Edwin Kipling

Edwin was the son of Joseph and Ann Kipling (nee Trown). Both his parents were born in Everton, Nottinghamshire, Joseph in 1842 and Ann, the daughter of Wiliam and Elizabeth Trown, in 1844. Joseph and Ann were married at Everton Holy Trinity in 1864 and had nine children. Eight of their children were born in Everton and baptised at the parish church of Holy Trinity but the second child, George, was born in Lound and no baptismal record has yet been traced. William b. 1864, George b. 1867, Francis b. 1869, Henry b. 1872, Joseph b. 1874, Charles b. 1876, Frederick (Fred) b. 1877, Edwin b. 1881 and Anne Elizabeth b. 1883. In 1871 Joseph (28), an agricultural labourer, and Ann (26) were living in Stone Hill Cottages, Everton, with their three children William (6), George (3) and Francis (1). By 1881 the eldest son William had left home leaving only George, Francis, Henry, Joseph, Charles and Frederick at home. Edwin was born later that year and the only daughter, Anne, two years later. By 1901 Joseph, described on the census as a cottage farmer, and Ann were living on Harwell Lane, Everton. All their children had left home by 1901: William has not yet been traced on the 1901 census but had married Mary Kendall at Holy Trinity in 1896. George, a carter, had married Jane Ann Wraith in Ardsley, Yorkshire, in 1895 and they were living in Yorkshire. Francis, a horseman on a farm, had married Ann Elizabeth Fisher in 1892 and they were living in Styrrup with their two sons. Henry, a horseman on a farm, had married Elizabeth Stockdale in 1896 and they and their son were living in Blyth. Joseph was a farm servant and one of three farm servants living at Marr Hall, Marr, Doncaster, with the farm foreman and his wife. Charles was a farm servant and living with a married couple in Torworth. Frederick was a wagoner and living in Scorton, near Worksop, with Arthur Simpson, a farmer, and his wife. Edwin, a coal carter, was living with a married couple in Rawmarsh, Yorkshire. Anne Elizabeth was a housemaid in Hampstead, London, in the household of Henry Metcalfe, a solicitor, and his two unmarried sisters who were all born in Everton. In 1911 Edwin was working as a forge labourer and living with his cousin George Aston and his wife on Church Street, Rawmarsh near Rotherham. A newspaper report of Edwin's death in 1917 gave his address as Home Farm, Serlby. He was probably living with his married brother Francis who in 1911 was a farm bailiff living at Home Farm, Serlby. His parents Joseph and Ann probably lived in Everton for the remainder of their lives and were certainly living there in 1917 when their son Edwin was killed. Joseph died in 1925 (O/N/D East Retford) and Ann may have died in 1929 (J/F/M Sheffield).