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Edward George was born 20 January 1910 in Kent. From his baptism and the 1911 census parents were Edward Henry Steed and Annie nee Jarrett. I have found their marriage in November 1908.

When Edward George married he gave his name as Burrows and he died in Redhill in 1983 as Burrows with the correct dob.

Can anyone help me find the transition from Steed to Burrows. I have Edward Henry's death in 1955

Jude

Just off the top of my head - did Annie ever remarry to a Burrows and Henry George took his stepfather's surname?

no births in bdm for edward 1910 kent

MC - that's my assumption but can't find a remarriage. Edward Henry Steed died in 1955...Edward George married as Burrows in 1938. So I am guessing Edward Henry and Annie split up and she took Edward George (too many Edwards!) with her.
Guess there won't be anything to give it away :-(


Malyon there IS a birth Edward George Steed Thanet 2a 1022 Q1 1910

Jude

Have sent for a few pertinent certificates...so will update as and when unless you guys find something in the meantime :-)

Looking at this from a different angle, I searched for BURROWS births with maiden name JARRETT.
There is one, far north of Kent, but interestingly I couldn't see a corresponding marriage for those names.

Did Annie have a later child, without actually marrying the father
or
Was there perhaps more than one marriage so she was STEED to ???? before she became known as BURROWS??

Tried the Steed Burrows and the Jarrett Burrows angles Gwyn.

In 1911 she and Edward Henry Steed are living in Ramsgate..married 2 years 1 child born 1 child living (Edward George).

Only birth I can see for Jarrett/Burrows is in Barnsley! At some point they migrated south to Sussex and then north to Surrey.

I have sent for Edward George's birth certificate and marriage certificate to see what light they may shed on things!

Jude

OK..certificates arrived today. Not had time to do anything myself...so feel free :-)

OK...the marriage of Edward Henry Steed and Annie Jarrett

14 November 1908, he 28, her 22 bachelor and spinster respectively. His father (another) Edward Henry Steed and her's George Jarrett. Witnesses Albert Jarrett and Ethel May Steed

Edward George's birth

20 January 1910 8 Claremont Gardens, Ramsgate. Father Edward Henry Steed mother Annie Steed formerly Jarrett

Edward George's marriage to Edna May Willson (Ena May)

31 December 1938, he a bachelor of 28 and she a spinster of 30. His address Perry Mount Tongclean Avenue, Hove. His father Henry Burrows (deceased). Witnesses A. Burrows (his mother?) and H. Barnett. Henry Burrows was an engineer's fitter

Jude

One thing that may be of use....he and ena may married at the register office in hove. But her address was Southfields East charing. When her father died in Ashford hospital his address was just that. It was a farm in Ashford Kent. Probate to Edward James WIllson, Ena's brother, farmer and Edward George Burrows, farm manager. So I am guessing that when Annie took up with Henry Burrows it was in Kent.

Jude

Hey Jude,

No idea if this is related, but it may explain why Annie was with someone else, and why she couldn't marry.

"Dover Express - Friday 04 August 1922
SANDWICH QUARTER SESSIONS

Thomas Holmes...was indicted on a charge of inflicting grievous bodily harm upon Edward Henry Steed at Ramsgate on 17th April last.
...Steed got up but was knocked down a second time and sustained such injuries that he was taken to hospital where, the skull having been fractured an operation had to be performed to relieve paralysis; and the man was subsequently certified insane and was liberated shortly before the trial, though he was unable to give evidence....."


You said you have the death certificate of Edward Henry in 1955- I wondered if it would give any indication that it is the same man?

Jude, what were the occupations of the two Edward Henry Steeds (father and son)?

In the article mentioned by AustinQ the name is recorded as Edward Henry Steed (not the other way round). He was a miner, living in Dover. Unfortunately no age given.

This looks like Edward Henry:

1939 REGISTER TRANSCRIPTION (PREVIEW)
Steed Household
Eastry R.D., Kent, England
FIRST NAME(S) LAST NAME(S) BIRTH YEAR
Edward H Steed 1881

Austin, I don't have the death certificate just the GRO reference.

I'll check the cert later but in 1911 Edward Henry Jnr was a cabinet maker and his father a luggage porter

I haven't found Edward George in 1939 although I have found Ena May

And I haven't managed to find Annie and of course Henry Burrows had died by then.

I did find Southfield Farm Charing Heath (not East Charing) up for sale lol! It's beautiful

Back later when I am home from work

Jude

(think you already have below)

(looking on google, think that could be Tongdean for Marriage Cert.)

