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William Frederick Edwards 1853 – 1931 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 05 Oct 1853

Birth Location: Somerton, Oxfordshire, , England

Death Date: 16 Jan 1931

Death Location: Grant, Perkins, Nebraska, USA

Father: George Edwards

Mother: Mary Wagland

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Children(s):

It was in 1853 that William Frederick Edwards was born in Somerton, Oxfordshire, , England, a child of George Edwards and Mary Elizabeth Wagland. William Frederick Edwards was deceased by 1931 in Grant, Perkins, Nebraska, USA.

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George Edwards
1808 – 1894
Birth Location: Langport, South Somerset District, Somerset, England
GE
Mary Wagland
1819 – 1885
Birth Location: Babcary, Somerset, England
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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 05 Oct 1853
    Event Place: Somerton, Oxfordshire, , England
    Record Source: 1851 England Census, 1860 United States Federal Census, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Rio, Knox, Illinois; Roll: M653_195; Page: 564; Family History Library Fi, Class: HO107; Piece: 1971; Folio: 107; Page: 49; GSU roll: 87371

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1851
    Event Place: Winchcomb, Winchcomb, Gloucestershire, England
    Record Source: 1851 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 1971; Folio: 107; Page: 49; GSU roll: 87371

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1860
    Event Place: Rio, N Prairie, Knox, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Rio, Knox, Illinois; Roll: M653_195; Page: 564; Family History Library Fi

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 16 Jan 1931
    Event Place: Grant, Perkins, Nebraska, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Grant, Perkins County, Nebraska, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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