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Name:
Edward William Mackellow
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
1880, Register Entry for Baptism of Edward William Mackellow
St John the Baptist Parish Church
St John the Baptist Parish Church - Font
Birth:
8 May 1880
The 1939 Register gives his date of birth (the year and quarter is confirmed by his Birth Registration), and the 1881 Census and his baptismal reecord his place of birth.
Baptism:
27 Jun 1880 (age 0)
St John the Baptist Church4
Address: Seddlescombe, Sussex
His parents and two older siblings Harry and Laura would have ben present but who else is not known.
Census (living with parents):
3 Apr 1881 (age 0)
1881 Census - living with parents
Census (living with parents):
5 Apr 1891 (age 10)
1891 Census - living with parents
He is attending school
Occupation:
frm 1894 to 1940 (age 13-60)
cabinet maker, and carpet and lino fitter; Sussex and London5 6 7 3
The 1901 Census gives his occupation as a cabinetmaker in Hastings, however, all other records give his occupation as a carpet and lino fitter. After his marriage to Eliza Cooper in 1904 he moved to Hythe in Kent where he worked as a carpet planner and fitter. At the time of his second marriage to Harriet Dowell in 1933 was still working as a carpet fitter but had moved to Ramsgate. According to his sister-in-law Alice he came into a small inheritance when he was working for a firm in the Ramsgate area. Looking at the timing it was probably from his mother Sarah. Apparently, he opened a bank account at a time when working class people used cash and might have a Post Office savings account but did not have bank accounts, and carried a cheque around with him at work offering loans to his fellow workers. Whether they took him up on this is not known but when it came to making staff redundant the owner of the firm sacked him – probably because he thought that if he had money he didn't need a job! After this he moved to London and he and his wife Harriet (Ett) lived with Ett's sister Alice and he opened a second hand furniture shop in one of the streets off the Wandsworth Road. In 1939 at the start of WW2 he moved to Brighton to live with his brother Harry and his wife and has far as his nephew Jack can recall he did not work between then and his death in 1940.
Census (living with step-father and mother):
31 Mar 1901 (age 20)
Census for household
spouse:
1931 (age 50-51)
Death of spouse Eliza
Godparent:
6 May 1934 (age 53)
Stood as Godparent
Witness:
14 Dec 1938 (age 58)
Edward witnessed the Marriage of Horace Richmond and Alice Eleanor Dowell
Harriet was Alice's sister.
Register (living with brother):
29 Sep 1939 (age 59)
1939 Register - Living with brother
Death:
Mar 1940 (age 59)8
Address: 21b Montpelier Crescent, Brighton, Sussex
His registered age was 59. Although not given in the registration index the address is known because the compliler of this record (Jack Ward) was living there at the time.
Spouse:
Marriage Banns:
6 Mar 1904 (age 23)
St Leonard's and St Peter's Churches9
Address: Hythe and St Leonard-on-Sea, Kent respectively
St Leonard's was Edward's parish. Eliza's parish was St Peter's. St Leonard-on-Sea. The annotation 'Cert' in the margin of the register for St Leonard's indicates that the Vicar issued a certificate of the banns being called as the marriage must have taken place in Eliza's parish. Edward and Eliza would have attended the services at which the banns were read but who else was there is not known.
Marriage:
Apr 1904 (age 23)
Address: St Leonard-on-Sea, Kent
The 1911 Census records that they had been married for 7 years and did not have any children. The year was confirmed by their marriage registration. The place and month of their marriage is deduced from the bride's parish and the last date (20 March 1904) on which their Banns were read
Census for household:
2 Apr 1911 (age 30)
Hythe, Kent6
Address: 22 Stade Street
The household consisted of Edward, his first wife Eliza (née Cooper) and his mother-in-law Eliza Cooper.
