See also

Edith Gladys Rosam (1904-1982)

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Edith Gladys Rosam, Q2 1940

Individual Events and Attributes

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1904, Baptismal Register Entry for Edith Gladys Rosam

  • Birth:

  • 31 Jul 1904

  • at home2 3 4 5

  •  

  • Address: 16 Prideaux Road, Stockwell Green

    Her Death Certificate give the date and her Birth Registration give the area. As the family were living at 16 Prideaux Road which is within the birth registration area at the time of her baptism it is assumed that she was born there.

  • Baptism:

  • 4 Sep 1904 (age 0)

  • St Andrew's Church5

  •  

  • Address: Stockwell Green, Surrey

    Who else was present is not known but her older sister Lilian was almost certainly there.

  • Guest:

  • Jun 1940 (age 35)

  • Guest at marriage of Oswald Charles Ensom and Ella Muriel Rosam

  • Guest:

  • 16 Sep 1967 (age 63)

  • Guest at marriage of Edward James Appleton and Winifred Evelyn Rosam

  • Death:

  • 24 Feb 1982 (age 77)

  • her sister Winifred's house6

  •  

  • Cause: cancer of the colon which had metastasised

    Address: 1 Manorside, Dresingham, Kings Lynn, Norfolk

    Her death was certified by Carole Brown M.B.

  • Death Registration:

  • 25 Feb 1982

  • the Register Office6

  •  

  • Address: Kings Lynn

Marriage

  • Spouse:

  • William Colin White (1876?-bef1967)

  • Marriage:

  • 1947 (age 42-43)

  • Islington, London7 8 9

  •  

  • William was only two years younger than Edith's father and their secret marriage caused a bit of a scandle in the family. They did not have any children.

Sources

1.

Martin Ensom, Research by Martin Ensom into the Ensom family, Recipient: Andrew Boyle, (November 2008). Full name Edith Gladys Rosam. Andrew Boyle.

2.

Ibid. The family tree gives Edith Rosam's d.o.b. as 31-7-1904. There is no supporting evidence. Andrew Boyle.

3.

S Walker (?) Registrar for district of Kings Lynn, Certified Copy of an Entry of Death for Edith Gladys White, (Original copy of Entry No 97 issued on 25 Feb 1982). Custom Id: IT 724951; NameEdith Gladys WhiteMaiden NameRosamDate of Birth31 July 1904Place of BirthLondon. Martin Ensom.

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General Register Office, CRI(E&W) for Birth of Edith Gladys Rosam, (FreeBMD image for Births Jul-Sep 1904). Quarter and Year Jul-Sep 1904Surname RosamGiven Names Edith GladysRegistration District Lambeth. General Register Office. Call Number: Births.

5.

Parish Register for Baptism of Edith Gladys Rosam, St Andrew, Stockwell Green, 4 September 1904.

6.

S Walker (?) Registrar for district of Kings Lynn, Certified Copy of an Entry of Death for Edith Gladys White, (Original copy of Entry No 97 issued on 25 Feb 1982). Custom Id: IT 724951; Cit. Date: 25 February 1982. Martin Ensom.

7.

Ibid. Widow of William Colin White. Martin Ensom.

8.

P. H. Ward as recorded by J P W Ward, The Rosam Family, (2008/9). William (Uncle Bill) White and Edith (Auntie Edie) married about 1950. He was much older than she was. They didn't have any children. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street

Bampton

Tiverton

Devon

EX16 9NR. Tel: 01398332458, Email: familyhistory@blackwithies.demon.co.uk.

9.

CRI(E&W) for Marriage of William C. White and Edith G. Rosam, Event Type: Marriage, Registration District: Islington, Volume: 5c, Page: 2544, (Period, Apr-Jun 1947). Quarter & Year Apr-Jun 1947Registration DistrictIslingtonGroom's NameWilliam C. WhiteBride's NameEdith G. Rosam. General Register Office. Call Number: Marriages.