G2G: Elizabeth Sedgley (b. Abt. 1735) Married Joseph Foster in 1759. Suffered in Childbirth. “Jane Austen’s England”

Question

We have a Elizabeth Sedgley born about 1735 and marrying a Joseph Foster abt. 1759 at age 24. She was crippled after the birth of a 8th child. She passed after a C-section having a miscarriage after two or more children? Does she have a wiki tree profile connection yet? Does she have a Cemetery and memorial? She suffered much in child birth. They resided in Robin Hood Court.

See place of marriage on Wikipedia at St. Andrew Church 

See Category: Holborn, Middlesex

Thank you

Note: She is mentioned in the book “Jane Austen’s England”

Addendum: I added her profile so collaboration can continue in her 18th century genealogy

Comments

This is her here can’t find much need help researching 

Event Type: Marriage
Name: Joseph Foster
Spouse's Name: Miss Elizabeth Sedgley
Marriage Date: 16 Apr 1759
Marriage Place: St Andrew, Holborn, Middlesex, England
Marriage Place (Original): St Andrew Holborn, London

Other information in the record of Joseph Foster
Event Type: Marriage
Name: Joseph Foster
Spouse's Name: Miss Elizabeth Sedgley
Marriage Date: 16 Apr 1759
Marriage Place: St Andrew, Holborn, Middlesex, England
Marriage Place (Original): St Andrew Holborn, London

Digital Folder Number: 004142037
Image Number: 00089
 

Citing this Record
"England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8TTR-FBMM : 24 August 2020), Miss Elizabeth Sedgley in entry for Joseph Foster, 1759.

Answer 1

Burial 1774  https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/58185ab2e93790ec75130c78/elizabeth-foster-burial-london-city-farringdon-1774-08-16?locale=en

Freereg also has three other burial records of Elizabeth Foster in the same parish - perhaps relatives.  One had the residence: Shoe Lane Workhouse.  None named a spouse or father

Field	Value
County	London
Place (Links to more information)	Farringdon
Church name (Links to more information)	St Andrew Holborn
Register type (Links to more information)	Other Transcript
Register entry number
Burial date	16 Aug 1774
Burial person forename	Elizabeth
Relationship
Male relative forename
Female relative forename
Relative surname
Burial person surname	FOSTER
Person age
Burial person abode	Robinhood Court

Field	Value
County	London
Place (Links to more information)	Farringdon
Church name (Links to more information)	St Andrew Holborn
Register type (Links to more information)	Other Transcript
Register entry number
Burial date	16 Aug 1774
Burial person forename	Elizabeth
Relationship
Male relative forename
Female relative forename
Relative surname
Burial person surname	FOSTER
Person age
Burial person abode	Robinhood Court

Comments

Baptism of Sarah, the daughter surviving the operation:  https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=R_940313063

First name(s)	Sarah
Last name	Foster
Gender	Female
Birth year	-
Birth place	-
Baptism year	1775
Baptism date	28 Jul 1775
Place	Holborn
County	London
Country	England
Father's first name(s)	Joseph
Father's last name	Foster
Mother's first name(s)	Elizabeth
Mother's last name	-
Record set	England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975
Category	Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory	Parish Baptisms
Collections from	England, Great Britain

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FamilySearch also has baptismal records from St Andrew of daughters Frances (1761) and Elizabeth (1762)

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I didn't think the C-section was going to end well for Elizabeth. Pre-anaesthetic, pre-surgical hygiene, pre-blood transfusion they were usually done as an immediate post mortem procedure to see if the baby could be salvaged after the mother had died.

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Reading that account made me want to take a knife to Joseph, as well.

I'd like to see the notes, but Google doesn't provide them in the preview.

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She suffered greatly. Very tragic. Really good sources and insights. Thank you 

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It’s hard to believe he had more children after which compromised her health. It’s hard to believe!

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If it was her daughter Elizabeth who died in the Shoe Lane Workhouse, that would have been another tragedy.  If we knew more of her children, we might know if others met a similar fate.

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Description sounds quite like osteoporosis

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Allegation - application for marriage license: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2056/images/32515_606246_0044-00145?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=71514af34f005faf60e53ad299874252&usePUB=true&_phsrc=sAu9248&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&pId=717589

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Thank you looks like a good source. I can’t view it but ancestry is great for records 

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Andrew - here is the free Ancestry sharing image

Answer 2

You might consider a quotation from the Adkins book, short enough for fair use. As the mother of the first child (in England, apparently) to survive a caesarian, this makes her notable.