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Can we find a dob for him
Scythe smith
son is a John Edwards b abt 1845 marries Caroline Guest
got marriage info

just need dob for Elijah pls

Could this be them ?

1851 Belper Row Derby End
Elijah Edwards 33
Eliza Edwards 40
Joseph Edwards 11
Martha Edwards 9
John Edwards 6
Sarah Edwards 3
Mary Edwards 2 Mo Twins
Maria Edwards 2 Mo Twins
Also Edwards living each side.


Annie

1851 Census. Belper Row, Derby End, Dudley
Elijah Edwards, head, 33, Scythe Smith
Eliza, wife, 40,
Joseph, son, 11,
Martha, daur, 9,
John, son, 6
Sarah, daur, 3
Mary, daur, 2 months (twins)
Maria, daur, 2 months (twins)
All born Dudley

1861 Census. Belper Row
Elijah Edwards, head, 42, Scythe Smith
Elija, wife, 50,
Martha, daur, 19, Dressmaker
John, son, 16, Labourer
Marie, daur, 10,
Mary, 10,
Elizabeth, daur, 7
All born Darby End

Sorry repeating you Annie!
Jo

Possible
1841 Census,
Joseph Edwards, 25, Scythe M
Eliza, 28,
Joseph, 8 (could this be 8 months?
All born County

Possible Marriage
West Midlands Marriage indexes for the years: 1839
EDWARDS Elijah PARKES Eliza Wordsley, Holy Trinity Dudley Register Office 018/001/207

Extracted IGI Marriage

Elijah Edwards and Eliza Parkes
14 JUL 1839 Kingswinford, Stafford, England

grangers14 wrote:Sorry repeating you Annie!
Jo

That's ok Jo, I do the same normally I get pipped at the post, I had just found the 1861 like your so won't bother posting it.

Annie

That looks good to me

flagging for help adding pls

http://bcconnections.tribalpages.com/tr ... =539836403

need to change dob for Elijah too pls

I will add
Jo

Thanks J0

Added and extra census


1871 Census. Bilper Row, Dudley
Elijah Edwards, head, 52, Scythe Smith
Eliza, wife, 58,
Maria, daur, 20, Nail Maker,
Mary, daur, 20, Nail Maker,
Elizabeth, daur, 17,
Samuel Hyde, grandson, 3,
All born Darby End

1881 Census. Belper Row, Dudley
Elijah Edwards, head, W, 63, Sithe Smith,
Benjamin Whitehouse?, ? 27, Labourer
Elizabeth, wife, 27, Nail Maker
All born Dudley

From Census possible marriages
West Midlands Marriage indexes for the years: 1864
EDWARDS Sarah HYDE Benjamin Dudley, St James Dudley Register Office 202/004/29

Benjamin Hyde. Possible connection to here??
http://bcconnections.tribalpages.com/tr ... =437712212

West Midlands Marriage indexes for the years: 1880
EDWARDS Elizabeth WHITEHOUSE Benjamin Dudley, St Thomas Dudley Register Office 204/036/53

Thanks Jo can you add any marriages for look up then we can archive this

Will add look ups now.
Caroline Guests family have no census but can look them tomorrow.
Jo

This can now be archived pending look ups
thanks everyone!