18 Aug 2023
Wife: Maud Alice Canham
Born: ABT 1883 in Cambridge Census: 1911 in Cambridge (see note 1) Father: Mother:
Husband: Charles Albert Edwards Married: 1907 in Cambridge 1 (see note 2)
Born: ABT 1879 in Ipswich, Suffolk Census: 1911 in Cambridge (see note 3) Occupation: 1911 Postman Died: 9 Apr 1917 in France 2 (see note 4) Father: Mother:
F Child 1: Elsie Maud Edwards Born: 15 May 1908 in Cambridge 1,3 (see note 5) Census: 1911 in Cambridge (see note 6) Resided: 1934 - 1936 at 14 Barrow Road, Trumpington 4 Resided: 1939 in Cambridge 3 Died: 2001 in Cambridge 5 (see note 7) Husband: Frederick George Capon b. 19 Oct 1911 d. 1942 Married: 25 Jul 1936 in Trumpington 1 (see note 8)
F Child 2: Winifred Joyce Edwards Born: 15 Apr 1916 in Cambridge 1,3 (see note 9) Resided: 1937 - 1939 at 14 Barrow Road, Trumpington 4,3 Occupation: 1939 Domestic Servant Died: 2014 in Cambridge 6 (see note 10) Husband: Kenneth Walter Paige b. 22 Feb 1919 d. 1998 Married: 1940 in Cambridge 1 (see note 11)
Sources: (1) FreeBMD website. (2) Commonwealth War Graves Commission website. (3) 1939 Register. (4) Electoral Register. (5) Index on ancestry.co.uk. (6) Obituary.
Event Notes Note (1) Age 27, born Cambridge, with husband Charles Edwards, two children and her brother Albert Canham Note (2) Sep 1907 Cambridge 3b 1063 Note (3) Age 31, born Ipswich. Town Postman, with wife Maud and two children Note (4) Private EDWARDS, CHARLES ALBERT Service Number 40657 Died 09/04/1917 7th Bn. Norfolk Regiment Commemorated on Cambridge Post Office war memorial: 7th Norfolks Note (5) Jun 1908 Cambridge 3b 446 Note (6) Age 2, born Cambridge, with family Note (7) Jan 2001 Cambridge born 15 May 1908. Registered as both Capon and Lee Note (8) Sep 1936 Cambridge 3b 1613 Jul 25 CAPON Frederick George 24 bac butcher of S Lukes Chesterton son of Charles Jermyn postman EDWARDS Elsie Maud 27 sp [blank] otp dau of Charles Albert postman by banns wits: Wm STERN, Edith M CAPON Note (9) Jun 1916 Cambridge 3b 804 mothers surname Canham Note (10) From https://cambsnarpo.co.uk/index.php/obituaries/74-obitua ries-2014/283-death-of-police-widow-winifred-joyce-paige-98yrs: It is with regret that I report the death of Winifred Joyce PAIGE aged 98years . Mrs PAIGE was the widow of former Sergeant 12 Kenneth Walter PAIGE, formerly of Cambridge City police and passed away peacefully at her home in Cambridge on 18th May 2014 Note (11) Sep 1940 Cambridge 3b 1915 Copyright © Trumpington Local History Group 2023 Email TLHG Return to TLHG introduction page Name Index