Elijah Westwood
Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2017 3:52 pm
Ok you lucky people, how about this one?
Running up my family tree I have the Arthur Griffiths we had so much fun with, marrying Fanny Westwood, her family, as shown on BCC at https://bcconnections.tribalpages.com/t ... onnections are possibly as follows:
England, Select Births and Christenings
Baptism Place: Brierley Hill, Staffordshire
Baptism Date: 25 Dec 1820
Name: Elijah Westwood
Gender: Male
Father: Thos Westwood
Mother: Anne
But Ancestry family trees have Eli's parents as Benjamin Westwood & Phoebe Saunders so this may not be the relevant Eli especially as several of the following entries have Eli's birth date as 1816.
England & Wales, Criminal Registers
County: Leicester
Year: 1846
Name: Eli Westwood
Instruction: Imp
Age: 28
Date: County Sessions 19th October
Charge: Larceny by Servant
Verdict: Not guilty
This points towards an 1816 birth.
Marriages Jun 1846 (>99%)
Kirkland Hannah Mt Bosworth 15 245
Westwood Eli Mt Bosworth 15 245
Note: 13 Apr 1846 according to Ancestry family trees.
Census 1851
Elijah Westwood Head Mar 32 Nailer & Toll Collector Stafford Rowley
Hannah Westwood Wife Mar 26 Leicestershire Barleystone
Fanny Westwood Dau 4 Leicestershire Barleystone
Benjamin Westwood Son 1 Leicestershire Barleystone
Folio: 351
Page 6
Parish: Dudley
Ecclesiastical District: St Andrew
Schedule No: 27
Address: Cinder Bank
County: Worcester
Superintendent Registrar's District: Dudley
Registrar's District: Dudley
ED: 1hh
HO107/2033
This makes the 1820 baptism a more reasonable option.
The there are two possible census entries:
Census 1861
John Twigg Head Mar 43 Ag Lab Leicestershire Nailstone
Ann Twigg Wife Mar 41 Leicestershire Barlestone
Mary Twigg Daur Un 19 House serv. Leicestershire Nailstone
John Twigg Son 11 Scholar Leicestershire Nailstone
Sarah A Twigg Daur 3 Scholar Leicestershire Nailstone
Eli Westwood Visitor Mar 41 Nail maker Staffordshire Rowley
Page 18
Parish: Nailstone
Schedule No: 13
Superintendent Registrar's District: Market Bosworth
Registrar's Sub-District: Ibstock
ED: 2
RG 9/2265
Folio: 37 - inferred from other records
Which suggests the 1819 birth date
or
Census 1861
Eli Westwood Head Mar 44 Nail maker Staffordshire Rowley
Hannah Westwood Wife Mar 37 Staffordshire Barleston
Fanny Westwood Daur 14 Staffordshire Ashby
Benjamin Westwood Son 12 Staffordshire Barleston
John Westwood Son 7 Staffordshire Barleston
Sarah Ann Westwood Daur 4 Worcestershire Stourbridge
Mary Jane Westwood Daur 1 Worcestershire Cradley Heath
Folio: 119
Page 23
Township: Cradley
Ecclesiastical District: Halesowen
Schedule No: 111
Address: Tinelane End
Superintendent Registrar's District: Stourbridge
Registrar's Sub-District: Halesowen
ED: 8
RG 9/2063
Which suggests the 1816 birth date
By 1871 Hannah is alone and may be widowed
Census 1871
Hannah Westwood Head W 44 Leicestersh Leicester
Benjamin Westwood Son Unm 21 Puddler Leicestersh Leicester
Isabella Westwood Dau Unm 19 Nailer Staffordsh Kingswinford
John F Westwood Son Unm 16 Puddler Staffordsh Amblecote
Sarah Westwood Dau 13 Worcestersh Stourbridge
Mary Jane Westwood Dau 11 Worcestersh Cradley
Albert Westwood Son 8 Staffordshire Kingswinford
Freer Westwood Son 4 Staffordshire Kingswinford
Jabez Tooley Boarder Mar 24 Boatman Staffordshire Kingswinford Staffordshire
Folio: 120
Page 33 & 34
Civil Parish: Kingswinford
Village: Quarry Bank
Ecclesiastical District: Quarry Bank
Schedule No: 159
Address: Queen Street
Superintendent Registrar's District: Stourbridge
Registrar's Sub-District: Kingswinford
ED: 45
RG10/3030
But by 1880 she seems to have joined up with Eli in Ohio:
US Federal Census 1880
Page: 23
Supervisor's Dist: 8
ED: 211
Town: Niles
County: Trumbull
State: Ohio
Date: 12th June 1880
Dwelling No: 212
Family No: 213
Surname: Westwood
Name: Eli, Hannah, John, Albert, Freer
Colour: W, W, W, W, W
Sex: M, F, M, M, M
Age: 64, 59, 27, 17, 14
Relationship: Head, Wife, Son, Son, Son
Civil Condition: M, M, S, S, S
Occupation: Retired labourer, keeping house, works in R.M.(all sons)
Unemployed this year: 6mths (all sons)
Health:
Education: Hannah can't write
P.o.B: England (all)
Father's P.o.B: England (all)
Mother's P.o.B: England (all)
Which puts Eli's birth back to 1816
Eli died 22 Jul 1891 according to Ancestry family trees.
