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Based on the research of and Jo Anne Chellew Gaddy
Edward Paddy Bath
1803 - 1845
The youngest son of Henry Bath of Rose Hill ( 1776 - 1844 ), Edward
was born at Portreath, Cornwall on 1 Jan. 1803 and attended Sidcot
School, Somerset from 1813 to 1816.
It appears that Edward spent some time in the East Indies during the
1820s, as his father is recorded as taking time off to go to London
to "equip my youngest son for the East Indies".
By
1840, Edward returned to Swansea where he was employed as an
"agent" and resided at Marine Cottage, Hamlet of St.
Thomas, Swansea. He had married Sarah Brown née Askew, a widow,
born 1815 at Cork, Ireland and had by her two sons. John Henry Bath
born Oct 1840 and Edward Askew Bath born 6 May 1842. John Henry died
09 Jan 1846 age 5 and was buried in the Quaker Burial Grounds,
Swansea
Upon
the death of his father in 1844, Edward was bequeathed a portion of
the proceeds from his father's "wharfs and embankments on the
side of the river Tawe".
Edward Paddy
Bath died on the 10 May, 1845 and was buried at the Friend's
(Quaker) cemetery in Swansea.
The 1851
census reveals Sarah Bath (36) and her son Edward (8) living in a
house at Fabiens Bay, Swansea. The house is shared by Sarah’s
cousins, ( Birchall Page) Elizabeth Conway
(34) and Ada Morgan (19) both from Ireland and a 17-year-old
servant, Leah Davies. By 1861, Edward (18) and his mother (47) have
relocated to Herbert Place. Edward is a merchant's clerk and his
mother is listed as receiving an annuity, perhaps from her
father-in-law's legacy. Mary Roberts (41) is employed as a servant
indicating a respectable household income. In 1871, at Bryn-hyfryd
No. 1 Sarah (55) is still living with her unmarried son Edward (28)
and continuing to employ Mary Roberts. Edward is still a merchant's
clerk. 1881 finds the pair still together at No 2 Brynsyfric, but
Edward has become a "fire brick merchant". Evylyn
Hornfeeld (22), from Ireland, is employed as their servant.
In
1887, Edward Askew Bath married Fanny Heyward, born abt. 1855 in
Folkstone, Kent. In 1889 they had a son, Gilbert Edward, born in
Swansea. In the 1891 census the family is living in the Sketty,
Lower Swansea district and a few doors away lived his 74 year-old
mother. Edward is listed as a Metal Merchant. Edward’s Askew
Bath's death was recorded in the Portsea Registration District in
1896, his mother Sarah, died in 1893 and was buried in the
Churchyard at Oystermouth.
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