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My Great Aunt was Nellie Clarke born in UK in 1896
She married Harold Hilder Edwards in Toronto Canada in 1920
I would like to know if they had any children.
Think she stayed in Canada as can't find a record of her returning to UK
Any help please
jenny

Joan Blanche Edwards
Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947

death: 17 April 1922 Toronto, York Co., Ont., Canada
father: Harold Edwards
mother: Nellie Clark

Joan Blanche who died 17 April 1922 was aged 9 months, 17 days and cause of death was toxemia, intestinal fermentation contributed to by convulsions.

Thankyou both for your replies. I wonder if she had any more children.
Would you be able to find out when the parents died as well
jenny

i did look but found no deaths could they have moved from canada also its not easy to get records for canada

Birth records for Ontario have a 100 year closure. Deaths, currently, aren’t available after 1947. That’s why Joan’s death is online but not her 1921 birth.

Considering the parents married in 1920, she was probably the first born.

Nellie Edwards
in the 1921 Census of Canada
Name: Nellie Edwards
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Age: 29
Birth Year: abt 1892
Birth Place: England
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Spouse's Name: Harold Edwards
Father Birth Place: England
Mother Birth Place: England
Year of Immigration: 1914
Racial or Tribal Origin: English
Province or Territory: Ontario
District: Toronto North
District Number: 132
Sub-District: Ward 5
Sub-District Number: 64
City, Town or Village: Toronto North (ward 5)
Street or Township: 752a St Clair Ave
Municipality: Toronto Ward 5
Neighbors:
Household Members:
Name Age
Harold Edwards 25
Nellie Edwards 29

Harold Hilder Edwards - WW1 Memorial and Life Story.



https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/5850945

I tried Kay's link but you have then to pay to see his attestation papers which can be seen here for free:

http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/search.aspx


(the above does not seem to work as a link but if you cut and paste it into your browser it will take you there).

It does not mention anything about children as he is not yet married here but you might find it of interest.


Dea x

EDIT - If you click on the download button below them it gives you the full records which only seem to show Joan Blanche but I haven't read all the way through them as there are 78 pages !!

This should take you there: (It takes a while to download).

http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?op=pdf&app=CEF&id=B2839-S038

Dea x

Name: Harold Hilder Edwards
Gender: Male
Arrival Age: 23
Birth Year: abt 1895
Departure Port: London, England
Arrival date: 6 Sep 1918
Arrival Port: Quebec, Canada
Vessel: Corsican

Born England

Returning Canadian soldier

Thank you I much appreciate all your advice and suggestions. Every bit helps, it is like doing a jigsaw.
jenny

No help with Nellie or children, but ....

Harold had a previous wife, Ida Anne (nee Lewingdon) , according to his army records. (Pages 57 and 73 of the records on the link posted by Dea.)

Or on Ancestry, pages 1727 and 1743 of 2656:

Harold Hilder Edwards
in the Canada, WWI CEF Personnel Files, 1914-1918
Name: Harold Hilder Edwards
[Harold Edwards]
Birth Date: 4 May 1895
Birth Place: London, England
Residence Place: Lachine, Quebec
Father: O J Edwards
Regimental Number: 349494


Marriages Jun 1919 (>99%)
Edwards Harold H Lewingdon Lambeth 1d 849
Lewingdon Ida A Edwards Lambeth 1d 849


Births Mar 1896 (>99%)
Lewingdon Ida Annie Lambeth 1d 423

She wasn't baptised until 1905, at the same time as her brothers George Walter (1894) and Herbert Arthur (1898):

Annie Lewingdon
in the London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1917
Name: Ida Annie Lewingdon
Gender: Female
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 24 Sep 1905
Baptism Place: Lambeth St Philip, Lambeth, England
Father: Herbert Lidstone Lewingdon
Mother: Alice Lewingdon


Harold claimed to be a bachelor when he married Nellie.

Harold Hilder Edwards
in the Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1936
Name: Harold Hilder Edwards
Age: 24
Birth Year: abt 1896
Birth Place: London, England
Marriage Date: 16 Aug 1920
Marriage Place: York, Ontario, Canada
Father: Oswald J Edwards
Mother: Blance G Powers Edwards
Spouse: Nellie Clarke

Sadly, looks like Ida had died:

Ida Edwards
in the Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1946
Name: Ida Edwards
Gender: Female
Age: 24
Birth Date: abt 1896
Birth Place: England
Death Date: 10 May 1920
Death Place: York, Ontario, Canada
Cause of Death: Heart Lenion Sevsie Anemia Volvular

[ Valvular Heart Lesion, Severe Anaemia ]