Susan Grove (abt. 1830)

Born about 1830 in Greater London, England

Biography

Susan was most likely born in about 1830. This is based on her age of 11 years in the 1841 Census.

In the 1841 Census Susan was boarding in the Till household on Bagot Street in Abbots Bromley. With her in the household were her sisters Elizabeth and Martha.^[1]

Susan was living in her sister Elizabeth's household in 1851 in Abbots Bromley. No occupations is recorded for her and her birthplace is given as London, Middlesex.^[2]

In the 1861 Census Susan was lodging in the Roberts household on High Street in Abbots Bromley. Her name is recorded as Susannah, age as just 22 years, and her occupation is given as Governess. Birthplace is simply London.^[3] She is also listed as a schoolteacher in the Post Office Directory around this time.

The 1871 Census finds Susan still living in Abbots Bromley, with her age increased by only five years since 1861. She is living alone and working as a teacher, her birthplace now recorded as Surrey. Her surname has been misrecorded as Groves.^[4]

There's a good chance Susan died in Aston registration district, Warwickshire in 1881. Her daughter and niece were living in the area at the time.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQTZ-2KV : 23 May 2019), Susan Grove in household of Elizabeth Till, Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire, 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.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SG1X-3T4 : 10 November 2017), Susan Grove in household of Edward Chesterton, Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire, England; citing Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire, England, p. 2, 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.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7H7-MH2 : 11 December 2017), Susannah Grove, Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire, England; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
4. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5R6-ZJ3 : 28 September 2019), Susan Groves, 1871.
5. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2J8S-PHZ : 31 December 2014), Susan Grove, 1881; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Aston, Warwickshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.