Edmund Frank Horne 1919 - 1997

A market gardener and road sweeper and the 5th of 7 children of Isaac Horne (a hay trusser & thatcher heavy worker market gardener) and May Spratt,

Edmund Horne, the father of Nigel Horne, was born in Minster, Thanet, Kent, England on Sep 3, 19191,2,3,4,5,6,7 and married Joyce Cowell (with whom he had 4 children: David James, Diane Joyce, Nigel John and David James, along with 1 surviving child) at St Mary the Virgin Church, Minster, Thanet, Kent, England on Nov 1, 19528.

Edmund spent all of his life in Kent, England. Throughout his life, he lived in several places around the county: at Pansy Cottage, Way, Minster in Thanet on Jun 19, 19211; at Way Cottages, Minster in Thanet on Aug 28, 1931 and on Sep 29, 19392; on 22 Molineux Road, Minster in Thanet in 195510 and in 1959; at 19 Kingston Avenue, Garlinge in 19659 and in 197112; and at 33 Fulham Avenue, Garlinge in 197411.

Edmund appeared in 4 newspapers: in Kentish Express on 28 Aug 1931 on page 003 (https://www.findmypast.com/image-viewer?issue=BL/0003535/19310828&page=0003&article=054&stringtohighlight=frank%20horne), in an unknown newspaper on 21 Oct 1997 (https://www.findmypast.com/image-viewer?issue=BL/0002514/19971021&page=0019&article=019&stringtohighlight=edmund%20frank%20horne), in an unknown newspaper on 12 Nov 1997 (https://www.findmypast.com/image-viewer?issue=BL%2F0003797%2F19971112&page=40&article=040&stringtohighlight=edmund+frank+horne) and in an unknown newspaper on 13 Oct 1998 (https://www.findmypast.com/image-viewer?issue=BL/0002514/19981013&page=0023&article=023&stringtohighlight=edmund%20frank%20horne).

He served in the army from 1939 to 1945 in Dunkirk, Kent, England (the Buffs (East Kent Regiment)).

He died on Oct 12, 1997 at Wisdom Hospice, High Bank, Rochester, Kent5,6,7 (cancer) and was buried on Minster Cemetery, Tothill Street, Minster in Thanet on Oct 20, 1997 following his funeral at St Mary the Virgin Church6,7.

Parents

1. Isaac was born on Apr 10, 1885
2. May was born in 1888

Children

1. David James was born on Apr 29, 1958
2. Diane Joyce was born on Apr 29, 1958

Citations

1. 1921 Census Of England & Wales - Findmypast (was age 1 and the son of the head of the household)
2. 1939 Register - Findmypast (was the son of the head of the household)
3. England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 - Findmypast
4. England & Wales, Birth Index: 1916-2005 Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2008.Original data - General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Cont
5. England & Wales, Death Index: 1984-2005 Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data - General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Cont
6. UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
7. Web: International, Find A Grave Index Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
8. England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005 - Findmypast
9. 1965 Kelly's Thanet Directory
10. 1955 Kelly's Thanet Directory
11. 1974 Kelly's Thanet Directory
12. 1971 Kelly's Thanet Directory

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