Eliza Elizabeth Willis was born in Alderton, Wiltshire, England and was christened on December 21, 1834. [1] She was the daughter of James Willis and Edith Andrews.
Eliza's mother died in 1838. In 1841, she was living with her father and siblings in Potterne, Wiltshire.[2] Her father remarried, and in 1842 the family moved to Prince Edward Island.[3]
Eliza marred Samuel Prowse in Charlottetown, PEI on October 17, 1856[4]. Shortly after the birth of their 2nd child, the young family moved from Charlottetown to Murray Harbour, PEI, where Samuel went into business. On March 10, 1860, just 3 weeks after the birth of their third child, Eliza died at the age of 26,[5] presumably of complications related to childbirth. The baby died a few months later.[6]
↑ 1841 UK Census, Wiltshire, Potterne (High Street), 12, Pg 15-16 – James Willis and 5 children (note: Although this is clearly the right family, the ages of James and all 5 children are off by 5 years. Eliza is listed as being 2, whereas she would have been 7).
↑ Ross's Weekly, March 23, 1860, transcribed in Century of Immigration, Marriage and Death Records from Prince Edward Island Newspapers, 1780-1900, by Leland Currie, Page 1049
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