Chris :)

Baptism
County Kent
Place Thanet
Church name St Lawrence
Register type Other Transcript
Baptism date 13 Feb 1910
Birth date 20 Jan 1910
Person forename Edward George
Person abode 8 Claremont Gardens. St Lawrence
Father forename Edward Henry
Father surname STEED
Father occupation labourer
Mother forename Annie

http://www.freereg.org.uk/


(FMP has below Baptism, if relating)

Steed Edward Henry 1881 Kent, Canterbury Archdeaconry baptisms 1538-1912 St Lawrence in Thanet, St Lawrence, Kent, England

(10th April. Parents, Edward Henry and Emma. Father occ. Porter, 3 Albert Cottages, St. Lawrence)


1891 (Find My Past)
Edward Steed Head Married Male 40 1851 Railway Guard Ramsgate, Kent, England
Emma Steed Wife Married Female 38 1853 Laundress Ramsgate, Kent, England
Emma Steed Daughter Single Female 19 1872 Domestic Servant Ramsgate, Kent, England
Edward Steed Son - Male 10 1881 Scholar Ramsgate, Kent, England
Ernest Steed Son - Male 8 1883 Scholar Ramsgate, Kent, England
Ethel Steed Daughter - Female 5 1886 Scholar Ramsgate, Kent, England
Street King Harman Terrace
Parish St Lawrence
City Ramsgate
County Kent
Registration district Thanet
Archive reference RG12
Piece number 732
Folio 148
Page 16


1911
Edward Steed Head Married Male Lugage Portor 61 1850 Ramsgate Kent
Emma Steed Wife Married Female Laundress 59 1852 Ramsgate Kent
May Steed Daughter Single Female - 26 1885 Ramsgate Kent
George Keys Boarder Single Male School 13 1898 Greenwich London
Address 1 Catherine Terrace Chapel Road Ramsgate
Parish St Lawrence Intra
County Kent
Census reference RG14 PN4528 RG78 PN187 RD63 SD4 ED18 SN89
(Married 40yrs, 5 children born, 4 living, 1 died)


Marriages Dec 1870 (>99%)
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Steed Edward Henry Thanet 2a 1351
TUCKER Emma Thanet 2a 1351


Burial
County Kent
Place Thanet
Church name St Lawrence
Register type Other Transcript
Burial date 15 Jul 1924
Person age 73
Burial person forename Emma
Burial person surname STEED
Burial person abode 1 Catherine Terrace


Deaths Sep 1924 (>99%)
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Steed Emma 73 Thanet 2a 994


Births Jun 1885 (>99%)
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Steed Ethel May Thanet 2a 912


(George Jarrett below)

1911
Salts Close Ash Canterbury, Ash, Kent, England

1891
Goss Hall Cottages, Hills Court, Ash Next Sandwich, Eastry, Kent, England

Thanks Marie, I was trying to post it before work- yes the article was for Edward Henry Steed- I've now corrected it.

Just to add- I think the address of Edward George Burrows on his marriage was Tongdean Avenue (not Tongclean)

MC

Edward Henry Steed Jnr Cabinet Maker of 1 Cather** Terrace Chapel Down St Lawrence

Father a porter

Austin - yes it could be Tongdean as noted by Chris - it really is the most neat writing I have ever seen on a certificate!

Chris, thanks had found some of this but not all...to work!

Jude

Dover Express - Friday 26 January 1945

Funeral of Mrs M. A JARRETT
The funeral took place on Saturday, the Reverand C, Magraw officiating, of Mrs Mary Ann Jarrett, of Short Yard, Ash, who died on January 17th, aged 90. The mourners present were Mr E Jarrett (son), Mrs Steed (daughter), Mr Marsh (son-in-law), Mrs E Jarrett (daughter-in-law), and Mrs Gibbons (Grand-daughter)

Mmm..how strange, Austin. Henry Burrows was, of course, deceased by then. But she was, I think, a witness at her son's marriage and went by the name Burrows then.

Jude

Mc

1939 REGISTER TRANSCRIPTION (PREVIEW)
Steed Household
Eastry R.D., Kent, England
FIRST NAME(S) LAST NAME(S) BIRTH YEAR
Edward H Steed 1881

2 Wingham Court Huts, Eastry...widowed ;-) ;-) ;-)

No help with name change mystery!, but just to add...

Chris :)

Albert Jarrett below...

http://ashheritage.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/the-battle-of-cambrai-coming-of-tanks.html

Albert Jarrett was the son of George and Mary Ann Jarrett, of Hills’ Court, Ash. His father George married Mary Pemble in Ash in 1871.

Albert was killed in action on 30th November 1917, at the age of 33, during the German counter attack...


Also, FMP has Burials of Mary and George Jarrett (1926) and Baptisms of children

Kent, Canterbury Archdeaconry Burials 1538-1988

Kent, Canterbury Archdeaconry Baptisms 1538-1912

And Service Record of Albert.

Jarrett Albert 1885 — 1914 British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Ash, Kent, England

(or below, if you can see, Ancestry, no Annie in line up!)

http://tinyurl.com/hvf6u9p