Birth: 4 September 1883 Bond End, Scriven with Tentergate, Yorkshire, UK
Father: Fairbank Abbey 1855-1935
Mother: Jane Elsworth 1857-1947
Christening: 7 October 1883 St John the Baptist, Knaresborough, West Riding, Yorkshire, UK
Marriage: 7 August 1913 St John the Baptist, Knaresborough, West Riding, Yorkshire, UK
Husband: Harold Simpson Ward 1887-1956
Death: 11 January 1964 Abbeyville, 72 Garden Lane, Sherburn in Elmet, West Riding, Yorkshire, UK
Helene Ward 1915-1916
Clifford Ward 1919
Brenda Ward 1922
Margaret Ward 1924
Birth of Edith Elsworth Abbey in FreeBMD in October-December 1883 in Knaresborough (9A 91).
Entry in Ancestry North Yorkshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1921 for Edith Elsworth Abbey born 4 September 1883 and baptised 7 October 1883 at Knaresborough, St John the Baptist, parents Fairbank and Jane Abbey. "Page 438 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Knaresborough in the County of York in the Year 1883 [...] Oct 7 born Sept 4 1883 No. 2618 Edith Elsworth Abbey [parents] Fairbank [a] Clerk & Jane Abbey [of] Bond End.
Her sister was born on 16 October 1887, registered in October-December 1887 in Knaresborough, and baptised 13 November 1887 at St John the Baptist, Knaresborough when they were living at Bond End.
In the 1891 census as Edith E Abbey aged 7, born in Knaresborough, Yorkshire, and living with her parents (Frederick and Jane) and two sisters (Helena and Sarah Jane) in Bond End, Scriven with Tentergate, Yorkshire.
In the 1901 census as Edith Elsworth Abby (sic - on the original) aged 17, born in Knaresborough, Yorkshire, single, no stated employment, and living with her parents (Fairbank and Jane), and two sisters (Helena and Sarah Daniel) in Prospect Terrace, Knaresborough, Yorkshire.
In the 1911 census as Edith Elsworth Abbey aged 27, born in Knaresbough, Yorkshire, single, a shorthand typist for an electrical engineer, and living with her parents (Fairbank and Jane), and Harold Simpson Ward (future husband?) in five rooms at 4 Prospect Terrace, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, West Riding.
Marriage of Edith E Abbey and Harold S Ward in FreeBMD in July-September 1913 in Knaresbro (9A 204).
Entry in Ancestry North Yorkshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1937 for the marriage of Edith Elsworth Abbey aged 29, father Fairbank Abbey, and Harold Smipson (sic) Ward on 7 August 1913 at Knaresborough, St John the Baptist. "Page 10 [...] 1929 Marriage solemnized at The Parish Church in the Parish of Knaresborough in the County of York [No.] 20 August 7th 1913 Harold Simpson Ward [aged] 26 [a] Bachelor [and] Gardener [of] Sherburn in Elmet [father] Thomas Ward [a] Gerdener, [and] Edith Elsworth Abbey [aged] 29 [a] Spinster [of] Prospect Terrace [father] Fairbank Abbey [a] Solicitord Clerk. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns [...] in the Presence of Klila? Ward, Fairbank Abbey, Helena Abbey [and] Sarah Ward".
Her daughter and son were born in Tadcaster in 1915 and 1919.
In the 1921 census as Edith Elsworth Ward born in Yorkshire in 1883 and living with Harold Simpson Ward (husband?) and Clifford Ward (son?) in Sherburn in Elmet, Tadcaster, Yorkshire (West Riding).
Her two daughters were born in Tadcaster in 1922 and 1924.
There are twelve entries in Ancestry West Yorkshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1840-1962 for Edith Elsworth Ward address Garden Lane, Sherburn, Barkston Ash from 1925 to 1939, other occupant Harold Simpson Ward (husband?).
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Edith E Ward born 4 September 1883, married, and living with Harold L Ward (husband?), Clifford Ward (son?) and two others in Garden Lane, Tadcaster, Yorkshire (West Riding).
There are nine entries in Ancestry West Yorkshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1840-1962 for Edith E Ward address Garden Lane, Sherburn, Barkston Ash from 1945 to 1950, changing to Abbeyville, Garden Lane from 1954 to 1958, and 72 Garden Lane from 1960 to 1961, other occupants Harold S Ward (husband?) to 1957, and Margaret Ward (daughter?) at Garden Lane Nurseries from 1945, Abbeyville, Garden Lane Nuseries from 1954, and 72 Garden Lane from 1960.
Her mother died on 15 September 1947 at 4 Propspect Terrace and left effects of £4134 3s. 7d. to Edith Elsworth Ward (wife of Harold Simpson Ward) and to Sarah Jane Abbey spinster.
Her husband died at The Nurseries, Garden Lane, Sherburn-in-Elmet on 4 December 1956 and left effects of £2477 7s. to Edith Elsworth Ward widow.
Death of Edith E Ward in FreeBMD in January-March 1964 aged 80 in Barkston Ash (2D 569).
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 for Edith Elsworth Ward died 11 January 1964 in Yorkshire, York, probate 30 April 1964 in York. "Ward Edith Elsworth of 72 Garden Lane Sherburn-in-Elmet Yorshire widow died 11 January 1964 Probate 30 April to Clifford Ward market gardener and Margaret Ward spinster. £5058."
There are twenty three entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Edith Elsworth Abbey.
Edith Elsworth Abbey was the second cousin of Thomas Abbey, husband of Ruth Cross, first cousin once removed of Albert Alfred Cross, husband of Florence Violet Luff, my half second cousin once removed.
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