William Henry EDWARDS

[amdunnage]

Hi I am trying to find information on William Henry Edwards born c1823 we think Cornwall England.
He married Annie Laure in New Zealand.  I am trying to find info on his family in England.  I think his parents are John Edwards and Elizabeth Taylor but not sure.  He had at least 1 brother Albert and a sister.
Any Help would be grateful.

[Ruskie]

A couple of questions:
Does his NZ marriage give parent's names?
Does his immigration record give place of origin?
(do you have either or both of the above?)

Edwards is often a Welsh surname though not exclusive to Wales.

[chempat]

He is in a tree online, but there are no attached records to help.

A daughter Elizabeth Ann Edwards marries Edward Henry Gibbs etc etc.

Just for information, there are various William Henry Edwards born around 1823 in Cornwall who stay there.

[Annette7]

I can only see on census one Albert Edwards born in Cornwall in the right time frame to be a brother to William Henry:

Albert Edwards bc.1842 Truro - in 1861 he's living with a married sister Elizabeth Jane Richards, nee Edwards - she is also shown to have been born in Truro ca.1829.

Her baptism is on familysearch:

Elizabeth Jane Edwards b.28/1/1829, bp.29/3/1829 Bible Christian, Truro, dau. of a Jacob Corin Edwards and Elizabeth Blewett??  Sounds like the family were non-conformists.

However, Jacob and Elizabeth only married in Truro 3/4/1828!

As already stated, there was only the one Albert born in the right time frame.

Annette   

[ciderdrinker]

Hi
Can't find a brother Albert but this may be the parents
John Curtis Edwards otp married Elizabeth Taylor sojourner 17.5.1821 Poundstock Cornwall wit James Medland and Robert Taylor
1851 shop cottage North Tamerton Cornwall
John Edwards 62 pauper lab  Tamerton
Elizabeth 55 Poundstock
Elizabeth 24 house servant Tamerton
Jenny 15
Ann 8

1841 Tamerton
John 50 ag lab y
Elizabeth 40 y
Jane 5 y
George 3 y
William 15 y

Baptisms at North Tamerton- William 5.10.1823 labourer Cherriton ,Elizabeth 12.5.1826 Tamerton labourer,John 26.10.1828,Robert 24.6.1831,Robert 9.8.1833,Jenny 9.5.1836 Poor House labourer,George 24.8.1838 poor house labourer , Anne 3.4.1843

In New Zealand William Henry and Annie Laure first child wasn't born until 1.4.1861 William Astley Edwards so in theory he should be on the 1851 census as well back in England.But I can't see him

John Edwards was buried from the poor house 20.2.1855 age 65 .
Robert buried age 17mths Alms houses Tamerton 17.12.1832 and probably his brother John 4.12.1832 infant.

Christening for John Courtice Edwards 3.1.1790 son of Jane North Tamerton

Ps the burial at Gore 10.12.1912 gives him as William Edwards 89 residence Croydon
Ciderdrinker

[Annette7]

From the many online trees:

1. William appears to be a plain William Edwards!

2. His wife was Annie Jean Laurie whom he married in 1859.

3. The online trees state a number of siblings for him none of which include an Albert??

4. A lot of the trees state he was born in North Tamerton, son of John and Elizabeth but they had no son named Albert that you mentioned initially so that doesn't tie in.

5. None of the trees state source of why it is believed he was the William in North Tamerton.

With a common name of plain William Edwards born in Cornwall (how is this known?) ca.1823 what is the source that leads to him being supposedly born in North Tamerton, with John and Elizabeth as parents?

It's difficult trying to help you when a) he appears to be a plain William Edwards and b) there are no sources given as to why he's believed to be from Cornwall, let alone this to be in North Tamerton with a John and Elizabeth as parents especially since the one most of the online trees state is him did not have a brother Albert!

Annette

[chempat]

Have you tried to match William (Henry) with an Albert and same parents from here:

http://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/

Could you say where you got the full name of William Henry from?

Thank-you

[ciderdrinker]

Hi
I took the baptism at North Tamerton as his parents mentioned in the original post where a John Edwards and Elizabeth Taylor and that was the only example I could find but as you say no brother Albert.
The burial in NZ -cemetery records does give an origin of Devonshire ,plain William Edwards,with grandson James Astle Parker(so obviously the right bloke) and born 1823.
There's not a lot else I could see but them I'm not an expert in NZ family history.

Ciderdrinker

[Annette7]

If burial states he originated from Devonshire why is it believed he was from Cornwall??

This gets more and more confusing.

Until OP answers some of the questions there's not much more we can do right now.
 
Annette