Arthur Edwards Victim of Zeppelin raids 1916

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Arthur Edwards Victim of Zeppelin raids 1916

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Family Not on BCC

Victims of Zeppelin riads 1916

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Arthur Edwards
DOB 7-5-1889 (Dudley 193/384)
Baptism 26-5-1889 St Thomas Dudley

DOD 31-1-1916 Age 26 (Dudley 6b 110) at father's workshop in Union St

1891 105 Eve Hill Dudley
Benjamin Edwards 39 Coal miner
Eliza Edwards. 39 Nail maker
Pheobe Edwards. 12
George Edwards. 10
Eliza Edwards. 7 Handsworth
Annie Laura Edwards 5
Arthur Edwards 7mnths
All others Dudley


1901 (looks like Greystone Passage) Dudley
Benjamin Edwards 50 shoemaker
Eliza Edwards 51 wife.
Pheobe. Edwards 22 daug ?? Bedsteads
George. Edwards 20 son. Plasterers labourer.
Eliza A. Edwards 18 daug servant domestic. Handsworth
Annie. Edwards 16 daug. ??? Bedsteads
Arthur. Edwards 12 son
Hannah. Edwards 18 daug inlaw. Nailmaker
Florrie M Edwards 2 months granddaughter
All others Dudley

can't find 1911 census
Can't find parents marriage Benjamin Edwards & Eliza Horton

Thanks to Derek Nicholls & Tipton Civic Society for the following info taken from the great Zeppelin raid booklet.
Arthur was killed at his father's shoe workshop in Union St Tipton. Both Arthur & Benjamin were shoemakers and were well known & respected in the local community.
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Re: Arthur Edwards Victim of Zeppelin raids 1916

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West Midlands Marriage indexes for the years: 1871.
EDWARDS Benjamin. HORTON Eliza. Lower Gornal, St James. Dudley Register Office. 215/003/351.
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Could be this one, but Benjamin is down as George,

1911. 247 Dudley Port, Tipton.
George Edward 60. Shoe maker. Dudley.
Eliza Edward 59. married 39 years. Worcestershire.
Arthur Edward 21. Shoe maker. England.
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Jimmy wrote:West Midlands Marriage indexes for the years: 1871.
EDWARDS Benjamin. HORTON Eliza. Lower Gornal, St James. Dudley Register Office. 215/003/351.


Ancestry, England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973.

Benjamin Edwards. Father: Samuel Edwards.
Gender: Male.
Marital Status: Single.
Age: 21.
Birth Date: 1850.
Spouse: Eliza Horton. Father: Thomas Horton.
Spouse's Birth Date 1851.
Spouse's Age 20.
Marriage Date: 12 Sep 1871.
Marriage Place: Sedgley Parish, Lower Gornall, Stafford, England.
FHL Film Number: 1470604.
Reference ID: it2, p176.
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That's great thanks Jimmy
I don't think Arthur married
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1881: 14 Brook St, Sedgley, Staffs
Benjamin Edwards 31 Shoe Maker Dudley
Eliza Edwards 29 Dudley
Pheobe Edwards 2
George H. Edwards
John T. Ledam 11
John Wilde 7
(others born Sedgley)
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adding here on BCC - http://bcconnections.tribalpages.com/tr ... ver=361592
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