Laura Wight (1843 - 1925)

Born 2 Oct 1843 in Bloomsbury, London, England, United Kingdom

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Died 4 May 1925 at age 81 in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Laura was born in Bloomsbury in 1843.^[1]

The 1851 census finds her at home with her family in Kensington.^[2]

By 1861, she is in Tedstone Court with 4 sisters and a brother at home.^[3]

She died in Leamington Spa on 4 May 1925.^[4]

Laura never married.

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2N4F-N6S : 1 October 2014), Laura Wight, 1843; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Bloomsbury, London, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGB1-QHP : 12 September 2019), Laura Wight in household of James Wight, Kensington, Middlesex, England; citing Kensington, Middlesex, England, p. 22, 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://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M751-XFX : 3 March 2021), Laura Wight in household of Clara Wight, Tedstone Delamere, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom; 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, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPL8-RS5R : 17 September 2018), Laura Wight, 17 Jul 1925; citing Probate, Leamington, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Great Britain.; FHL microfilm .

• 1871, 1881, 1881 & 1901 UK Census returns.