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ErikaH

ErikaH Report 5 Feb 2026 14:02

First name(s) Edith
Address Wierton
Last name Townly
Archive Kent History & Library Centre
Birth year 1914
Archive reference C/E/S/39/1/2
Birth date 25 Sep 1914
Book type Admissions
Event year 1920
Register type Admission register
School name Boughton Monchelsea National / Council / County Primary Schools
Record set National School Admission Registers & Log-Books 1870-1914
Town Boughton Monchelsea
Category Education & work
County Kent
Subcategory Schools & Education
Country England
Collections from Great Britain, England
Parent's name(s) Alfred Townly

Name Iris Alfreda Townly
Baptism Date 6 Sep 1922
Baptism Place Belvedere, Kent, England
Chapelry St Augustine of Canterbury
Father Alfred Townly
Mother Edith Townly


Name Edna Doreen Townly
Baptism Date 6 Sep 1922
Baptism Place Belvedere, Kent, England
Chapelry St Augustine of Canterbury
Father Alfred Townly
Mother Edith Townly


WW2 Women's Land Army Card
Name Miss Edna Doreen Townly
Employment Start Age 20
Birth Date 24 Aug 1922
Employment Start Date 29 May 1943
Employment End Date 11 Dec 1945
Street Address Little Culand Farm, Burham
Employment Place West Kent, United Kingdom
Occupation Optical Work


Marriages Jun 1947 (>99%)
TOWNLEY Edna D Wilson Maidstone 5b 1559
Wilson Tony J Townley Maidstone 5b 155


Name MS Edna Doreen Wilson
Gender Female
Age 100
Birth Date 24 Aug 1922
Last Residence Sittingbourne, Kent, England
Residence Region South East
Postal Code District Me10
Death Date 25 Jan 2022

Name Alfred N Townley
Death Age 87
Birth Date abt 1878
Registration Date 1965
Registration Quarter Apr-May-Jun
Registration District Croydon
Inferred County Surrey
Volume 5a
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ErikaH

ErikaH Report 5 Feb 2026 14:24

Name MS Lexa Iris Elfreda Whitehead
Gender Female
Age 88
Birth Date 26/07/1918
Last Residence Maidstone, Kent, England
Postal Code District Me14
Death Date 19 Nov 2006

DoB fits birth reg


1939 Register
Hucking Hill Cottage, Bicknor, Hollingbourne R.D., Kent, England
Edwin Beadle 03 Oct 1873 Male Plumber Retired Widowed 17 1
Li?a J E Townly,Towerely 26 Jul 1918 Unknown Housekeeper - 17 2
Alfred A Waters 12 May 1897 Male Builder's Labourer Single 17 3

Image shows a change of surname recorded 1947........not necessarily by marriage

freebmd has a subsequent birth which matches that info


This is on freebmd

Marriages Jun 1976 (>99%)
WHITEHEAD GEORGE H L WHITEHEAD MAIDSTONE 16 1016
WHITEHEAD LEXA I E WHITEHEAD MAIDSTONE 16 1016

Terence

Terence Report 7 Feb 2026 15:20




Absolutely Brilliant. Terry L.