daughters and four sons), and the eldest son:
- Lucy 1868 - 1897 (29 years old)
- Bessie 1869 - 1946 or 1956 (at least 77 years old)
- Edwin 1875 - 1896 (21 years old)
- Louisa 1878 - 1966 (87 years old)
- Emily 'Em' Maude 1880 - 1967 (86 years old)
- Charles 'Charlie' 1883 - 1965 (82 years old)
- Francis Robert 1886 - 1962 (76 years old)
- Gilbert 1889 - 1972 (82 years old)
Edwin and his siblings grew up in Morchard Bishop.
1881 Census:
By sixteen, Edwin was no longer living at home with his parents and younger siblings. Instead, he lived with and worked as a general domestic servant for retired farmer George Southcott and his wife Emma at their home in Lapford.
1891 Census:
By 1896, aged twenty-one, Edwin was living at Pedly Cottage at East Worlington.
Sadly, Edwin passed away, aged only twenty-one, in July or August 1896, in the district of South Molton. He was buried on 30th August 1896 in East Worlington.
I know James' eldest sister, my Great x2 Grandmother, Lucy, suffered from and passed away from TB, aged only twenty-nine, in 1897 - the year after Edwin passed away. I can't help but wonder if brother and sister both passed away prematurely of the same disease.
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