Edwin John Carpenter (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Wednesday, February 01, 2017, 14:58 (2926 days ago) @ Gwenn

Hi Gwenn,
please can you add whatever extra info you have about these people, ie time and place ?.
I have searched both this site's PRs and GlosBMD without finding any Edwin John Carpenter at all, altho I have found an Edwin James Carpenter marrying in Cinderford in 1915. I've also searched FreeBMD but none of the Edwin John (or James!) Carpenters listed (before 1911) marry an Anne. After 1911 that site doesn't include full second names, so he could be any one of several "Edwin J Carpenter"s listed after that. I cannot easily find him in any prior threads on this forum.

From FreeBMD here's the marriage record which you've found, which at least points towards a time and place, being relatively recent means there will be less records available;

Surname First name(s) Mother/Spouse/Age District Vol Page
Marriages Mar 1963 (>99%)

CARPENTER ANNE [E-] WEYMAN ST.ALBANS 4B 487
WEYMAN FREDERICK J CARPENTER ST.ALBANS 4B 487

From the record image I think she is definitely "Anne E"
The other FreeBMD records suggest Frederick was not born near Gloucestershire or even the West Country.

So if you have any more info it would help, please, thanks.

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UPDATE:

Looking at all the FreeBMD marriage records for all the Edwin J Carpenters post 1911, I now find this record which MAY be your Anne, but needs further work to be sure. Don't know why my search earlier didnt spot this, sorry !

Surname First name(s) Mother/Age District Vol Page
Marriages Sep 1911 (>99%)

Brooks Jesse Reading 2c 807
Carpenter Edwin J Reading
Goddard Bertha Reading 2c 807
Squires Annie E Reading 2c 807

FreeBMD shows birth records for several! Anne E and Annie E Squires in the likely 1880-1890 era, none are from our area at all, or Reading for that matter.
This also places some doubt on the 1963 Marriage Record being for our Anne aged 65+

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IMPORTANT FURTHER UPDATE AND APOLOGY !

Clearly havinbg a bad day here, despite my "reading" the earlier posts in this thread I didn't see this rather obvious clue, SORRY Gwenn !

The 1881 Census tells us that his wife Caroline and 3 children were in the Workhouse at Westbury on Severn:

Caroline CARPENTER Other M Female 28 Forest of Dean Domestic Servant
Mary Jane CARPENTER Other Female 4 Forest of Dean
Edwin John CARPENTER Other Male 2 Westbury on Severn
Rose Matilda CARPENTER Other Female 3 m Westbry on Severn

I cannot find his Birth record c1879 on FreeBMD, including searching "male Carpenter" etc.
Apart from confirming the above 1881 Census record, the usually helpful FamilySearch site doesn't give any more hard clues that I can find, apart from suggesting an "Edwin John Carpenter born England c1875" and his wife (not Annie) migrated to Canada in 1920.

Sorry for my confusion, busy day here, I'll try and revisit this again this evening.
J