Edward BROWN

1882 - 1941  (58 years)   Has 2 ancestors and 2 descendants in this family tree.

William BROWN

Family	Unknown [BROWN]
Children	+ 1. Edward BROWN,   b. 6 Apr 1882, At Sea

Unknown [BROWN]

Family	William BROWN
Children	+ 1. Edward BROWN,   b. 6 Apr 1882, At Sea

Ethel Mary BOULTON

1880 - 1960  (80 years)

Birth	24 Oct 1880	Liverpool, Lancashire, England
	Address: 27 Menzie Street, Toxteth Park
Died	7 Nov 1960	Blackpool, Lancashire, England
	Age: 80y
Buried	Nov 1960	Hope, Flintshire, Wales
Father	Robert BOULTON,   b. 16 Nov 1851, Whicham, Cumberland, England
Mother	Ann EDWARDS,   b. 1854, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Married	20 Aug 1878	West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Family	Edward BROWN,   b. 6 Apr 1882, At Sea
Married	19 Apr 1915	St Michael-in-the-Hamlet, Liverpool, Cheshire, England

• Name	Edward BROWN  [1]
  Birth	6 Apr 1882	At Sea   [1, 2]
  	Fact Flags: Preferred
  Gender	Male
  Enlisted	Between 1914 and 1918
  	Too many Browns to look at
  Census	19 Jun 1921	Penyffordd, Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales   [3]
  	Age: 39y 2m
  	Address: Rhos Road
  	Relation to Head of House: Head Motor Engineer & Fitter - Own Account Number of Children (under 16) by age:- (2) 3, 5
  Census	29 Sep 1939	Penyffordd, Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales   [2]
  	Age: 57y
  	Address: Can't read house name
  	Born: 06/04/1882 Fitter at Steel Works - Heavy Lifter
  Ancestor Count	2
  Descendant Count	2
  Reference Number	B 0421b
  _UID	08334070653A4188A1A041CA1C4271F05E21
  Death	9 Jan 1941	Penyffordd, Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales   [1, 4]
  	Age: 59y
  	Fact Flags: Preferred
  Person ID	I671	Dave
  Last Modified	8 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	William BROWN
  Mother	Unknown [BROWN]
  Family ID	F2770	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ethel Mary BOULTON,   b. 24 Oct 1880, Liverpool, Lancashire, England d. 7 Nov 1960, Blackpool, Lancashire, England (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	19 Apr 1915	St Michael-in-the-Hamlet, Liverpool, Cheshire, England   [1, 5, 6]
  	Edward is the 2nd son of his parents Ethel is eldest daughter of her parents
  Family ID	F190	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Nov 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 19 Apr 1915 - St Michael-in-the-Hamlet, Liverpool, Cheshire, England Census - Age: 39y 2m,Address: Rhos Road - 19 Jun 1921 - Penyffordd, Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales Census - Age: 57y,Address: Can't read house name - 29 Sep 1939 - Penyffordd, Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales Death - Age: 59y - 9 Jan 1941 - Penyffordd, Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  In 1916 was Engine Room Artificer, Marine Engineers, Merchant Service Waiting for feedback from Richard as to whether Edward was serving on one of the cruisers [11/03/2006] The cruisers Aboukir, Cressy and Hogue were on patrol off the Dutch coast to prevent German Forces from moving south to attack Channel troop convoys. Owing to bad weather the three cruisers were without their destroyer screen. At 0630 hrs on 20 September there was a voilent explosion on Aboukir's starboard side. She quickly assumed a 20 deg list to starboard while efforts were made to right the ship by counterflooding. However the list kept on increasing until it was clear that she was going to capsize. Abandon ship was ordered and the Hogue prepared to rescue her crew. At 0655 hrs Aboukir capsized and floated bottom up for a while before sinking Captain Drummond though that his ship had been mined but in fact she had been torpedoed by U9(Kapitanleutnant Otto Weddigen). U9 then torpedoed Hogue (Capt W Nicholson) who was trying to rescue Aboukir's crew, and it was now abundantly clear to Capt R W Johnson of HMS Cressy what had sunk Aboukir and Hogue, nevertheless, she stopped to pick up their survivors. She thus became Weddigen's third victim in less than an hour. In total, 60 officers and 777 men were saved from the three ships which means that the death toll from the three ships was 1,459. Among the dead were many boy seamen from HMS Ganges and officer cadets from the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S290] Richard Brown's records. [S1401] 1939 Nat Reg - RG 101-7623-7623A-014, RG101/7623A/014/14. [S3895] 1921 Census RG15-27644-0501 - Brown, Edward. [S3241] BMD - Death Index, 1941 JAS Hawarden 11b 618. [S60] BMD - Marriage Index, 1915 AMJ Toxteth Park 8B 357. [S5123] Marriage Notice - Brown, Edward - Boulton, Ethel Mary.