Mary Ann Edwards, Caldecote, Cambridgeshire

FreeREG's latest update to the parish records of Caldecote finally solved a small doubt in my notes.  I knew that there were two Mary Ann Edwards' deaths registered in the same area and round about the same time.

There they were!  In the latest transcription update to the parish registers for St Michael & All Angels, Caldecote, Cambridge were two Mary Ann Edwards who were buried.  One in 1902, one in 1903.  Now just to check further to work out which one was "mine".

The 1901 Census had Mary Ann Edwards living in Bourn, with her daughter Mary, her son-in-law and her grandchildren.  On that Census it said she'd been born in Kingston, Cambridgeshire (just 1-2 miles up the road - she never went far!).

The FreeREG transcription of the parish registers for St Michael & All Angels had two to choose from - and it was an easy choice:

• Mary Ann Edwards, buried 31 July 1902, aged 38, living in Luton
• Mary Ann Edwards, buried 19 November 1903, aged 84, living in Bourn.

That's the one then! The burial in 1903.  Aged 84, that longevity gene's been passed further down the female line!  I think I might miss out on it though as I've definitely got more of dad's features and characteristics :(

I wonder who the other one was then.  I'll probably find out at some point.... she must be on the tree somewhere with that surname!  My first guess is that she's the Mary Ann Badcock that married Richard Alfred Edwards in 1887, based purely on a name/age/location match.  Off to update the tree with that thought! It looks a good match.