18 Aug 2023                   
                Wife: Edith Mary Elsie Stanley    
                Born:  2 Sep 1895          in Staffordshire  1,2 (see note 1)
             Resided: 1939                 in Devon  1
              Father:
              Mother:
             Husband: Donald Luther Edwards     
             Married: 1919                 in Staffordshire  3 (see note 2)
                Born: 11 Jan 1894          in Peterborough  3,1 (see note 3)
              Census: 1911                 at Penwith, 172 Hills Road, Trumpington   (see note 4)
          Occupation: 1911                 Student  
             Resided: 1939                 in Devon  1
          Occupation: 1939                 Astronomer  1
          Occupation:                      Director of Norman Lockyer Observatory, University of Exeter   (see note 5)
                Died: 1956                 in Devon  4 (see note 6)
              Father: Cephas Luther Edwards   (1860 - 1933) 
              Mother: Automella Sargent   (1858 - 1934) 

Sources:
(1) 1939 Register. 
(2) GRO index. 
(3) FreeBMD website. 
(4) Index on ancestry.co.uk. 


Event Notes
Note (1) Sep 1895 West Bromwich 6b 932   mothers surname Alcock
Note (2) Sep 1919 West Bromwich 6b 2047
Note (3) Mar 1894 Peterborough 3b 244a
Note (4) Age 17, born Fletton, with family.  Student
Note (5) See http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1957MNRAS.117..252.
Note (6) Sep 1956 Honiton 7a 375   age 62

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