| My FOGDENs |
The Brighton connection (post the early 1800s)
Edmund FOGDEN (1829-1918) was my great-great-grandfather.
He married Emily EVANS on 1st August 1852 at Brighton. Emily was born in the village of Framfield in 1830. As far as I know they only had one child before she died in 1866, aged 36. This was my great-grandfather William Edward FOGDEN. Edmund was variously described as a labourer, boatman & mariner.
After Emily died in 1866 he married Lucy OLDING on 11th October 1870 at Brighton. Lucy was about 18 years younger than Edmund and had come to Brighton from Somerset with her sister, Sarah Ann OLDING. Edmund had 4 children by Lucy, who died in 1892:
| Blanch Elizabeth FOGDEN (1871-?) |
Blanch was born on 1st October 1871 at Brighton. She married Edward Charles ANDREWS at Brighton Register Office on 12th November 1890. |
| Lucy Kate Mary FOGDEN (1874-1950) |
Lucy was born on 7th September 1874 at Brighton. She married Henry TROTT at Brighton Register Office on 22nd April 1895. |
| Sarah Louise Maud FOGDEN (1878-1889) |
Sarah was born on 17th March 1878 at Brighton. She died suddenly, of an embolism (blood clot), while on a visit with her mother to Somerset (presumably to see her grandparents). |
| Mabel Annie Ellen FOGDEN (1880-?) |
Mabel was born on 12th December 1880 at Brighton. I know nothing more about her. |
Like his brother Henry he outlived his wives by quite a bit - in his case by 26 years. Edmund died in 1918 (aged 90). On his death certificate he is described as 'Formerly Old Chain Pier attendant' which tallies with a family story that he was the last person to leave the Chain Pier before it was destroyed in a storm at about 10pm on 4th December 1896.