In 1871, six month old Eliza was with her parents at Ash Cottage, Emley Yorkshire.[3][4][5]
Eliza's father Robert died on 22 December 1879 at Emley Woodhouse, Emley, West Riding, Yorkshire, England.[6]
In 1881 Eliza was with her mother and siblings at Woodhouse, Emley, Yorkshire, England.[7]
In 1891 Eliza was a Domestic Servant for the Whittalls at Wakefield Road, Skelmanthorpe, Yorkshire, next door to her grandmother Sarah Parkin, brother Thomas William, and cousins, Fred and Eliza Lodge.[8][9]
In 1901 Eliza was still a servant for the Whittalls in Wakefield Road, Skelmanthorpe, Yorkshire.[10][11]
Research Notes
Death after 1901 based on census entry.
Sources
↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Birth (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ : accessed 15 June 2023), database entry for Blackwell, Eliza (Mother's maiden surname: Parkin), GRO Reference: 1870 D Quarter in WAKEFIELD Volume 09C Page 2
↑ West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1910. West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; New Reference Number: WDP2/1/6. Transcript:
Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Elmley in the County of York in the Year 1870
When Baptized: 1870 Born 7 October 1870 Baptized 25 December 1870
Name: Eliza daughter of
Parents: Robert and Ann Blackwell
Abode: White Cross Parish of Elmley
Profession: Groom
Ceremony by: M N Tunnicliffe Curate Elmley
↑ The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1871 England Census; Class: RG10; Piece: 4613; Folio: 28; Page: 23; GSU roll: 848397
Township of Emley; Village of Emley; Local Board or District of Emley; Ecclesiastical District of Emley
↑ "General Register Office: 1871 Census Returns database, FreeCEN (https://www.freecen.org.uk/search_records/5906fe11e9379091b189e203 : viewed 15 Jun 2023), Eliza BLACKWELL in household of Robert BLACKWELL, Ash Cottage, Yorkshire, West Riding, England; from 1871 "England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images; citing The National Archives RG 10/4613, Folio 28, Page 23, Schedule 136, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Death (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ : accessed 04 April 2023), database entry for Blackwell, Robert. Age at death: 50. GRO Reference: 1879 D Quarter in WAKEFIELD Volume 09C Page 2.
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27T-18G8 : 11 December 2017), Eliza Blackwell in household of Ann Blackwell, Emley, Yorkshire,Yorkshire West Riding, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 2, Piece/Folio 4570/33, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,775,283.
Township of Emley; Urban Sanitary District of Emley; Ecclesiastical Parish of Emley
Place: Woodhouse
Name
Relation
Condition
Sex
Age
Occupation
Where Born
Ann Blackwell
Head
Widow
Female
44
Yorkshire Denby
Thomas William Blackwell
Son
Unmarried
Male
15
Groom
Yorkshire Emley
Eliza Blackwell
Daughter
Unmarried
Female
11
Scholar
Yorkshire Emley
Harriett Ann Blackwell
Daughter
Unmarried
Female
3
Yorkshire Emley
John Lockwood
Boarder
Married
Male
49
Yorkshire Merbin
Bessy Lockwood
Wife
Married
Female
42
Dressmaker
Yorkshire Kirkstall
Clara Lockwood
Daughter
Female
1
Yorkshire Darton
↑ 1891 England Census. The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891; Class: RG12; Piece: 3561; Folio: 80; Page: 30; GSU roll: 6098671.
Administrative County of W.R, of York; Civil Parish of part Skelmanthorpe; Urban Sanitary District of Skelmanthorpe; Village of Skelmanthorpe; Parliamentary Division of part Holmfirth; Ecclesiastical Parish of Scissett & part St Augustin
Address: Wakefield Road
Name
Relation
Condition
Sex
Age
Occupation
Where Born
Joe Knight Whittall
Head
Married
Male
39
Grocer & Draper
Kirkburton Yorkshire
Martha Whittall
Wife
Married
Female
34
Kirkburton Yorkshire
Gertrude M. Whittall
Daughter
Single
Female
10
Scholar
Skelmanthorpe Yorkshire
Helena Whittall
Daughter
Single
Female
7
Scholar
Skelmanthorpe Yorkshire
Eliza Blackwell
Servant
Single
Female
20
Domestic Servant
Emley Yorkshire
Sarah Parkin
Head
Widow
Female
77
Yorkshire Denby
Fred Lodge
Grandson
Single
Male
31
Woollen Warper
Yorkshire Skelmanthorpe
Eliza Lodge
Granddaughter
Single
Female
25
Woollen Warper
Yorkshire Skelmanthorpe
Tom Blackwell
Grandson
Single
Male
24
Dyers Labourer
Yorkshire Emley
↑ "General Register Office: 1891 Census Returns database, FreeCEN (https://www.freecen.org.uk/search_records/590708c8e9379091b197430b : viewed 15 Jun 2023), Eliza BLACKWELL in household of Joe Knight WHITTELL, Wakefield Road, Yorkshire, West Riding, England; from 1891 "England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images; citing The National Archives RG 12/3561, Folio 80, Page 29, Schedule 186, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
Administrative County of York (W Riding); Civil Parish of Skelmanthorpe; Ecclesiastical Parish of St Augustin; Urban District of Skelmanthorpe; Parliamentary Division of Holmfirth
Place: Wakefield Road
Name
Relation
Condition
Sex
Age
Occupation
Where Born
Joe K Whittell
Head
Married
Male
49
Grocer & Draper
Kirkburton Yorkshire
Martha Whittell
Wife
Married
Female
44
Kirkburton Yorkshire
Gertrude M Whittell
Daughter
Single
Female
20
Scisset Yorkshire
Helena Whittell
Daughter
Single
Female
17
Scisset Yorkshire
Joseph H. Whittell
Son
Single
Male
3
Scisset Yorkshire
Eliza Blackwell
Servant
Single
Female
29
General Servant Domestic
Yorkshire Emley
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9P2-YHT : 21 May 2019), Eliza Blackwell in household of Joe K Whittell, Skelmanthorpe, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Kirkburton subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
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