Castleman biography

Mr Edward Castleman was born in Littleton, Hampshire, England in late 1874 and his birth was registered in Andover in the last quarter of that year.

He was the son of Henry Castleman (1831-1893), an agricultural labourer, and Elizabeth Lock (1836-1906), both natives of Barton Stacey, Hampshire who were married in 1874.

His father was first married in 1844 to Charlotte Rose (b.

circa 1827), with whom he had seven known children: Fanny (b. 1849), Rose (b.

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1852), Kate (b. 1855), Rose (b. 1858), Ellen (b. 1860), Alice (b. 1864) and Sarah (b. 1865).

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Charlotte Castleman died sometime between 1869 and 1874 and her widower Henry was remarried in 1874 to Elizabeth Lock.

Edward had two siblings from his father's second marriage: Fred (b. 1876) and Martha (b.

1880).

Edward first appears on the 1881 census when he and his family were residing at Harestock Farm in Littleton, Hampshire where his father was described as an agricultural labourer and his mother as a dai