Birth: 8 November 1883 Greenwich, Kent, UK
Father: Alfred Berry 1857-1897
Mother: Rebecca E ? c1843-1920
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: July-September 1908 Lambeth, London, UK
Husband: Arthur Henry Merrell 1885-a1948
Death: July 1950 2 Eyewood Villas, East Road, Selsey, West Sussex, UK
Burial: 27 July 1950 Selsey, West Sussex, UK
Arthur Walter Merrell 1909-1909
Edith Elizabeth Merrell (Merrill) [Fullick] 1911-1993
Birth of Emily Edith Berry in FreeBMD in October-December 1883 in Greenwich (1D 1046).
In the 1891 census as Emily Berry aged 7, born in Greenwich and living with her parents (Alfred and Rebecca) and brother (John) in two rooms at 14 Rennells Street, Lewisham, London. Three other families lived at the same address.
In the 1901 census as Emily Berry aged 19, born in Lewisham, Kent, single and a kitchenmaid living with Margaret F Gilkison (aged 54, born in Scotland, married and dependent on husband), her daughter (Joan R aged 19, born in India, single and no stated employment), two neices (Margaret R Lamons aged 23 and Agnes Lamons aged 21, both born in Scotland, single and living on their own means), two visitors (Alex W Macrac aged 42, born in Scotland, an Indian produce merchant, and his wife Sylvia F Macrac aged 29 and born in India), and three other servants (Annie Mackensie aged 42 and a housemaid, Annie Gowrlay aged 28 and a housemaid, and Ababella Gourlay aged 34 and a cook, all born in Scotland and single) at 6 The Downs, North Wimbledon, Surrey.
Marriage of Edith Emily Berry and Arthur H Merrell in FreeBMD in July-September 1908 in Lambeth (1D 768).
Her son was registered in in October-December 1909 in Lambeth and died the same quarter.
Her daughter was born on 17 January 1911 and registered in January-March 1911 in Lambeth.
In the 1911 census as Emily Edith Merrell aged 27, born in Lambeth, married for 2 years 7 months with two children one having died, and living with her husband (Arthur Henry) and daughter (Edith Elizabeth) in an apartment of three rooms at 53 Edithna Street, Stockwell, Lambeth, London.
Three entries in Ancestry London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Emily Edith Merrell address house 34 Hargwyne Street, Brixton, Lambeth from 1918 to 1920, other occupant Arthur Henry Merrell (husband?) and two others.
Two entries in Ancestry All West Sussex, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1963 for Emily Edith Merrell address 41 Valdoe Cottages, Westhampnett, Chichester in 1920 and 1921, other occupant Arthur Henry Murrell (husband?).
In the 1921 census as Emily E Merrell born in Lewisham, Kent in 1883, and living with Arthur H Merrell (husband?) and William T Barnes (born in Fulham, London in 1903) in Westhampnett, Sussex.
Five entries in Ancestry All West Sussex, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1963 for Emily Edith Merrell address Crouchers Farm, Appledram, Chichester from 1922 to 1926, other occupant Arthur Henry Murrell (husband?) (plus several others but I believe Crouchers Farm was an area rather than a specific address).
I cannot locate her husband after this except for his marriage to Ellen L Marshall in January-March 1948 in Lambeth.
Nine entries in Ancestry All West Sussex, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1963 for Emily Edith Merrell addresses St Mary, Sidlesham, Chichester from 1929 to 1938, and Eyewood Villas, East Road, Selsey, Chichester in 1939, other occupants Edward George and Edith Elizabeth Fullick (son-in-law and daughter?).
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Emily E Merrell born 8 November 1883, married, incapacutated (sic - in the index), and living with Edward G and Edith E Fullick (son-in-law and daughter?), and Francis E Fullick (granddaughter?), and one other (grandson?) at 1 Eyewood Villas, Chichester, Sussex.
Death of Emily E Merrell in FreeBMD in July-September 1950 aged 66 in Chichester (5H 438)
Entry in Ancestry West Sussex, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1995 for Emily Edith Merrell buried 27 July 1950 aged 66 in Selsey. "Page 8 Burial in the Parish of Selsey in the Diocese of Chichester and County of Sussex in the Year 1950 [...] DX No. 2 Single Emily Edith Merrell No. 62 [of] 2 Eyewood Villas, East Road, Selsey [on] July 27th 1950".
There are thirty four entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Emily Edith Berry.
Emily Edith Berry was the mother of Edith Elizabeth Merrell, wife of Edward George Fullick, my fourth cousin once removed.
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