searching for missing charles

[mazwad]

I wonder if some kind person with access to 1901 census would havea little look for the following person.

Charles (possibly George as middle name) Edwards born in 1898 I think in or around Eastborne.  I have tried to find him in FBMD ann the IGI to no avail and wondered ifhe would pop up age  about 3 in the 1901 census.  It would be great to find his parents names as we could then maybe track back from there.

He is not my relative but  have bored the wotsits off my workmate by going on about family history and now she is interested and gave me this to work on.  I smugly said we will have a look in FBMD and then go on to IGI and soon have some clues. Armed with his info we got on the pc at work (in our break time of course) it will  teach me not to try and be so clever as there was no sign of him that I could find.

So please please help me out so that  can take something in for her tomorrow or she wll think I am all puff and wind and even if thats true no point in proving it.  Seriously though we are great mates and I would love to give her some decent information.

[Annie65115]

I found the following but without any other clues regarding family members, there's no way of knowing if it's your friend's family:

1901 census
48, Lennox St, St Leonard, Hastings
Steven Edwards, 34, french polisher, born Hastings
Elizabeth ditto      33                             ditto
Willliam, son         8                             born Eastbourne
Percy     son         4                                 ditto
George  son         3                             born Eastbourne
Annie     daug       6 mths                    born Hastings

I'm sorry, I've been chided before for not giving the census reference but I haven't found out how to do that! But I found this family by searching the 1901 census on A******y, looking only for boys with surname Edwards, b 1897-99 in Eastbourne. There were only 4 results and this was the only one named either George or Charles.

[heywood]

1901
Charles Edwards b abt 1896 Portfield living Chichester
Chares b 1899 Poynings living Edburton
Charles K  b 1899 East Grinstead living Forest Row
Charles S b 1899 Hastings living St Leonard
John Charles  1899 Lewes living Cliffe

any sound suitable?

[Daisy Loo]

I'm sorry, I've been chided before for not giving the census reference but I haven't found out how to do that! But I found this family by searching the 1901 census on A******y, looking only for boys with surname Edwards, b 1897-99 in Eastbourne. There were only 4 results and this was the only one named either George or Charles.

Annie, if you look at the bottom of the page, when you are viewing the entry, underneath the box, in paler writing is the reference.

[mazwad]

Thank you both very much its very kind of you.  I think the one Annie found seems most likely as my friend seemed pretty sure of the birth year.  I wonder if maybe Charles was his second name but he was known by that.  I know that often happens.  I will pass this information on to her and maybe something else will ring a bell as in the rest of the family.

I'll give her the other ones as well just in case but she was sure about Eastbourne.

Thanks again for your help, I told her all about this site and said I was sure someone here could help.

[heywood]

The only Eastbourne one on Free BMD is George Edmund Edwards b March quarter 1898 which matches the one found here.

best wishes
heywood

[mazwad]

Thank you Heywood,  I think we may be on the right track here as she had told me she thought the birth date was March 4th but was absolutely sure so I hadn't put that.

I don't knowwhere the Charles bit came in but aswe know our ancestors were tricky blighters and didn't always go by their given name.

I have just realised my friends brother is called Stephen, I wonder if he was named after his great grandfather.

[Spidermonkey]

There is also a Charles George EDMUNDS bn Sept 1899 Farnham 2a 130 - but my geography is dire and although Farnham is in Sussex, I'm not sure whether it would count as being in the Eastbourne area!

[mazwad]

Thank you spidermonkey but farnham wouldn't come under that area and the surname is definitely Edwards although I know they mistranscribe a lot.

Thanks for looking anyway I do appreciate it.