Edith Ellen FURMEDGE b. 27 Mar 1890 London, England d. 9 Oct 1956 Paddington, Middlesex, England: Our Family History

1890 - 1956 (66 years)

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Name	Edith Ellen FURMEDGE
Birth	27 Mar 1890	London, England [1, 2, 3]
Baptism	11 May 1890	London, England [2]
Gender	Female
Occupation	Operatic Contralto & Singing Teacher
Reference Number	P1890-002
Death	9 Oct 1956	Paddington, Middlesex, England [4]
Person ID	I166	Furmedge
Last Modified	12 Aug 2024

Father	Alfred Thomas FURMEDGE, b. 1860, Hampshire, England d. 1 Nov 1917, Brockley, Kent, England (Age 57 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Sarah Charlotte BROOKS, b. Abt 1860 d. 1914 (Age 54 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	3 Jul 1886	Bermondsey, Surrey, England [5, 6]
Family ID	F67	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family	Eugene Dinh GILLY, b. 19 Jul 1877 d. 19 May 1940 (Age 62 years)
Marriage	2 Jun 1932	Devon, England [7]
Family ID	F91	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	12 Aug 2024

Event Map

	Birth - 27 Mar 1890 - London, England
	Baptism - 11 May 1890 - London, England
	Marriage - 2 Jun 1932 - Devon, England
	Death - 9 Oct 1956 - Paddington, Middlesex, England

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Notes

The 1939 Register records Edith’s year of birth as 1894 [sic.]

Obituary: The Stage, Thursday 18 October 1956, Page 13 (accessed on The British Newspaper Archive website, 29 March 2024):
“EDITH FURMEDGE, the contralto, who died recently, was well known as a Wagnerian singer before the war, particularly as Edra and Fricka in the Covent Garden cycles of “The Ring”. She also appeared in the 1948 and 1949 seasons. Originally trained as a teacher, she took up singing while at Cambridge, and her rich, powerful voice attracted the attention of Sir Henry Wood, for whom she sang regularly. She taught for many years in the school founded in London by her husband, Dinh Gilly, who died in 1940.”

[S2] England & Wales, GRO Birth Index, (Name: General Register Office;), Edith Ellen Furmedge, Registered: Apr-Jun 1890, District: London City, London, Vol: 1C, Page: 21.
[S93] All Hallows (Barking by the Tower, City of London), Parish Register, Edith Ellen Furmedge, Baptism Register Entry, 1890, P69/ALH1/A/02/003, Page: 141; Digital image accessed on www.ancestry.co.uk; original data: London Metropolitan Archives.
[S26] 1939 Register (England & Wales), Gilly Household, 38, Baker Street, Westminster, London; Reference: Class: RG101, Piece: 0461F.
[S40] England & Wales, National Probate Calendars, Edith Ellen Gilly, Administration London 1957; digital images accessed on www.gov.uk.
[S3] England & Wales, GRO Marriage Index, (Name: General Register Office;), Alfred Thomas Furnedge: Registered: Jul-Sep 1886, District: St Olave Southwark, London, Vol: 1D, Page: 425.
[S91] St Mary Magdalene (Bermondsey, Surrey), Parish Register, Alfred Thomas Furmedge, Marriage Register Entry, 1886, P71/MMG/074, Page 119; digital image accessed on www.ancestry.co.uk; original data: London Metropolitan Archives.
[S87] England & Wales, Marriage Certificate, Edith Ellen Furmedge, Reference: Registered: Apr-Jun 1932, District: Totnes, Devon, Vol: 5B, Page: 408.