James Edwards

  General Notes:

shown on 1851 census as born Dickleburgh but no matching baptism there
Shimpling is only 2 miles from Dickleburgh

1861 shows Shimpling as birthplace

First name James
Last name Edwards
Baptism date 28 Feb 1779
Parish Shimpling
Diocese Norwich
Mother's first name Elizabeth
County Norfolk
Archive Norfolk Record Office
Archive reference PD 102/2
Archive year range 1758-1812

First name Mary
Last name Chatton
Single woman
Marriage date 28 Oct 1828
Marriage place Dickleburgh
Spouse's first name James
Spouse's last name Edwards
Single man
Residence Norfolk
County Norfolk
witnesses Benjamin & Amelia Fish

1841 census Dickleburgh
Name Age Gender Birth county
James Edwards 60 Male Norfolk, occ pensioner
Mary Edwards 60 Female Norfolk

1851 census Dickleburgh, Norfolk
Name Relationship Age Gender Birth Place
James Edwards Head 73 Male Dickleburgh, Norfolk
Mary Edwards Wife 70 Female Langmere, Norfolk


1861 census Dickleburgh
First name Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Occupation Birth place
John Cole Head Married Male 54 Farm Labourer Dickleburgh, Norfolk
Maria Cole Wife Married Female 50 Dickleburgh, Norfolk
Mary A Cole Daughter Unmarried Female 11 Dickleburgh, Norfolk
Jane Cole Daughter Female 7 Dickleburgh, Norfolk
Harriet Bellingham Granddaughter Female 4 London, Middlesex
James Edwards Lodger Widower Male 83 Chelsea Pensioner Shimpling, Norfolk

James married Mary Chatton, daughter of James Chatten and Elizabeth Spurdens, on 28 Oct 1828 in Dickleburgh, Norfolk. (Mary Chatton was born about 1779 in Langmere, Norfolk and was christened on 31 Jan 1779 in Dickleburgh, Norfolk.)