Edgar Chichester BREDIN

1868 - 1934  (65 years)

• Name	Edgar Chichester BREDIN
  Birth	6 Mar 1868	Gibraltar   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	7E1E7C9549DF4B989DD6991DFEB3CD74D34A
  Death	26 Jan 1934	San Francisco, California, USA   [2]
  Notes	The Belfast News-Letter of 27 March 1868 carried a birth announcement "Bredin - March 6 at Gibraltar, the wife of Lieut.-Colonel Bredin, RA, of a son. Edgar enlisted in the Canadian Over-seas Expeditionary Force on 14 February 1917. He gave his date of birth as 11 March 1873, birthplace Gibraltar, his calling as engineer, address 1110 Gough Street, San Francisco, next of kin Mrs Ethel Bredin of the same address. The 1930 US Federal Census indicates that Edgar immigrated into the USA in 1912. The details are: at 1466 Post Street, San Francisco, California (all BREDIN, all born in England), Edgar C (head, 62, aged 25 when first married, clerical work in an office), Ethel A (wife, 48, aged 15 when first married) and Viola (daughter, 30, single). The New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957, at ancestry.com: Sailing from Liverpool on 12 September 1907, the SS Arabic. On board was Edgar C BREDIN, 39, single, theatrical profession; contact at home Lady W Walker, 10 Castle Hill Avenue, Folkestone; destination New York.
  Person ID	I1099	Fritton, Norfolk
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2020

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Emily Nind PURCELL,   b. Abt 1867   d. Sep 1897, Bath RD (Age 30 years)
  Marriage	25 Feb 1892	Christ Church, Walcot St Swithin, Bath, Somerset   [3]
  	Married after banns. Edgar Chichester Bredin, 24, bachelor, tea planter of Dikoya, Ceylon, father Edgar Grantham Bredin (deceased), Colonel, Royal Artillery. Mary Emily Nind Purcell, 25, spinster of 20 Camden Crescent, father Edward Willoughby Tobias Purcell (deceased), Major General, Royal Artillery. Both signed full names. Witnesses Charles Reid MB --, F W Mind.
  Family ID	F370	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2020

  
  

  Family 2	Alice APLIN,   b. Abt 1873, Peckham, London d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	20 Jul 1898	Register Office, Kensington, London   [4]
  	Married by certificate. Edgar Chichester Bredin, 31, widower, retired tea planter of 4 Milbourne Grove, Kensington, father Edgar Grantham Bredin deceased, Colonel, Royal Artillery. Alice Aplin, 24, spinster of 4 Milbourne Grove, Kensington, father William Henry Aplin, mechanical engineer. Witnesses Walter H Charter, J Anning. In 1908 Edgar petitioned for divorce on grounds of his wife's adultery.
  Marital status	Divorced
  Children	1. Viola Chichester BREDIN,   b. Jun 1895, Kensington RD d. Yes, date unknown   2. Edgar Cyril BREDIN,   b. 24 Nov 1899, Northampton RD d. Dec 1966, Westminster RD (Age 67 years)   3. Hugh Waldine BREDIN,   b. 8 Feb 1901, Northampton, Northants d. Yes, date unknown   4. William Bruce BREDIN,   b. Mar 1902, Northampton RD d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F369	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2020

  
  

• Sources

  [S20] 1901 census. [S140] California, Death Index, 1905-1939 at ancestry.com. [S138] Somerset, England, Marriage Registers, Bonds and Allegations, 1754-1914 at ancestry.com. [S21] BMD index, Q3 1898 Kensington 1a/403. (Reliability: 3).