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It would be in your best interest to purchase a copy of his first marriage cert.

It will tell you how old he was when he married, where he was living at the time and the name and occupation of his father. The witnesses might be family members to.

You might then be able to find him on the 1911 census.

Thanks PricklyHolly, I was aware of that, ... EDWARD GARDNER isn't related to me, I am asking on behalf of an elderly gent in Australia, who contacted me asking for help with his grandfathers military record ... our conversation has since progressed, and the old man would like to find out more. I thought I would ask here on Genes - was hoping someone might have Watford Parish marriage records on CD before emailing the old gentleman and asking him to part with his money to buy a marriage certificate.
Thanks anyway.

Lin.

So you know Edith's DOB then ?

Can you post it for reference please?

SWB Record (Ancestry) states age 35.

Chris :)

Silver War Badge Roll Transcription (Find My Past)
First name(s) Edward
Last name Gardner
Service number 44671
Rank Private
Badge number B68728
Enlistment date 11-Nov-1915
Discharge date 23-Dec-1918
Unit from which discharged Essex. Regt.
Cause of discharge Army Order VI Dated 14th Sept. 1918 2 (a) King's Regulation 392 (xvi)
Whether served overseas Yes
Badge date of issue 18-Jan-1919
Age on discharge 35
Record set Silver War Badge Roll 1914-1920
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Record collection First World War
Collections from Great Britain


Births Dec 1872 (>99%)
GARDNER Edward Leighton B. 3b 427
(a possible)

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

Mike, No, I do not have Edith Culverhouse's DOB, the gentleman did not pass on any Culverhouse information, his interest lies in his grandfather. He knows absolutely nothing about his grandfather, other than the fact that he was awarded a WWI medal and that he married his grandmother, Edith Culverhouse in 1928.

Lin.

Chris Ho,

That's brilliant info, thank you.

But, if EDWARD GARDNER was discharged in 1918 aged 35, surely that makes his birth year 1883?

Lin.

(Oops!, apologies)

Chris :)

Chris... :-D

I totally accept the age given at discharge, 35. as recorded in the Medal Roll, which means that I am wrong with the death I had found in the deaths index for EDWARD GARDNER in 1958.

The gentleman in Australia is Edward Gardner's grandson, he has given me the date 14th Jan 1958 as Edward's death. No age mentioned.

Since EDWARD GARDNER appears to have been born in c 1883, it's back to the drawingboard! :-S to find his death...

Lin.

:-(

Edith Emily Culverhouse 7/6/1889 died 1980 Watford.
She married Arthur J Culverhouse 1922 and Edward Gardner 1928

Edward Gardner O/N/d 1883 Watford 3a 513


Maryb.

Thank you Mary. The gentleman probably already has that info, but I shall pass it on ... he told me that his family have traced the Culverhouse family line way back to the 1600's. It is his grandfathers side of the family, the Gardner's, that he knows nothing about. No one spoke about his grandfathers family, and he is wondering why? Why was there such a secret?

Lin.

I have an EDWARD GARDNER on the 1891 census aged 7.

Piece:1121
Folio:94
Page Number:22


Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England
Civil Parish: Rickmansworth
Ecclesiastical parish: All Saints
Town: Croxley Green
County/Island: Hertfordshire

Rickmansworth does fall under the Watford registration district.
Possible, what do you think?

Lin.

Absent voters/Aut 1918/Watford division/H/p10
Autumn 1918
Edward Gardner
Cassiobury

Absent voters/Spr 1919/Watford division/N/p1
Edward Gardner
Rickmansworth Urban (except Croxley Green Ecclesiastical Parish)
Spring 1919
Copy Price £6.00


Absent voters: From 1918 separate registers were kept of anyone who had applied to vote by post or proxy. The majority of entries are for members of the armed forces, and the registers give their regiment, ship etc. as well as their rank and number. 1918-1931 (missing St Albans and Hitchin divisions for 1923, and all divisions except St Albans for 1929)


http://www.hertsdirect.org/services/leisculture/heritage1/hals/indexes/

(could be one above, Names Online on link)

Chris :)

(But, to be sure of more facts, Marriage Cert. needed, no point spoiling Family Tree guessing!)

Thank you so much Chris, That looks good, it looks like I have found the elusive Edward Gardner . Your help has been fantastic, I think things are beginning to fall into place now. I will advise that the gentleman purchase a marriage certificate, so that we know that there can be no mistake. It's a shame that EDWARD'S military service record did not survive as that would have answered so many questions, still, I think, thanks to your help, that we are now on the right track.

Many many thanks.

Lin. :-D :-D

? birth

Name:Edward Gardner
Registration Year:1883
Registration Quarter Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration district:Watford
Parishes for this Registration District:
View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County:Hertfordshire
Volume:3a
Page:513

Thank you for the info Jansmith. Much appreciated.

Regards.
Lin.