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Edith Woodhurst was born on December 9th 1878 to parents Richard William (3) Woodhurst and his first wife Mary Ann Ames. ; she was registered in early 1879 [Birth Index: Hackney 1b 518, 1879 (March)].
The 1881 Census finds her at age 2 living with her parents at 16, Blanchard Road in Hackney.
She married Thomas (2) Gray in 1899. The marriage certificate [Marriage Index: Hackney 1b 980, 1899 (June)] states that they married at St. Luke's Church in Hackney Parish on May 21st 1899. Thomas (2) is described as a bachelor aged 22 occupied as a coalman and residing at 56, Chatham Place, and Edith as a spinster aged 20 residing at the same address - which was actually the home of her parents. His father Thomas (1) Gray was a coalman and hers was a carman. The witnesses were J. Woodhurst - presumably Edith's step-mother Jane - and R. Woodhurst, who may have been either her father or her sister Ruth (1). Thomas was born on September 21st 1874 [Birth Index: Hackney 1b 469, 1874 (Dec)].
The 1901 Census finds Edith at age "23" living with her husband and first child at 30, Stockman (or Stockmar) Road in Homerton, Hackney. The precise location of this road, which no longer exists as such, is unknown, but the schedule implies it was very near to Morning Lane. Thomas (2) was occupied as a builder's carman.
The 1911 Census finds the family living at 12, Theydon Road in Upper Clapton where Thomas (2) was still occupied as a carman.
The National Register for England and Wales 1939 finds them still living in Theydon Road but now at No. 10. Only their child George was with them. Thomas (2) was occupied in electricity supplies and George - born on December 28th 1912 - was occupied as an upholstery fitter.
Edith appears to have died in 1953 [Death Index: Hackney 5c 500, 1953 (Sept)]. Thomas (2) may have died in 1957 [Death Index: Bethnal Green 5c 186, 1957 (Dec)] and been cremated at Havering on September 24th.