Edward Arthur Jayes

Brief Life History of Edward Arthur

When Edward Arthur Jayes was born about October 1889, in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Joseph Jayes, was 40 and his mother, Sophia Hill, was 38. He married Kate Gladys Jordan about June 1914, in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. He died about April 1963, in Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 73.

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Edward Arthur Jayes
1889–1963
Kate Gladys Jordan
1894–1937
Marriage: about June 1914

Sources (5)

  • Edward A Jayes in household of Joseph Jayes, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
  • England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 about Edward Arthur Jayes
  • England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2006 about Edward A Jayes

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World Events (8)

1901 · East Lancashire Royal Engineers

The East Lancashire Royal Engineers was a group of volunteers in a unit of Britian's Royal Engineers. They were started in Manchester in 1901. They fought on the western front during WWI and were part of the Dunkirk Evacuation during WWII.

1908

London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.

1914

Outbreak of World War I. UK enters hostilities against Germany. Grueling trench warfare in Belgium and France.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Jay with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016

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