William Henry Edginton^[1]

Est 1831 - 1900  (68 years)

• Name	William Henry Edginton  [1]
  Birth	Est Apr 1831	Tackley, Oxfordshire, England   [1, 2]
  Baptism	1 May 1831	St Nicholas Church, Church Hill, Tackley, Oxfordshire, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1 May 1831	Tackley, Oxfordshire, England   [2]
  Census	6 Jun 1841	William 2 Edginton's house, Nethercott, Tackley, Oxfordshire, England   [3]
  	Age: 10y
  Census	30 Mar 1851	William 2 Edginton's house, Nethercott, Tackley, Oxfordshire, England   [4]
  	Age: 19y
  Occupation	30 Mar 1851	William 2 Edginton's house, Nethercott, Tackley, Oxfordshire, England   [4]
  	carriers son
  	Age: 19y
  Census	7 Apr 1861	Temple Street, Strood, Kent, England   [5]
  	Age: 28y
  Occupation	7 Apr 1861	Temple Street, Strood, Kent, England   [5]
  	labourer brickfield
  Residence	7 Apr 1861	Temple Street, Strood, Kent, England   [5]
  	Age: 28y
  Census	2 Apr 1871	2 Railway Huts, Edmonton, Middlesex, England   [6]
  	Age: 40y
  Occupation	2 Apr 1871	2 Railway Huts, Edmonton, Middlesex, England   [6]
  	railway employee
  Residence	2 Apr 1871	2 Railway Huts, Edmonton, Middlesex, England   [6]
  	Age: 40y
  Census	3 Apr 1881	Railway huts, Warlingham, Surrey, England   [7]
  	Age: 49y
  Occupation	3 Apr 1881	Railway huts, Warlingham, Surrey, England   [7]
  	carpenter
  Residence	3 Apr 1881	Railway huts, Warlingham, Surrey, England   [7]
  	Age: 49y
  Death	1900	Tadworth, Banstead, Surrey, England   [1]
  Person ID	I1282	jenneratons
  Last Modified	12 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	William Edginton,   b. Est Mar 1810, Tackley, Oxfordshire, England d. Aug 1890, Godstone Road, Kenley, Croydon, Surrey, England (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Hoare,   b. 28 Jul 1811, Tackley, Oxfordshire, England d. 1898 (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	21 Dec 1829	St Nicholas Church, Church Hill, Tackley, Oxfordshire, England   [1, 8]
  	Wirnessed by Thomas Harris and Elizabeth Jennings Witness Role: Witness: Name: Thomas Harris Witness Role: Witness: Name: Elizabeth Jennings
  Notes	From the Tackley fiche from Brian Stringer it says that William married Mary on the 21st December, 1829, with witnesses Thomas Harris and Elizabeth Jennings. The Banns were read on 6, 13, and 20th December. In the 1841 census, William is 30 and Mary is 25. He is described as a shopkeeper, and they have 5 children, Thirza being the youngest at 8 months old. All the family were stated to have been born in Tackley in Oxon. Tackley is obviously the Tickley and the Tuckley mentioned in later censuses; the village is just north of Oxford. In the 1851 Census, William is still married to Mary and they are both living in Tackley in Oxfordshire. The address seems to be something like 22, Nethercott. They say they were both born in Tackley. He was then 40 years old and she was 38 years old, although she could have been either two years older or younger, according to other statistics. His occupation is recorded as being a Carrier, as was his eldest son William, then aged 19 years. They had a large number of children: William was 19, Ann was 17, Jane was 15, Sarah was 12, Thirza was 9, Lydia was 7, Docrinda was 5, John was 3 and the baby Henry was 1. By the 1861 census, it appears that William and Mary had left the village, and there is no record there of the family in 1871. Indeed Lavinia was born in 1853 in Stafford, according to the 1881 census. Her birthplace is also recorded as being in Hereford (Mar.1853.Hereford 6a 433-family record centre). His occupation in 1881 is described as an agricultural labourer, but he is living in The Rose and Crown pub in Kenley, Coulsdon, with his wife, Mary. They have living with them an unmarried daughter called Lavinia, who is 28 years old and a dressmaker. Also living with them are grandchildren, Henry, aged 15 years (my Grandfather), and Sarah, aged 11 years. Henry is described as a shopboy.
  Family ID	F289	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Chadwick,   b. Cal 1836, St Martin's, Hereford, Herefordshire, England d. 1872, 15 Whitehall Steet, Edmonton, Middlesex, England (Age 36 years)  [1]
  Marriage	30 Jul 1854	The Church, Holmer, Herefordshire, England   [1]
  Notes	Mary died aged 34 years in Edmonton, leaving a number of young children. She died of Phthisis Pulmonalis, which is a form of TB. Her death was formally witnessed by Eliza Gillann, a neighbour who lived at 12, White Hall Street in Edmonton. The certificate says her husband was William and that he was a wheelwright, which seems odd, but I am fairly certain that this lady was my great great grandmother. [1]
  Children	1. William Edginton,   b. Cal 1856, Yoxford, Suffolk, England   2. Rose Edginton,   b. Cal 1858, Yoxford, Suffolk, England   3. George Edginton,   b. Cal Sep 1860, Strood, Kent, England   4. Elizabeth Edginton,   b. Cal 1862   5. Harry Edginton,   b. Cal 1866, Bunton, Herefordshire, England   6. Sarah Edginton,   b. Cal 1869, Barking, Surrey, England
  Family ID	F413	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Est Apr 1831 - Tackley, Oxfordshire, England Baptism - 1 May 1831 - St Nicholas Church, Church Hill, Tackley, Oxfordshire, England Residence - 1 May 1831 - Tackley, Oxfordshire, England Marriage - 30 Jul 1854 - The Church, Holmer, Herefordshire, England Census - Age: 28y - 7 Apr 1861 - Temple Street, Strood, Kent, England Occupation - labourer brickfield - 7 Apr 1861 - Temple Street, Strood, Kent, England Residence - Age: 28y - 7 Apr 1861 - Temple Street, Strood, Kent, England Census - Age: 40y - 2 Apr 1871 - 2 Railway Huts, Edmonton, Middlesex, England Occupation - railway employee - 2 Apr 1871 - 2 Railway Huts, Edmonton, Middlesex, England Residence - Age: 40y - 2 Apr 1871 - 2 Railway Huts, Edmonton, Middlesex, England Census - Age: 49y - 3 Apr 1881 - Railway huts, Warlingham, Surrey, England Occupation - carpenter - 3 Apr 1881 - Railway huts, Warlingham, Surrey, England Residence - Age: 49y - 3 Apr 1881 - Railway huts, Warlingham, Surrey, England Death - 1900 - Tadworth, Banstead, Surrey, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  William may have been named Henry William when he was born on May 1, 1831, in Tackley. In the 1851 Census, William is 19 years old and living at home in Tackley with his parents and siblings. He is described as working as a Carriers son ? He met and married Mary Chadwick in Holmer in Herefordshire, where the family went, presumably for working on the railways. The witnesses to their marriage were Thomas and Ann King, who may have married a month or so before them in the same parish. This Ann was probably his slightly older sister, and she may well have known her husband some time as it seems possible that he was also born in Tackley or Kirtlington, the next village to Tackley. On the certificate William is described as a Haffslider or a Staffslider, of which I have yet to discover the meaning. His father William was a labourer at the time of the marriage. When Henry was born in 1866, his father was named as being William and he was described as a Railway Labourer. He and his wife, Mary, lived at 3, Nursery Rd, Brickston at that time. On Henry and Mary Jane's marriage certificate in 1888, William is described as a Joiner. On Sarah Ann's birth certificate in 1869, he is described as a Labourer at the gas-works. William lived with his sister Thirza and her family in Huts near Kingswood Station in 1881. He had left Henry and Sarah with their grandparents, for what reason I do not yet know. Mary may have either died or left the family. William died of Cerebral Apoplexy, in the presence of his niece, E.White. I have yet to discover whose daughter this was. On his death certificate he is described as a Carpenter, Journeyman.

