Edith May Broughton was born on 31st December, 1883 in Beccles. In 1891 she was living in Ingate Street, Beccles. In 1901 she was working as a servant in the Ship Inn, Bridge Street, Beccles. She married in 1906 to farm labourer Francis Jeroam Whiting. In 1911, she was living at Titchwell, Kings Lynn. In 1939 she was living in Prospect Row, Brancester Staithe, Docking. She died in King’s Lynn in 1967, aged 84.

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• 1. Tom Broughton's files. Edith M Broughton, born in 1880. • 2. 1891 Census. Ingate Street, Beccles. Edith Broughton. Daughter. Age 7. Scholar. Born Beccles. • 3. 1901 Census. Ship Inn, Bridge Street, Beccles. Edith Broughton. Servant. Single. Age 17. Female. General Domestic Servant. Born Norwich [sic]. • 4. Marriage Registers. Edith May Broughton. Sep. 1906. 4a. 2192. Mutford. • 5. Birth Registers. Broughton, Edith May. Mar. 1884. 4a. 868 Wangford. [Whiting, Francis Jeroam?]. • 6. Death Registers. Dec. 1967. Whiting, Edith M. 4b. 667. King’s Lynn. Age 84. • 7. 1939 Register. Edith M. Whiting. Female. Married. Born 31 Dec 1883. Address: Prospect Row, Brancester Staithe, Docking, Norfolk. Unpaid Domestic Duties. • 8. 1911 Census. Titchwell, Kings Lynn. Edith Whiting. Wife. Age 27. Married 4 years, 1 child (deceased). Born Beccles.