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WADE, Emily Jane
1882 - 1923 (40 years) Has 33 ancestors and 2 descendants in this family tree.
1858 - 1882 (24 years)-
Name WADE, Emily Jane Birth 2 May 1882 Leicester, Leicestershire 
Gender Female Death 1923 Hendon Registration District, Middlesex Person ID I4285 Edgoose Last Modified 2 Feb 2026
Father WADE, William, b. 1858, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England d. 20 May 1882, Leicester, Leicestershire (Age 24 years) Mother LANCELY, Mary Jane, b. 1849, Chester, Cheshire d. 1922, Leicester, Leicestershire (Age 73 years) Marriage 1879 Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire Family ID F142 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family ARMSTRONG, Robert, b. Between 1885 and 1886, Dublin, Ireland d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 1906 Ormskirk, Lancashire, England Children 1. ARMSTRONG, Emily Winifred, b. 15 Jun 1907, Southport, Lancashire, England d. Yes, date unknown2. ARMSTRONG, Robert Alfred, b. 1908, Southport, Lancashire, England d. 1987, Lancaster, Lancashire, England (Age 79 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F1909 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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EMILY JANE ARMSTRONG nee WADE 1882-1923
Emily Jane WADE was born at 4 Castle Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, on 2 May 1882, daughter of William WADE deceased and Mary Jane WADE formerly PACKER. William WADE's former occupation had been a shoe clicker.
(GRO certificate June Q 1882 Leicester 7a 290)
According to his death certicate William WADE died at 4 Castle Street, Leicester, on 20 May 1882 aged 24, between the birth of Emily Jane on 2 May and the registration of that birth on 10 June. Hence he was alive when she was born but dead by the time the birth was registered.
The 1891 census of 1B Mill Lane, Newarke, Leicester:
Mary J. WADE, head, aged 34, upholsteress, born at Liverpool;
Louisa PACKER, daughter, aged 18, upholstress, born at Birmingham;
William D. PACKER, son, aged 16, printer engraver, born at Birmingham;
Alfred W. WADE, son, aged 12, scholar, born at Birmingham;
*Emily J. WADE, daughter, aged 8, scholar, born at Leicester.
(RG12/2542/117/1)
The 1901 census of 44 Grasmere Street, Leicester St. Mary:
William CLARKE, head, aged 50, tailor's porter, born at Worcester, Worcestershire;
Mary J. CLARKE, wife, aged 50, upholsteress, born at Chester, Cheshire;
William PACKER, stepson, aged 26, baker bread, born at Birmingham;
*Emily WADE, stepdaughter, aged 19, uphosteress, born at Leicester, Leicestershire;
Rachel MONK, boarder, aged 18, born at Medbourne, Northamptonshire.
(RG13/3005/91/42)
An Emily Jane WADE married a Robert ARMSTRONG in 1906.
(GRO December Q 1906 Ormskirk 8b 1254)
Jemima WADE nee EDGOOSE died in the Evington Poor Law Infirmary at Billesdon, Leicestershire, on 21 September 1909 aged 88. Her grandaughter Emily ARMSTRONG of 107 Wennington Road, Southport, informed the registrar.
(GRO September Q 1909 Billesdon 07A 20)
From the 1911 census of 107 Wennington Road, Southport, Lancashire:
Robert ARMSTRONG, head, aged 25, cabinet maker, born in Dublin, Ireland;
*Emily ARMSTRONG, wife, married 4 years, aged 27, born in Leicester, Leicestershire;
Emily Winnifred (sic) ARMSTRONG, daughter, aged 3, born at Southport, Lancashire;
Robert ARMSTRONG, son, aged 1 year, born at Southport, Lancashire.
(RG14PN22910/RG78PN1340B/RD457/SD6/ED44/SN94)
The death of an Emily Jane ARMSTRONG aged 40 was registered in 1923.
(GRO June Q 1923 Hendon 3a 311)
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