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MOULES, Mary Edgoose
1876 - 1942 (66 years) Has 50 ancestors and 3 descendants in this family tree.
1841 - 1876 (34 years)-
Name MOULES, Mary Edgoose Birth 1876 West Walton, Norfolk, England 
Christening 9 Apr 1876 West Walton, Norfolk Gender Female Death 14 Feb 1942 Tilney St. Lawrence, Norfolk, England Person ID I1052 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father MOULES, Joseph, b. 2 Aug 1841, West Walton, Norfolk d. 1876, West Walton, Norfolk (Age 34 years) Relationship natural Mother EDGOOSE, Mary (Polly), b. 8 Oct 1842, West Walton, Norfolk d. 9 Apr 1934, Tilney St. Lawrence, Norfolk, England (Age 91 years) Relationship natural Marriage 27 Dec 1871 West Walton, Norfolk Family ID F227 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family BENNETT, Tom Henry, b. 1876, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire d. 1945, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 69 years) Marriage 1905 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire Children 1. BENNETT, Dorothy Mabel, b. 5 Mar 1907, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire d. 1992, St. Albans Registration District, Hertfordshire (Age 84 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. BENNETT, Tom Henry, b. 1910, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire d. 1910, Wisbech Registation District, Cambridgeshire (Age 0 years)3. BENNETT, Raymond Henry, b. 13 Nov 1915, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire d. 10 Dec 2005, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England (Age 90 years)Family ID F690 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Christening - 9 Apr 1876 - West Walton, Norfolk 
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MARY EDGOOSE MOULES 1876-1942
The birth of Mary Edgoose MOULES was registered in 1876.
(GRO March Q 1876 Wisbech 3b 643)
Joseph MOULES had married Mary (Polly) EDGOOSE at West Walton, Norfolk, on 27 December 1871.
Mary, daughter of Joseph MOWLES (sic), labourer, and Mary, was baptised at West Walton, Norfolk, on 9 April 1876.
(PR transcript)
At the time of the 1881 census she was living in Dam Road, West Walton:
Mary MOULES, daughter (head), aged 37, widow, born at West Walton;
Grace MOULES, granddaughter, aged 8, born at West Walton;
Patience MOULES, granddaughter, aged 6, born at West Walton;
*Mary MOULES, granddaughter, aged 5, born at West Walton;
William SMITH, servant, aged 14, farm servant, born at Walpole.
(RG11/1697/81/7)
From the 1891 census returns for Dam Road, West Walton:
Patience EDGOOSE, head, widow, aged 74, a farmer, born at West Walton;
Mary MOWLES (sic), daughter, widow, aged 49, born at West Walton;
Grace MOWLES, granddaughter, aged 18, schoolteacher, born at West Walton;
Patience MOWLES, granddaughter, aged 16, schoolteacher, born at West Walton;
*Mary MOWLES, granddaughter, aged 15, born at West Walton.
(RG12/1306/61/9)
From the 1901 census of New Field, Tilney St. Lawrence, Norfolk:
Patience EDGOOSE, head, widow, aged 84, farmer, employer, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
*Mary MOULES, daughter, widow, aged 58, farmer, employer, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Patience MOULES, granddaughter, single, aged 26, schoolmistress, at home, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Mary Moules, granddaughter, single, aged 26, at home, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Julia EDGOOSE, granddaughter, single, aged 24, living on own means, born at Walsoken, Norfolk.
(RG13/1558/87/5)
Mary Edgoose MOULES and Tom Henry BENNETT married in 1905.
(GRO March Q 1905 Wisbech 3b 799)
From the 1911 census of West Field, Tilney St. Lawrence, King's Lynn, Norfolk:
Tom Henry BENNETT, head, aged 34, married 6 years, 2 children of whom 1 living, grocer & baker, employer at home, born at Tilney St. Lawrence, Norfolk;
Mary E. BENNETT, wife, aged 35, assisting in the business, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
*Dorothy M. BENNETT, daughter, aged 4, born at Tilney St. Lawrence, Norfolk;
Ethel BUNTING, servant, aged 18, single, worker, born at Terrington St. John, Norfolk;
Robert G. HOWARD, servant, aged 15, single, worker, born at Tilney All Saints, Norfolk.
(RG14/9317)
From the 1939 Register of Tilney St. Lawrence, Marshland R. D., Norfolk:
Tom H. BENNETT, born on 23 October 1876, fruitgrower own account, married;
*Mary E. BENNET, born on 8 February 1876, unpaid domestic duties, married;
Dorothy M. BENNETT, born 5 March 1907, music teacher, single;
Robert NEWMAN, born 10 December 1862, roadman, retired, married;
Eliza H. NEWMAN, born 11 January 1863, unpaid domestic duties, unpaid domestic duties, married.
(RG101/6565E/010/16)
The death of a Mary E. BENNETT aged 66 was registered in 1942.
(GRO March Q 1942 King's L. [which includes Tilney St. Lawrence] 4b 677)
Mary Edgoose BENNETT of Tilney St. Lawrence, Norfolk, (wife of Thomas Henry BENNETT), died on 14 February 1942. Probate was granted at Norwich on 1 May to Dorothy Mabel BENNETT spinster. Effects amounted to £452 15s. 4d.
(National Probate Calendar 1942)
NOTES & QUERIES:
The child who died between 1905 and 1911 may have been Tom H. BENNETT who was born and died in the December quarter of 1910.
(Birth: GRO December Q 1910 Wisbech 3b 481)
(Death: GRO December Q 1910 Wisbech 3b 324 aged 0)
(revised 12.05.2017)