Edith Margaret Anson

[Gibel]

What was your grandmother's name and where and when was she born?

[chempat]

Gibel,
A tree on Ancestry has Edith's SON as Gordon Kitchener Perry, and free bmd as Gordon K Anson mmn Anson born in Kidderminster in 1915.

[garstonite]

Intrigued by this post - my mother was born in 1927 in Garston ,South Liverpool - she was one of 10 children all born Garston Liverpool - her dad was Reginald Percival Anson - he was born in Welshpool -
contact me if you find any connection to Garston Anson family - my Uncle Reg is still alive ( mums brother ) in his 90's - I will ring him to see if we had an Edith Anson in the fold .
Hawarden Avenue is 4 miles from Garston - I don't know exact years without checking my tree - but here is the family
Reginald Percival Anson b 1899 - wife Martha ( Ellis ) Anson - children - all born Garston,Liverpool South
Martha - Elsie - Irene - Gladys - Edna - Enid ( my mum ) Reginald - Edwin - Dorothy - Margaret

 

[chempat]

A tree on Ancestry has Reginald Percy Anson born as Reginald Percy Roberts in 1898 in Welshpool.

But do they mean this birth?

Births December quarter 1897 
Reginald Percy Roberts  Forden   

[garstonite]

A tree on Ancestry has Reginald Percy Anson born as Reginald Percy Roberts in 1898 in Welshpool.

But do they mean this birth?

Births December quarter 1897 
Reginald Percy Roberts  Forden

yes Chempat - that is my granddad - strange that all his brothers were Roberts all their lives - he was born Roberts but named Anson all his life and died as Anson - I wonder whose that tree is - even more intrigued now ...Forden is 5 miles from Welshpool - he grew up in Astley ,Shropshire 5 miles from Shrewsbury and came to Garston as a teenager ....his mother was born in Astley as Martha Adams 1865 - so no Anson connection there

[chempat]

His brothers?

Rupert Wilfred Anson mmn Roberts  1908 West Derby

Ronald Alfred Roberts  mmn Adams  1903    Forden

Added:
Martha's first marriage?
Marriages March quarter 1885 
Martha Adams                 Forden  11b  238
Matthew John Roberts      Forden  11b  238

Children?
Richard William Roberts  mmn Adams  1886  Forden
Robert Arthur Roberts  mmn Adams  1888 Forden

These sons under second names and surname together, with no parents (though specified as sons) in 1901 census.

[garstonite]

Mathew Roberts was jailed for Bigamy - and when he came out of prison he came to Garston and Martha took nhim back - thyere were also twins - the first 2 born to Mathew and Martha...but only Reginald Percival was known as Anson - I am presuming he was born when Mathew was in jail ??

[Maiden Stone]

My 1st thought was that Edith's boyfriend was killed in WW1. She was one of hundreds of thousands of  "spare women" whose potential husbands had perished in the war.

[Lotus004]

Thanks for the replys, Im unsure how to reply to each of you Edith Margaret Anson was born 1890/1891 Stonehouse, Devon. Her Father was Edmund/Edwin Anson and mother was Mary A Hawking. Her son by Charles Perry was Gordon Kitchener Anson then he took on the surname of Perry. Edith worked at Lickhill Manor as a chambermaid and also the Queens Hotel in Cheltenham as a chambermaid, then Im presuming a hotel in Liverpool and she died in Liverpool on 23rd April 1961 as a Spinster. her siblings were Charles / Kathleen / Henry / Steven Lennox / Thomas/ Sarah.  I cannot find a photo of this lady (my Great Grand Mother) thou, sadly it was all kept very quiet of who she was.