Edith Browne

Edith Stafford Browne

Born: 20 October 1858, Caistor 

Baptised: 19 May 1859, Grimsby 

Father: Walter Lord Browne (b. 1830)

Mother: Emma Browne (b. 1828)

Brothers: Neville D Browne (b. 1860), Harold Browne (b. 1863), Julian Browne (b. 1865)

Sisters: Emily Browne (b. 1862), Evelyn Browne (b. 1867), Ethel A Browne (b. 1869)

Marriage:        19 December 1885, Lambert  

Husband:         Morton Willey

                        b. 1856

                        Schoolmaster 

Issue – 

#1 Emily Mary Willey (b. 1887)

#2 Geoffrey Morton Willey (b. 1898)

#3 Kenneth Morton Willey (b. 1904)

In 1861 – 

She is at Bar Gate, Grimsby. Her father is listed as ‘Schoolmaster’. Edith, her mother, her brother, Neville, and her cousins, Helen Browne (b. 1844) and Sydney Browne (b. 1849), are unlisted. 

In 1891 – 

She is at Tyrell Road, Camberwell. Edith and her husband are listed as ‘Assistant Teacher Ely School’. 

In 04/99 – 

Address is 45 Tyrell Road, East Dulwich, S.E.

In 1901 – 

She is at 46 North Cross Road, Camberwell. Her husband is listed as ‘Schoolmaster Head’. Edith is listed as ‘Assistant Schoolmistress’. Her daughter, Emily, is unlisted. There is a servant, Lilian M Kernick (b. 1873).

In 1911 – 

She is at 46 Northcross Road, East Dulwich. Her husband is listed as ‘Head Teacher’. Edith is listed as ‘Assistant Teacher’. Her sons, Geoffrey and Kenneth, are unlisted. There is a servant, Dorothy Simmons (b. 1891).

In 1921 – 

She is at 31 St. Augustine Avenue, Grimsby. Her husband is listed as ‘Property Owner Retired’. Edith is unlisted.

d.         8 August 1932, Grimsby 

WILLEY, Edith Stafford of 31 St. Augustine Avenue, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, widow died 08 August 1932. Probate Lincoln 27 September to Emily Mary Willey, spinster. Effects £4069, 3s, 6d.