For Hannah I have:
England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers
Leicestershire
George Street Primitive Methodist Chapel, Leicester
Parish Register
Year: 1836
When: March 13
Name: Hannah
Sex: Female
Born: Barleston
D.o.B: March 16 1826
Parents:
John Kirkland
Ann Hide
Abode: Barleston
Profession: Labourer
Minister: George Wood
Also baptised her sister Mary, b June 14th 1829
Census 1841
John Dean 35 Farmer Leicestershire
Elizabeth Dean 30 Leicestershire
John Dean 8 Leicestershire
Thomas Dean 6 Leicestershire
William Dean 2 Leicestershire
Elizabeth Dean 9 Months Leicestershire
Thomas Fairbrother 15 M.S. Leicestershire
William Hardington 12 M.S. Leicestershire
Hannah Kirkland 15 F.S. Leicestershire
Township: Hugglescote & Donington
Place: Donington
County: Leicester
Hundred: Sparkenhoe
Parish: Ibstock
Superintendent Registrar's District: Ashby de la Zouch
Registrar's District: Whitwick
ED: 2
HO107/601/11
So do we have two men, one born in 1816 & one around 1819 or is there only the one who reported his birth date variously?
Can anyone find either of them in 1841, their whereabouts between 1861 & 1880, any travel to the USA, and any other info that might relate to them?
I've got GRO birth info for Fanny and her siblings, Benjamin b 1850, John b 1853, Sarah Ann b 1857, Mary Jane b 1859 (mother's maiden name is shown as Hartland), Albert b 1862 (no forename shown), Freer b 1865 or 1866 (there are two possible entries) and Hannah b 1866.
Running up my family tree I have the Arthur Griffiths we had so much fun with, marrying Fanny Westwood, her family, as shown on BCC at https://bcconnections.tribalpages.com/t ... onnections are possibly as follows:
England, Select Births and Christenings
Baptism Place: Brierley Hill, Staffordshire
Baptism Date: 25 Dec 1820
Name: Elijah Westwood
Gender: Male
Father: Thos Westwood
Mother: Anne
But Ancestry family trees have Eli's parents as Benjamin Westwood & Phoebe Saunders so this may not be the relevant Eli especially as several of the following entries have Eli's birth date as 1816.
England & Wales, Criminal Registers
County: Leicester
Year: 1846
Name: Eli Westwood
Instruction: Imp
Age: 28
Date: County Sessions 19th October
Charge: Larceny by Servant
Verdict: Not guilty
This points towards an 1816 birth.
Marriages Jun 1846 (>99%)
Kirkland Hannah Mt Bosworth 15 245
Westwood Eli Mt Bosworth 15 245
Note: 13 Apr 1846 according to Ancestry family trees.
Census 1851
Elijah Westwood Head Mar 32 Nailer & Toll Collector Stafford Rowley
Hannah Westwood Wife Mar 26 Leicestershire Barleystone
Fanny Westwood Dau 4 Leicestershire Barleystone
Benjamin Westwood Son 1 Leicestershire Barleystone
Folio: 351
Page 6
Parish: Dudley
Ecclesiastical District: St Andrew
Schedule No: 27
Address: Cinder Bank
County: Worcester
Superintendent Registrar's District: Dudley
Registrar's District: Dudley
ED: 1hh
HO107/2033
This makes the 1820 baptism a more reasonable option.
