They settled in Brightling, Sussex to raise their family.[8]
By 1939, she was separated from her husband and was living in Bexhill, Sussex and working in domestic service. [2] (Her name is misspelled as Mafham.)
Elizabeth Mepham died in the first quarter of 1963 in the district of Hastings, Sussex.[9] The death index states that she was 81, but she was actually 74 years old.
Sources
↑Birth Registration:
"England & Wales General Register Office" GRO Online Indexes - Birth (accessed 7 October 2023)
Drury, Elizabeth (Mother's maiden name: Marchant). GRO Reference: 1888 Jul-Aug-Sep in Battle Volume 02B Page 51.
↑ 2.02.11939 Register:
"1939 Register"
Reference: RG101/2499G/007/37; Piece number: 2499G; Schedule: 58 FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 7 October 2023)
Elizabeth Mepham (born 13 Jul 1891), married, Domestic Service, at 2 St Marys Cotts Ninfield Road, Bexhill, Bexhill M.B., Sussex, England.
Elizabeth Mepham Married F 13 Jul 1891 Domestic Service
Closed Record
↑Baptism:
"East Sussex, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1920"
East Sussex Record Office; Brighton, England; Sussex Parish Registers; Reference Number: PAR 302/1/2/2 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 62125 #582650 (accessed 7 October 2023)
Elizabeth Drury baptism on 2 Sep 1888 (born 13 Jul 1888), daughter of Charles Drury & Sophia Drury, in Dallington, Sussex, England.
↑1891 Census:
"1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census"
Reference: RG12; Piece number: 768; Folio: 92; Page: 4; Schedule: 27 FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 7 October 2023)
Lizzie Drury (4) daughter in household of Charles Drury (43) in Brookland Cottage, Brooklands, Dallington in Battle registration district in Sussex, England. Born in England.
Charles Drury Head Married M 43 Cleaver wood Netherfield, Sussex, England
Sophia Drury Wife Married F 41 Ramsley, Wiltshire, England
Alfred Drury Son Single M 14 Netherfield, Sussex, England
George Drury Son M 12 Netherfield, Sussex, England
Jhonny Drury Son M 10 Netherfield, Sussex, England
Alice Drury Daughter F 8 Dallington, Sussex, England
Rose Drury Daughter F 6 Dallington, Sussex, England
Lizzie Drury Daughter F 4 Dallington, Sussex, England
↑1901 Census:
"1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census"
Reference: RG13; Piece number: 873; Folio: 84; Page: 11; Schedule: 76 FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 7 October 2023)
Lizzie Drury (12), single daughter, in household of Charles Drury (33) in Earlsdown, Dallington in Battle registration district in Sussex, England. Born in England.
Charles Drury Head Married M 33 Carpenter Netherfield, Sussex, England
Sophia Drury Wife Married F 51 Ramsbury, Wiltshire, England
Rose Drury Daughter Single F 17 Dallington, Sussex, England
Jesse Drury Son Single M 15 Dallington, Sussex, England
Lizzie Drury Daughter Single F 12 Dallington, Sussex, England
↑Marriage Registration:
"England & Wales Marriage Index" FreeBMD Entry Information (accessed 7 October 2023)
Drury, Elizabeth. GRO Reference: 1910 Jul-Aug-Sep in Battle Volume 2b Page 111.
↑Marriage:
"East Sussex, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1936"
East Sussex Record Office; Brighton, England; Sussex Parish Registers; Reference: PAR 302/1/3/2 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 62126 #90584490 (accessed 7 October 2023)
Elizabeth Drury (22) marriage to Alfred Mepham on 6 Aug 1910 in Dallington, Sussex, England.
↑1911 Census:
"1911 Census For England & Wales"
Series: RG14; Piece number: 4800; Schedule: 69 FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 7 October 2023)
Elizabeth Mepham (23), wife, in household of Alfred Mepham (22) in Bannister Cottage Brightling, Brightling in Battle registration district in Sussex, England. Born in Sussex Dallington.
Alfred Mepham Head Married M 22 General labourer Sussex Brightling
Elizabeth Mepham Wife Married F 23 Sussex Dallington
Ivy Drury Boarder F 6 Sussex Dallington
Charles Osbourne Boarder Single M 26 Gardener domestic Heathfield Sussex
↑Death Registration:
"England & Wales Death Index" FreeBMD Entry Information (accessed 7 October 2023)
Mepham, Elizabeth E. (Age at death: 81). GRO Reference: 1963 Jan-Feb-Mar in Hastings Volume 5H Page 612.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
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