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Hoping someone can assist us to locate any relatives or information for Constance Edwards. Constance Edwards was born in UK (possibly Birmingham), was orphaned at a young age & possibly lived in London before arriving in Australia some time before 1897. She married James Green in Uralla in 1897 and had 6 children, one of which was Charles Henry Green, my husband's father. Have been trying to gather information about her UK roots. Any information from either an Australian or English connection would be greatly appreciated

Regards Dawn Green :-)

Do you know approx. when she was born? Or her parents' names?

A possible:


Name:Constance E Edwards
Age:12
Estimated birth year:abt 1879
Relation:Daughter
Mother's name:Esther Edwards
Gender:Female
Where born:Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England
Civil Parish:Bilston
Town:Bilston
County/Island:Staffordshire

Esther Edwards 53
Mary J Edwards 20
Esther Edwards 18
Constance E Edwards 12
William Whittaker 54

Have you got her marriage cert ? Does it give any details of her family

Do you know when Constance died? What was her age when she died?

How old was she when she married? That would also give us an idea of her date of birth.

Why do you think she might have been born in Birmingham? Is it just family rumour?

FreeBMD doesn't show any Constance Edwardses born in Warwickshire 1861-1881

Bilston is in Wolverhampton register area which is Staffordshire. It is around 10 miles from the centre of Birmingham. I have met many people from this area and when you ask them where they come from they all say Brum until I tell them I'm from Walsall, then they tell me exactly. Most people have no idea where Bilston is so it's possible Constance said Birmingham or from her accent it was assumed she was a Brummie.

For those of a certain age and remember Thank Your Lucky Stars - Janice Nicolls of Oi'll give it foive fame was from that area. :-)

Have you ordered the marriage certificate from NSW BMD? If so, what info was on there?

http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/

How old was she when she married?

When and where did her parents die?

What were their names?

According to an unsourced tree on Ancestry, Constance died 1965 in Armidale. Looking at NSW deaths index there is no age given but the parents names were John and Annie.

Obviously purchasing a certificate (or certified copy) will give more info.

Hello Dawn,
Wonder if this information helps you.
1881 Census

35 Hewitt street
Cheetham
Prestwicjh
Manchester
Lancashire

Ann Broome Head Widow age 54 b.1827 Salford Manchester Lanc's Laundress
Sofia Broome Daughter Single age 19 b.1862 Cheetham Lanc's Trimming Maker
Annie Broome Daughter age 15 b.1866 Cheetham Lanc's Trimming Maker
*Constance Edwards Boarder age 4yrs b.1877 Manchester Lanc's*
(Wonder who the child above belongs to.why is she living there) could she be the child who was adopted ?.
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1881 Census

12 New Street
Bilston
Wolverhampton
Staffordshire

Esther Edwards Head Widow age 42 b.1839 Bilston Staffordshire Dressmaker
Elizabeth Edwards Daughter Single age 18 b.1863 Bilston Staffordshire Boot Trade
William H Edwards Son Single age 17 b.1864 Bilston Staff's Tailor
sarah a Edwards daughter age 11 b.1870 Bilston Staff's
Mary J Edwards daughter age 10 b.1871 Bilston Staff's
Esther Edwards daughter age 6 b.1875 Bilston Staff's
*Constance Edwards Daughter age 0 b.1881 Bilston Staff's*
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Birth
March Quarter 1877 Salford Manchester
Constance Bailey Edwards
Ref Vol 8d Page 77.

Birth
Sept Quarter 1877 Islington London
Constance Edwards
Ref Vol 1b Page 323

Hope this helps in some way.
Regards.
Maureen.
Liverpool.U.K.

Thanks Maureen for the Salford Manchester tip - I had thought this may be a possible link as she has listed her mother as Annie Brown & with her English accent her mothers name may have been Broome & noted as Brown (or she believed Annie Broome was her mother.


Some more information - Marriage certificate shows her mother as Annie Brown & her father as John Edwards (blacksmith) both deceased at the time of marriage & both listed as 'London' yet her death certificate shows her as being born in Birmingham. Constance was supposedly 23 at time of marriage (we suspect she may have been younger)
Family rumour- she travelled to Australia unaccompanied supposedly in her late teens but unable to confirm on shipping registers :-)

The Manchester Constance is still with the Broome family in 1891. There is a birth on freebmd that could be for her:


Name:Constance Edwards
Age:14
Estimated birth year:abt 1877
Relation:Lodger
Gender:Female
Where born:Salford Broughton
Civil Parish:Broughton
Ecclesiastical parish:Church of the Ascension
County/Island:Lancashire

Anne Brome 65
Sophia Brome 29
Annie Brome 25
Matthew Goodwin 25
Constance Edwards 14

Births Mar 1877 (>99%)
Edwards Constance Bailey Salford 8d 77

but there is also this death:


Name:Constance Edwards
Estimated birth year:abt 1877
Registration Year:1894
Registration Quarter:Jul-Aug-Sep
Age at Death:17
Registration district:Salford
Lancashire
Volume:8d
Page:44