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BlueSavannah
14-05-11, 08:47
Name - "official" name and what they were known as: Elizabeth Berrisford

Date and place of birth: Aprox 1846 in Heanor, Derbyshire. Age varies dramatically on censuses but there are only two possible birth regs for Elizabeth; one in 1845 and the other in 1847

Names of parents: Henry Berrisford & Maria (probably King)

Date and place of baptism: 11th April 1852 at St Lawrence, Heanor. Baptised alongside two siblings, Ann & Henry.

Details of each of his or her marriages: Firstly married to Alfred Fletcher (Mar Q 1865, Basford, 7b, 179). Then married Eli Irons on the 12th January 1874 at St John the Baptist, Dronfield, Derbyshire.

Occupation(s): Dressmaker on the 1871 census.

Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on (if s/he lived in census times!):

1851: Heanor, Derbyshire. Aged 6, with parents Henry & Maria.
1861: Not Yet Found
1871: Heanor, Derbyshire. Aged 25, Widow. With two young children, Henry & Maria Fletcher.
1881: Hamlet of Bagthorpe, Selston, Notts. Aged 34, wife of Eli Irons. As well as her children with Eli, she has a son, William Fletcher (who is illegitimate) here but her older two Fletcher children are not. I know that Henry Fletcher lived but not sure about Maria Fletcher.
1891: Brickyard Terrace, Treflis, Wales. Aged 43, born Heanor, with her Irons children. Husband Eli Irons is in Newbold, Derbyshire with William Fletcher (wrongly listed as Irons).
1901: School Street, Mosborough, Derbyshire. Aged 50, wife of Eli.
1911: 21 Duke Street Court, Mosborough, Derbyshire. Aged 68, wife of Eli.

Date, place and cause of death: Sept q 1912, Chesterfield, 7b, 698. Age 67

Date and place of burial: Not Yet Found

Details of will / administration of their estate - None

Memorial inscription: Unknown