Edgar Laflin 1828-1895

Edgar was the fifth son of John Laflin and his wife Phoebe Barrel and was baptised in Baylham in April 1828.

Edgar Laffling 1828-1895    |-Alice Laffling 1855-1858
mar 1858  ------------------|-Lewis Laffling 1857-?
Elizabeth Emma Chilton      |-Unis Mary Ann Laffling 1863-1863
mar 1902

Edgar Lafling married Elizabeth Emma Chilton in the last quarter of 1858 in the North Aylesford registration district.

They were living at 21 Wycliffe Road, Northfleet in the 1861 census and Edgar was an agricultural labourer who had been born in "Balim, Suffolk". Their daughter Unis Mary Ann was born in the first quarter of 1863 and died in the third quarter of the same year.

Edgar may also have been the father of two other children registered in the N.Aylesford registration district. These were Alice Laffling (born in the first quarter of 1855 and died in the third quarter of 1856) and Lewis Laffling (born in the third quarter of 1857).

In 1891, they were living at 15 Wycliffe Road, Northfleet. Edgar was working as an agricultural labourer and Elizabeth was working as a laundress.

Edgar Lafling died in the first quarter of 1895 at the age of 64 in the Strood registration district. Elizabeth Emma Lafling, who was married in the second quarter of 1902 in the same district, may have been his widow. Her husband was either George John Goldfinch or Edward Harling.

Sources for this section.

Parish Registers for Baylham & Nettlestead - available in Ipswich Record Office.
Civil Registration Indexes available online from FreeBMD.
Civil Registration Indexes and Census Data available online from Findmypast.

Page maintained by Susan Laflin. Last updated in December 2007.