Birth: October-December 1868 Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, UK
Father: Jabez Croxford 1838-1922
Mother: Maria Thompkins 1940-1914
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: October-December 1893 Kensington, London, UK
Wife: Paulina (Pauline) Free 1871-1943
Death: 20 January 1947 22 Broxbourne Road, Orpington, Kent, UK
Lena Helen Croxford 1896-1980
Muriel Croxford 1898-1996
Edward Gerald Croxford 1903-1976
Birth of Edward Croxford in FreeBMD in October-December 1868 in Leighton B (3b 400).
In the 1871 census as Edward Croxford aged 2, born in Leighton, Bedfordshire, and living with his parents (Jabey and Maria) and three sisters (Frances Jane, Louisa and Sarah Ann) in Passenage Drive, Linslade, Buckinghamshire.
In the 1881 census as Edward Croxford aged 12, born in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, a newspaper delivery boy and living with his parents (Jabez and Maria) and four sisters (Ada, Agnes E, Frances J, and Lilly E H) at 13 Edward Terrace, Linslade, Buckinghamshire.
In the 1891 census as Edward Croxford aged 22, born in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, single, a telegraphist, and lodging with John Tenner (aged 47, born in Chetnole, Dorset, a mechanical engineer and an employer), his wife (Hannah aged 46, born in Pembroke, Wales and corn merchant's assistant), and four other lodgers (William Lloyd aged 54, born in Knighton, Radnorshire, Wales, and a grocer's assistant, Harry Willmott aged 34, born in Newbury, Berkshire, and an upholsterer, Henry Gaice aged 37, born in Newbury, Berkshire and no stated employment and William Thompson aged 23, born in Lurylan Bay, Wales, and an electrical engineer, all single) at 7 Kings Road, Kensington Town, London.
Marriage of Edward Croxford and Pauline Free in FreeBMD in October-December 1893 in Kensington (1a 210).
His daughters were born in Lewisham in 1896 and 1898.
In the 1901 census as Edward Croxford aged 32, born in Linslade, Leighton Buzzard, Beds, a telegraph clerk, and living with his wife (Pauline) and two daughters (Lena H and Murial) in four rooms at Elswick Road, Lewisham, London.
His son was born in Wandsworth in 1902.
In the 1911 census as Edward Croxford aged 42, born in Linslade, a civil servant telegraphist employed by the Postmaster General, and living with his wife (Pauline), son (Edward Gerald) and two daughters (Lena Helen and Murial) in five rooms at 56 Fordel Road, Catford, London S E.
Entry in Ancestry British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920 for Edward Croxford, aged 49, residence 56 Fordel Rd, Catford SE aged 49, employed as a telegraphist, and was number 371881 in the Royal Engineers Signal Section. Much is illegible, but he was called up on 13 June 1918 being in the Army Reserve and discharged surplus to requirements on 14 December 1918.
There are ten entries in Ancestry All London, England, Electoral Registers, 1847-1965 for Edward Croxford living at 56 Fordel Road, Catford, Lewisham between 1905 and 1925. Pauline Croxford (wife?) lived at the same address from 1916.
There are nine entries in Ancestry British Phone Books, 1880-1984 for Edward Croxford address 22 Broxbourne Road number Orpington 3317 between 1938 and 1946. His son continued to live at the same address.
His wife died in Bromley in 1943.
Death of Edward Croxford in FreeBMD in January-March 1947 aged 78 in Bromley (5b 241).
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 for Edward Croxford who died in Kent on 20 January 1947 and probate granted on 9 August 1947 in London. "Croxford Edward of 22 Broxbourne road Orpington Kent died 30 January 1947 Probate London 9 August to Edward Gerald Croxford bank of England official and Lena Helen Croxford spinster. Effects £3442 12s. 8d."
There is an entry in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Edward Croxford born in 1868 in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, his marriage to Pauline Free, and his two daughters. Nigel Barnard adds his parents as Jabez and Maria Croxford.
Edward Croxford was the husband of Paulina Free, my eighth cousin three times removed.
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