Birth: 27 May 1877 Squirrels/Hale House, Churt, Surrey, UK
Father: Henry Matthews 1838-1914
Mother: Clara Croucher 1841-1927
Christening: 8 July 1877 St John the Evangelist, Churt, Surrey, UK
Marriage: Not married
Death: October-December 1961 SW Surrey, UK
None known
Birth of Edith Mary Matthews in FreeBMD in April-June 1877 in Farnham (2a 115).
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1917 for Edith Mary Matthews born 27 May 1877, baptised 8 July 1877 at Churt, St John the Evangelist, with Rushmoor, parents Henry and Clara Matthews. "Page 22 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Churt in the County of Surrey in the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and seventy seven [...] 1877 July 8 born May 27 No. 174 Edith Mary [parents] Henry [a] Labourer & Clara Croucher [of] Churt".
In the 1881 census as Edith M Matthews aged 3, born in Churt, Surrey, and living with her parents (Henry and Clara), four brothers (Albert, Alfred, Allan and William) and sister (Rose) at Hale House Farm, Frensham, Surrey.
In the 1891 census as Edith Mary Matthews aged 13, born in Churt, Surrey, and living with her parents (Henry and Clara), and two brothers (Alfred and Allan) at an unnamed house one or two properties from Squirrels Farm, Churt, Frensham, Surrey which would correspond to Hale House.
In the 1901 census as Edith Matthews aged 24, born in Churt, Surrey, single, a dressmaker working on her own account at home, and living with her parents (Henry and Clara), brother (Allan) and neice (Rosalina) at Hale House, Churt, Surrey.
She was a witness at the marriage of her cousin Ethel Kate Croucher and Arthur James Wilkinson on 4 October 1902 at St John the Evangelist, Churt. /p>
In the 1911 census as Edith Matthews aged 34, born in Churt, Surrey, single, no occupation, and living with her parents (Henry and Clara), brother (Henry) and neice (Rose) in seven rooms at Twyford Villa, Churt Farnham, Surrey.
In the 1921 census as Edith Mary Matthews born in Churt, Surrey in 1877 and living with Clara Matthews (mother?), Henry Matthews (brother?) and Rose Matthews (neice?) in Farnham, Surrey.
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Edith M Matthews born 27 May 1877, single and living with Henry Matthews (brother?) and Rosalind Matthews (neice?) at Troyford (sic - on the original) Villa, Crosswater Lane, Hambledon, Surrey.
Four entries in Ancestry Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962 for Edith M Matthews address Twyford Villa, Frensham, Farnham from 1945 to 1954, other occupants Henry Matthews (brother?) and Rosalind Matthews ((neice?).
Death of Edith M Matthews in FreeBMD in October-December 1961 in Surrey SW (5G 1027).
There are twenty nine entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Edith Mary Matthews.
Edith Mary Matthews was my first cousin twice removed.
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