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Edgar Marsh
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Edgar Marsh
Death Age: 68
Birth Date: abt 1894
Registration Date: Oct 1962
[Nov 1962]
[Dec 1962]
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration district: Lambeth
Inferred County: London
Volume: 5c
Page: 1269

I like the link to Rowton House. What interesting reading. Oh, I see about the wrong year of Edgar's birth. That is possible especially if he was born in that quarter but a previous year....and also that there is no other Edgar Marsh showing up. I wonder if he died an Edward Marsh or Coleman (maybe he was never told his roots?
Thanks

A few more bits of newspaper articles about Bridger Marsh. These can be found on GR's link to the British Newspaper Archive (under "Search" at the top of this page). It will cost 5 credits to view each article in full. I searched for "Bridger Marsh" and specified Kent.
I don't know where alviegal found the other articles.

Kent & Sussex Courier Kent, England
4 Jan 1889
. . . . .pain for many days. While the way to the police station, Bridger Marsh and another man told him that he bad better let the prisoner go, or they would all appear at Court and make it hot for him. Marsh took hold of the prisoner, when told him he had better. . . . .


Kent & Sussex Courier Kent, England
13 Sep 1878
TONBRIDGE
. . . . . . (in the chair) Thomson Hankey. Esq , M.P., C. Powell, Esq., and Sir David L Salomons, Bart. Poaching Case.—Herbert Rye, Bridger Marsh, Robert Bennett, Wm. and Alfred Millie, youths, of Tonbridge, were summoned for trespassing in search of coni's on land. . . . .


Maidstone Journal and Kentish Advertiser Kent, England
5 Jan 1889
STAPLEHURST
…...without any provocation, without the latter saying anything at all. Wickenden was not drunk, but had had tidy lot beer. —Bridger Marsh corroborated this evidence, and said that Wickenden was not quite sober.—The Bench imposed tine . and the costs for. . . . . .


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Kent & Sussex Courier Kent, England
27 Feb 1885
TONBRIDGE PETTY SESSIONS
. . . . . child being the defendant’s house, when Marsh jumped over the wall and struck him, and he struck him back again. They did not appear last week, as they thought that if no one appeared the case would be dismissed.—Marsh, on the other side, alleged that he. . . . . .


I'm not sure about that last one. Skimming other newspaper articles, it appears there was a policeman with the surname Marsh in the area at that time, so the Marsh mentioned might be him, and not Bridger.

Many thanks for all the recent information. I bet that the Edgar's death you cite is Emily's son as the age/location fits in. I wonder what Emily saw in Bridger....she must have been very desperate.

The whole story is so sad and the deaths of all 7 children at the age of 0 accentuates the pain she must have had. I must see if that particular block of Rowton House still exists in Lambeth (I can do a bit of google searching when I make time); if Edgar's block is still standing, I can take a ride there when the virus is over. They may have been demolished of course but they look fine buildings. What a kind person to set up this organisation to help the poor.

Looking at Google Maps, Churchyard Row still exists, but all the buildings are modern.

i guessed that they might be gone.