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WILSON, Susanna
1837 - Aft 1861 (> 25 years) Has 34 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1812 - 1893 (81 years)-
Name WILSON, Susanna Birth 1837 Downham Market, Norfolk, England 
Gender Female Death Aft 1861 Person ID I3764 Edgoose Last Modified 8 Feb 2026
Father WILSON, Frederick, b. 1812, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire d. 25 Jan 1893, Dorking, Surrey, England (Age 81 years) Mother EDGOOSE, Susanna, b. 1805, West Walton, Norfolk d. 31 Dec 1855, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England (Age 50 years) Marriage 1 Aug 1831 Wisbech, Cambridgeshire Family ID F3267 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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SUSANNA WILSON 1837-
Susanna, daughter of Frederick WILSON, hairdresser, and his wife Susanna formerly EDGOOSE, was baptised at St. Edmund's, Downham Market, Norfolk, on 15 January 1837. Frederick WILSON had married Susanna EDGOOSE at Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire, on 1 August 1831.
In 1841 Frederick and Susanna were living at Bridge Street, Downham, Norfolk:
Frederic (sic) WILSON, aged 25, hairdresser, N (Not born in Norfolk);
Susanna WILSON, aged 30, Y (Yes, born in Norfolk);
George WILSON, aged 7, Y;
*Susanna WILSON, aged 5, Y;
Elizath WILSON, aged 2 months, Y.
(HO107/754/9/19)
The 1851 census of Magdalen Street, Cambridge St. Peter, Cambridgeshire:
Frederick WILSON, head, aged 38, hairdresser, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire;
Susannah WILSON, wife, aged 43, hairdresser's wife;
George WILSON, son, aged 16, errand boy;
*Susannah WILSON, daughter, aged 14, milliner;
Frederick WILSON, son, aged 12, scholar;
Elizabeth WILSON, daughter, aged 9, scholar
Sarah Ann BROWNING, wife, married, aged 33, dressmaker, born at Wisbech;
Frederick BROWNING, son, aged 4, scholar, born at Brighton, Sussex.
(HO/107/1760/912B)
The 1861 census of 8 University Street, St. Pancras, Middlesex:
Annie EWEN, head, unmarried, dressmaker, born at Spalding, Lincolnshire;
Jane F. EWEN, visitor, aged 4, born at Boston, Lincolnshire;
Elizabeth WILLSON (sic), visitor, aged 19, dressmaker, born at Downham, Norfolk;
*Susannah WILLSON (sic), visitor, aged 24, dressmaker, born at Downham, Norfolk.
(RG9/102/178/44)
She has not been traced in the 1871 census or at any time later..
NOTES & QUERIES:
The following people named Susan*, born at Downham, Norfolk, in 1836 +/-2 were listed in the 1861 and 1871 census:
Susannah WILLSON, about 1837, visitor, in 1861.
Untraced in 1871.
RULED OUT:
Susanah GATES, about 1838, daughter, in 1851.
Susan EASTALL, about 1838, widow, in 1861.
Susannah SCARR formerly EASTALL nee GATES in 1871.
Susan SCARR, about 1838, wife, in 1891.
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Susannah GODFREY, about 1835, wife, in 1861.
Susannah GODFREY, about 1835, wife, in 1871.
Susannah GODFREY, about 1835, wife, in 1881.
Susannah GODFREY, about 1835, wife, in 1891.
RULED OUT:
Susannah MAGGS, about 1837, daughter, in 1861.
Susannah Johnson MAGGS married June Q 1861 Downham 4b 571 to either Horace Thurlow BROWN or Jonathan CLIFT.
Untraced in 1871.
RULED OUT:
Susan BUTTERS in 1851. Married Edward PARTRIDGE in 1855.
Susan PARTRIDGE, about 1836, wife, in 1861.
Susan PARTRIDGE in 1871.
Susannah PARTRIDGE, about 1837, wife, in 1881.
Susan PARTRIDGE, about 1835, wife, in 1891.
Susan PARTRIDGE, about 1836, head, in 1901.
RULED OUT
Susan THURSBY, about 1834, wife, in 1861.
Susan THURSBY, about 1834, wife, in 1871.
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Susan JOHNSON, about 1837, daughter, in 1851.
Untraced in 1861.
Susan Jane JOHNSON, about 1837, unmarried daughter of Susan JOHNSON in 1871.
Susan J. JOHNSON, about 1837, daughter, in 1881.
Susan JOHNSON, about 1837, daughter, in 1891.
Susan JOHNSON, about 1838, cousin, in 1901.
Susan Jane JOHNSON in 1911 census index
RULED OUT:
The birth of Susan TOOK was registered in Q1 1840 (Downham 13 69).
Susan RICHARDS (sic) son George's birth certificate in 1868 gives her maiden name as TOOK. She may have married William Warden RICHES (sic) in 1867.
(GRO Q4 1867 Downham 7a 800)
Untraced in 1851 and 1861.
Susan W. RICHARD, about 1837, wife, in 1871.
Susan BELL, about 1839, unmarried, wife's sister, in 1871.
RULED OUT:
Susan MENDHAM married Henry SPENCER Q4 1854 Downham 4b 10.
Susan SPENCER, about 1834, wife, in 1891.
Susan SPENCER, about 1836, wife, in 1901.
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Susan KING married John SPICER Q1 1853 Downham 4b 607.
Susan SPICER, about 1837, wife, in 1891.
Susan SPICER, about 1836, wife, in 1901.
Susan PIKE, about 1840, daughter, in 1871.
Susan PIKE, about 1836, daughter, in 1881.
Susan GREEVES, about 1835, head, in 1901. Thomas Hunter GREEVES married Susan A. Seymour in Q4 1872 Wisbech. In 1891 she was a widow and housekeeper to Edward BROWN, born at Downham, Isle of Ely, NOT Norfolk.
Marriage between John ALLDAY and Susan not traced.
Susan ALLDAY, about 1832, wife of John ALLDAY, in 1861.
Susan ALLDAY, about 1832, wife of John ALLDAY, in 1871.
Susan ALLDAY, about 1837, wife, in 1881.
Susan ALLDAY died in 1886 aged 56.
John ALLDAY, widower, in 1891
Susan HARROD, about 1834, wife, in 1901.
Robert HARROD married Susan BONE Q4 1884 Thetford 4b 1109.
Robert HARROD married Eliza CROSS, Susan HARWOOD, or Susannah ROBERTS Q2 1855 Shoreditch.
In 1861 Robert and Susanah (sic) HARROD, both born at Downham in Norfolk, were living in Bermondsey.
In 1871 Robert & Susannah HARROD were in St. Giles without Cripplegate.
In 1891 Robert and Susanah (sic) HARROD, both born in Norfolk (place unstated) were living in Shoreditch.
Susan GOOCH, about 1832, wife, in 1871 (née GLASSCOCK).
Susannah RAWLINS, about 1841, wife, in 1871 (née CARTER).
Susannah WRAY, about 1832, wife, in 1871 (née LOCKWOOD).
Susan HULSTON, about 1841, widow of Thomas HULSTON in 1871 (née ALLCOCK).
(revised 14.08.2011)