  
  

• Sources

  [S247] genes reunited - Valerie Edginton. [S3428] Parish Register for Baptism of William Henry Edginton, St Nicholas Church, Church Hill, Tackley, Oxfordshire, England, 1 May 1831. [S255] 1841 England and Wales census, Tackley, Oxfordshire, England, head of household: William Edgington, 6 Jun 1841. [S253] 1851 England and Wales census, William 2 Edginton's house, Nethercott, Tackley, Oxfordshire, England, HO107/1730/204/4, head of household: William Edginton, 30 Mar 1851. [S2629] 1861 England census, Temple Street, Strood, Kent, England, RG9/474/209/13, head of household: William Henry Edginton, (RG9/474/209/13), 7 Apr 1861 (Reliability: 2). [S2630] 1871 England census, 2 Railway Huts, Edmonton, Middlesex, England, RG10/1341/181/20/110, head of household: William Henry Edginton, (RG10/1341/181/20/110), 2 Apr 1871 (Reliability: 2). [S2628] 1881 England census, Railway huts, Warlingham, Surrey, England, RG11/806/25/43, head of household: George Radmore, (RG11/806/25/43), 3 Apr 1881 (Reliability: 2). [S3348] Parish Register for Marriage of William Edginton and Mary Ann Hoare, St Nicholas Church, Church Hill, Tackley, Oxfordshire, England, 21 December 1829, (63).