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Rachel (Tuck) Sheldon (abt. 1796 - 1871)

Rachel Sheldon formerly Tuck aka Shilton, Shelton
Born about in Broad Hinton, Wiltshire, Englandmap [uncertain]
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 27 Dec 1813 in Purton, Wiltshire, Englandmap
Died at about age 75 in Camberwell, Surrey, Englandmap
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Biography

A Rachel Tuck was baptised on 20 May 1798 at Broad Hinton, Wiltshire, daughter of Isaack and Rachel.[1]

Rachel Tuck of Lydiard Tregoze married Maurice 'Shilton' of Purton by Banns on 27 Dec 1813 at Purton, Wiltshire.[2]

Children:

  • Rhoda Sheldon (Rhoda 'Shelton' was baptised on 17 Aug 1814 at Burnham, Buckinghamshire, daughter of Maurice, Labourer of Heartyfine Farm, and Rachel)[3]
  • Elizabeth Sheldon (baptised on 21 Apr 1816 at Swindon, Wiltshire, daughter of Maurice and Rachael)[4]
  • Eliza Sheldon (baptised on 15 Mar 1818 at Swindon, Wiltshire, daughter of Maurice and Rachael; 'Elizabeth' Sheldon of Eastcourt was buried on 28 Mar 1818 at Swindon, Wiltshire, age 2 months)[4]
  • Sarah Sheldon (baptised on 19 Sep 1819 at Swindon, Wiltshire, daughter of 'Morris' and Rachel)[4]
  • John Sheldon (baptised on 29 Apr 1821 at Swindon, Wiltshire, son of Maurice and Rachel)[4]
  • Ann Sheldon (baptised on 13 Jul 1823 at Swindon, Wiltshire, daughter of Maurice, Labourer, and Rachael)[4]
  • George Shelton (George 'Shelton' was baptised on 22 May 1831 at St Giles Camberwell, Surrey, son of Morris, Labourer of Camberwell, and Rachel)[5]
  • Simeon Shelton (Simeon 'Shelton' was baptised on 22 May 1831 at St Giles Camberwell, Surrey, son of 'Morris', Labourer of Camberwell, and Rachel)[5]
  • Marion Shelton (Marion Shelton was born 21 Feb 1836 and baptised on 20 Mar 1836 at St Giles Camberwell, Surrey, daughter of Morris, Labourer of Camberwell, and Rachel)[5]
  • Elizabeth Shelton (born c 1840)[6]

The death of Rachel Shelton was registered in Q1 1871 in the District of Camberwell, Surrey, with a given age of 78.[7]

Census records

1841: Rachell Shelton resident at Park Row, Camberwell, Surrey, age 45, born 'Surrey'. Also present Morrice Shelton.[8]

1851: Rachael Shelton resident at South Street, Camberwell, Surrey, age 55, Laundress, born Wiltshire, married to Maurice Shelton.[9]

1861: Rachael Shelton resident at Camberwell, Surrey, age 68, Nurse, born Broad Hinton, Wiltshire, widow.[10]

Sources

  1. Broad Hinton. Parish Register. Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre.
  2. Purton Parish Register. Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre.
  3. Burnham Parish Register. Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Swindon, Wiltshire. Parish Register. Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 St Giles Camberwell, Surrey, Parish Register. Images of Register accessed via Ancestry.
  6. "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQVY-VDZ : 4 March 2021), Elizabeth Shelton in household of Morrice Shelton, Camberwell, Surrey, 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.
  7. Death: Shelton, Rachel. Age 78. Q1 1871 District of Camberwell 1d 499 FreeBMD.
  8. "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQVY-VD3 : 4 March 2021), Rachell Shelton in household of Morrice Shelton, Camberwell, Surrey, 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.
  9. "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGKS-XH3 : 9 November 2019), Rachael Shelton in household of Maurice Shelton, Camberwell, Surrey, England; citing Camberwell, Surrey, England, p. 31, 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.
  10. England and Wales Census, 1861. Camberwell, Surrey. RG9/386. 88 p 29. Image of Census accessed via Ancestry.




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