Census for household (not recorded):
19 Jun 1921 (age 41)
Spouse:
Marriage:
29 Jul 1933 (age 53)
Address: Ramsgate, Kent
William was the bride's brother and Ethel was her niece. Who else was at the wedding is not known but Harriet's sister Alice who was a domiciliary midwife in Ramsgate would have made every effort to attend as the sisters were close. How Edward and Harriet met is a matter of speculation as before their marriage Edward was living in Ramsgate and Harriet was living in London. It can only be assumed that they met when Harriet was on holiday in Ramsgate.
They had no children of their own and Harriet (presumably supported by her husband) wanted to adopt her sister Alice's child Jack.14
General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Birth of Edward William Mackellow, (FreeBMD website). Custom Id: Births 1880 Q2 Battle Vol 2b Page 58; Cit. Date: Q2 1880. General Register Office. Call Number: Births.
Census 1891 Sedlescombe, Sussex RG12/769 (Edward Mackellow), Census Type: 1891 England, Census Place: Seddlecombe, Sussex, Folio: 769, Page: 100, (FMP website). Custom Id: RG12/769, Folio 100, Page 2, Schedule 11; Edward Wm Mackellow age 10 born Sedlescomb, Sussex. National Archives. Call Number: RG12/769.
1939 England and Wales census, 21b Montpelier Crescent, Brighton, Sussex, 1939 Register; Registration District 79/1; Schedule 488; Sub-Nos 1-5, head of household: Harry Mackellow, General Register Office.
Parish Register for Baptism of Edward William Mackellow, St John the Baptist, Sedlescombe, Sussex, 27 June 1880, East Sussex Records Office.
1901 England Census for Household of Peter Pratt in Hastings, Sussex, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG13/869, Folio 111, Page 1, Schedule 1; Cit. Date: 31 March 1901. National Archives. Call Number: RG13/869.
1911 England Census for Household of Edward William Mackellow in Hythe, Kent, (FMP website). Custom Id: RG14/4664; Cit. Date: 2 April 1911. National Archives. Call Number: RG14/4664.
Marriage certificate of Edward William Mackellow and Harriet Ethel Dowell, 29 July 1933, Jack Ward.
General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Death of Edward William Mackellow, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: Deaths 1940 Q1 Brighton Vol 2b Page 931; Quarter and YearJan-Mar 1940Registration DistrictBrightonSurnameMackellowGiven NamesEdward W.Age59. General Register Office. Call Number: Births.
Parish Register for Banns of Edward William Mackellow and Eliza Jane Cooper, St Peter, St Leonard-on-Sea, Keny, 6 March 1904, Canterbury Cathedral Archives.
1911 England Census for Household of Edward William Mackellow in Hythe, Kent, (FMP website). Custom Id: RG14/4664; Eliza Jane Mackellow wife of Edward William Mackellow and daughter of Eliza Jane Cooper married for 7 years. National Archives. Call Number: RG14/4664.
CRI(E&W) for Marriage of Edward William Mackellow and Eliza Jane Cooper, Event Type: Marriage, Registration District: Hastings, Volume: 2b, Page: 65, (FreeBMD website). Custom Id: Marriages 1904 Q2 Hastings Vol. 2b Page 65; Quarter & Year Apr-Jun 1904Registration DistrictHastingsGroom's NameEdward William MackellowBride's NameEliza Jane Cooper. General Register Office. Call Number: Marriages.
General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Marriage of Edward W. Mackellow & Harriet E. Dowell, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: Marriages 1933 Q3 Thanet, Vol. 2a, Page 3528; Cit. Date: Q3 1933. General Register Office. Call Number: Marriages.
J P W Ward, As I Remember It, (Not published). Chapter 1 - Early Years 1934-1939. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street
Bampton
Tiverton
Devon
EX16 9NR. Tel: 01398332458, Email: familyhistory@blackwithies.demon.co.uk.
1911 England Census for Household of Edward William Mackellow in Hythe, Kent, (FMP website). Custom Id: RG14/4664; Children born. Cit. Date: 2 April 1911. National Archives. Call Number: RG14/4664.