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ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 26 Jul 2018 22:02

One of the female names will be Eric's wife. The other female married James Keith. You'd have to buy the cert to find out which was which.


I don't know if this is your Leonard or not, but will post it in case:


EDIT:
Probably not your Leonard. Cecil was Eric & Gwendoline's father - see next post.




Leonard Edwards
in the Ireland, Civil Registration Marriages Index, 1845-1958
Name: Leonard Edwards
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec, 1922
Registration district: Cork, Ireland
Volume: 5
Page Number: 98
FHL Film Number: 101575
Records on Page:
Name
John Honan
Sarah Honan
Leonard Edwards
Ellen Egan
William James Evans
William Aherne
Maria Christina O'Driscoll <<<< ???
Annie Tierney


Then apparently the same couple again ???

Leonard Edwards
in the Ireland, Civil Registration Marriages Index, 1845-1958
Name: Leonard Edwards
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar, 1923
Registration district: Cork, Ireland
Volume: 5
Page Number: 59
FHL Film Number: 101575
Records on Page:
Name
Mary Christina O'Driscoll <<<<<<
Leonard Edwards
Mary Christina Edwards <<<<<< alternative version of first name
Winifred Bevis
Francis Waters
Thomas Waters


Death of a probable son:

SR District/Reg Area - Cork
Death of LEONARD EDWARDS in 1925
Name LEONARD EDWARDS
Year of Death 1925 - 14th January
Group Registration ID 2233122
SR District/Reg Area Cork
Deceased Age at Death 1

Place of death: Haulbowline, cork.
Age: 1 year 10 months.
Son of Leonard Edwards, Royal Marines.
Cause: Green diarrhoea 11 days, toxaemia.
Informant: Elizabeth O'Driscoll, grandmother, present at death.

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 26 Jul 2018 22:07

No -

Cecil must have been Gwendoline and Eric's father:


SR District/Reg Area - Youghal
Death of CECIL EDWARDS in 1962

Name CECIL EDWARDS
Year of Death 1962 - 20th June
Group Registration ID 2950870
SR District/Reg Area Youghal
Deceased Age at Death 71

Cecil James Edwards, married, retired guesthouse proprietor.
Cardiac degeneration, coronary occlusion.
Place of death: 4 Summerhill Villas

Informant: Gwendoline K Wright, present at death,
Gwendoline's address: Sunmount, Strand, Youghal.

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 26 Jul 2018 22:09

That's a good find ArgyllGran.

We now know which of the males was Gwendoline's husband.

Kath. x

Lee50

Lee50 Report 26 Jul 2018 22:17

Oh how sad :( poor little fella.

I don't know, it could be him.

What I do know about him is - He was born in East Ham in London and was a Dock Clerk in London when he was a teenager, so I suppose he could have joined the marines as he would have been 19 when the first world war broke out.

I'm not sure if Leonards middle name was Churchman, unusual I know.

The other thing I have just seen on the will is that Gwendoline's married name was 'Wright'



ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 26 Jul 2018 22:17

???

The death has occurred of Gwendoline WRIGHT
Youghal, Cork
Reception into St. Mary's Collegiate Church on Monday at 4pm. Funeral Service on Tuesday at 11am. Burial afterwards in the Church Grounds.
Date Published: Saturday 22nd November 2008
Date of Death: Wednesday 19th November 2008

https://rip.ie/death-notice/gwendoline-wright-youghal-cork/59646

Lee50

Lee50 Report 26 Jul 2018 22:18

Sorry our messages are overlapping.

Thank you Kath and ArgyllGran for your help, you're both wonderful!

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 26 Jul 2018 22:43

Photo of the gravestone of Cecil and his wife Emily, and also of Gwendoline:

http://historicgraves.com/collegiate-church-saint-mary/co-smcy-0545/grave



In beloved memory of

Cecil James Edwards
died June 20th 1962
aged 72 yrs.
His wife
Emily Frances
died 16 Dec 1969 aged 84yrs.
Safe in God’s keeping.
Their daughter
Gwendoline Kate Wright
died 19th November 2008
aged 89years

Lee50

Lee50 Report 26 Jul 2018 23:02

Thank you, it really strange to see that, knowing I have a connection to them.

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 27 Jul 2018 11:43

You wondered about possible living relatives.

It seems that Gwendoline and Jack Wright had two children.
A son in 1953, and a daughter in 1956.

As they're probably alive, I'll PM you their birth details, rather than post them here.