Birth: 5 August 1917 West Ham, Essex, UK
Father: Frederick Lewis 1878-a1921
Mother: Florence Thornton [Quinlan] 1881-1963
Christening: 15 October 1919 St Aidan, Stratford, Essex, UK
Marriage: April-June 1939 West Ham, Essex, UK
Husband: Charles Henry Edwards 1911-1959
Marriage: July-September 1971 Newham, Greater London, UK
Husband: Richard Charles Oakley 1910-1984
Death: 17 December 1986 Tower Hamlets, Greater London, UK
Burial: 23 December 1986 West Ham Cemetery, West Ham, Newham, Greater London, 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 Florence Q Lewis, mother's maiden name Thornton, in FreeBMD in July-September 1917 in W Ham (4A 46).
Entry in Ancestry Essex, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1921 for Florence Lewis born 5 August 1917 and baptised on 15 October 1919 at Stratford St Aidan, parents Frederick and Florence Lewis.
Her brother was born on 6 June 1921.
In the 1921 census as Florence Lewis aged 3 years 10 months, born in Stratford, Essex, both parents alive, and living with her parents (Frederick and Florence), three brothers (Albert, John J and Leslie) and three sisters (Ivy A, Lilian J and Rosetta) in three rooms at 14 Warton Road, Stratford, Essex. Note that Leslie is under 1 month old, and the census was held on 24 April (from the instructions on the form) yet all entries give his birth on 6 June. Elsewhere it states that the census was held on 19 June postponed due to industrial unrest in which the date sequence makes sense.
Her brother was registered in July-September 1921, and baptised on 27 July 1921 at St Aidan, Stratford.
Marriage of Florence Q Lewis and Charles H Edwards in FreeBMD in April-June 1939 in W Ham (4A 359).
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Florence Q Edwards changed to Oakley, born 5 August 1917, married, and living with Charles H Edwards (husband?) at 10 Carpenters Road, West Ham, Essex.
Her children were registered in October-December 1939, October-December 1942, July-September 1945, January-March 1947 and April-June 1950, all in West Ham.
Her husband's death was registered in July-September 1959 in Essex South Western, and he was buried on 26 September 1959 in Newham, London.
Eight entries in Ancestry London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1972 for Florence Q Edwards, address 15 Rokeby Street, E15 from 1968, West Ham, Newham from 1968, from 1964 to 1971, other occupants Raymond H Edwards (son?) to 1966, and Michael J Edwards (son?) from 1970.
Marriage of Florence Q Edwards and Richard C Oakley in FreeBMD in July-September 1971 in Newham (5E 1876).
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1972 for Florence Q Oakley address 15 Rokeby Street E15 3NS, West Ham, Newham in 1972, other occupants Richard C Oakley (husband?) and Michael J Edwards (son?).
Her husband's death was registered in November 1984 in Hackney.
Two entries in Deceased Online for the burial of Florence Queenie Oakley on 23 December 1983 (sic - three years before her death) in Newham.
Entry in the Ancestry Register of Deaths for Florence Queenie Oakley, born 6 (sic) August 1916 (sic), in December 1986 in Tower Hamlet (14 1240).
Entry in Find a Grave for Florence Queenie Lewis Edwards born 5 August 1917, spouse Charles Henry Edwards, died 17 December 1986 and buried in West Ham Cemetery, West Ham, Newham, Greater London. "In/Loving Memory of/Charles Henry Edwards/A Devoted Husband and Father/Who Fell Asleep 20th September 1959/Aged 48 Years/Though Lost to Sight to Memory Ever Dear/Also/Florence Queenie Edwards/A Loving Wife and Mother/Who Fell Asleep 17th December 1986/Aged 70 Years/Sadly Missed Never Forgotton/Rejoined in Heaven/Love be With You Both".
There are five entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Florence Queenie Lewis.
Florence Queenie Lewis was the mother 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 May Bridger, granddaughter of James Aldred, husband of Ann Shrubb, my first cousin three times removed.
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