Elisabeth (Wilson) Woodgate (1816)

Born 11 Jul 1816 in Woolwich, Kent

Wife of George Woodgate — married 15 Feb 1835 (to 12 May 1859) in St Giles, Camberwell, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Elisabeth (Wilson) Woodgate was born in Woolwich, Kent, England.

Name: Betsey Wilson
Christening Date: 31 Jul 1816
Christening Place: Saint Mary Magdalene, Woolwich, Kent, England
Birth Date: 11 Jul 1816
Father's Name: Andrew Wilson
Mother's Name: Jane
Event Type: Christening

Geographical Notes and Social context: Woolwich, a parliamentary borough, a garrison, and a parish in Kent. The town stands on the river Thames, with stations on the S.E.R., It was only a poor fishing village till the time of Henry VIII., and rose to further importance in 1716 by the establishment at it of a royal arsenal. It is a seat of county courts, publishes three weekly newspapers, is practically identical with the main body of Woolwich parish, or all of it on the S side of the Thames, and extends nearly 2 miles along the river, and about half a mile inland to the brow of Shooters Hill. It includes a spacious level plateau called Woolwich Common, used for exercising troops; comprises a principal street running parallel to the river, and lesser streets crossing this at right angles; and has a post office, three banks, several chief inns, a police station, a town-hall, public baths and lecture-hall, a theatre, a royal military academy, two endowed schools, several other public schools, a great military hospital, almshouses founded in 1562, a cottage hospital, and some general charities. The Royal Dockyard extended about a mile. It was closed in 1869, and is now used as officers' quarters and store departments. The Royal Arsenal includes gun factories for building up, boring, and drilling pieces of ordnance; a carriage department ; a laboratory for making all kinds of ammunition; and a store department of vast extent. A large torpedo factory has been erected and fitted up for the production of this modern implement of naval warfare. The Royal Artillery Barracks stand on the top of the hill facing the common, present a frontage of nearly a quarter of a mile long. The Royal Marine Barracks stand on the slope of a hill, in the ascent from the dockyard to the common. The Naval and Marine Hospital stands on an eminence contiguous to the marine barracks. The Herbert Military Hospital stands on Kidbrook Common. It was completed in 1866. The Royal Military Academy was built in 1805. St Mary's Church was rebuilt in 1740, and restored in 1894. St John's was built in 1848. St Thomas' was built in 1850. Trinity Church is plain but spacious. St Michael and All Angels' Church was built in 1879. The garrison church was built in 1863 . There are a Roman Catholic and fifteen dissenting chapels. The ferry across the river to North Woolwich was opened in 1889. Population of the parish, 40,848; of the parliamentary borough, 98,966. Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5 ^[1]

Name George Woodgate
Spouse's Name Elizabeth Wilson
Marriage Date 15 Feb 1835
Marriage Place Saint Giles, Camberwell, Surrey, England
Event Type Marriage

They had seven children:

• George Richard Woodgate 1836-1867
• Andrew Thomas Woodgate 1838-1893
• Sarah Jane Woodgate 1840-1894
• Elizabeth Ann Woodgate 1841-
• Maria Louisa Woodgate 1842-1912
• James Henry Woodgate 1846-1889
• Emily Frances Woodgate 1850-

Name: Elizabeth Woodgate
Age: 24
Event Date: 1841
Event Place: Lewisham, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Residence Note: Ledger Place
Birth Year (Estimated): 1817
Birthplace: Kent

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
George Woodgate M 25 Kent
George Woodgate M 5 Kent
Andrew Woodgate M 3 Kent
Sarah Woodgate F 1 Kent
Charles Bowen M 21 Kent
Sarah Bowen F 25
Rosina Bowen F 0 Kent
Joseph Clark M 25
Elizabeth Clark F 30
William Clark M 4 Kent
Henry Clark M 2 Kent

Name: Elizabeth Woodgate
Age: 34
Event Date: 1851
Event Place: Lewisham, Kent, England
Registration District: Lewisham
Event Type: Census
Residence Note: Ledgers Place
Birth Year (Estimated): 1817
Birthplace: Woolwich, Kent
Marital Status: Married
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
George Woodgate Husband M 35 Greenwich, Kent
George Woodgate Son M 15 Lewisham, Kent

Name: Elizabeth Woodgate
Age: 44
Event Date: 1861
Event Place: Lewisham, London, England, United Kingdom
Registration District: Lewisham
Event Type: Census
Residence Note: Upper Bath Place
Birth Year (Estimated): 1817
Birthplace: ..., Kent
Marital Status: Widowed
Occupation: Dressmaker
Relationship to Head of Household: Head

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Andrew J Woodgate M 23 Lewisham, Kent
Sarah J Denham F 21 Lewisham, Kent
Elizabeth A Woodgate F 13 Lewisham, Kent
James H Woodgate M 15 Lewisham, Kent
Maria L Woodgate F 13 Lewisham, Kent
Charles Bowen M 42 ..., Kent
George Bowen M 12 ..., Kent
Charles Bowen M 11 ..., Kent

Sources

1. ↑ https://ukga.org/index.php?pageid=5718

• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NLPF-SM4 : 10 April 2021), Betsey Wilson, 1816.
• "England Marriages, 1538–1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NV6F-LW1 : 13 March 2020), Elizabeth Wilson in entry for George Woodgate, 1835.
• "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQKK-14F : 6 March 2021), Elizabeth Woodgate in household of George Woodgate, Lewisham, Kent, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
• "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGRM-5BM : 12 September 2019), Elizabeth Woodgate in household of George Woodgate, Lewisham, Kent, England; citing Lewisham, Kent, England, p. 27, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
• "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2MG-P73Y : 3 March 2021), Elizabeth Woodgate, Lewisham, London, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.