Sarah was widowed by 1901 and they are together on 1891 census in Wolverhampton
Edward age 81 (1810) Sedgley , so his death sometime between 1891 – 1901
This might be his death entry
Mar 1898 Wolverhampton 6b 380
Edward SPOONER age 88 (1810)
Yes, that's very probably his death. (That 1898 death reg was in the timeline on my opening post.)
I suppose 25th Dec 1809 is very nearly 1810... but I'd want to rule out the possibility that 1809-Edward hadn't died and the name been reused, first. Transcriptions of the Sedgley records online are very patchy. I don't have any other evidence that Edward's father was called Richard. I may have to see if I can get hold of the film of the Sedgley PRs.
Looking again at the mysterious Harriet LOYNEL living near Richard Spooner in 1851.
They are all in Church Lane which is at most ½ mile from where Harriet's future husband Felix CORR was living in 1851 (he was at St James' Square, which has now disappeared under the Bilston Island roundabout). By the time of their marriage 20 months after the census, they were recorded as living at Stafford Street (Edward+Ann's residence) and Berry Street, respectively.