Elizabeth Hephzibah (Courtice) Alderton (abt. 1834 - 1870)

Born about 1834 in England

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Died 24 Oct 1870 at about age 36 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States

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Biography

Hephzibah Courtice was born about 1834 in England to Robert Courtice and Mary (Kinton) Courtice.

She married Charles Alderton in England.

They immigrated to America in 1855.^[1] There they became the parents of Dr. Charles Courtice Alderton, William George Alderton, Harry Arnold Alderton, Emily (Alderton) Osborn, and George Hardy Alderton.

Hephzibah died at Fulton Ave. in Brooklyn, New York on 24 October 1870^[2] "leaving 5 little ones".^[3] She was buried on 27 Oct. 1870 ^[3] at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York.

Sources

1. ↑ 1900 United States Federal Census for District 0441, Ward 25, Kings Brooklyn, New York. Widowed Charles with daughter & youngest son. Immigrated 1855, in the US 45 years, and still an Alien.
2. ↑ "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WQ5-BL3 : 20 March 2015), Hephzibah Alderton, 24 Oct 1870; citing Death, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,323,684.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} New York and Vicinity, United Methodist Church Records, 1775-1949 for Hepzibah Alderton (Ancestry.com [on-line database]).

See also:

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8NN-3WZ : 12 April 2016), Haphribah Alderton in household of Charles Alderton, New York, United States; citing p. 112, family 1538, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,451.
• New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999 for Hephzibah Alderton (Ancestry.com [on-line database]).