Edwin James Valentine DESBOROUGH b. 1861 Lambeth, Surrey: Our Family History

1861 -

Name	Edwin James Valentine DESBOROUGH
Birth	1861	Lambeth, Surrey [1]
Gender	Male
1861 Census	Vassall Road, Kennington, Surrey [1]
	At 1861 Census, he is 2m
1871 Census	6, Ram Square, Wandsworth, Surrey [2]
	At 1871 Census, he is 11
1881 Census	At 1881 Census, he is 21, occ "Carpenter" (best match) [3]
1891 Census	139, Manor Street, Clapham, Surrey [4]
	At 1891 Census, he is 31, occ "Stage Driver Groom(?)"
1901 Census	34, Wycliffe Road, Battersea, Surrey [5]
	At 1901 Census, he is 41, occ "Metropolitan Stage Driver". He is married but with no wife present
1911 Census	69, Victor Road, Windsor, Berkshire [6]
	At 1911 Census, he is 51, occ "Store Keeper R P G". He is married but no sign of his wife, although there is with a housekeeper,
Individual Note	best match on birth is Jan qtr 1860, Lambeth vol 1d, p393
Individual Note 1	best match on death is Oct qtr 1935, Hammersmith, vol 1a, p271, aged 75
Individual Note 2	best match on marriage is Jul qtr 1890, Dover, vol 2a, p1609 to Hannah Maria NASH
Person ID	I548	Webb
Last Modified	19 Mar 2026

Father	Henry DESBOROUGH, b. Abt 1837, Surrey
Relationship	natural
Mother	Harriett EMERY, b. Abt 1831, Pelham, Gravesend, Kent
Relationship	natural
Marriage	19 Apr 1859	Kennington, Surrey [7]
Family Fact	6, Ram Square, Wandsworth, Surrey [2, 8]
	At the 1871 Census there is Harry and Sidney a4 and Lewis a2, clearly some of the names are changed....Similarly in 1881
Family ID	F257	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Event Map

	Birth - 1861 - Lambeth, Surrey
	1861 Census - At 1861 Census, he is 2m - - Vassall Road, Kennington, Surrey
	1871 Census - At 1871 Census, he is 11 - - 6, Ram Square, Wandsworth, Surrey
	1891 Census - At 1891 Census, he is 31, occ "Stage Driver Groom(?)" - - 139, Manor Street, Clapham, Surrey
	1901 Census - At 1901 Census, he is 41, occ "Metropolitan Stage Driver". He is married but with no wife present - - 34, Wycliffe Road, Battersea, Surrey
	1911 Census - At 1911 Census, he is 51, occ "Store Keeper R P G". He is married but no sign of his wife, although there is with a housekeeper, - - 69, Victor Road, Windsor, Berkshire

Notes

Was his birthday 14 Feb (like Edward Joseph Valentine Desborough)?

Edwin appears to marry Eleanor HOUSTON (his housekeeper in 1911) in Jan qtr 1915, Pancras.

Meanwhile his wife appears in a census at Canterbury for both 1901 and 1911, in 1901 with all 4 children, and in 1911 with her father. So either they had separated or it was just that at different censuses each needed to be with a parent. There is no obvious evidence of Hannah after 1911 in death or marriage indices.

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