Grace (Silverwood) Booth (1821 - 1885)

Born 29 Aug 1821 in Shelley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Kaye — married May 1841 in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Wife of Jabez Booth — married 1855 in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Died 6 May 1885 at age 63 in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Biography

Grace was born in 1821. She was the daughter of Matthew Silverwood and Sarah Wainwright. She passed away in 1885.

She married Joseph Kaye in 1841. By 1851, the couple had three children: William, John Napoleon, and Sarah.

Here’s where the sources get a little tricky to interpret, based on the customs of the time. In 1851, Grace appeared in her father’s household, listed as a widow with three children. She might truly have been a widow. But it was also a common enough practice at the time for an abandoned wife to claim she was widowed. In 1853, Grace had another child, Matilda. This might mean her estranged husband came back and reconciled; or, it might mean she hd a relationship with someone she didn’t marry, and her child received Grace’s current last name.

In 1855, Grace married Jabez Booth. The couple had two children: Elizabeth and Bethuel. Although Grace is listed as a widow again in 1871, it appears that her second husband might have abandoned her. Of the current death records digitized and catalogued so far, there is no record for a Jabez Booth dying between 1861 and 1871. There are two or three Jabez Booths in later censuses, but the earliest death certificate comes from the 1880s.

Grace continued to live as a widow—whether she technically was or not—until her death in 1885. At the time, at least one child, Elizabeth, was living in her household with her. She also had one grandchild present in the household, William Henry Kaye. It is unclear whose child he was, but he lived in his grandmother’s house from a very early age onward. After his grandmother’s death, he continued to live with his aunt Elizabeth, at least until 1891.

Sources

• "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VWZ7-75N : 11 December 2014), Grace Silverwood, 30 Sep 1821, Baptism; citing p. 77, Kirkburton, Yorkshire, record group RG4, Public Record Office, London.

• "England Marriages, 1538–1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJGN-KLW : 13 March 2020), Grace Silverwood in entry for Joseph Kaye, 1841.

• "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQPX-Q1G : 23 May 2019), Grace Kaye in household of Matthew Silverwood, Kirkburton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; 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.

• "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SP9P-MHT : 12 September 2019), Grace Kaye in household of Henry Silverwood, Shelley, Yorkshire,Yorkshire (West Riding), England; citing Shelley, Yorkshire,Yorkshire (West Riding), England, p. 1, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7HV-LX4 : 3 March 2021), Grace Booth in household of Jabez Booth, Shelley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; 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.

• "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBHT-N92 : 26 June 2022), Grace Booth, 1871.

• "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMFY-VV7 : 8 March 2021), Grace Kaye in entry for John Napolean Kaye and Susanna Maria Meyers, 01 Jun 1872; citing registration , Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,862,698.

• "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27R-VKFN : 11 December 2017), Grace Booth, Shelley, Yorkshire,Yorkshire West Riding, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 25, Piece/Folio 4373/120, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,775,225.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/229011162/grace-booth: accessed 10 June 2023), memorial page for Grace Silverwood Booth (29 Aug 1821–6 May 1885), Find a Grave Memorial ID 229011162, citing All Hallows Churchyard, Kirkburton, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England; Maintained by DC (contributor 50456118).