1879. Edith Jane Gosling born 4/6/1879 - from family bible. Sep 1879 Gloucester. Parents James Gosling & Jane Taylor.
1879-1880. Family would seem to move from Gloucester to Bedminster, Bristol..
1881C. Edith J Gosling, aged 1, living in Bedminster, Somerset, with parents James Gosling aged 27, sawyer, & Jane 25 &3 siblings
1883-4. Family seemingly moved from Bedminster- part of Bristol today - to Cardiff.
1886. Family living at Helen Street, Roath, Cardiff, from 21/7/1886 b.c.of sibling Frederick James Gosling
1891C. Family living at 39 Bertram Street , but not written down by the enumerator. .
1901C . Not still living with her family, who were still at 39 Bertram Street, Cardiff.
1901. Edith Jane Gosling 22, marries Albert Henry Angel, 26, a baker, 1/6/1901 in RoathPparish Church. Her father, James, a machinist: his, William John Angel, a carter. Witnesses James & Annie Gosling. Image on Findmypast - not yet captured!
Not found in 1911C, nor any births 1912-1920. So, thought she might have emigrated? - to Canada?, & indeedshe turns out to be the daughter James goes out to in 1912. Albert Angell, 25, was living in East Cardiff, 25, baker journeyman, with his married brother, William J Angell 28, fishsalesman in the 1901C.
1902-1906 At least 3 children born .Gladys Ethel Angel was baptised to them Roath 4/12/1902, father baker, of 5 Orbit Street, .maybe registered Llanelly Mar 1903. Albert James Angel was baptised to them Roath 27/12/1903, father baker, of 5 Orbit Street, seemingly not registered & Leslie John Angel was baptised to them Roath 26/10/1905, father baker, of 39 Bertram Street [again I cannot find a BMD entry] . Gladys was no doubt named after her dead sister, Gladys Gosling 1890-1893
1906. She was baptised Roath on 27/3/1906, Edith Jane Gosling, Mrs Angell, to James & Jane, of 39 Bertram Street, he Baker
No married Edith Angel appears 1901-1912 on passenger lists to Canada. But on the Tunisian to Halifax, November
1908. Mrs Angel, b.1879, with Gladys 4, Albert 3 & Leslie 2, all going to St. John, husband given as baker.[ Was he working as a baker on the ship?] . They were on the Tunisian, leaving Liverpool 8/11/1908- on Findmypast. No mention of husband! Ancestry gives their ages and seems to indicate that Edith is going to husband, baker - but cannot find him going out earlier.
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1909. Another daughter born in N.B. - from 1911C - but no birth registered there . http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/GovRecs/VISSE/default.aspx?culture=en-CA
1911C. St. John New Brunswick Canadian Census, in District 23 of St. John, 157 Maberly, [ cannot see where this comes from?] an Albert Angel, baker, wife Edith b1879, Gladys 9, James 7 [James being the middle name of Albert], Leslie 5, -all arrived 1908 - plus daughter Toaxen [ transcriber's take on her name - possibly Frances/Tracy ? ] 2 b. N.Br. Canada. Very bad image!
1912. Harry William Angel born 21/2/1912 Saint John, NB
Parents - Albert Henry Angel & Edith Jane Gosling- address - 151 Metcalfe Street, St. John, NB
1912. August. Her father James Gosling, widowed in 1910, arrives to settle, as a sawyer, stating that he was going to his daughter's.
1913. Her youngest 2 siblings Louisa Gosling & Edgar Gosling arrive in March. Being met by their father, James Gosling, address 151 Metcalfe Street.
1915. Albert Henry Angel, born 9/11/1875 Bath, cook, joined up for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force 8/9/1915, joining the 64th Battn. Next of Kin - E J Angel, wife, address 176 Metcalf Street, St. Johns. See papers at end of page
1915. 21/10/1915 Edith Jane Angel dies, aged 36, of 106 Metcalf Street, of Endocarditis - this due to an oral infection. Enterred at Cedar Hill Cemetery. This just 6 weeks after her husband has joined up and, presumably, sailed for Europe. .
1919. Feb. Her father, James Gosling returns to Cardiff
1919. An Albert Henry Angel appears as a private in the 26 bttn, original unit 64, on a troop ship, the Olympic, sailing from Southampton to Halifax in May 1919: next of kin son, address illegible but does seem to start with 15, & several soldiers on board living in St. John. Edith had died, and Albert/James, son ~1905, is his next of kin.
What happens to his children from Edith's death in October 1915 until May 1919? Do they live with their aunt, Louisa Gosling, now Hopkins?
1953. Her husband, Albert Henry Angel, of 19 Hammond Street, Bakery Manager, dies , aged 77, in Lancaster hospital.. Buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
5 Children of Edith Jane Angel, nee Gosling.
1902. Gladys Ethel Angel was baptised Roath 4/12/1902, father baker, of 5 Orbit Street, maybe registered Llanelly Mar 1903.Gladys was no doubt named after her dead sister, Gladys Gosling 1890-1893 . Gladys Ethel Angel, 27, married Frank Louis Jeffrey, 32, chauffeur, on 17/9/1929 in St Peters Church, St John. Both R.C. Her address 19 Hammond Street, his 180 Millidge Avenue, St.John. She is still living there when her father, Albert Henry Angel , dies in 1953.
1905. Albert Angel, later known as James/Jim Angel?.Albert James Angel was baptised Roath 27/12/1903, father baker, of 5 Orbit Street, seemingly not registered . No marriage N.B. 1922-1944
1906/7. Leslie John Angel was baptised to them Roath 26/10/1905, father baker, of 39 Bertram Street [again I cannot find a BMD entry]. No marriage N.B. 1926-1944
1909. Toaxen ?? Angel born in NB [ from, almost illegible, 1911C, but no birth found on NB Vital Statistics!!] . No marriage N.B. 1926-1944
1912. Harry William Angel born 21/2/1912 at 151 Metcalfe Street, St. John, NB. No marriage N.B. 1930-1944
Certificate in New Brunswick Vital Statistics
Hopkins descendants in Canada remember talk of Jim Angel & Leslie Angel - Jun 2011, can they trace their desendants?
1953. 22/9/1953 Edith's husband, Albert Henry Angel, 77, widowed, Bakery Manager, died at 19 Hammond Street, St. John. This was presumably his house, as it is the address given for his daughter, Gladys Angel, when she married Frank Jeffrey in 1929.
1940s. Her niece, Beatrice Angell, 1908, daughter of William J Angell, worked in the confectionary department of Harold Gosling's Rumney bakery. Harold's daughters, Thora & Thelma, knew she was 'sort of a relative'.
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Thoughts of Ken Hopkins, grandson of Louisa.
"The name Angel often came up during family conversations between my grandparent and the three sons. I spoke with my sister Joyce, this morning and she seems to recall the name Jim Angel, but isn't 100% sure! Joyce told me that our grandparents once drove to a town outside New York city to visit an Angel family. I also phoned my cousin Jim (Robert Hopkins' son) in Sackville New Brunswick this morning he told me that a Robert Angel living in Amherst, Nova Scotia may be a relative of ours. I gave Jim a list of questions and he is going to phone him. Jim tried approaching him once before but the man didn't seem very interested. No harm in trying again!!" Edgar's daughter Brenda 1948 remembers the name Leslie Angel often being mentioned as she was growing up in Dolbeau.
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