Edward R Eke was born in 1880 in King's Lynn and was the son of William Robert Eke (1848) and Hannah Seaman. In 1881 he was living at 14 Victoria Street, South Lynn. In 1901 he was working as a bricklayer and living with his widowed mother in Priory Lane in the St Margaret's district of King's Lynn.

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• 1. 1881 Census. 14 Victoria Street, South Lynn. Edward R Eke. Son. Age 1. • 2. 1901 Census. Hindringham. Edward R. Eke. Age 21. Bricklayer. Born King's Lynn.