Descendants of Robert EDGE and Eliza ???


Father Robert EDGE Birth 30 October 1817 - Marnhull - Dorset Death Q1 1899 - Portsea - Aged 81
Mother Eliza STEVENS Birth About 1819??? - Torpoint Cornwall Death Q2 1887 - Portsea Island - Aged 71 Years


Marriage When??? - Where ??

Children :-

Eliza Maria EDGE Birth Q1 1849 - Portsea Island Union Death Q1 1924 - Westbourne Sussex - Aged 74 Years
John Charles EDGE Birth Q4 1850 - Brighthelmston (Brighton) Shown as a student in London on 1871 Census - The Nonconformist Newspaper 1 July 1874 states he was a student at London Missionary Society and going to China
Sarah Louisa EDGE Birth Q4 1852 - Portsea Island Union Death 15 May 1927 - Aged 75 - West Sussex Mental Hospital just 5 days after her Husband Samuel Beard
Robert Henry EDGE Birth Q1 1857 - Portsea Death 23 February 1905 - Newcastle on Tyne - Peritonitis while in Navy

1861 Census - Family living in Portsea but probably came via Brighton based on place of Birth of one child - his sister Sarah now a widow living with them

1871 Census - Family still living in Portsea only John having left - they have a 4 year old boarder

1881 Census - Family still living in Portsea only Eliza daughter remianing - the 4 year old boarder from last census is now a 14 year old servant

1891 Census - Robert now a widow living with his daughter Eliza now married to an ironmonger James William HENDY

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