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Sophia Edwards [Tester], daughter of Henry Tester, sawyer and Mary Tester [Heasman]
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Date
Type
Information
Source
 
1855
Born
In the Parish of East Grinstead, Sussex
1861 Census
East Grinstead, Sussex
 
2nd September 1876
Married
George Edwards, sawyer and baker at Holy Trinity Church in the Parish of Forest Row, Sussex
Forest Row Parish Registers
 
1877
Birth of a daughter
Edith Fanny in the Parish of Forest Row, Sussex
Forest Row Parish Registers
 
1879
Birth of a son
George in the Parish of Forest Row, Sussex
Forest Row Parish Registers
 
3rd April 1881
Census
At London Road in the Parish of East Grinstead, Sussex; Sophia Edwards, F, Wife, married, age 26, born East Grinstead
1881 Census
East Grinstead, Sussex
 
1882
Birth of a daughter
Elizabeth in the Parish of East Grinstead, Sussex
1891 Census
East Grinstead, Sussex
 
1884
Birth of a son
William in the Parish of Forest Row, Sussex
Forest Row Parish Registers
 
1886
Birth of a daughter
Florence in the Parish of Forest Row, Sussex
Forest Row Parish Registers
 
1889
Birth of a son
Henry Martin in the Parish of Forest Row, Sussex
Forest Row Parish Registers
 
5th April 1891
Census
At Forest Row in the Parish of East Grinstead, Sussex; Sopha Edwards, F, Wife, married, age 35, born East Grinstead, Sussex
1891 Census
East Grinstead, Sussex
 
1894
Died
Alan Beattie's records

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Descendent's report
Edwards, Edwardes, Edward family records
Tester, Testor, Teaster, Testa family records
The ancestral pedigree of Sophia Edwards [Tester]
  
 John Testerm: c 1795Mary 
 b: 1758
d: May 1824 East Grinstead, Sussex
bur: 27th May 1824 St Swithin Parish Church, East Grinstead, Sussex
  b: 1765 Sussex
d: Oct 1846 East Grinstead, Sussex
bur: 3rd Oct 1846 St Swithin Parish Church, East Grinstead, Sussex
 
  
   
 Hannah William William
 b: 1803 East Grinstead, Sussex
ch: 17th Apr 1803 St Swithin Parish Church
 b: 1805 East Grinstead, Sussex
ch: 20th Nov 1805 St Swithin Parish Church
 b: 1807 Forest Row, Sussex
ch: 18th Oct 1807 St Swithin Parish Church, East Grinstead, Sussex
d: 26th Oct 1884 East Grinstead, Sussex
bur: 29th Oct 1884 Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row, Sussex
     
Great-
Grandfather
record
   
   
   
1st marriageWilliam Tester
farm labourer
m: 28th Oct 1827 St Swithin Parish Church, East Grinstead, SussexLucy Kilner 
 b: 1807 Forest Row, Sussex
ch: 18th Oct 1807 St Swithin Parish Church, East Grinstead, Sussex
d: 26th Oct 1884 East Grinstead, Sussex
bur: 29th Oct 1884 Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row, Sussex
  b: 1805
d: 27th Jul 1839 East Grinstead, Sussex
bur: 2nd Aug 1840 St Swithin Parish Church, East Grinstead, Sussex
 
  
      
 Henry Mary Ann Phillis James Elizabeth
 b: 1827 East Grinstead, Sussex
d: Nov 1900 Forest Row, Sussex
bur: 22nd Nov 1900 Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row, Sussex
 b: 1829 Forest Row, Sussex
ch: 8th Feb 1829 St Swithin Parish Church, East Grinstead, Sussex
 b: 1831 Ashdown Forest, East Grinstead, Sussex
ch: 20th Mar 1831 St Swithin Parish Church
 b: 1833 East Grinstead, Sussex
ch: 14th Apr 1833 St Swithin Parish Church
 b: 1835 East Grinstead, Sussex
ch: 1st Feb 1835 St Swithin Parish Church
d: Oct 1849 East Grinstead, Sussex
bur: 30th Oct 1849 St Swithin Parish Church, East Grinstead, Sussex
 b: 1837 East Grinstead, Sussex
ch: 1st Feb 1837 St Swithin Parish Church
        
Grandfather
record
   
   
    
 Henry Tester
sawyer
m: 22nd Feb 1852 Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row, SussexMary Heasman 
 b: 1827 East Grinstead, Sussex
d: Nov 1900 Forest Row, Sussex
bur: 22nd Nov 1900 Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row, Sussex
  b: 1825 Forest Row, Sussex
ch: 13th Nov 1825 St Swithin Parish Church, East Grinstead, Sussex
 
  
    
 Elizabeth Sophia William Henry
 b: 1853 East Grinstead, Sussex b: 1855 East Grinstead, Sussex
d: 1894
 b: 1860 Forest Row, Sussex
ch: 23rd Mar 1877 Holy Trinity Church
 b: 1867 Forest Row, Sussex
       
Parental
record
   
   
    
1st marriageGeorge Edwards
sawyer and baker
m: 2nd Sep 1876 Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row, SussexSophia Tester 
 b: 1853 Forest Row, Sussex
ch: 14th Aug 1853 Holy Trinity Church
d: 1944
  b: 1855 East Grinstead, Sussex
d: 1894
 
  
      
 Edith Fanny George Elizabeth William Florence Henry Martin
 b: 1877 Forest Row, Sussex
ch: 2nd Dec 1877 Holy Trinity Church
 b: 1879 Forest Row, Sussex
ch: 4th May 1879 Holy Trinity Church
 b: 1882 East Grinstead, Sussex b: 1884 Forest Row, Sussex
ch: 25th May 1884 Holy Trinity Church
 b: 1886 Forest Row, Sussex
ch: 15th Aug 1886 Holy Trinity Church
 b: 1889 Forest Row, Sussex
ch: 27th Jan 1889 Holy Trinity Church
       
Family
record

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