The there are two possible census entries:
Census 1861
John Twigg Head Mar 43 Ag Lab Leicestershire Nailstone
Ann Twigg Wife Mar 41 Leicestershire Barlestone
Mary Twigg Daur Un 19 House serv. Leicestershire Nailstone
John Twigg Son 11 Scholar Leicestershire Nailstone
Sarah A Twigg Daur 3 Scholar Leicestershire Nailstone
Eli Westwood Visitor Mar 41 Nail maker Staffordshire Rowley
Page 18
Parish: Nailstone
Schedule No: 13
Superintendent Registrar's District: Market Bosworth
Registrar's Sub-District: Ibstock
ED: 2
RG 9/2265
Folio: 37 - inferred from other records
Which suggests the 1819 birth date
or
Census 1861
Eli Westwood Head Mar 44 Nail maker Staffordshire Rowley
Hannah Westwood Wife Mar 37 Staffordshire Barleston
Fanny Westwood Daur 14 Staffordshire Ashby
Benjamin Westwood Son 12 Staffordshire Barleston
John Westwood Son 7 Staffordshire Barleston
Sarah Ann Westwood Daur 4 Worcestershire Stourbridge
Mary Jane Westwood Daur 1 Worcestershire Cradley Heath
Folio: 119
Page 23
Township: Cradley
Ecclesiastical District: Halesowen
Schedule No: 111
Address: Tinelane End
Superintendent Registrar's District: Stourbridge
Registrar's Sub-District: Halesowen
ED: 8
RG 9/2063
Which suggests the 1816 birth date
By 1871 Hannah is alone and may be widowed
Census 1871
Hannah Westwood Head W 44 Leicestersh Leicester
Benjamin Westwood Son Unm 21 Puddler Leicestersh Leicester
Isabella Westwood Dau Unm 19 Nailer Staffordsh Kingswinford
John F Westwood Son Unm 16 Puddler Staffordsh Amblecote
Sarah Westwood Dau 13 Worcestersh Stourbridge
Mary Jane Westwood Dau 11 Worcestersh Cradley
Albert Westwood Son 8 Staffordshire Kingswinford
Freer Westwood Son 4 Staffordshire Kingswinford
Jabez Tooley Boarder Mar 24 Boatman Staffordshire Kingswinford Staffordshire
Folio: 120
Page 33 & 34
Civil Parish: Kingswinford
Village: Quarry Bank
Ecclesiastical District: Quarry Bank
Schedule No: 159
Address: Queen Street
Superintendent Registrar's District: Stourbridge
Registrar's Sub-District: Kingswinford
ED: 45
RG10/3030
But by 1880 she seems to have joined up with Eli in Ohio:
US Federal Census 1880
Page: 23
Supervisor's Dist: 8
ED: 211
Town: Niles
County: Trumbull
State: Ohio
Date: 12th June 1880
Dwelling No: 212
Family No: 213
Surname: Westwood
Name: Eli, Hannah, John, Albert, Freer
Colour: W, W, W, W, W
Sex: M, F, M, M, M
Age: 64, 59, 27, 17, 14
Relationship: Head, Wife, Son, Son, Son
Civil Condition: M, M, S, S, S
Occupation: Retired labourer, keeping house, works in R.M.(all sons)
Unemployed this year: 6mths (all sons)
Health:
Education: Hannah can't write
P.o.B: England (all)
Father's P.o.B: England (all)
Mother's P.o.B: England (all)
Which puts Eli's birth back to 1816
Eli died 22 Jul 1891 according to Ancestry family trees.
For Hannah I have:
England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers
Leicestershire
George Street Primitive Methodist Chapel, Leicester
Parish Register
Year: 1836
When: March 13
Name: Hannah
Sex: Female
Born: Barleston
D.o.B: March 16 1826
Parents:
John Kirkland
Ann Hide
Abode: Barleston
Profession: Labourer
Minister: George Wood
Also baptised her sister Mary, b June 14th 1829
Census 1841
John Dean 35 Farmer Leicestershire
Elizabeth Dean 30 Leicestershire
John Dean 8 Leicestershire
Thomas Dean 6 Leicestershire
William Dean 2 Leicestershire
Elizabeth Dean 9 Months Leicestershire
Thomas Fairbrother 15 M.S. Leicestershire
William Hardington 12 M.S. Leicestershire
Hannah Kirkland 15 F.S. Leicestershire
Township: Hugglescote & Donington
Place: Donington
County: Leicester
Hundred: Sparkenhoe
Parish: Ibstock
Superintendent Registrar's District: Ashby de la Zouch
Registrar's District: Whitwick
ED: 2
HO107/601/11
So do we have two men, one born in 1816 & one around 1819 or is there only the one who reported his birth date variously?
Can anyone find either of them in 1841, their whereabouts between 1861 & 1880, any travel to the USA, and any other info that might relate to them?
I've got GRO birth info for Fanny and her siblings, Benjamin b 1850, John b 1853, Sarah Ann b 1857, Mary Jane b 1859 (mother's maiden name is shown as Hartland), Albert b 1862 (no forename shown), Freer b 1865 or 1866 (there are two possible entries) and Hannah b 1866.