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Eliza (Higginbottom) Dunstan (1877 - 1957)

Eliza Dunstan formerly Higginbottom aka Rolfe
Born in Winterwell, (Wath), Yorkshire, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 24 Dec 1893 in Barnsley, Yorkshire, Englandmap
Wife of — married 1918 in Doncaster district, Yorkshire, Englandmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 79 in Doncaster district, Yorkshire, Englandmap
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Biography

Eliza Higginbottom was born on 10 December 1877 in Winterwell, (Wath), Yorkshire, she was the daughter of John Higginbottom and Eliza Hardwick [1]

1881 census: 70, Mitchells Terr, Wombwell, Yorkshire [2]

  • John Higginbottom Head M 44 Whittington, Derbyshire, England, coal miner
  • Eliza Higginbottom Wife F 40 Dronfield, Derbyshire, England
  • Edward Higginbottom Son M 19 Dronfield, Derbyshire, England
  • Harry Higginbottom Son M 12 Dronfield, Derbyshire, England
  • Richard J Higginbottom Son M 5 Dronfield, Derbyshire, England
  • Eliza Higginbottom Daughter F 3 Wath, Yorkshire, England

1891 census: 30, Hawson St, Wombwell, Yorkshire [3]

  • John Higginbottom Head M 54 Derbyshire, England, pit labourer
  • Eliza Higginbottom Wife F 49 Derbyshire, England
  • Richard J Higginbottom Son M 15 Derbyshire, England
  • Eliza Higginbottom Daughter F 13 Yorkshire, England
  • George Higginbottom Grandson M 6 Yorkshire, England
  • Thomas Townend Lodger M 57 Yorkshire, England

Eliza married Charles Ernest Rolfe in Barnsley, Yorkshire on 24 December 1893 [4]

1901 census: 59, Firbeck Street, Denaby Main, Conisbrough, Yorkshire[5]

  • Charles E Rolfe Head M 27 Mendlesham, Suffolk, coal miner hewer
  • Eliza Rolfe Wife F 24 Winterwell, Yorkshire
  • Ethel M Rolfe Daughter F 5 Wombwell, Yorkshire
  • Elsie M Rolfe Daughter F 3 Wombwell, Yorkshire
  • Eva M Rolfe Daughter F 1 Wombwell, Yorkshire

1911 census: Hickleton Main Colliery, Thurnscoe, near Rotherham, Yorkshire [6]

  • Charles Ernest Rolfe Head M 37 Parish Mendlesham, Suffolk, colliery deputy below ground
  • Eliza Rolfe Wife F 33 Winterwell, Yorkshire
  • Elsie Maude Rolfe Daughter F 13 Wombwell, Yorkshire
  • Eva Mary Rolfe Daughter F 11 Wombwell, Yorkshire
  • Cecilia Rolfe Daughter F 9 Conisbro, Yorkshire
  • Edith Annie Rolfe Daughter F 7 Thurnscoe, Yorkshire
  • Florance Rolfe Daughter F 5 Thurnscoe, Yorkshire
  • Charles William Rolfe Son M 3 Thurnscoe, Yorkshire
  • Winifred Daisy Rolfe Daughter F 1 Thurnscoe, Yorkshire

When her husband Charles was killed in France in 1917, Eliza and the family were living at 28, Pitt St, Mexborough, Rotherham. [7]

In 1918, Eliza married Fred Dunstan in Doncaster district [8]

By the time that the 1939 Register was taken, Eliza had been widowed again, and was still living in 28 Pitt Street, Mexborough, Yorkshire [9]

  • Eliza Dunstan 10 Dec 1877 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Widowed 229 1
  • Edward E Rolfe 12 Dec 1913 Male Colliery Hewer Single 229 2
  • Fred Riley 09 Apr 1916 Male Colliery Hewer
  • one closed record

Eliza passed away in Doncaster district in 1957, age 79 years [10]

Sources

  1. (https://www.freebmd.org.uk) GRO index Q1 1878 Rotherham vol 9c page 667
  2. "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27Y-WPBQ : 11 December 2017), Eliza Higginbottom in household of John Higginbottom, Wombwell, Yorkshire,Yorkshire West Riding, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," RG11 4606 f157 p30
  3. "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7FJG-LW2 : 11 December 2017), Eliza Higginbottom in household of John Higginbottom, Wombwell, Yorkshire, Yorkshire (West Riding), England; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census,"RG12 3777 f107 p24
  4. (https://www.freebmd.org.uk) GRO index Q4 1893 Barnsley vol 9c page 268
  5. "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9PB-ZBB : 8 April 2016), Ethel M Rolfe in household of Charles E Rolfe, Conisbrough, Yorkshire (West Riding), England; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," RG13 4406 f158 p34
  6. "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XW2M-8BR : 2 August 2017), Charles Ernest Rolfe, Thurnscoe, Thurnscoe Near Rotherham, Yorkshire (West Riding), England; from "1911 England and Wales census," RG14PN28183 RG78PN1609 RD512 SD2 ED27 SN271
  7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/67505/rolfe,-/
  8. (https://www.freebmd.org.uk) GRO index Q1 1918 Doncaster vol 9c page 1324
  9. Findmypast 1939 Register RG101/3680C/021/4 Letter Code: KNRB [1]
  10. (https://www.freebmd.org.uk) GRO index Q2 1957 Doncaster vol 2b page 419




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