Edith Gertrude Russ 1886-1966
Born Chilmark, Wiltshire. Daughter of a Farm Bailiff. Married a gardener. Then lived, Amersham, Chalfont St Giles & Dawlish
1886. Edith Gertrude Russ was born to Oliver Russ & Ellen Charlotte Lambert in Chilmark, Wiltshire - Tisbury Sep 1886
1891C.Edith G Russ is living Salisbury Road, Chilmark, Tisbury, Wilts
| Oliver | Russ | Head | Married | Male | 34 | 1857 | Farm Bailiff | Milton, Somerset, England | |
| Ellen C | Russ | Wife | Married | Female | 32 | 1859 | - | Ditcheat, Somerset, England | |
| Arthur A | Russ | Son | - | Male | 10 | 1881 | - | Basingstoke, Hampshire, England | |
| Ellen M | Russ | Daughter | - | Female | 9 | 1882 | - | Basingstoke, Hampshire, England | |
| Florence B | Russ | Daughter | - | Female | 7 | 1884 | - | Basingstoke, Hampshire, England | |
| Edith G | Russ | Daughter | - | Female | 4 | 1887 | - | Chilmark, Wiltshire, England |
1901C. Edith G Russ is living Salisbury Road, Chilmark, Tisbury, Wilts
| Oliver | Russ | Head | Married | Male | 44 | 1857 | Farm Bailiff | Milton, Somerset, England | |
| Ellen C | Russ | Wife | Married | Female | 42 | 1859 | - | Ditcheat, Somerset, England | |
| Edward G | Russ | Son | Single | Male | 9 | 1892 | - | Chilmark, Wiltshire, England | |
| Edith G | Russ | Daughter | Single | Female | 14 | 1887 | - | Chilmark, Wiltshire, England |
1911C. Edith Russ, 24, house maid domestic, is living 2 Bourne Avenue, Salisbury , New Sarum, Wiltshire
| Hayward | Whitehead | Head | Married | Male | Surgeon General Army Medical Staff | 55 | 1856 | Gawcott Bucks | |
| Evelyn | Whitehead | Wife | Married | Female | - | 43 | 1868 | Exmouth Devon | |
| Annie | Wilkins | Servant | Single | Female | Cook Domestic | 27 | 1884 | Long Crickel Dorset | |
| Beatrice | Walton | Servant | Single | Female | Parlour Maid Domestic | 26 | 1885 | Garboldisham Norfolk | |
| Edith | Russ | Servant | Single | Female | House Maid Domestic | 24 | 1887 | Chilmark Wilts |
At one stage she was living Ridge Farm, Chilmark- see photo below
1915. Edith Gertrude Russ married James Whyman Reading Mar 1915
1915. Leslie J Whyman was born Reading Jun 1915: he died the same quarter
1920. Evelyn Joyce Whyman was born to James & Edith Andover Sep 1920. She thought she was an only child.
1939 Register. James Whyman, born 7/12/1883 [ think he must have been born 1882 as birth registered Mar 1883!]is a gardener in a private house and his wife, Edith G Whyman , born 24/7/1886 is a postmistress. Living Fernsea House, Chesham Lane, Amersham. One record closed- presumably that of their daughter, Evelyn Joyce Whyman 1920. Jude remembers her being the Post mistress at Chalfont St Giles- this nearby
| James | Whyman | 07 Dec 1883 | Male | Gardener Private Servant | Married | 289 | 1 | ||
| Edith G | Whyman | 24 Jul 1886 | Female | Postmistress | Married | 289 | 2 | ||
| Edward J | Jenkin | 05 Mar 1882 | Male | School Master | Married | 289 | 4 | ||
| Hilda K | Jenkin | 24 Nov 1879 | Female | Unpaid Domestic Duties | Married | 289 |
1946. James Whyman, 62, dies Amersham Mar 1946
She became a Postmistress in Chalfont St Giles
She died in Dawlish and her daughter, Evelyn, was living Sidmouth/Exmouth at this period, having left her husband, Joseph Holliday, ~1964
How long had she lived in Devon -Jude ?. What are your memories of her ?
1966. Edith Gertrude Whyman , 80, of 6 Badlake Hill, Dawlish died on 23/7/1966 leaving £2128, executors being Elsie Mary Buckland & Frances Mary Gill ,spinsters- & not her only daughter! But this does not mean her daughter did not receive any money!
Need Jude's , and her sisters', memories of her
I could likely order the actual Will
Picture of a small book in Jude's possession. This must have been her address prior to her marriage in 1915.