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WILSON, Elizabeth
1841 - 1890 (48 years) Has 34 ancestors and 6 descendants in this family tree.
1812 - 1893 (81 years)-
Name WILSON, Elizabeth Birth 13 Apr 1841 Downham Market, Norfolk, England 
Gender Female Death 1890 Oxford Registration District, Oxfordshire Person ID I3766 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
Family ROWLES, William David, b. 1846, St. Ebbe, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d. 1927, Oxford Registration District, Oxfordshire (Age 81 years) Marriage 6 Sep 1870 West Street Chapel, Dorking, Surrey Children 1. ROWLES, William Frederick, b. 1871, St. Ebbe, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d. Aft 1911 (Age > 41 years)2. ROWLES, Lilian Annie L., b. 1873, St. Ebbe, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d. 1957, Chelmsford Registration District, Essex (Age 84 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. ROWLES, Walter Reginald, b. 1876, St. Ebbe, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d. 18 Jul 1938, Hackney Registration District, London (Age 62 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]4. ROWLES, Herbert Spencer, b. 1878, St. Ebbe, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d. 1967, Oxford Registration District, Oxfordshire (Age 89 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F1752 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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ELIZABETH WILSON 1841-1890
According to Tbennett54@aol.com Elizabeth WILSON was born at Downham, Norfolk, on 13 April 1841.
(GRO June Q 1841 [EDGOOSE] Downham 13 68)
On 6 June 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)
Frederick WILSON and his sister ELIZABETH were baptised in the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel at Downham Market, Norfolk, on 20 June 1841. Frederick was aged 2 years. Elizabeth was aged 2 months.
(FreeReg)
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, aged 24, 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)
Elizabeth WILSON married William David ROWLES at the West Street Chapel, Dorking, Surrey, on 6 September 1870. She was described as a 29 year old Dorking spinster, the daughter of hairdresser Frederick WILSON. William David ROWLES was a 24 year old bachelor, a tailor, of 4 Luther Terrace, Oxford, the son of tailor David ROWLES. Witnesses were Fredk WILSON senior and Fredk WILSON junior.
(GRO September Q 1870 Dorking 2a 208)
The 1871 census of 4 Luther Terrace, St. Ebbe, Oxford, Oxfordshire:
William D. ROWLES, head, aged 34, tailor, born at St. Ebbe, Oxford, Oxfordshire;
*Elizabeth ROWLES, wife, aged 29, born at Downham, Norfolk.
(RG10/1440/11/16)
The 1881 census of 4 Luther Terrace (The Ferns), St. Ebbe, Oxford, Oxfordshire:
William David ROWLES, head, aged 34, tailor, journeyman, born at St. Ebbes;
*Elizabeth ROWLES, wife, aged 39, born at Downham, Norfolk;
William ROWLES, son, aged 9, scholar, born at St. Ebbes, Oxford;
Lilian ROWLES, daughter, aged 7, scholar, born at St. Ebbes, Oxford;
Walter ROWLES, son, aged 5, scholar, born at St. Ebbes, Oxford;
Herbert ROWLES, son, aged 2, born at St. Ebbes, Oxford.
(RG11/1503/95/19)
The death of Elizabeth ROWLES aged 48 was registered in 1890.
(GRO March Q 1890 Oxford 3a 577)
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