Elizabeth Robson (Turnbull) Rowell (1853 - 1920)

Born 27 Aug 1853 in Sunderland, County Durham, England.

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Rowell — married 18 Mar 1872 in Sunderland, Durham, England

Descendants

Died 28 Sep 1920 at age 67 in Sunderland, County Durham, England.

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Biography

Elizabeth was born in 1853 in Sunderland^[1], mother's maiden name Robson.

In 1861, at the time of the census, Elizabeth was 7.^[2] She lived at 32 Malings Rigg, Sunderland, with her widowed father, three siblings and a housekeeper, her mother's sister Martha Robson.

Elizabeth married Joseph Rowell in 1872.^[3][4]

Joseph and Elizabeth lived at 13, Hamilton St, Monkwearmouth, Sunderland at the time of the 1881 census, with five children ages 8-1.^[5] They had moved to 2, Dame Dorothy Street, Monkwearmouth Shore, Sunderland, now with 9 children, ages 18-6 months.^[6] At the time of the 1901 England and Wales census they were living at 14 Huddlestone Street, Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, with eight of their children, ages 24-5.^[7] Joseph was a shipwright. In 1911 Elizabeth was 57, living at 77 Dock Street East, Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, with Joseph and four of their children, plus the husband and two children of daughter Lilly.^[8]

Elizabeth was widowed in 1916 and passed away in 1920, in Sunderland, age 67.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ GRO Reference: 1853 S Quarter in SUNDERLAND Volume 10A Page 307
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M76N-FSP : 13 December 2017), Elizabeth R Turnbull in household of John Turnbull, Sunderland, Durham, 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.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DL5-BX1 : 13 December 2014), Elizabeth Robson Turnbull, 1872; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1872, quarter 1, vol. 10A, p. 670, Sunderland, Durham, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
4. ↑ Joseph Rowell in marriage registration index "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DL5-FTN : 13 December 2014), Joseph Rowell, 1872; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1872, quarter 1, vol. 10A, p. 670, Sunderland, Durham, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
5. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q271-VWQJ : 13 December 2017), Elizabeth Rowell in household of Joseph Rowell, Monk Wearmouth Shore, Durham, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 6, Piece/Folio 5007/6, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,775,387.
6. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WN5Q-B6Z : 12 December 2017), Elizabeth R Rewell in household of Joseph Rewell, Monk Wearmouth Shore, Durham, England; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Durham county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
7. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSCZ-PBC : 8 April 2016), Elizabeth Rowell in household of Joseph Rowell, Sunderland, Durham, England; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Monkswearmouth subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
8. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWCW-T85 : 3 August 2017), Elizabeth Rowell in household of Joseph Rowell, Sunderland, East Sunderland, Durham, England; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
9. ↑ GRO Reference: 1920 S Quarter in SUNDERLAND Volume 10A Page 647