Edith Katherine Berners

Edith Katherine Townsend appears in 1851 census age 6 living at 2 Lloyd's Place, Lewisham, Kent, England with her parents and three brothers. Grace Price, a niece is visiting. In 1861, Edith is still living in Lewisham, Kent. In the 1871 census, her family comprises William Hugh Berners, a brewer; herself Edith K Berners and 3-year-old Mabel Elizabeth Jane Dalrymple Berners. In 1881 census, Edith Berners is now 36 and her daughter M E J D Berners is aged 13. They are living with Elizabeth Townsend, Edith's widowed mother and Edith is in charge of mortgages and thus part of their property business. They are living at Shrapnell Park, Byfleet, Surrey. In the 1901 census, William Hugh is 55, his wife Edith is 53 and they are living on their own means at The Wilderness, Station Road, Corsham, Wiltshire. In 1911, William Hugh Berners& his wife are living very comfortably in Hove, Sussex, England on their own means; how different for their servant Lourie Hawkins who is also 65 and working as a general domestic. Edith K Berners died in 1927 in Brighton Sussex England, while her husband died two years later in 1929.

Edith Katherine Berners of 17 Sussex-square, Brighton (wife of William Hugh Berners) died 4 February 1927. Probate LONDON 7 April to Mabel Elizabeth Jane Dalrymple Thacker widow . Effects GBP 639 6s 4d.