Biography:
Edwin William Garment
1844 –1925
Edwin William Garment
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Unmarked grave Edwin William Garment (1844-1925)
Edwin was born in 1844 in Aldbury to James and Mary (née Flaxman) Garment. His father was a chimney sweep. He was baptised the following year.
In March 1851 he and his father were lodgers in the household of Thomas Garment and his family in Akeman Street, Tring.
By 1861 his family were back together in Aldbury. Edwin had a younger brother and sister. Both he (aged 14) and his brother (aged 12) were employed as labourers.
Edwin married Lizzy London (18 years younger than he was) in Berkhamsted in 1883. She had a son, Thomas, born out of wedlock in Northchurch in 1880. Thomas took Edwin’s surname, but it is not known if he was the boy’s father.
William Edwin was born in 1885, followed by James Arthur (1885), Leonard (1887) and Albert (1889).
By 1891 the family was living in the High Street, Northchurch. Edwin had become a chimney sweep like his father.
In 1901 they were at 79, Gossoms End. James was a coach builder’s labourer. Mabel was born later that year.
They were at the same address ten years later. James and Mabel were still at home and Lizzie’s mother Martha London was living with them.
In the June 1921 census Edwin was recorded as a chimney sweep, aged 77. They lived at 23, Mill Street, Berkhamsted. Lizzie was a charwoman and Mabel a garment finisher at the mantle manufactory in Lower King’s Road
Edwin died in the Berkhamsted Union infirmary at 241a, High Street in December 1925, aged 81.
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Unmarked grave Edwin William Garment (1844-1925)
Edwin was born in 1844 in Aldbury to James and Mary (née Flaxman) Garment. His father was a chimney sweep. He was baptised the following year.
In March 1851 he and his father were lodgers in the household of Thomas Garment and his family in Akeman Street, Tring.
By 1861 his family were back together in Aldbury. Edwin had a younger brother and sister. Both he (aged 14) and his brother (aged 12) were employed as labourers.
Edwin married Lizzy London (18 years younger than he was) in Berkhamsted in 1883. She had a son, Thomas, born out of wedlock in Northchurch in 1880. Thomas took Edwin’s surname, but it is not known if he was the boy’s father.
William Edwin was born in 1885, followed by James Arthur (1885), Leonard (1887) and Albert (1889).
By 1891 the family was living in the High Street, Northchurch. Edwin had become a chimney sweep like his father.
In 1901 they were at 79, Gossoms End. James was a coach builder’s labourer. Mabel was born later that year.
They were at the same address ten years later. James and Mabel were still at home and Lizzie’s mother Martha London was living with them.
In the June 1921 census Edwin was recorded as a chimney sweep, aged 77. They lived at 23, Mill Street, Berkhamsted. Lizzie was a charwoman and Mabel a garment finisher at the mantle manufactory in Lower King’s Road
Edwin died in the Berkhamsted Union infirmary at 241a, High Street in December 1925, aged 81.
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