Born in Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England
Ancestors 
Daughter of Stephen Murrell
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
George William Tolkien
— married
5 Sep 1805 in London, England, United Kingdom
Descendants 
Mother of
George William Tolkien, John Benjamin Tolkien, Eliza Tolkien, William Murrell Tolkien, Maria Tolkien, Henry Tolkien, Septimus Tolkien, Ellen Martha Tolkien and Alfred Tolkien
Died
at about age 76
in Lambeth reg. district, London, England
Profile last modified
| Created 30 May 2017
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Biography
Eliza was born in 1787.
Eliza Lydia Murrell married George Tolkien September 5, 1805, at Saint Bartholomew The Great, London, London, England.[1][2]
Appeared in the 1841 England and Wales Census in St Pancras, Middlesex, England. The household included: Eliza age 50; Mary age 20; Ann age 19; Ellen age 14; Septimus age 15; Alfred age 10.
Appeared in the 1851 England and Wales Census in Saint Mary Newington, Surrey, England. The household included: Eliza, widow, age 64, occupation annuitant; Alfred age 19, occupation professor of music.
She passed away in 1863.[3]
Sources
- ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVKR-24G : 10 December 2014), George Tolkien and Eliza Lydia Murrell, 05 Sep 1805; citing Saint Bartholomew The Great, London, London, England, reference ; FHL microfilm 374,432, 374,433, 374,434.
- ↑ London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P69/Bat3/A/01/Ms 6779/4
- ↑ London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: DW/T/0924
- "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQJ1-B8T : 5 March 2021), Eliza Tolkin in household of Robert Clark, St Pancras, Middlesex, 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:SGGV-26H : 9 November 2019), Eliza Tolkien, Saint Mary Newington, Surrey, England; citing Saint Mary Newington, Surrey, England, p. 30, 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.
- freeBMD Deaths Sep Q 1863 Lambeth 1d 261 TOLKIEN Eliza
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