Edward Lancaster b 1836

[terra]

Ralph... found this on

http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl

Births Dec 1876   
LANCASTER     Lilian Grace        Maidstone    2a/671

Have pm'd the births in Australia.

terra

[sparrett]

Hello Ralph,
After reading the Will of Edward Lancaster mentioned by Leanne

are you sure he stayed in Kent and didn't return to Australia?, or maybe this is another relative.
as there is this entry  on the Pre-Release Wills and Probate site for Victoria.

Edward Lancaster   Inn-Keeper Castlemaine 26 Nov 1875

I am struck by the co-incidence of name contained..... he left all his estate to his WIFE MARY ANN. He asks for her guardianship of their children whom he does not name.

Now it looks to me like some angles here need a rethink.
If he is the son of your Edward as you say, then even if he was the firstborn.... in say 1859, he is too young to be the father of plural children when he dies in 1875.
Sue

[sparrett]

By the way, the EDWARD of the  Will, gives his birth place as Lancashire UK.

LANCASTER   EDW   5   NORFOLK   SEP   1866   LONDON   SEP

I see Terra has given the birhdate of the son EDWARD.

So, way too young to be the Edward of the WILL.
Sue

[trish251]

Interesting Sue

This may be the corresponding death record

Edward Lancaster died 1875 father Thomas mother Mary Banks born Lanc ref 12624 age 49, so older and different parents as from Ralph -  if I have the right death

b. c 1826

Trish

[trish251]

Ralph

Could there be a mixup between two Edward Lancasters? Do you have the 1858 marriage certificate - does it give parent names? This certificate, or the 1875 death may provide some extra information.

I'll have a look for an Edward born 1816 in Lancashire - no doubt there will be many!

Trish

[terra]

There is only one death on the Vic indexes for an Edward LANCASTER in 1875 and there is a marriage in 1863 for an Edward to a Mary GIBLETT. 

The census information, as Ralph mentioned, agrees with his ancestors notes.  Mary Ann CHAMBERS is noted on the census as born in Maidstone, Kent, perhaps the reason they returned there and then back to Edward's place of birth by the 1891 census. The chn born in Australia are noted on the various census as such.   A****y 1871 census details their place of birth as United States but scan shows Australia.

terra

[trish251]

There is an 1841 census record for an Edward Lancaster of the age with parents Thomas & Mary, may well be this Edward,  Sue.

They lived in Blackburn and father Thomas was a farmer - most of the children were weavers. Could be a red herring if it is the 1863 couple as listed by Terra

Trish

[terra]

Finally my Grandmother's note say Edward was the Tenant of the Rising Sun in Maidstone, and another note says that his Father Edward Lancaster b 1811 was married to Mary Brindley (the note adds she is a relative of James Brindley the Victorian Engineer and Canal Builder).

The names of Edward's parents.

terra

edit  Perhaps this is the Edward T that Ralph was referring to

Edward Thomas LANCASTER with father Edward and Mary Ann CHAMBERS died at Heidelberg in 1929 aged 68 years.  Ref no 9949

Removed the  bold to emphasize the parents names at is seems to have caused offence when none was intended.

[trish251]

Thank you for the highlighting Terra -  it seems my reading ability has been questioned before by another poster in a similar fashion  - I did make the following comment

so older and different parents as from Ralph -  if I have the right death

I tend to follow all and any path to double check that the correct person has been found.

Trish