Elizabeth (Layton) Flanders (1818 - 1905)

Born 1818 in Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England

Ancestors

Died 21 Apr 1905 at about age 87 in Manhatten, New York, United States

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Biography

Elizabeth (Layton) Flanders was born in Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England.

1851 working as a cook at Oak Hall Hemingford Abbotts Huntingdonshire for the Reverend James Linton and family.

Registration district: St Ives Sub-registration district: Warboys ED, institution, or vessel: 5 Household schedule number: 120 Piece: 1749 Folio: 602 Page Number: 28

Note - The Hall, now called Hemingford Park Hall, was built in 1842 -3 for the Reverend James Linton and is now a listed building.

1861 living in Hemingford Abbotts Hunts.

Registration district: St Ives Sub-registration district: St Ives ED, institution, or vessel: 9 Household schedule number: 74 Piece: 980 Folio: 97 Page Number: 13

Household Members:

James Flanders 42 Farmer of 50 acres employing 1 man - born Hunts. Hemingford Abbotts

Elizabeth Flanders 43 born Northampton - Peterborough

John Flanders 5 born Hunts. Hemingford Abbotts

Anne Flanders 3 born Hunts. Hemingford Abbotts

By 1870 Elizabeth was in New York, where she is recorded in the census.

1880 living in New York City USA

Name: Elizabeth Flanders

Age: 61

Birth Year: abt 1819

Birthplace: England

Home in 1880: New York City, New York, New York

Race: White

Gender: Female

Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)

Marital Status: Widowed

Father's Birthplace: England

Mother's Birthplace: England

Household Members:

Name Age

Elizabeth Flanders 61

John Flanders 24 Piano worker

Annie Flanders 21 Milliner

Sources

• Baptism Name: Elizabeth Layton Age: 0 Birth Date: Abt 1818 Baptism Date: 6 Feb 1818 Baptism Place: Peterborough, St John the Baptist, Northamptonshire, England Parish as it Appears: Peterborough, St John Baptist Register Type: Bishops Transcripts Father: John Layton shoemaker Mother: Hannah Layton Ancestry.co.uk

• Marriages Dec 1854 Flanders James St Ives 3b 607 Layton Elizabeth St Ives 3b 607

• Death Name: Elizabeth Flanders Age: 87 Birth Year: abt 1818 Death Date: 21 Apr 1905 Death Place: Manhattan, New York, USA Certificate Number: 13715