Eliza (Spring) Armstrong (abt. 1808)

Born about 1808 in Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Biography

Eliza Spring (married name Armstrong) was born around 1808 in Bedfordshire, England, the daughter of Lovey Spring and James Spring.^[1]

She was christened on 29 November 1808 in Wilshamstead, Bedfordshire.

She married Joshua Armstrong on 29 April 1835 in Wilshamstead.^[2]

1851 England Census^[3]

• 4 Keysey Street, Hawnes, Bedfordshire, England
• Joshua Armstrong head, 42/m, md, farmer, 220 acres, Wilshamstead, Bedfordshire
• Eliza Armstrong wife, 42/f, md, farmers wife, Wilshamstead, Bedfordshire
• Harriett Armstrong dau, 12/f, farmers dau, Hawnes, Bedfordshire
• Emily Armstrong dau, 10/f, scholar, Hawnes, Bedfordshire
• Ann Case servant, 28/f, house servant, Cotton End, Bedfordshire
• George Grooms servant, 21/m, farm laborer, Wilshamstead, Bedfordshire
• Joseph Boston servant, 21/m, farm laborer, Wilshamstead, Bedfordshire

Research notes

An Eliza and Joshua Armstrong were living in Hurley, Ulster, New York at the time of the 1855 United States Census.^[4]
Note: Is this the same couple?
Answer: No, I dont believe it is. It looks like Joshua Armstrong, late of Haynes, Bedfordshire died 10 Jan 1959. Will book [2] .Which also explains why I cant find him in 1861 census. McClintock-715 03:44, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

FreeBMD. England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915

• Name: Joshua Armstrong
• Registration Year: 1859
• Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
• Registration district: Ampthill
• Inferred County: Bedfordshire
• Volume: 3b
• Page: 260

England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 ^[5]

• Name: Joshua Armstrong
• Gender: Male
• Birth Date: 22 Nov 1808
• Baptism Date: 10 May 1829
• Baptism Place: Wilshamstead,Bedford,England
• Father: William Armstrong
• Mother: Mary
• FHL Film Number: 1279191

Eliza Spring Armstrong may have died in 1852
FreeBMD. England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915

• Name: Eliza Armstrong
• Registration Year: 1852
• Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
• Registration district: Ampthill
• Inferred County: Bedfordshire
• Volume: 3b
• Page: 235

1861; I found an Emily 20, born Haynes, Bedfordshire, living w/ a Samuel Peacock family and is the niece.

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NPK7-MPL : 11 February 2018, Eliza Spring, 29 Nov 1808); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 826,474.
2. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVSJ-TVM : 10 February 2018), Joshua Armstrong and Eliza Spring, 29 Apr 1835; citing Wilshamstead,Bedford,England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,279,191.
3. ↑ 1851 England Census; Class: HO107; Piece: 1754; Folio: 148; Page: 1; GSU roll: 87681-87682; Original data: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1851. [1]
4. ↑ "New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K67M-136 : 13 March 2018), Eliza Armstrong in household of Joshua Armstrong, E.D. 1, Hurley, Ulster, New York, United States; citing p. , line #20, family #52, county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 842,646.
5. ↑ England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975; Original data: England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.