 Abt 1830 - 1908 (78 years)
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| Name |
William Edward Read FURMIDGE |
| Birth |
Abt 1830 |
Axmouth, Devon, England  |
| Baptism |
6 Jan 1830 |
Musbury, Devon, England [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Name |
Edward Furmidge |
| Occupation |
Between 1850 and 1853 |
Westminster, London, England [2] |
| Metropolitan Police (Warrant No. 28071) |
| Reference Number |
P1830-007 |
| Death |
16 Apr 1908 |
Canterbury, Kent, England [3, 4] |
| Person ID |
I872 |
Furmedge |
| Last Modified |
7 Jul 2025 |
| Father |
Edward FURMIDGE, b. Abt 1802, Musbury, Devon, England d. 6 Mar 1839, Odcombe, Somerset, England (Age 37 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Anne Tucker READ, b. Abt 1798 d. May 1868, Thorncombe, Dorset, England (Age 70 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
14 Apr 1825 |
Musbury, Devon, England [5] |
| Family ID |
F392 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Charlotte HAYNES, b. Abt 1828, Devon, England d. 9 May 1901, Margate, Kent, England (Age 73 years) |
| Marriage |
25 Oct 1863 |
Westminster, London, England [6, 7] |
| Family ID |
F389 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
7 Jul 2025 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - Abt 1830 - Axmouth, Devon, England |
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 | Baptism - 6 Jan 1830 - Musbury, Devon, England |
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 | Occupation - Metropolitan Police (Warrant No. 28071) - Between 1850 and 1853 - Westminster, London, England |
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| Marriage - 25 Oct 1863 - Westminster, London, England |
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 | Marriage - 20 Jan 1902 - Canterbury, Kent, England |
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| Death - 16 Apr 1908 - Canterbury, Kent, England |
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| Notes |
- William Edward Furmidge (known as Edward Furmidge) joined the Metropolitan Police on 09 December 1850 (MEPO 4/334, The National Archives). He was based at ‘B’ division (Westminster) when in January 1852 he and two other ‘B’ division police constables were brought before the local police court accused of having used unnecessary violence against the landlord of the The Prince of Wales beer-house. The case was referred to the Middlesex Sessions where it was heard on 04 February 1852 and the three police constables acquitted by a jury (Daily News (London, England) published 10 January 1852, Page: 6; Morning Post (London, England) published 05 February 1852, Page: 8). Edward resigned from the Metropolitan Police on 10 August 1853.
A later newspaper article indicates that he may have worked in London as a detective. Whilst the Metropolitan Police had a detectives department he may instead have been employed as a private detective. However, it is not certain that this article is referring to William Edward Furmidge born c. 1830, Axmouth (Chester Courant (Chester, Cheshire) published 30 July 1862, Page: 2). He is described as a ‘servant’ in his 1863 parish marriage record and as a lodging house keeper in the 1871 (and later) England census returns (Athelstan Road, Margate, Kent, Class: RG10, Piece: 993, Folio: 96, Page: 22).
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| Sources |
- [S327] St Michael (Musbury, Devon), Parish Register, William Edward Read Furmadge, Baptism Register Entry, 1830, 2718A/PR/1/3, Page: 30; digital image accessed on www.findmypast.co.uk; original data: South West Heritage Trust.
- [S136] Metropolitan Police, Edward Furmidge, Entry in the Alphabetical Register of Joiners, MEPO 4 / 334 / 28071; Digital image accessed through The National Archives Discovery Catalogue.
- [S4] England & Wales, GRO Death Index, Edward Furmidge: Registered: Apr-Jun 1908, District: Canterbury, Kent, Vol: 2A, Page: 509.
- [S28] Newspaper Article, Death Notice, Edward Furmidge, Faversham Times and Mercury and North-East Kent Journal (Faversham, Kent), 02 May 1908, Page: 5. Digital image accessed on www.findmypast.co.uk.
- [S327] St Michael (Musbury, Devon), Parish Register, Edward Furmidge, Marriage Register Entry, 1825, 2718A/PR/1/3, Page: 11; digital image accessed on www.findmypast.co.uk; original data: South West Heritage Trust.
- [S3] England & Wales, GRO Marriage Index, (Name: General Register Office;), Edward Furmidge: Registered: Oct-Dec 1863, District: Westminster, London, Vol: 1A, Page: 581.
- [S324] St Matthew (Great Peter Street, Westminster, London), Parish Register, Edward Furmidge, Marriage Register Entry, 1863, SMGP/PR/3/1, Page: 87; digital image accessed on www.ancestry.co.uk; original data: City of Westminster Archives Centre.
- [S3] England & Wales, GRO Marriage Index, (Name: General Register Office;), Edward Furmidge: Registered: Jan-Mar 1902, District: Canterbury, Kent, Vol: 2A, Page: 1377.
- [S325] Holy Cross (Canterbury, Kent), Parish Register, Edward Furmidge, Marriage Register Entry, 1902, CCA/U3/10/1/11, Page: 31; digital image accessed on www.findmypast.co.uk; original data: Canterbury Cathedral Archives.
- [S28] Newspaper Article, Marriage Notice, Edward Furmidge and Ethel Carthew, Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald (Whitstable, Kent), 25 January 1902, Page: 4. Digital image accessed on www.findmypast.co.uk.
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