Birth: April-June 1863 Falmouth, Cornwall, UK
Father: John Henry Edwards 1838-1906
Mother: Sarah Ann Spry Geatches c1842-1908
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: 26 Feb 1882 St Stephen, Shepherds Bush, Hammersmith, Middlesex, UK
Husband: Edward Mercer Gurling 1855-1902
Death: October-December 1917 Hammersmith, London, UK
William Mercer Gurling 1883-1968
Frederick John Gurling 1884-1948
Beatrice Maude (Maud) Gurling [Bridge] 1886-1944
Edward Gurling 1887-1951
Edith Jessie Gurling [Aspinall, Milne] 1890-1960
John Daniel Gurling 1893-1964
Frank Gurling 1902-1968
Another three children, one of whom died before 1911.
Birth of Jessie Elizabeth Edwards in FreeBMD in April-June 1863 in Falmouth (5C 207).
Her two brothers were registered in April-June 1868 and January-March 1870 in Plymouth.
In the 1871 census as Jesse (sic - on the original) Edwards aged 5, born in Plymouth, Devon, and living with her parents (John and Sarah), three brothers (Charles, Frederick and John) and sister (Fanny) at 13 John Street, Charles, Plymouth, Devon. Another three familes shared the same address.
Her brother was born on 2 November 1871 and registered in October-December 1871 in Plymouth.
Her sister was registered in January-March 1874 and her brother in July-September 1877, both in Plymouth.
Her sister was born 22 March 1878 and registered in April-June 1878 in Plymouth.
In the 1881 census as Jessie Edwards aged 17, born in Plymouth, Devon, and living with her parents (John and Sarah), five brothers (Alfred, Charles, Frederick, John and William) and two sisters (Alice and Florence) at 1 Plym Street, Charles the Martyr, Plymouth, Devon. Another four familes shared the same address.
Marriage of Jessie Edwards and Edward Mercer Gurling in FreeBMD in January-March 1882 in Fulham (1A 350).
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1930 for Jessie Edwards aged 19, father John Edwards, married on 26 February 1882 at St Stephen, Shepherds Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, but no husband. "Page 169 [...] 1882 Marriage solemnized at S. Stephens Church, in the Parish of S Stephen, Hammersmith in the County of Middlesex. [No.] 338 February 26th Edward Mercer Gurling [aged] 26, [a] Bachelor [and] Poulterer [of] 12 Southbrook Street Shepherd's Bush, [father] Edward Mercer Gurling (deceased), [a] Builder, [and] Jessie Edwards [aged] 19, [a] Spinster [of] 12 Southbrook Street, [father] John Edwards, [a] Serjeant in Marines. Married in the District Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns [...] in the Presence of us Alfred White and Henry Carmwell ".
Her two sons were registered in April-June 1883 and January-March 1885 in Fulham.
Her daughter was registered in April-June 1886 in Fulham.
Her son was registered in April-June 1887 in Fulham.
Her daughter was registered in April-June 1890 in Chelsea.
In the 1891 census as Jessie Gaarling (sic - in the index, Gurling on the original) aged 27, born in St Cyrus, Devon, and living with her husband (Edward), three sons (Edward, Frederick and William), a daughter (Beatrice) and four boarders (Lucy Cross agged 26, born in Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, married, and no stated employment, Lucy Cross aged 1 month and born in Shepherds Bush, Middlesex, Frank Pooley aged 20, born in Malden, Surrey, single and a tram conductor, and Henry Deans aged 21, born in Portishead, Somerset, single and a tram conductor) at 3 Mardale Street, St Paul Hammersmith, London.
Her son was registered in April-June 1893 in Fulham
In the 1901 census as Jessie Gurling aged 34, born in Plymouth, Devon, and living with her husband (Edward), three sons (Edward, Frederick and John), two daughters (Beatrice and Edith), and a boarder (John Kieff aged 28, born in Camberwell, Surrey, single and a carpenter) at 22 Thornfield Road, Shepherds Bush, Hammersmith, London.
Her son was born on 15 September 1902 and registered in October-December 1902 in Fulham.
Her husband died in Fulham in January-March 1902 and her son was born on 15 September 1902 and registered in October-December 1902 in Fulham.
In the 1911 census as Jessie Gurling aged 46, born in Halmath, Cornwall, widowed, married for 20 years with ten children, nine still living, a boarding housekeeper, and living with four boarders (Elenegar Boosh aged 31, born in Birmingham, single and a labourer, Albert F Hawkes aged 22, born in Writtle, Essex, single and a coach body maker, John Bennett aged 24, born in Birmingham, single and a motor engineer, and Kate G Irwin aged 25, born in Swimbridge, Devon, single and a music shop assistant) in six rooms at 5 Burlington Gardens, Acton, Middlesex. I cannot find an entry for her son Frank.
Death of Jessie E Gurling in FreeBMD in October-December 1917 aged 54 in Hammersmith (1A 305).
There are forty one entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Jessie Elizabeth Edwards.
Jessie Elizabeth Edwards was the mother of Frank Gurling, husband of Sylvia Kathleen Baker, my half third cousin once removed.
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