Edwards Family of Monmouth
First Generation
Charles Edwards of Earleswood Monmouth born c 1847/55
died 22nd September 1920 Mamilhad Pontypool – occupation Platelayer
m Margaret Jones 17th September 1876 at Bethany Baptist Chapel Abergavenny
(b 20 June 1855 Garaway Hereford)
Children
William Charles Edwards born Llantillio Pertholey 9 Jan 1877
James Edward Edwards born Llantillio Pertholey 9 Aug 1878
Louisa Edwards born Llantillio Pertholey 10 March 1879
m Edward Jones
Rosina Emily Edwards born Llantillio Pertholey 31 Dec 1881
m Fredrick Tucker
Margaret Annie Edwards born Llantillio Pertholey 17 Jan 1884
m William Stainforth
Thomas Lydney Edwards Llantillio Pertholey born 27 April 1886
Edith Elizabeth Edwards born Llantillio Pertholey 4 July 1888
d 13 April 1889
Emma Beatrice Edwards born Llantillio Pertholey 27 Feb 1890
m Harry Williams
Lily Maud Edwards born Llantillio Pertholey 18 July 1893
m Thomas Lock
Reginald George Edwards born Llantillio Pertholey 20 Nov 1894
d Mamhilhad 21 April 1910
Hilda Gertrude Edwards born Mamhilhad 12 May 1898
m George Morgan
Rachel Lewis (adopted) born Mamhilhad 21 Oct 1901
m Jack Newton
Second generation
William Charles Edwards of Llantillio Pertholey Monmouth born 9 Jan 1877 died Hereford June 1942 – occupation Blacksmith
m Annie Elizabeth Jones 2 April 1899 St Martins Church Hereford
(born Hereford c 1875 died Hereford c 1967)
Children
James William Edwards
Reginald Edwards
Third Generation
James William Edwards of St Martins Hereford born 24 Jan 1900 died Tenby Pembrokeshire 4 Oct 1981
Rooke Family of Hereford
first generation
James Rooke of Lower Bullingham,Hereford stone mason employing 1 man & 1 boy
(c1811 Much Birch )
m. Mary Ann Addis (born c1815 Monmouthshire) 1835 Bullingham
Bullingham
Marriage Register
1835 May
28th James Rooke (x) of this parish & Mary Ann Addis (s) of this
parish married by banns witnesses James Cooke (s) Eliza Marchan (x) Samuel
Cooke (s)
children
c1836 Mary Rooke (Much Birch)
c1838 Alvina Rooke (Much Birch)
c1842 James Rooke (Lower Bullingham) [m. Mary Ann Townsend 1862 Hereford St Martins]
c1844 Ellen Rooke (Lower Bullingham
c1848 John Rooke (Lower Bullingham)
c1850 Joseph Rooke (Lower Bullingham)
second generation
James Rooke of Much Birch, occupation mason
Hereford
St Martins Register
16th
October 1842 James son of James & Mary Anne Rooke Dinedor Cross stonemason
(1842 Lower Bullingham)
m. Mary Ann Townsend (born c1843 Lower Bullingham) 1862
Hereford St Martins
Hereford St Martins Marriage Register
14 August 1862 James Rook (signed as James Rook) full age bachelor mason Lower Bullingham
Father: James Rook mason
Mary Ann Townsend (s) full age spinster -- Lower Bullingham
Father:
Jonathan Townsend labourer Witnesses:
Richard Bethell (s) & Alvina Rook (s)
children
c1862 Charles Rooke (Lower Bullingham)
c1865 James W. Rooke (Much Birch)
23 May 1866 Harriet Rooke (Little Dewchurch)
c1871 Julia A. Rooke (Much Birch)
2 Feb 1866 Agness F. Rooke (Much Birch)
c1875 Mary A. Rooke (Much Birch)
c1880 John Rooke (Much Birch)
c1882 Thomas George Rooke (Muchbirch)
Third
generation
Thomas Rooke born c1882 died 22nd
August 1933 occupation Licencee
Much
Birch Baptism Register
7th
June 1882 Thomas George son of James and Mary Rook of Aconbury Hill Much
Birch Labourer
m Helen Clara Cole Totnes, in the county of Devon on the 18/4/1902
children
29 June 1902 - Thomas Joseph Rooke
12 Jan 1903 - Mona Rooke
10 Jan 1905 - Agnes Louise Rooke died 27/5/1952)
18 Mar 1906 - Edgar George Rooke
17 June 1907 - Robert James Rooke
2 Sep 1909 - Irene Rooke born
2 Sep
1909 - Beryl May Rooke
Fourth
Generation
Beryl May Rooke of Dinedor Hereford 2/9/1909 died Tenby Pembrokeshire died 4
August 1975
m James William Edwards at Hereford
register office on the 25/1/1933