See also
Name:
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
1943, Administration for Estate of Edward Albert Blagdon
Birth:
22 Nov 1900
Address: 9 Clayton Place
As he was only 4 months old at the time of the 1901 Census it is thought that he was probably born at the Census address. The exact date is given in the Bourke Family Tree in Ancestry without any supporting source citations apart from the 1901 and 1911 Censuses.
Census (living with parents):
31 Mar 1901 (age 0)
1901 Census - living with parents
The Census return uses his second name Albert
Census (living with parents):
2 Apr 1911 (age 10)
1911 Census - living with parents
Present (sibling):
9 Jul 1911 (age 10)
Present at Baptism of his sister Mary Beatrice
Present (sibling):
9 Jul 1911 (age 10)
Present at Baptism of his brother George Hector
Occupation:
frm 1919 to Feb 1943 (age 18-42)
The 1921 Census give his occupation as an apprentice shipfitter in H. M. Dockyard, Devonport. and it is likely that having qualified that at some point he volunteered to work in the Naval Shipyard in Malta he was there when WW2 broke out.
Census (living with parents):
19 Jun 1921 (age 20)
1921 Census - living with parents
Death:
16 Feb 1943 (age 42)
Malta5
Address: Antarpa Hospital
Malta was the subject of ferocious air attacks by the Germans during WW2 and it not unlikely that he was injured during an air raid and died of his injuries in hospital.
Administration:
12 Jun 1943
Llandudno5
Address: 116 Zabbar Road, Pawla, Malta
Spouse:
Marriage:
1 Jun 1927 (age 26)
St Simon's Church6
Address: Mount Gould, Plymouth, Devon
The partial transcription by the Plymouth Family History Society does not give the names of the witnesses or the Incumbent. It is assumed that the couples parents were present but who else is not known.
1911 Census for Household of Albert Blagdon, (FMP website). Custom Id: RG14/13027; Edward Blagdon age 10 (i.e. born 1891) in Plymouth, Devon. National Archives. Call Number: RG14/13027.
England and Wales Birth Registration Index, Edward Albert Blagdon, Q4 1900, Plymouth, Vol. 5b, Page 207, General Register Office.
1901 England, Wales & Scotland census, 9 Clayton Place, Plymouth, Devon, RG13/2096, Folio 124, Page 32, Schedule 216, head of household: Albert Blagdon, National Archives.
1921 England, Wales & Scotland census, Houseboat, Stonehouse Pool, RG15/10675, Page 1, head of household: Albert Isaac Blagdon, National Archives.
Grant of Administration: Edward Albert Blagdon, 12 June 1943, Principal Probate Registry, 441.
Parish Register for Marriage of Edward Albert Blagdon and Winifred May Clapp, St Simon, Mount Gould, Plymouth, Devon, 1 June 1927, Plymouth and West Devon Record Office.