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EDGOOSE, John William
1912 - 1990 (78 years) Has 31 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1893 - 1983 (89 years)-
Name EDGOOSE, John William Birth 28 Apr 1912 Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire 
Gender Male Death 2 Oct 1990 Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire Person ID I652 Edgoose Last Modified 22 Apr 2026
Father EDGOOSE, James, b. 17 Sep 1883, Kirton, Lincolnshire d. 2 Feb 1937, Gosberton, Lincolnshire, England (Age 53 years) Mother LAMBLEY, Daisy, b. 4 Apr 1893, Heckington, Lincolnshire, England d. 1983, Spalding Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 89 years) Marriage 17 Jan 1912 Kirton In Holland, Lincolnshire Family ID F458 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family REED, Phyllis Mabel, b. 16 May 1912, Spalding Registration District, Lincolnshire d. 1999, Spalding Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 86 years) Marriage 31 Jan 1938 Quadring, Lincolnshire, England Family ID F483 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Biographies 
EDGOOSE, John William (1912-1990)
John William EDGOOSE was born at Kirton, Lincolnshire, on 28 April 1912, son of James Edgoose, a journeyman blacksmith and his wife Daisy Edgoose formerly Lambley. The informant on 7 June 1912 was his father J. Edgoose of Kirton, Lincolnshire.
(GRO June Q 1912 [LAMBLEY] Boston 07A 769)
James EDGOOSE had married Daisy LAMBLEY at Kirton-in-Holland, Lincolnshire in 1912.
(GRO March Q 1912 [LAMBLEY] Boston 7a 539]
A John William EDGOOSE of 9, Eccleston Square, Westminster, London SW1, was on the electoral roll there in 1935.
MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
WHO: John William EDGOOSE (1912-1990) and Phyllis Mabel REED (1912-1999)
John William EDGOOSE was a 25 year old grocer from Gosberton, Lincolnshire, a bachelor, and son of James EDGOOSE, blacksmith.
Phyllis Mabel REED was a 25 year old spinster from Quadring, Lincolnshire, and daughter of Thomas Henry REED, a farm labourer.
WHEN: 31 January 1938.
WHERE: Quadring Parish Church, Lincolnshire.
WITNESSES: T. H. REED (1875-1955), father of the bride; J. B. JOHNSON, best man; and Audrey E. JEFFRIES, niece of the bride and bridesmaid.
(GRO March Q 1938 Spalding 07a 625)
"GOSBERTON BRIDEGROOM QUADRING BRIDE
Miss Phyllis Mabel REED, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas REED, of North-drove, Quadring, was married at Quadring parish church to Mr. John William EDGOOSE, eldest son of Mrs. and the late Mr. James EDGOOSE, of Quadring-road, Gosberton, by the vicar, Rev. B. S. JACKSON.
Given away by her father, the bride wore a gown of white satin beauté, trimmed with rosettes, and veil with coronet of orange blossom, and carried a bouquet of white tulips and fern. She was attended by four bridesmaids - Miss Audrey JEFFRIES (niece) and Miss Kathleen JOHNSON in lavender satin beauté with head-dresses of mauve leaves and carrying mauve tulips and fern. Mary EDGOOSE (bridegroom's sister) and Bernice MOLSHER (bride's niece) wore pink-figured taffeta with head-dresses of silver leaves and carried posies. Mr. James B. JOHNSON was best man.
The service was choral, the hyms being 'O Perfect Love' and 'The Voice that breathed o'er Eden' and Psalm 67 was chanted. Miss G. DICKINSON was at the organ."
(Lincolnshire Echo, 5 February 1938)
"QUADRING
A PRETTY WEDDING was solemnised at St. Margaret's Parish Church on Monday, when the Vicar (The Rev. B. Stuart JACKSON) performed the ceremony. The contracting parties were Miss Phyllis Mabel READ, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Thomas REED, of North Drove, Quadring, and Mr. John William EDGOOSE, eldest son of Mrs. and the late Mr. James EDGOOSE, of Gosberton. The bride, given away by her father, looked very charming in an ankle length gown of white satin beauté, trimmed with rosettes and veil with coronet of orange blossom, whites shoes and hose to tone. To complete her ensemble the bride carried a bouquet of white tulips and trailing fern. There was a retinue of four bridesmaids in attendance the two senior bridesmaids being Miss Audrey JEFFRIES (niece of the bride) and Miss Kathleen May JOHNSON (friend of the bride) who were attired in ankle-length dresses of lavender satin beauté with head-desses of mauve leaves, silver shoes and hose to tone, and they both carried bouquets of mauve tulips and trailing fern. The two little bridesmaids were Miss Mary EDGOOSE (sister of the bridegroom) and Miss Bernice MOLSHER) niece of the bride) who looked sweet in their dresses of pink figured taffeta, with head-dresses of silver leaves, shoes and hose to tone, and carried posies. All the bridesmaids wore necklaces, the gift of the bridegroom. The best man was Mr. James B. JOHNSON. The service was choral and the hymns "O perfect love" and "The voice that breathed o'er Eden" and Psalm 67 were sung. Miss Grace DICKINSON presided at the organ. The organist played the Bridal March from Lohengrin as the party entered the church. As the happy couple left the church Mendelssohn's (sic) Wedding March was rendered. On the leaving the church the bride was presented with wooden spoons by little Derek EDGOOSE (the bridegroom's brother) and with a silver horse-shoe by Raymond WILLIAMS, also a nephew of the bride. A reception was held at the Parish Hall where about sixty guests were entertained. Later the happy couple left by car for London where the honeymoon is being spent, the bride travelling in a bottle green dress with a fur swagger coat, brown hat with veil and brown suede shoes to tone. A large number of useful presents were received, including a fireside chair from Miss Eleanor CASSWELL, by whom the bride was employed for several years, and a tea service from Mr. and Mrs. Victor BROWN, of Gosberton, where the bridegroom is employed. The bride's gift to the bridegroom was a fountain pen and the bridegroom's gift to the bride was a wristlet watch. The future residence of the happy couple is North Drove, Quadring."
(British Newspaper Archive: Lincolnshire Standard and Boston Guardian, Saturday 5 February 1938)
From the 1939 Register of Salem Street, Spalding R.D., Lincolnshire:
*John W. EDGOOSE, born 28 April 1912, married, land drainage labourer
Phyllis M. EDGOOSE, born 16 May 1912, married unpaid domestic duties
(RG101/6377B/006/28 THFL)
They had two sons: The first in 1940 and the second in 1953.
In 1968 he was working as a potato buyer for Walter SMITH of Donington, Lincolnshire, and was living at 1 Churchfleet Lane, Gosberton.
John William EDGOOSE, retired potato buyer, of 1 Quadring Road, Gosberton, Spalding, Lincolnshire, died at Pilgrim Hospital, Fishtoft, aged 78 on 2 October 1990. Cause of death was Adeno Carcinoma of Rectum and Supraventricular Tachycardia. The informant on 3 October 1990 was Phyllis Mabel EDGOOSE (1912-1999), widow of the deceased, present at the death, of 1 Quadring Road, Gosberton.
(GRO October Q 1990 Boston 07 1415)
(Death Certificate)
The entry in Boston Crematorium's Digital Book of Remembrance was dated 2 October 1990.
(revised 22.04.2026)