Birth: 14 February 1863 Chatham, Kent, UK
Father: George Edwards 1820-1894
Mother: Mary Ann Watkinson c1821-1904
But see notes.
Christening: 25 April 1869 Luton, Kent, UK
Marriage: 13 September 1884 St Andrews Presbyterian Church, New Road, Chatham, Kent, UK
Wife: Eliza Caroline Roscoe (Holland, Roscoa) 1866-1942
Death: 24 November 1939 The Homestead, 38 Edwin Road, Rainham, Gillingham, Kent, UK
Mabel Caroline Edwards 1885
Lorenzo George Edwards 1887-1958
Jessie Eliza (Elisabeth, Elizabeth) Edwards [Croucher] 1890-1979
James Charles Edwards 1892-1940
Frank Ernest John Edwards 1899
Note that the 1871 census states that George and Mary were his grandparents, and I suspect he was the son of Charlotte Ann Edwards baptised in Godalming on 30 September 1844, parents George and Mary Ann Edwards, and possibly married to Arthur Morse in Medway in 1867, whose first name is Henry in the 1871 census.
Birth of Lorengo Duncan Edwards in FreeBMD in January-March 1863 in Medway (2A 416).
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for the baptism of Lorenzo Duncan Edwards on 25 April 1869 in Luton, Kent.
In the 1871 census as Louis Edwards aged 8 and living with his grandparents (George and Mary) at 1 Adelaide Place, Gillingham, Chatham, Kent.
In the 1881 census as Lorenze Edwards aged 18, born in Chatham, Kent, single, a bricklayer, and living with his parents (George and Mary A) and neice (Georgia F.B. Kemp) at 236 Luton Road, Chatham, Kent.
Marriage of Lorenzo Duncan Edwards and Eliza Caroline Roscoe in FreeBMD in July-Sptember 1884 in Medway (2A 867).
His daughter was born on 9 Oct 1885 and registered in October-December 1885 in Medway.
His son was born on 19 September 1887 and registered in October-December 1887 in Medway.
His daughter was born on 14 May 1890 in New Brompton and registered in April-June 1890 in Medway.
In the 1891 census as Lorenzo Edwards aged 28, born in Chatham, Kent, a builder, and living with his wife (Eliza), two sons (Jessie and Lorenzo) and daughter (Mabel) at 63 Mill Lane, New Brompton, Gillingham, Kent.
His son was registered in April-June 1892 in Medway.
His son was born on 8 March 1899 and registered in April-June 1899 in Medway.
Entry in Ancestry U.K., City and County Directories, 1600s-1900s 1899 Kelly's Directory Kent for Lorenzo Edwards builder 116 Windmill Road, New Brompton, Kent.
In the 1901 census as Lorenzo Edwards aged 38, born in Chatham, Kent, a builder, bricklayer and employer, and living with his wife (Eliza), two sons (Jessie and Lorenzo) and daughter (Mabel) at 63 Mill Lane, New Brompton, Gillingham, Kent.
Entry in Ancestry U.K., City and County Directories, 1600s-1900s 1903 Kelly's Directory Kent for Lorenzo Edwards builder 116 Windmill Road, New Brompton, Kent.
In the 1911 census as Lorenze (sic - in the index, Lorenzo on the original) Edwards aged 48, born in Chatham, Kent, a bricklayer for a house builder, and living with his wife (Eliza Caroline), three sons (Frank Earnest, James Charles, and Lorense George) and daughter (Jessie Eliza) in six rooms at 116 Windmill Road, Gillingham, Kent.
Two entries in Ancestry U.K., City and County Directories, 1600s-1900s 1913 Kelly's Directory Kent for Lorenzo Edwards builder 116 Windmill Road, Gillingham, Kentin one and Builders Lorenzo Edwards 116 Windmill Road, New Brompton.
Entry in the Army service records for his son Frank Ernest John when he he was living at 116 Windmill Road, Gillingham, Kent in 1917, and another entry for his son James Charles Edwards in the Air Force service records.
I cannot locate an entry in the 1921 census for the family.
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Lorenzo Edwards born 14 February 1863, married, a retired builder, and living with Eliza C (wife?) at 38 Edwin Road, Gillingham, Kent.
Death of Lorenzo D Edwards in FreeBMD in October-December 1939 aged 76 in Medway (2A 1949).
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 for Lorenzo Duncan Edwards died on 24 November 1940 in Kent, probate 3 May 1940. "Edwards Lorenzo Duncan otherwise Lorenzo of The Homestead 38 Edwin-road Rainham near Gillingham Kent died 24 November 1939 Probate London 3 May to Leonard Ernest Croucher municipal surveyor. Effects £4310 15s. 6d."
There are seventeen entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Lorenzo Duncan Edwards.
Lorenzo Duncan Edwards was the father of Jessie Eliza Edwards, wife of Leonard Ernest Edward Croucher, second cousin twice removed of David Reginald Croucher, husband of Patricia Ann Ashford, my half third cousin once removed.
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