Elizabeth (Cook) File (bef. 1827 - 1924)

Born before 22 Apr 1827 in Sellinge, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of William Elgar File — married 18 Dec 1857 in Elham, Kent, England

Descendants

Died 1924 after age 96 in Faversham, Kent, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Elizabeth was born in Sellinge, Kent and baptised there on 22 April 1927.^[1] She is the daughter of Stephen Cook and Mary Sharwood.

She was recorded in the 1841 Census living in her parent's household in Smeeth, Kent.^[2]

Elizabeth has not been located in the 1851 Census.

She married William Elgar File on 18 December 1857 at Elham, Kent.^[3]

They were living at Boughton under Blean, Kent at the time of the 1861 Census. With them in the household was their children Edwin and William, her 78 year old father Stephen and two others.^[4]

Elizabeth's situation in 1871 was very similar, living with her husband, sons Edwin and William, a nephew Charles File and three servants and employees.^[5] By 1881 her nephew was no longer there and only one servant was present.^[6]

William passed away in 1882 and the 1891 Census finds Elizabeth living alone with her spinster sister Charlotte, still in Boughton under Blean.^[7]

Elizabeth was living in her son William's household in 1901 in Boughton under Blean.^[8]

Elizabeth died at the grand old age of 97 in Faversham district in 1924.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "England, Kent, Parish Registers, 1538-1911," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDL-M17B : 10 December 2017), Elizabeth Cook, 22 Apr 1827; citing Christening, Sellinge, Kent, England, Kent Archives Office, Maidstone; FHL microfilm 1,473,766.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ2Q-K4J : 12 December 2017), Elizabeth Cook in household of Stephen Cook, Smeeth, Kent, England; 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.
3. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NN6W-R24 : 10 December 2014), William Elgar File and Elizabeth Cook, 18 Dec 1857; citing Elham, Kent, England, reference item 2 p 69, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,836,030.
4. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7PB-Y6W : 12 December 2017), Elizabeth Fill in household of William E Fill, Boughton Blean, Kent, England; 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.
5. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF65-8VN : 10 December 2017), Elizabeth File in entry for William Egar File, 1871.
6. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27W-JMRS : 11 December 2017), Elizabeth File in household of William E File, Boughton Under Blean, Kent, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 9, Piece/Folio 967/8, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,445.
7. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJZ-B6Z : 11 December 2017), Elizabeth File, Boughton Under Blean, Kent, England; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Kent county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
8. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9F7-XWV : 8 April 2016), Elizabeth File in household of William File, Boughton Under Blean, Kent, England; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Boughton subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
9. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVHQ-BGC6 : 4 September 2014), Elizabeth File, 1924; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Faversham, Kent, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.