Thread: Edwards from wales england

am also looking for the famliy name edwads for my wife her nans name is olive edwards married name (brooks) her father was called james edwards d.o.d 1904-1962 and married emma reliy and her d.o.d 1904-1975 his wife james father was called william edwards and he was born 1876 it would be a great help if anyone had any info kind regards vincent

Re: EDWARDS

olive was born 23/11/1931 and her father was called james edwards and his father william edwards dont know williams wife's name james had 4 sisters the names i know are mary alice edwards born about 1900's who married charles redford who was born 1895 and from
Tyldesley With Shakerley, Lancashire, England they had a daughter called Dorothy Ellen Redford who was born in the 1920's and died in july 1973 also they was lilly edwards,jessie edwards' and james had 3 brothers william, herbert and dont know the other name hope this helps


Living person info by PM to santos71 please

I found 142 listings for James Edwards b 1902-1906. What area(s) are we looking in ?

When and where did Olive marry. Where was James born?

Hi Vincent

Marriage Index record relating to Olive’s father’s sister Mary Alice

Name: Mary A Edwards
Spouse: Charles Redford
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1919
Registration district: Leigh
Registration county (inferred): Lancashire
Volume Number: 8c Page Number: 631

Possible death Index entry for Olive’s Father

Name: James Edwards
Death Registration Month/Year: 1962
Age at death (estimated): 58
Registration district: Leigh
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 10d Page: 18

And mother

Name: Emma Edwards
Birth Date: 24 Oct 1904
Death Registration Month/Year: 1975
Registration district: Leigh
Inferred County: Greater Manchester
Volume: 39 Page: 2126

Possible marriage index entry for James’ father & mother

Marriages Jun 1900

EDWARDS William Leigh Vol: 8c Page: 476
Unsworth Mary Ann Leigh Vol: 8c Page: 476

And 1901 Census entry for father, mother and sister

William Edwards Age: 25
Estimated birth year: abt 1876
Relation: Son-in-Law
Spouse's name: Mary A Edwards
Gender: Male
Where born: Little Hulton, Lancashire, England
Civil Parish: Atherton
Ecclesiastical parish: Atherton
St John the Baptist
Town: Atherton
County/Island: Lancashire
Registration district: Leigh
Sub-registration district: Atherton

Household Members:

Name, Age
James Unsworth, 43
Alice Unsworth, 47
Maggie Unsworth, 15
Mary A Edwards, 21
William Edwards, 25
Mary A Edwards, 10 Months

Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 3595; Folio: 129; Page: 25