Edith Mary Bagnall

Born 19 June 1914

Her birth date is from her gravestone. It's registered with the GRO as Edith M Bagnall, Q3 1914, Wakefield (mother's maiden name Dawson, confirming her parents as William and Harriett), vol 9C page 61.

1921 Census

Edith Mary is listed aged 7, living at 108 Stanley Road with her parents William and Harriett and five of her siblings. Her seventh birthday fell on the very night of the census, 19 June 1921. She is recorded at school, entered on the schedule as "Mary Bagnall" with "Edith" added above the line.

The 1921 Census was taken on 19 June 1921. It was not released to the public until January 2022, which is why it appears here long after the rest.

Taken on the night of 19 June 1921. William was 47, still a builder and now an employer. Harriett was 46, recorded as doing home duties. Living with them at Moorvilla, 108 Stanley Road were six of their children, all unmarried: Marion Elizabeth (23), a Civil Service clerk at the tax office; John Henry (21, my Grandfather, a year before he marries Dorothy), a cinema manager working for "W Bagnall, Builder" - his own father's firm; Isabel (19), a clerk; Ronald George (13) and Arthur (10), both still at school; and Edith Mary (7), also at school. The household of 8 people occupied 6 rooms.

Married 1936

Married Arthur Tattersfield in the first quarter of 1936, registered with the GRO as Edith M Bagnall to Tattersfield, Q1 1936, Wakefield, vol 9C page 95.

Died 12 May 1936

Died aged 21, the same year she was married - registered with the GRO as Edith M Tattersfield, Q2 1936, Wakefield, vol 9C page 9.

Buried 16 May 1936 in Alverthorpe, married name Tattersfield.

Arthur remarried after Edith's early death. His second wife Elizabeth (d. 1998) and a Jennie Tattersfield (1987-1990, presumably a grandchild) are commemorated on a separate, later family monument in the same cemetery, shown below.