Elizabeth is listed as Step daughter in the 1861 census[1] and her birth registration would seem to give a father's name as Riley. This suggests her mother had been married twice, firstly to a Riley and that William Braddock was not her natural father.[2]
Sources
↑1861 Census:
"1861 England Census"
Class: Rg 9; Piece: 2579; Folio: 85; Page: 25; GSU roll: 542993; ED, institution, or vessel: 13; Household schedule number: 127 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8767 #22670825 (accessed 5 July 2023)
Elizabeth Riley (20) step-daughter in household of William Braddock (64) in Macclesfield registration district in Cheshire, England. Born in Hurdsfield, Cheshire, England.
↑Birth Registration:
"England & Wales General Register Office" GRO Online Indexes - Birth (accessed 5 July 2023)
Riley, Elizabeth (Mother's maiden name: Moss). GRO Reference: 1840 Apr-May-Jun in Macclesfield Union Volume 19 Page 96.
"England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SG2N-PGL : 12 September 2019), Elizabeth Riley Braddock in household of William Braddock, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England; citing Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, p. 35, 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.
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