Birth: 20 December 1910 87 Lansdowne Road, Tidal Basin, Essex, UK
Father: Herbert James (William) Edwards 1880-1939
Mother: Elizabeth Lily Hopkins 1879-1951
Christening: 20 January 1911 St Luke, Victoria Docks, Essex, UK
Marriage: April-June 1939 West Ham, Essex, UK
Wife: Florence Queenie Lewis [Oakley] 1916-1986
Death: September 1959 Newham, Essex, UK
Burial: 26 September 1959 Newham, Essex, UK
Alan C Edwards 1939
Raymond H Edwards 1942
David M Edwards 1945
Diane (Dian) E Edwards [Goat, Hutchins] 1947-a1999
Michael J Edwards 1950
Birth of Charles H Edwards in FreeBMD in January-March 1911 in W Ham (4A 184).
Entry in Ancestry Essex, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1918 for Charles Henry Edwards born 20 December 1910, baptised 20 January 1911 at Victoria Docks, St Luke, parents William and Elizabeth Edwards.
In the 1911 census as Charles Henry Edwards aged 3 months, born in Tidal Baisin, Essex, and living with his parents (Herbert William and Elizabeth), brother (Herbert David) and sister (Harriet Lilian) in three rooms at 87 Lansdowne Road, Tidal Basin, Essex. Tidal Baisin was the area round Victoria Dock and Lansdown Road was to the north of Tidal Baisin Railway Station near Royal Victoria on the DLR.
His two sisters were registered in July-September 1913 and April-June 1915 in West Ham.
His sister was born on 8 April 1918, registered in April-June 1918 in West Ham and baptised on 10 May 1918 at Victoria Docks, St Luke.
In the 1921 census as Charles Henry Edwards born Tidal Baisin, Lodondon and living with Herbert and Elizabeth Edwards (parents?), Herbert David Edwards (brother?), and Daisy, Doreen, Elsie May and Harriet Lilian Edwards (sisters?) in West Ham, Essex, London.
His sister was born on 8 January 1922, and registered in January-March 1922 in West Ham.
Marriage of Charles H Edwards and Florence Q Lewis in FreeBMD in April-June 1939 in W Ham (4A 359).
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Charles H Edwards born 21 (sic - on the original) December 1910 married, a dock labourer, and living with Florence Q Edwards (wife?) at 10 Carpenters Road, West Ham, Essex.
His children were registered in October-December 1939, October-December 1942, July-September 1945, January-March 1947 and April-June 10950 in West Ham .
Death of Charles H Edwards in FreeBMD in July-September 1959 aged 48 in Essex SW (5A 181.)
Entry in Ancestry Web: UK, Burial and Cremation Index, 1576-2014 for Charles Henry Edwards buried on 26 September 1959 in Newham, London.
There are two entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Charles Henry Edwards.
Charles Henry Edwards was the father of Diane E Edwards, wife of Stephen R Goat, husband of Sheila Dawn Haskell, wife of Donald Malcolm Cleeve, grandson of Ivy Louisa Parratt, sister of Daisy Winifred Emily Parratt, wife of Edward Cyril Redman, husband of Sabina M Bridger, granddaughter of James Aldred, husband of Ann Shrubb, my first cousin three times removed.
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