Edward James Appleton (1912-1976)

Edward James Appleton, 1967, age 55

Individual Events and Attributes

Birth:
18 Apr 1912
Beckenham, Bromley, Kent¹
Occupation:
frm 1930 to 1972 (age 17-60)
bank clerk² ³
his marriage certificates to both Olive Faux and Winifred Appleton give his occupation as a bank clerk. It is assumed that he started work at 18 and retired at 60. Whether he worked for the same bank all his life is not known but Pat Boyle (wife of Winifred's nephew) remembers that during the time she knew him from 1960 or thereabouts it was for an American bank in the city (London). He used to say they were very demanding.
Death:
4 Dec 1976 (age 64)
at home⁴ ⁵ ⁶
Cause: a disease of the nervous system

Address: Chelwood Gate

The date comes from a note on the envelope containing the Birth and Marriage Certificates for his wife Win and her sister Eddie. Ed and Win had moved to the small village of Chelwood Gate near Haywards Heath in East Sussex in April 1976 and it was there that Ed suddenly developed a disease of the nervous system which initally affected his walking and then confined him to a wheelchair (motor neurone disease?). The progression of the disease was very swift and Pat remembers visiting him in Roehampton Hospital with Win. However, because his death was registered in the district of Cuckfield he almost certainly died at home.

Spouse:
Olive Elizabeth Faux (1923-1966)
Marriage:
22 Nov 1947 (age 35)
the Parish Church of St John the Evangelist²
Address: Shirley, Croydon, Surrey

The two witnesses were F. H. Cardinal who was probably a friend or colleague of the groom and F. E. Faux who was almost certainly related to the bride.

Spouse: Winifred Evelyn Rosam, 1930?, age 21

1967, Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage for Edward James Appleton and Winifred Evelyn Holman

1967, Ed Appleton and Win Holman on their Wedding Day

1967, Guests at Ed Applton's and Win Holman's Wedding

1967, Win and Ed Appleton off on their honeymoon

Spouse:
Winifred Evelyn Rosam (1909-2008)
Marriage:
16 Sep 1967 (age 55)
the Register Office³
Address: Croydon, Surrey

Don Boyle was the bride's nephew and Pat was his wife. The reception was held at 10 Grove Road, Thornton Heath, which was owned by the bride's sister Doris Rosam. The reception was attended by Win's sisters Dorie, Edie and Ella, Ella's husband Oswald (Charles) Ensom and their son Martin, Tony Ensom and his wife Jill , Barbara Goodman who was a great friend of Win, Eva Bishop who was a great friend of Dorie, Don and Pat Boyle and their children Andrew and Neil and several of Ed's friends.

Although the marriage certificate gives Win's address as 10, Grove Road, Thornton Heath which was her sister Dorie's house she had actually lived around the corner from Ed who was living at 71 The Glade, Shirley in 1967, but may have sold her house in anticipation of her forthcoming marriage. The fact that they had lived near each other accounts for the fact that they met on the train to London where they both worked in the city. After they married they lived at 71 The Glade until they moved to Whyteleafe in March 1968 when they sold the house to Pat & Don.

1.: C. Ernestiliaugld?, Registrar at Sub-District of Beckenham in the District of Bromley, Certificate of Registry of Birth for Edward James Appleton, (Original certificate issued on 28 May 1912 of Entry Number 303 in Book 24.). Cit. Date: 28 May 1912. Pat Ward.

2.: Philip J. Stevens, Superintending Registrar for the District of Croydon, Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage for Edward James Appleton and Olive Elizabeth Faux, (True Copy of Entry No. 453 in the Register Book of Marriages No. 3 issued on 3 Nov 1966). Custom Id: TB 391535; Cit. Date: 3 November 1966. Pat Ward.

3.: G L. Griffiths, Deputy Registrar, Croydon Regiter Office, Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage for Edward James Appleton and Winifred Evelyn Holman, (Original certfied copy of entry number 122 issued on 16 Sep 1967). Custom Id: WE 618015; Cit. Date: 16 September 1967. Pat Ward.

4.: Winifred Appleton, Note on Envelope containing Birth& Marriage Certificates for Winifred and Edith Rosam. Date of Edward Appleton's death. Pat Ward.

5.: Winifred Evelyn Appleton, None, Subject: Places lived from her marriage to Ed Appleton until her death, (1980 with later additions). Pat Ward.

6.: General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England &Wales) for Death of Edward James Appleton, (FMP image of CRI(E&W) Deaths in Oct-Dec 1976 in the District of Cuckfield, Volume 18, Page 1875). Cit. Date: Q4 1976. General Register Office.