Elizabeth's baptismal record states that her parents were William and Mary Wilson. She was baptised on 7th November 1847 at the parish church of St James in Staple.
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| 1847 baptism of Elizabeth Wilson (courtesy Find My Past) |
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| St James parish church in Staple, Kent |
On the 1851 census Elizabeth is 3 years old. She is living with her parents, William and Mary, and 2 of her siblings. Her father, William, is an agricultural labourer.
Elizabeth's siblings were:
William Simon 1845 - 1934
Robert 1850 - 1928
Thomas 1852 - 1918
Sarah Ann 1853 - 1931
John 1856 - 1893
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| 1851 census Elizabeth Wilson (courtesy Ancestry) |
On the 1861 census Elizabeth is 13 years old and is living as a servant in the household of a James Petley, a farmer, and his family. Elizabeth is a nursemaid. Quite ironic really as she is still effectively a child herself.
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| 1861 census Elizabeth Wilson (courtesy Ancestry) |
On the 1871 census Elizabeth is 23 and a nursemaid. This time, however, she is living at 62 Grosvenor Place in Margate. She is living in the household of a school master and his family. The house is quite large, it's likely that the house is also the school. The census seems to indicate that there are 61 people living at the house including all of the pupils! I'm not sure how many houses there were altogether, that's quite a squash!
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| 1871 census Elizabeth Wilson (courtesy Ancestry) |
On 23rd January 1872 Elizabeth married John Michael Newport at the parish church, of St James, in Staple, Kent. The blog for John Michael Newport gives more information, and the census returns for 1881 through to 1911, for the couple and their family.
The couple had 9 children, 6 of whom pre-deceased them. The children were:
Herbert John 1872 - 1872
Herbert Charles John 1873 - 1929
William George 1875 - 1951
Walter Thomas 1877 - 1951
George 1879 - 1899
Elizabeth 1880 - 1880
Frederick 1882 - 1899
Elizabeth Lilian 1885 - 1960
Mabel 1889 - 1913
Elizabeth died in the second quarter of 1927. She was 79 years old.
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