Thomas, Edward Emuss (1848-1917)

Family

Edward was born in the summer of 1848 at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, to parents Edward, a locksmith (1851), and Sarah.

Census returns identify the following occupations for Edward.

• 1871 PM minister
• 1881 coal merchant at Bushbury, Staffordshire.
• 1901 coal merchant (retired)
• 1911 property owner at Handsworth, Staffordshire

He married Julia Emuss (1854-1881) in the summer of 1878 in the Dudley Registration District, Staffordshire. Census returns identify one child.

• Julia Emuss (1881-1881)        

He married Elizabeth Marler (1847-1914) in the spring of 1882 in the Wolverhampton Registration District, Staffordshire. Census returns  identify three children.

• Arthur Edward (abt1884-1954) – art teacher & student (1911)
• Ethel Marler (1885-1957)
• Florence Elizabeth (1887-1896)

Edward died on 2 November 1917 at Warley, Worcestershire.

Circuits

• 1869 Monmouth
• 1870 Chippenham
• 1871 Cardiff
• 1872 Pembroke Dock
• 1873 Braintree
• 1874 disappears

References

W Leary, Directory of Primitive Methodist Ministers and their Circuits, 1990

Census Returns and Births, Marriages & Deaths Registers