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Oh, I see!
From your first post I thought you meant that you'd been left the brush and mirror by Emily, and that you were mistakenly thinking she was your husband's aunt..

However, no, the initials ED don't seem to have anything to do with Emily.

PS My mother in law was a Attaway before her marriage

hi my husband aunt died this year , Emily was my mother in law aunt , my husband aunt who died was my mother in law sister and they also had a brother

It would therefore appear that the initials on the brush and mirror have no family significance.

Maybe Emily acquired them second-hand at some point.

Name: Emily Eliza Whalebone
Death Date: 7 Nov 1960
Death Place: Kent, England
Probate Date: 16 Mar 1961
Probate Registry: London, England
to john george whalebone

Possibly a big red herring, but having done some rummaging on FreeBMD,
am I right in thinking that your husband's parents married in 1958 in Northumberland?

If so, his mother ( Attaway) was born in 1931 in Newcastle.
However, although I can see births of an older brother and a younger sister, I don't see a sister Emily.

In that case Emily (who would clearly not have been Emily 1879 who married Whalebone ) would have been the wife of your husband's uncle George - but I don't see any such marriage.
Nor do I see any of the three siblings with their parents (Frank and Harriet ?) in 1939.

However, that may be entirely the wrong family, as they were all in the Newcastle / South Shields area - a long way from Faversham.


EDIT:

but now I see that Frank Attaway (your husband's grandfather) was born in Faversham:

Frank Gerald Attaway
in the England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Name: Frank Gerald Attaway
Gender: Male
Baptism Date: 27 Nov 1898
Baptism Place: Preston-next-Faversham, Kent, England
Father: George Attaway
Mother: Minnie Agnes Attaway
FHL Film Number: 1835538
Reference ID: item 2 p 16 rn 121


Frank Gerald Attaway
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Frank Gerald Attaway
Death Age: 95
Birth Date: 3 Nov 1898
Registration Date: May 1994
Registration District: North Tyneside
Inferred County: Tyne and Wear
Register Number: C13C
District and Subdistrict: 0541C
Entry Number: 299


Frank's parents' marriage:

George Attaway
in the England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973
Name: George Attaway
Gender: Male
Age: 28
Birth Date: 1848
Marriage Date: 21 Oct 1876
Marriage Place: Faversham, Kent, England
Father: John Attaway
Spouse: Minnie Agnes Allen
FHL Film Number: 1886149
Reference ID: item 2 p 220


ATTAWAY, FRANK GERALD mmn ALLEN
GRO Reference: 1898 D Quarter in FAVERSHAM Volume 02A Page 867


So Emily Eliza 1879 (who married Whalebone) was his sister:

ATTAWAY, EMILY ELIZA mmn ALLEN
GRO Reference: 1879 S Quarter in FAVERSHAM Volume 02A Page 814

and therefore your husband's great-aunt.

emily from 1939 exact dob matches
Emily Eliza
Last name Attaway
Birth year 1879
Birth date 18 Aug 1879
Baptism year 1879
Baptism date 10 Sep 1879
Place Faversham, St Mary of Charity
Father's first name(s) George
Mother's first name(s) Minnie
County Kent
Country England
Register year range 1877-1885
Archive Canterbury Cathedral Archives
Archive reference U3/146/1/7
Record set Kent Baptisms

Sandra

When did your husband’s aunt die? What was her name at the time?

How was she related to your husband - on which side of his family?

The family in the 1939 register:-

59 Woodstock Road, Sittingbourne, Sittingbourne and Milton U.D., Kent, England

First name(s) Last name(s) DOB Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule Sub Number

John G Whalebone 23 Nov 1878 Male Retired Civil Servant Married 179 1
Eunity E Whalebone (Emily on the image) 18 Aug 1879 Female Unpaid Domestic Married 179 2 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Stanley J Whalebone 02 Nov 1910 Male Fitter Cha? Single 179 3
Marjorie C Whalebone 02 Mar 1913 Female Clerk Newspaper ? Single 179 4
Joyce C Whalebone 24 Jul 1908 Female Unpaid Domestic Married 179 5
The record for this person is officially closed.

Kath. x

Emily died in 1960

No, Emily married John Whalebone.


Marriages Dec 1904 (>99%)
Attaway Emily Eliza Faversham 2a 2011 <<<<<<
Dungate John Faversham 2a 2011
Gorham Sarah Ann Faversham 2a 2011
Whalebone John George Faversham 2a 2011 <<<<<<


Emily Eliza Whalebone
in the 1911 England Census
Name: Emily Eliza Whalebone
Age in 1911: 31
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1880
Relation to Head: Wife
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Faversham, Kent, England
Civil Parish: Wimbledon
Country: England
Street Address: 153 Florence Road, Wimbledon S W
Marital status: Married
Years Married: 6
Estimated Marriage Year: 1905
Registration District Number: 40
Sub-registration District: Wimbledon
ED, institution, or vessel: 30
Piece: 3492
Household Members:
Name Age
John George Whalebone 32
Emily Eliza Whalebone 31
John George Whalebone 4
Stanley James Whalebone 5/12



Births of the children:

WHALEBONE, STANLEY JAMES mmn ATTAWAY
GRO Reference: 1910 D Quarter in KINGSTON Volume 02A Page 395


WHALEBONE, JOHN GEORGE mmn ATTAWAY
GRO Reference: 1906 J Quarter in WANDSWORTH Volume 01D Page 680

the marriage is listed on FreeBMD.

Hi my husband aunt died and i received a hair brush and hand held mirror with the letters ED on them . They are both hallmark one was made in 1907 and one was made in 1908. I think Emily may have married a John Dungate iin 1904 at Faversham in kent . Can anyone help. i am a bit rusty at this as i have taken a few year out due to family life . Thank you Sandy