Edith Agnes Guy

1889-1908

Edith was born in Shrivenham, Berkshire, the daughter of Thomas William and Alice Maude Mary Guy (nee Oakford) who were married on the 21^st March 1885 at St Peter, Devizes, Wiltshire.

Her father Thomas William was born in 1864 in Reading, Berkshire, the son of William and Sarah Dawson Guy (nee Richards) who were married on the 29^th January 1854 at St John, Paddington.

Her mother Alice Maude Mary was baptised on the 21^st July 1861 in Southbroom with Bishops Canning, Wiltshire, the daughter of George and Anne Oakford (nee Gay) who were married on the 21^st October 1854 at Southbroom in the Chapel of St James, Wiltshire (as George Edward and Ann).

Thomas William and Alice Maude Mary also had the following children:

Florence Gertrude 1885 in Winchester

Emily Dawson 1887 in Shrivenham

William Thomas c1892 in Devizes (aka Thomas William)

Ellen Beatrice c1895 in Compton Berkshire

May Ethel c1898 in Moreton Berkshire

Ernest George 1901 in Faringdon 

The 1891 census records Edith (1) living at 22 Wharf Hill, Winchester, Hampshire with her father Thomas (26), a Railway Goods Checker, her mother Alice (29) and her sisters Florence (5) and Emily (3).

In 1901 Edith (11) was living in Lechlade Road, Faringdon, Berkshire with her parents and siblings Florence (15), Emily (3), Thomas (9), Ellen (6) and May (3). (Surname recorded as Guel on ancestry)

By 1908 the family were living in Jubilee Road, Newbury, Berkshire.

Edith Agnes died aged 19 on the 4^th November 1908, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 7^th November.

The 1911 census records Thomas (47), a Railway Shunter, Alice (48), Emily (24), a Laundry Assistant, William Thomas (19), Iron Moulder (Foundry), Helen Beatrice (16) (Ellen), a Drapery Shop Assistant, May Ethel (13), Ernest George (9) and a boarder, John Davis (26), a Railway Clerk, living at 2 Alpha Cottages, Jubilee Road, Newbury.

Alice Maude Mary Guy died aged 73 in 1934, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 15^th September

The 1939 register records Thomas as Retire Railway Servant, living in Rotherstone, Devizes, Wiltshire.

Thomas William Guy died aged 75 in 1940 in Devizes District Hospital, his body was brought to Newbury and he as laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 27^th May.

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