Jane (Blight) Prideaux (1829 - 1906)

Born 1829 in Illogan, Cornwall, England

Ancestors

Wife of Edwin Prideaux — married 1850 in Illogan, Cornwall, England

Descendants

Died 20 May 1906 at about age 77 in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, USA

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Biography

Jane (Blight) Prideaux was born in Cornwall, England.

Jane (Blight) Prideaux migrated from England to United States.

CENSUS INFORMATION: On 6 June 1841 Richard Blight (60) Carpenter, wife Ann Blight (50) with children Mary Blight (20), Elenor Blight (15), Jane Blight (14), Grace Blight (12) and Joseph Blight (10) lived in Broad Lane, Illogan, Cornwall, England. ^[1]

In the 1851 UK Census, she is listed as Jane Prideaux, aged 22 and born in Illogan, Cornwall. She is living with her husband in Tolskithy, Illogan. (NO107/1915, Folio 493, Page 12).
In the 1861 UK Census, she is listed as Jane Prideaux, aged 34 and born in Illogan. She is living in Broad Lane, near North Pool mine, Illogan, with her husband, a son, a daughter and her mother-in-law (Ann Blight). (RG9/1582, Folio 51, Page 35).
In the 1870 US Census, she is listed as Jane Prideaux, aged 41 and born in England. She is living in the Second Ward of thw City of Mineral Point, Iowa, Wisconsin, with her husband and 2 sons. (Page 38).

GENERAL NOTES: Daughter of Richard and Anne Blight.

BAPTISM: Date: 29-Apr 1829 Parish Or Reg District: Illogan Name: Jane BLIGHT Sex: dau Father Forename: Richard Mother Forename: Anne Residence: Illogan Downs Father Rank Profession: Carpenter Notes: Transcriber Notes: Src: Bawden's Transcript.

MARRIAGE: Marriage is recorded in the GRO indexes for the Redruth Registration District in the March quarter of 1850 under reference 9.260. The couple are listed as Edwin Prideaux and Jane Blight.

MIGRATION: Jane Prideaux in the New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957: Name: Jane Prideaux Arrival Date: 8 Nov 1866 Birth Date: abt 1827 Age: 39 Gender: Female Ethnicity/ Nationality: English Place of Origin: England Port of Departure: Falmouth, England and Le Havre, France Destination: United States of America Port of Arrival: New York, New York Ship Name: Fulton.

On 21 July 1870 Elinor Oxman (44) Keeping House with children William B Oxman (22) Journeyman Carpenter, Elizabeth Oxman (19) all born in England, Wisconsin born Joseph H Oxman (12), Mary E Oxman (2) and English born widowed mother Ann Blight (79) lived in Mineral Point Ward 2, Iowa, Wisconsin. Next door was Edwin Prideaux (52) Mining Labourer, wife Jane Prideaux (41) with children Edwin Prideaux (17) Apprentice Carpenter and Richard B Prideaux (8) all born in England. ^[2]

On 18 June 1880 Edwin Prideaux (57) Miner, wife Jane Prideaux (57), son Richard B. Prideaux (18) Painter and widowed mother-in-law Ann Blight (89), all born in England, lived in Antoine Street, Mineral Point, Iowa, Wisconsin. ^[3]

DEATH: Jane Prideaux in the California, Death Index, 1905-1939: Name: Jane Prideaux Birth Year: abt 1827 Death Date: 20 May 1906 Age at Death: 79 Death Place: Sacramento, California, USA.

Sources

1. ↑ 1841 England Census; Class: HO107; Piece: 142; Book: 7; Civil Parish: Illogan; County: Cornwall; Enumeration District: 4; Folio: 12; Page: 16; Line: 2; GSU roll: 241264
2. ↑ 1870 United States Federal Census; Year: 1870; Census Place: Mineral Point Ward 2, Iowa, Wisconsin; Roll: M593_1718; Page: 236B
3. ↑ 1880 United States Federal Census; Year: 1880; Census Place: Mineral Point, Iowa, Wisconsin; Roll: 1429; Page: 182D; Enumeration District: 156

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