William Edwards and Maria Harcour had the following children:

1. Mary Christiana Edwards bp. 12.9.1830 (St John the Baptist Church, Margate, fathers profession given as ‘Labourer’; Abode: Margate).
   
2. Thomas Edwards bp. 9.6.1833 (St John the Baptist Church, Margate, fathers profession given as ‘Fisherman’; Abode: Margate) d. 1874 (Margate).
3. Henry William Edwards bp. 10.4.1836 (St John the Baptist Church, Margate, fathers profession given as ‘Mariner’; Abode: Margate) d. 1913 NB. He was also known as William Henry Edwards.
4. Elizabeth Ann Edwards bp. 24.6.1838  (St John the Baptist Church, Margate, fathers profession given as ‘Fisherman’; Abode: Margate) d. 7.11.1838
   
5. Richard William Edwards bp. 12.7.1840 (St John the Baptist Church, Margate, fathers profession given as ‘Shrimper’; Abode: Margate) 
6. Elizabeth Ann Edwards b. 1843 (Thanet) bp. 12.3.1843 (St John the Baptist Church, Margate, fathers profession given as ‘Mariner’; Abode: Margate)
   
7. Sarah Ann Edwards bp. 23.12.1849 (St John the Baptist Church, Margate; fathers profession given as ‘Labourer’; Abode: Margate) d. 1872

Census Records:
1841 census: HO107; Piece: 468; HO107; Piece number 468; Book: 6; Folio: 6; Page no: 5
St John’s College Cottages, St John Baptist, Margate, Isle of Thanet:

1.  William Edwards, age 30. Labourer, born Kent
   
2.  Maria Edwards, age 30, born in foreign parts
   
3.  Thomas Edwards, age 8, born in Kent
   
4.  Henry Edwards, age 5, born in Kent
   
5.  Richard Edwards, age 1, born in Kent

1851 Census: Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 1629; Folio: 256; Page: 4; GSU roll: 193530.
1 Kidman Row, Margate, Kent:

1. William Edwards, (Head) age 46, Shrimper, born: St Lawrence, Kent.
   
2. Maria Edwards, (Wife) age 40, born: Bombay East Indies.
   
3. Mary C Edwards, (Daughter) age 21, Servant, born: Margate, Kent.
   
4. William H Edwards, (Son) age 15, Shrimper, born: Margate, Kent.
   
5. Elizabeth A Edwards, (Daughter) age 2, Scholar, born: Margate, Kent.
   
6. Sarah Edwards, (Daughter) age 1, born: Margate, Kent.
   Kidman Row
   Rule by Margate Board of Health 1851-1858 (discusses Kidman Row).
   1852 Map of Kidman Row, Margate.
   

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1861 census:  Class: RG 9; Piece: 535; Folio: 107; Page: 10; GSU roll: 542657.
4 Cuthills Cottages, Margate, Kent:

1. Maria Edwards, Head, Widowed, age 52, Laundress, born: Margate, Kent.
2. Henry Edwards, Son, unmarried, age 25, Labourer, born: Margate, Kent.
3. Elizabeth Edwards, Daughter, unmarried, age 17, born: Margate, Kent.
4. Sarah Edwards, Daughter, age 11, born: Margate, Kent
   (Living next door is Thomas Edwards, Head, married, age 26, Labourer, born Margate, Kent and his wife Sarah Jane, age 25, Laundress, born Hampshire.

1871 census: Class: RG10; Piece: 991; Folio: 109; Page: 7; GSU roll: 838723.
2 Ventnor Lane, Margate, Kent: (all the below are sharing the same house)

1. Thomas Edwards (Head) married, age 36, Labourer out of employment, born Margate, Kent.
   
2. Sarah Edwards (Wife) married, age 25, Laundress, born Southsea, Hants.
   
3. Ann Bow (Head), Widow, age 59, Laundress, born Margate, Kent.
   
4. Eliza Bow, Daughter, unmarried, age 30, Domestic Servant, born Margate, Kent.
   
5. Alfred Bow, Son, unmarried, age 20, Painter, born Margate, Kent.
   
6. Thomas Bow, Son, unmarried, age 18, Waiter, born Margate, Kent.
   
7. Maria Edwards (Head), Widow, age 61, Charwoman, born Margate, Kent.
   
8. James Brandell (Head) married, age 76, Pensioner, born Woolwich, Kent.
   
9. Ann Brandell (Wife) age 65, born Margate, Kent.

Note that in the 1861 and 1871 census Maria gives her birth as Margate, Kent. 

Maria died in 1877 (buried in St John the Baptist churchyard, Margate) and William died in 1858 in Thanet.

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